NoL281/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.75
REGULATION (EEC)No2730/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of29October1975
onglucoseandlactose
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,whichareallthegreaterbecauseofinterchange­
ability;
Whereastheonlysolutiontothesedifficultiesisto
followtheCouncilDecisionof12December1964
bygivingtheproductsthesameeconomictreatment
whatevertheirdegreeofpurityor,totheextent
thatthiswouldappearadequate,byharmonizingthe
treatmentgiventothetwogroupsofproducts;
WhereastheTreatydoesnotspecificallyprovidethe
authorityneededtotakesuchaction;whereasin
thesecircumstances thenecessarymeasuresshould
betakenonthebasisofArticle235oftheTreaty;
whereasthemostappropriatemeasuresaretoextend
tochemicallypureglucosethetreatmentgivento
otherglucoseunderCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2727/75(3)of29October1975onthecommon
organization ofthemarketincereals,and
toextendtochemicallypurelactosethetreatment
giventootherlactoseunderCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No804/68(4)of27June1968onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,
aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No740/75(5),HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article235thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament(*);
Whereas,inordertoavoidtechnicaldifficultiesas
regardscustomstreatment,theCouncilDecisionof
12December1964(2)ontheintroductionofsome
amendments totheCommonCustomsTariff,
providedforglucose,glucosesyrup,lactoseand
lactosesyruptofallwithinoneheadingandfor
chemicallypureglucoseandlactosetofallwithin
another;
Whereas,however,glucoseandlactosefalling
respectivelywithinsubheadings17.02BIIand17.02
AIIarelistedinAnnexIItotheTreatyandare
thereforesubjecttothesystemoftradewiththird
countriesprovidedforunderthecommon
organizationofthemarketstowhichtheybelong,
whilechemicallypureglucoseandlactosenotlisted
inAnnexIItotheTreatyaresubjecttothesystem
ofcustomsduties,theeconomicincidenceofwhich
canbeappreciablydifferent;
Whereasthissituationcreatesdifficultieswhichare
thegreaterinthattheproductsinquestion,whatever
theirdegreeofpurity,arederivedfromthesame
basicproducts;whereasthecriterionforcustoms
classificationbetweenthoseproductswhichareand
thosewhicharenotchemicallypureisa99%degree
ofpurity;whereasproductswithaslightlyhigheror
slightlylowerdegreeofpuritymayhavethesame
economicuse;whereas,therefore,theapplicationof
differentsystemsleadstodistortionsofcompetitionHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thetreatmentgiventoglucoseandglucosesyrup
fallingwithinsubheading17.02BIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffunderRegulation (EEC)No2727/
75andundertheprovisionsadoptedforthe
applicationofthatRegulationshallbeextendedto
glucoseandglucosesyrupfallingwithinsubheading
17.02BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
(*)Opiniondeliveredon16October1975(notyet
publishedintheOfficialJournal).
(*)OJNo220,31.12.1964,p.3741/64.(3)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
(4)OJNoL148,28,6.1968,p.13.
(6)OJNoL74,22.3.1975,p.1.

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Article2
Thetreatmentgiventolactoseandlactosesyrup
fallingwithinsubheading17.02AIIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffunderRegulation (EEC)No804/68
andundertheprovisionsadoptedfortheapplication
ofthatRegulationshallbeextendedtolactoseand
lactosesyrupfallingwithinsubheading17.02AIof
theCommonCustomsTariff.
Article3
Whenthetreatmentgiventoglucoseandglucose
syruportolactoseandlactosesyrupfalling
respectivelywithinsubheadings17.02BIIand17.02
AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariffisamended
pursuanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorinaccordance
withproceduresestablishedfortheapplicationof
thatArticle,suchamendments shallextendas
appropriatetoglucoseandglucosesyruporto
lactoseandlactosesyrupfallingrespectivelywithinsubheadings17.02BIand17.02AIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,unless,inaccordancewiththesame
procedures,othermeasuresaretakenforthe
harmonizingofthetreatmentapplicabletothese
productswiththetreatmentapplicabletothose
alreadymentioned.
Article4
1.CouncilRegulationNo189/66/EEC(x)of24No­
vember1966onglucoseandlactose,ishereby
repealed.
2.ReferencestotheRegulationrepealedby
paragraph1shallbeconstruedasreferencestothis
Regulation.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29October1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.MARCORA
(*)OJNo218,28.11.1966,p.3713/66.