12.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL39/3
REGULATION (EEC)No357/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
onthemovementofgoodsobtainedintheCommunityunderaprocedureforthesuspension
ordrawbackofcustomsdutiesorotherimportcharges
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(*)concerningthe
AccessionoftheKingdomofDenmark,Ireland,and
theUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthern
IrelandtotheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ;Whereastakingintoaccounttheexperiencesobtained
withintheoriginalCommunityinasimilarsituation,
theriskofdistortionofcompetition,forCommunity
producers,fromrecoursebyprocessorstoaprocedure
allowingsuspensionordrawbackofcustomsduties
orotherimportchargesdoesnotrequiretheadoption
ofaspecialmeasureaimedatcompensatingforthe
effectsofthisprocedure;
Whereas,itisneverthelessnecessarytoexcludefrom
thebenefitoftheCommunityprocedureproducts
comingfromthirdcountrieswhich,beforeimportation
intotheMemberStateofdestination ,aresubjected
inanotherMemberStateunderaprocedureforthe
suspensionordrawbackofcustomsdutiesorother
importchargestoatreatmentofminorsignificance
withthesoleobjectoftheirbenefitingfromthetariff
treatmentwhichwillresultfromtheCommunity
procedure;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtotheAct(2)concerningtheConditions
ofAccessionandtheAdjustmentstotheTreaties,and
particularArticle45(2);
Whereasitisnecessarytodeterminetheconditions
underwhichgoodsobtainedintheCommunityunder
aprocedureforthesuspensionordrawbackofcustoms
dutiesorotherimportchargesmaybenefitfrom
CommunityprocedureintradebetweentheCommunity
asoriginallyconstitutedandnewMemberStates
andbetweenthenewMemberStatesthemselves;
Whereasthisprocedurewillbeimplementedfor
agriculturalgoodsandforcertaingoodsprocessed
fromagriculturalgoodsasfrom1February1973
andforallothergoodsasfrom1April1973;
Whereasthefactthatagriculturalproductssubjectto
leviesandotherimportchargesprovidedforunder
thecommonagriculturalpolicyandcertaingoods
processedfromagriculturalgoodsareobtainedinthe
Communityisnotcompatiblewiththeprocedurefor
compensatory amountsreferredtoinArticle55ofthe
aforesaidAct;
Whereasasregardsothergoodsthetariffreductions
tobemadebyMemberStateswillnotexceed20%
ofthebasicdutiesduring1973;Article1
1.Uptoandincludingthe31December1973,goods
obtainedinaMemberStateandinthemanufacture of
whichhavebeenincorporatedproductsonwhichhave
notbeencharged:
—customsdutiesandchargeshavingequivalent
effect;
—compensatory amountsasprescribedinArticle55
oftheActofAccession;
—leviesandotherimportchargesprovidedforunder
thecommonagriculturalpolicy;
whichwereapplicabletotheminthatMemberState,
orwhichhavebenefitedfromatotalorpartial
remissionorrepaymentofsuchduties,charges,amount
leviesorotherimportchargesareadmittedshall
benefitonimportationintoanotherMemberState
fromtheprogressiveabolitionofcustomsdutiesand
chargeshavingequivalenteffectandtheabolitionof
quantitativerestrictionsandmeasureshavingequiv­
alenteffect,providedforintheActconcerningtheHOJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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ConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustmenttothe
Treatiesannexedto:
—theTreatyconcerningtheAccessionofthe
KingdomofDenmark,IrelandandtheUnited
KindomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandto
theEuropeanCommunityandtheEuropean
AtomicEnergyCommunity ;and
—theCouncilDecisionoftheEuropeanCommunities
concerningtheAccessionofthesaidStatestothe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,
hereinafterreferredtoas'theActofAccession'.
2.ForthepurposesofthepresentRegulation,the
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedisregardedasa
singleMemberState.Article2
Inthosecaseswheretheproductsusedareproducts
comingfromthirdcountrieswhicharesubjectedtoa
treatmentinsufficienttoberegardedasmanufacture
thegoodssoobtainedshallbenefitfromtheprocedure
referredtoinArticle1(19)onlyonconditionthatthey
areinfreecirculationaccordingtotheprovisionsof
theEECTreaty,theECSCTreatyandtheActof
Accession .
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities ,.
ThisRegulationshallapplyfrom1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI