31978R3174

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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3174/78

OF 19 DECEMBER 1978

ESTABLISHING INDICATIVE CEILINGS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ICELAND ( 1979 )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND ( 1 ) WAS SIGNED ON 22 JULY 1972 ;

WHEREAS ARTICLES 1 AND 2 OF PROTOCOL 1 ANNEXED TO THAT AGREEMENT MAKE PROVISION FOR A SPECIFIC TIMETABLE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE ABOLITION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS TO WHICH THE AGREEMENT APPLIES ; WHEREAS UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF THAT PROTOCOL THE IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE LIMITED TO ANNUAL INDICATIVE CEILINGS ABOVE WHICH THE CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO THIRD COUNTRIES MAY BE REINTRODUCED ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , UNDER ARTICLE 3 ( B ) , THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SUSPEND THE APPLICATION OF CERTAIN CEILINGS ; WHEREAS , IN THE LIGHT OF THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE TRADE IN THESE PRODUCTS AND ITS LIKELY DEVELOPMENT IN 1979 , IT DOES NOT SEEM DESIRABLE TO ESTABLISH INDICATIVE CEILINGS FOR THIS YEAR ;

WHEREAS THE TREND OF IMPORTS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS FOR WHICH , UNDER ARTICLE 3 OF PROTOCOL 1 , THE COMMUNITY HAS SUSPENDED THE APPLICATION OF CEILINGS ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE DESIRABLE THAT IMPORTS OF SUCH PRODUCTS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO SUPERVISION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FROM 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 1979 , IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ICELAND AND INDICATED IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY SUPERVISION .

MEMBER STATES SHALL FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION NOT LATER THAN THE 15TH DAY OF EACH MONTH STATEMENTS OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION EFFECTED DURING THE PRECEDING MONTH ; TO THIS END , ONLY PRODUCTS SUBMITTED TO THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES UNDER COVER OF AN ENTRY FOR HOME USE AND ACCOMPANIED BY A MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE CONFORMING TO THE RULES CONTAINED IN PROTOCOL 3 TO THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION .

ARTICLE 2

FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS REGULATION THE COMMISSION SHALL TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE MEMBER STATES .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 DECEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

H . -D . GENSCHER

( 1 ) OJ NO L 301 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , P . 1 .

ANNEX

ORDER NO*CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*NIMEXE CODE*

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*76.01*UNWROUGHT ALUMINIUM ; ALUMINIUM WASTE AND SCRAP : **

II ISL 1**A . UNWROUGHT*76.01-11 , 15