Document ID: 31974R3254

REGULATION (EEC) No 3254/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 1974 applying Regulation (EEC) No 1055/72 on notifying the Commission of imports of crude oil and natural gas to petroleum products falling within subheadings 27.10 A, B, C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 5 and 213 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;
Whereas obtaining an overall picture of the Community supplies of crude oil and natural gas is an essential feature of a Community energy policy;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1055/72 (1) applies only to the notification to the Commission of imports of crude oil and natural gas;
Whereas it is important to supplement the information which the Community has at its disposal ; whereas, to this end, the notification provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1055/72 should be extended to petroleum products falling within subheading 27.10 A, B, C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The obligation laid down in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1055/72 for Member States to notify the Commission of imports of crude oil and natural gas shall be extended to petroleum products falling within subheadings 27.10 A, B, C I and C II of the Common Customs Tariff and shall be fulfilled under the conditions set out in the abovementioned Regulation and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex A to this Regulation.
Article 2
As regards the products referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex B to this Regulation, the obligation laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1055/72 shall apply to persons or undertakings having imported or intending to import into the Community a quantity of 100 000 metric tons or more per annum of the products referred to in the subheading of the Common Customs Tariff set out in Article 1 above.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 December 1974.

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