NoL120/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.5.74
REGULATION (EEC)No1070/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of29April1974
amendingRegulation (EEC)No224/73layingdowngeneralrulesconcerningthe
componentsdesignedtoensure,withinthecerealsandricesectors,theprotec­
tionoftheprocessingindustry,andfixingthosecomponentsinrespectofthe
newMemberStates
componentwasleviedon1January1972onthe
abovementioned trade,allowanceshouldbemadefor
thisfactbysupplementing Article3ofRegulation
(EEC)No224/73;
Whereasinordertoprecludepossibledeflectionof
trade,itshouldbespecifiedthatthoseproductson
whichnofixedcomponenthasbeenleviedmustorigi­
nateintheMemberStatesinvolved;
Whereason1January1972Irelandappliednofixed
componenttoimportsofproductsfallingwithin
TariffsubheadingNo17.02BIa);whereastheappli­
cationofCouncilRegulationNo189/66/EEC(3)of24
November1966onglucoseandlactose,whichmakes
productsfallingwithintariffsubheadingNo17.02BI
subjecttothesametreatmentasproductsfalling
withinsubheadingNo17.02BII,ismakingitvery
difficulttoobtainsuppliesoftheseproductsin
Ireland,since,havingpreviouslyleviednofixed
componentonimports,thecountryhasmoved
directlytoasysteminvolvingthelevyofalarge
component ;whereasthisiscontrarytotheActof
Accession,whichprovidesthatthenewMember
StatesaretoaligngraduallywiththeCommunitylevel
fromthesituationexistingpriortoaccession;whereas
itshouldthereforeberecognizedthattheapplication
ofArticle61oftheActofAccessionshouldresultin
asuspensionofRegulationNo189/66/EECinthis
instanceduringthetransitionalperiod;whereasthere
arenotechnicaldifficultiesforIrelandinapplying
differentimporttreatmentasregardsfixedcompo­
nentsaccordingtowhethertheproductsconcerned
fallwithintariffsubheadingNo17.02BIorNo1.7.02
BII,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyconcerningtheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanCommunity
andtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,and
inparticularArticles61(2)and62oftheAct(')
annexedthereto;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasthefirstindentofArticle1(3)ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No224/73(2)of31January1973
layingdowngeneralrulesconcerningthecomponents
designedtoensure,withinthecerealsandricesectors,
theprotectionoftheprocessingindustry,andfixing
thosecomponents inrespectofthenewMember
States,specifiesthatasregardsimportsintothenew
MemberStatesfromthirdcountries,theformerareto
determinethefixedcomponents ,adjustedinaccor­
dancewithArticle59(2)oftheActofAccession ;
whereasitshouldbeestablishedwhatfixedcompo­
nentsaretobeleviedinthenewMemberStateson
importsfromthirdcountriesiftheCommunityfixed
componentisalteredorsuspended ;whereasArticle
39(2)oftheActofAccession,whichspecifieswhat
actionmaybetakenifCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesarealteredorsuspended,shouldbeappliedby
analogy;
WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No224/73
specifiesthecircumstances inwhichnofixedcompo­
nentiscollected;whereas,priortoaccession,
pursuanttothebilateralAnglo-Danish Agreementof
8April1960concludedwithintheframeworkofthe
EuropeanFreeTradeAssociationandtheProtocolof
IIMay1963containedtherein,nofixedcomponent
wasleviedonmaltintradebetweentheUnited
KingdomandDenmark;whereasArticle61(2)ofthe
ActofAccessionrulesthatthefixedcomponentisto
bedeterminedforthenewMemberStatesbysepa­
ratingoutfromthetotalprotectionappliedbythe
newMemberStateson1January1972onimports
fromthirdcountriesthecomponentorcomponents
designedtoensuretheprotectionoftheirprocessing
industry;whereasinviewofthefactthatnofixedHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingsubparagraphshallbeaddedtothefirst
indentedsubparagraph ofArticle1(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No224/73:
'IftheCommunityfixedcomponentisalteredor
suspended ,thenewMemberStatesshallsimultane­
ouslyalterorsuspendthebasicfixedcomponent
(')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(2)OJNoL27,31.1.1973,p.8. (3)OJNo218,28.11.1966,p.3713/66.

1.5.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL120/11
ArticleJ applicabletoimportsfromthirdcountriestothe
extentenvisagedunderArticle59(2)oftheAct
Article2Thefollowingshallbeaddedtofootnote 1tothe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No224/73:
'However,thefixedcomponentapplicableto
importsintoIrelandofproductsfallingwithin
tariffsubheadingNo17.02BIa)isfixedatzero;
forsubsequentmarketingyearsthiscomponent
shallbeadjusted,inrespectofimportsfromthird
countries,inaccordancewithArticle59(2)ofthe
Act.'Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
Article3ofRegulation (EEC)No224/73:
'Nofixedcomponentshallbelevied:
(a)ontheimportationintotheUnitedKingdom
oftheproductsreferredtoinArticle1(2)
whichcomefromandoriginateinIreland;
(b)ontheimportationintoIrelandofmaltand
productsfallingwithinsubheadingNo23.07
exB,oftheCommonCustomsTariff,desig­
natedas"balancermeals,mineralmixturesand
concentrates",comingfromandoriginatingin
theUnitedKingdom;
(c)intradebetweentheUnitedKingdomand
Denmarkinmalt,whetherroastedornot,
fallingwithinheadingNo11.07ofthe
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginatingin
thoseMemberStates.'Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
However,Articles2and3shallbeapplicablefrom1
February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29April1974.
Forthe'Council
ThePresident
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