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REGULATION (EEC)No3537/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December 1973
ontheusetobemadeofinwardprocessingarrangements intradeinagricul­
turalproductsbetweenMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tuedandthenewMemberStatesandbetweenthenewMemberStatesthem­
selves
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,MemberStatewhichfulfiloneoftheconditions
referredtoinArticle9(2)oftheTreaty;whereas
whenthesecompensating productsareliableto
compensatory amountsintradebetweenMember
Statestheresultisthatpriceregulationnolongerhas
anyeffect;whereasitisimportantthereforeinthese
circumstances toprohibittheadmissionofsuch
compensating productstofreecirculation ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Artidc1
ForthepurposesofthisRegulationtheMemberStates
oftheCommunity asoriginallyconstitutedshallbe
regardedasasingleMemberState.
Article2HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(')ontheAccessionof
newMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,signedon22January1972,andinparti­
cularArticle62(1)oftheActannexedthereto;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereassomeoftheRegulationswhichestablishthe
commonorganizationofmarketscontainaprovision
whichprohibitstheadmissiontofreecirculation
withintheCommunityofgoodssubjecttosuchorgan­
izationwhicharemanufactured orobtainedfrom
productstowhichArticle9(2)andArticle10(1)of
theTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomic
Communitydonotapply;
Whereasforaslongascomponentsintendedto
ensuretheprotectionoftheprocessingindustry
referredtoinArticle61oftheActofAccessionor
customsdutiesstillapplytotradeincertainagricul­
turalproductsbetweenMemberStatesoftheCommu­
nityasoriginallyconstitutedandthenewMember .
StatesandbetweenthenewMemberStatesthem­
selves,itmaybeeconomicallyjustifiabletoprocessor
workunderinwardprocessingarrangements products
ofeverykindand,subjecttotheprovisionsmadein
virtueofArticle45oftheActofAccession ,toadmit
thecompensating product,whichissubjectto
customsdutiesortoaprotectivecomponent ,tofree
circulation ;whereastoenablesuchoperationstobe
carriedout,specialprovisionsshouldbeadopted,to
beapplicableduring,theperiodconcerned ;
Whereas,inthecaseofcertainproducts,thecompen­
satoryamountsreferredtoinArticle55oftheActof
Accessionarecorrectedbytheincidenceofcustoms
duties;whereastheeconomiceffectsofcustoms
dutiesarethuscancelledout;whereastheseproducts
mustbeassimilatedwiththosesubjectedtoasingle
priceregulatorysystem;
Wherereasduringtheperiodreferredtoabove
compensating productsmaybemanufactured or
assembledfromproductsimportedfromanother1.Itshallbeprohibited,aslongasthesystemot
compensatory amountsprovidedforinArticle55(1)
(a)oftheActofAccessionisapplied,toexportfrom
oneMemberStatetoanothercompensating products
coveredbyonecommonorganizationofthemarket
whichhavebeenmanufactured orassembledfrom
productsimportedfromaMemberStateorathird
countrywhichhavenotbeensubjectedinthe
exportingMemberStatetoeither:
—compensatory amounts,asprovidedforinArticle
55oftheActofAccession ,
—customsdutieswheretheincidencethereofhasa
correctiveeffectonthecompensatory amounts
referredtointhefirstindent,inapplicationofthe
thirdsubparagraph ofArticle66(1)oftheActof
Accession,ofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle91
(1)ofthesaidActandArticle99thereof;
—leviesorotheramountsortaxesprovidedfor
underthecommonagriculturalpolicy.
2.Wherethelevyincludesacomponentintended
toensuretheprotectionoftheprocessingindustry
referredtoinArticle61oftheActofAccession,para­
graph1shallnotapplyinrespectofsuchcomponent .
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Article4 Regulationsonthecommonorganizationofmarkets
shallbesuspendedforaslongascomponentsreferred
toinArticle61oftheActofAccessionintendedto
ensuretheprotectionoftheprocessingindustryor
customsdutiesremaininforceintradebetween
MemberStates.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1January1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.CHRISTENSEN