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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4122 / 86
of 22 December 1986
establishing ceilings and Community surveillance of imports of certain textile products
originating in Cyprus ( 1987)
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 ,
the tariff measure in question therefore applies to the
Community of Ten ;
Whereas this objective may be achieved by means of an
administrative procedure based on charging imports of the
products in question against the ceilings at Community
level as and when the products are entered with customs
authorities for free circulation ; whereas this administrative
procedure must make provision for the possibility of
customs tariff duties being reintroduced as soon as the
ceilings are reached at Community level ;
Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and
particularly rapid cooperation between Member States and
the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to
follow the progress of quantities charged against the
ceilings and keep Member States informed ; whereas this
cooperation has to be all the more close since the
Commission must be able to take the appropriate measures
to reintroduce customs tariff duties if one of the ceilings is
reached ,
Whereas under Article 2 of Annex I to the Agreement
establishing an association between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus ( ! ), the
arrangements applicable to trade with Cyprus , as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3700 / 83 ( 2 ), provide
for 1984 the exemption of customs duties for :
— man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste ), carded ,
combed or otherwise prepared for spinning , falling
within heading No 56.04 of the Common Customs
Tariff, and for
— men's and boys' outer garments falling within heading
No 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1987 imports into the
Community of Ten of the products listed in the Annex and
originating in Cyprus shall be subject to annual ceilings and
Community surveillance .
The description of the products referred to in the first
subparagraph , their tariff headings and statistical numbers
and the ceilings shall be as set out in the Annex .
Within the limits of annual ceilings respectively of 100
tonnes and 525 tonnes above which the customs duties
actually appplied to third countries may be reintroduced
until the end of the calendar year ;
Whereas , pending the definition of arrangements applicable
beyond 31 December 1984 it is necessary to extend
provisionally for 1987 the arrangements which the
Community applies currently to trade with Cyprus on the
basis of the abovementioned provisions ; whereas ,
therefore , the ceilings for 1987 must be established ;
whereas the application of ceilings requires that the
Community be regularly informed on imports of the
products in question originating in Cyprus ; whereas it is
therefore desirable that imports of these products be
subjected to a system of surveillance ;
Whereas , in the absence of a protocol such as that provided
for in Articles 179 and 366 of the Act of Accession of Spain
and Portugal , the Community must take the measures
referred to in Articles 180 and 367 of the said Act ; whereas
2 . Quantities shall be charged against the ceilings as and
when products are entered with customs authorities for free
circulation and accompanied by a movement certificate in
accordance with the rules contained in the Protocol
concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating
products' and methods of administrative cooperation
annexed to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement
establishing an association between the European
Economic Community and Cyprus ( 3 ).
(') OJ No L 133 , 21 . 5 . 1973 , p . 2 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 369 , 30 . 12 . 1983 , p . 1 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 339 , 28 . 12 . 1977 , p . 19 .
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4 . Member States shall forward to the Commission not
later than the 15th day of each month statements of the
quantities charged during the preceding month . If the
Commission so requests , they shall provide such
statements for periods of 10 days and forward them within
five clear days of the end of each 10-day period .
Goods may be charged against the ceiling only if the
movement certificate is submitted before the date on which
customs duties are reimposed .
The extent to which a ceiling is used up shall be determined
at Community level on the basis of the imports charged
against it in the manner defined in the first and second
subparagraphs .
Member States shall inform the Commission at the
intervals and within the time limits specified in paragraph 4
of imports effected in accordance with the above
procedures .
3 . As soon as the ceilings are reached , the Commission
may adopt a Regulation reimposing until the end of the
calendar year the customs duties applicable to third
countries .
Article 2
The Commission shall take all appropriate measures , in
close cooperation with the Member States for the purposes
of applying this Regulation .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels , 22 December 1986 .
For the Council
The President
G. SHAW
ANNEX
List of products subject to import ceilings in 1987
Serial
No
CCT
heading
No
Description
NIMEXE
code
Level
of ceiling
( tonnes )
1 2 3 4 5
14.0010 56.04 Man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste ), carded , combed or otherwise
prepared for spinning
56.04
all Nos
100
14.0020 61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments 61.01
all Nos
525
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