S.I. No. 262/1985:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SURVEILLANCE OF CERTAIN MOTOR CAR TYRE IMPORTS) REGULATIONS, 1985.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SURVEILLANCE OF CERTAIN MOTOR CAR TYRE IMPORTS) REGULATIONS, 1985.

WHEREAS the State has been authorised under the Decision of the Commission of the European Communities dated the 20th day of December, 1979 (No. 80/47/EEC¹), and by the Decision of that Commission dated the 27th day of June, 1985 (No. 85/340/EEC²), to take the surveillance measures hereinafter specified (the conditions and details of which the Commission has determined in those Decisions):

¹OJ No. L 16 of 22.1.1980, p.14.

²OJ No. L178 of 10.7.1985, p. 17.

NOW, I, JOHN BRUTON, Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Motor Car Tyre Imports) Regulations, 1985.

2. (1) In these Regulations--

"the Minister" means the Minister for Industry, Trade, commerce and Tourism;

"motor car" means a mechanically propelled 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) A reference in these Regulations to a Nimexe code shall be taken to be a reference to that code in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1445/72^3. as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No. 3529/84⁴, and by any subsequent Regulations of an institution of the European Communities.

³OJ No. L161 of 17.7.1972, P. 1.

⁴OJ No. L337 of 24.12.1984, p. 1.

3. The importation into the State of goods which are--

( a ) specified at the Nimexe code 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 Nimexe code, and

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

shall be the subject to the production by the importer of an import document issued by the Minister. The Minister may refuse an import document when authorised to do so by Decisions made from time to time by the Commission of the European Communities under Article 115 of the Treaty establishing The European Economic Community.

4. An applicant for an import document 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.

5. The European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Motor Car Tyre Imports) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 323 of 1983 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 13th day of August, 1985.

JOHN BRUTON,

Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is to enable the Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism to continue in operation a system of surveillance on imports of certain motor car tyre cases which are manufactured or produced in the German Democratic Republic.