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REGULATION (EEC)No1958/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of30July1975
extendingcertaintransitionalmeasuresforrum,arrackandtafiainrelationwithcertain
overseascountriesandterritories
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1957/75(6),which
entersintoforceon1August1975,laysdown
interimtradearrangements withtheoverseas
countriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunitysimilartothoselaiddownfor
productsoriginatingintheACPStates;whereas
Article1ofthisRegulationprovidesthatcertain
productsoriginatingintheoverseascountriesand
territoriesshallbeimportedintotheCommunityfree
ofcustomsdutiesandchargeshavingequivalent
effect;whereas,however,theabovementioned
Regulationprovidesfortheadoptionofaspecial
Regulationforproductsfallingwithinsubheading
22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle115(3)oftheActof
AccessiontheCouncil,byDecisionNo75/462/
EEC(7)maintained inforcethearrangements
providedforinArticles109(1),114and119(1)of
thatAct;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle119oftheActof
Accession,thearrangementsresultingfromDecision
No70/549/EECshallnotapplyinrelationsbetween
thenewMemberStatesandtheoverseascountries
andterritories;
Whereastheimportarrangements fortheproducts
fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(rum,arrackandtafia)originating
intheoverseascountriesandterritoriesarenot
coveredbyRegulation (EEC)No1957/75;whereas
theCouncilhasagreedtoadopttextslayingdown
thesearrangements by30November1975;whereas,
pendingthisdecision,thestatusquoshouldbe
maintainedforimportsoftheseproducts,THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle
136thereof;
HavingregardtotheActofAccession (x),andin
particularArticle119(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheCommission ;
Whereas,withaviewtotheadvanceimplementation
ofArticle2(1)oftheACP-EECLoméconvention
andProtocol7thereto,whichwasannouncedbythe
Communitywhenthatconventionwassigned,the
Council,byRegulation (EEC)No1600/75(2),
openedaduty-freeCommunitytariffquotafor
productsfallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(rum,arrackandtafia)
originatingintheACPStates;whereasspecialimport
arrangements shouldthereforebemadeforthese
productswhentheyoriginateintheoverseas
countriesandterritories;
WhereasCouncilDecisionNo70/549/EEC(3)of
29September1970ontheassociationoftheoverseas
countriesandterritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomic
Community ,expiredon31January1975;whereas,
underDecisionNo75/89/EEC(4),DecisionNo70/
549/EECanditsAnnexes,andtheprovisions
adoptedfortheirimplementation continuetoapply
beyond31January1975untiltheentryintoforceof
theprovisionswhicharetoreplacethisDecisionor
until31July1975,whicheveristheearlier;whereas,
however,CouncilDecisionNo75/463/EEC(5)of
22July1975ontheextensionofcertaintransitional
measuresinrelationswithcertainoverseascountries
andterritories,maintainsinforceDecisionNo70/
549/EECprovidedthatnonewprovisionsrelatingto
thesamefieldshaveenteredintoforceoruntil
31July1976,whicheveristheearlier;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theproductsfallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariff(rum,arrackandtafia)
originatingintheoverseascountriesandterritories
listedinAnnexIshallbesubject:OOJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(2)OJNoL166,28.6.1975,p.81.
(3)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.83.
(4)OJNoL26,31.1.1975,p.9.
(5)Seepage77ofthisOfficialJournal.(6)Seepage5ofthisOfficialJournal.
(7)Seepage76ofthisOfficialjournal.

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tafia)originatingintheoverseascountriesand
territorieslistedinAnnexIIshallbesubjecttothe
arrangementsprovidedforinArticle119(2),second
andthirdsubparagraphs ,oftheActofAccession .(a)whenimportedintotheMemberStatesofthe
Community asoriginallyconstituted,tothe
arrangements resultingfromDecisionNo70/549/
EECandfromArticle119(2),thirdsubparagraph ,
oftheActofAccession;
(b)whenimportedintothenewMemberStates,to
thearrangementsprovidedforinArticle119(2),
firstandthirdsubparagraphs ,oftheActof
Accession .
Article2
Theproductsfallingwithinsubheading22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariff(rum,arrackandArticle3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August
1975.
Itshallcontinuetoapplyuntiltheentryintoforce
ofthenewprovisionsrelatingtothesamefieldsor
until29February1976,whicheveristheearlier.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30July1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.RUMOR

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ANNEX 1
ListoftheoverseascountriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle1
1.OverseascountriesoftheKingdomoftheNetherlands :
—Surinam,
—TheNetherlandsAntilles(Aruba,Bonaire,Curaçao,StMartin,Saba,StEustatius).
2.OverseasterritoriesoftheFrenchRepublic :
—SaintPierreandMiquelon,
—TheComoroArchipelago ,
—TheTerritoryoftheAfarsandIssas,
—NewCaledoniaanddependencies ,
—WallisandFutunaIslands,
—FrenchPolynesia,
—FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories .
ANNEX 11
ListoftheoverseascountriesandterritoriesreferredtoinArticle2
1.OverseascountriesandterritoriesoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIre­
land:
—Belize,
—Brunei,
—AssociatedStatesintheCaribbean :Antigua,Dominica,StLucia,StVincent,StChristopher ,
NevisandAnguilla,
—CaymanIslands,
—FalklandIslandsandDependencies ,
—GilbertandElliceIslands,
—BritishSolomonIslands,
—TurksandCaicosIslands,
—BritishVirginIslands,
—Montserrat ,
—Pitcairn,
—StHelenaandDependencies ,
—TheSeychelles,
—BritishAntarcticTerritory,
—BritishIndianOceanTerritory.
2.Anglo-French Condominium oftheNewHebrides.