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S.I. No. 111/1978 - European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Motor Car Tyre Imports) Regulations, 1978.

I, DESMOND O'MALLEY, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, in exercise of the power conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and of the power conferred on the State by Commission Decision No. 71/202/EEC 1 (as amended by Commission Decision No. 73/55/EEC 2), hereby make the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Surveillance of certain Motor Car Tyre imports) Regulations, 1978, and shall come into operation on the 12th day of April, 1978.

2. (1) In these Regulations—

"the Minister" means the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy;

"motor car" means a vehicle which is designed and constructed for the carriage of not more than nine persons (inclusive of the driver);

"tyre cases" includes what are commonly known as tubeless tyres as well as other inflatable tyres but, in the case of such other inflatable tyres, does not include what is commonly known as the tube.

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a tariff heading number shall be taken as a reference to that tariff heading number in the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ).

3. The Importation into the State of goods which are—

( a ) specified at the tariff heading number mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations,

( b ) described in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention in column (1) of that tariff heading number, and

( c ) manufactured or produced in the German Democratic Republic and in free circulation in other Member States of the European Communities

shall be subject to the production by the importer of an import authorisation issued by the Minister.

1 OJ No. L 121, 3.6.1971, pp. 343 and 344.

2 OJ No. L 80, 28.3.1973, pp. 22 and 23.

4. An applicant for an import authorisation under these Regulations shall supply to the Minister all relevant information concerning the description of the product, its origin and price, and the quantity or value of goods which it is proposed to import and also such information as he may require concerning the free circulation of the product in another Member State of the European Communities.

SCHEDULE.

Tariff Heading Number

Description of Goods

(1)

(2)

ex. 40.11

Tyre cases which are suitable for motor cars, and of which the maximum width (measured externally from sidewall to sidewall) is not more than 7 inches and the diameter (measured from bead to bead) is not more than 16 inches..

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of April, 1978.

DESMOND O'MALLEY.

Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is to enable the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy to impose a system of surveillance on imports into the State of certain motor car tyre cases which are manufactured or produced in the German Democratic Republic and in free circulation in other Member States of the European Communities.