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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1061/85

of 25 April 1985

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 as regards the amounts expressed in ECU

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3563/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 to textile products originating in developing countries (2), and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3564/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (3), and in particular Article 1 (3) thereof,

Having regard to Decision 84/637/ECSC of the representatives of Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 18 December 1984 applying for 1985 generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries (4), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof,

Whereas, to take account of monetary evolution, it is necessary to modify the amounts in ECU fixed in 1983 in Articles 7 and 10 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 of 23 December 1983 on the definition of the concept of originating products for the purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries (5);

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Origin,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 3749/83 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Article 7 (2), '2 000 ECU' is replaced by '2 355 ECU'.

2. The footnote to Article 7 (2) is replaced by the following:

'The equivalent in national currencies of the ECU is as follows:

1.2.3 // // 45,3837 // Belgian franc/ Luxembourg franc // // 2,23596 // German mark // // 2,52050 // Dutch florin // 1 ECU // 0,592085 // Pound sterling // // 8,09937 // Danish krone // // 6,85840 // French franc // // 1 383,98 // Italian lira // // 0,721675 // Irish pound // // 92,1772 // Greek drachma

The amounts in the national currencies which result from the conversion of the amounts expressed in ECU may be rounded up.'

3. In the second subparagraph of Article 10 (2), '140 ECU' and '400 ECU' are replaced by '165 ECU' and '470 ECU' respectively.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 May 1985.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 April 1985.

For the Council

COCKFIELD

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 338, 27. 12. 1984, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 338, 27. 12. 1984, p. 98.

(3) OJ No L 338, 27. 12. 1984, p. 183.

(4) OJ No L 338, 27. 12. 1984, p. 225.

(5) OJ No L 372, 31. 12. 1983, p. 1.