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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of31July1978
prolongingtheduty-freeimportationofgoodsforfreedistributiontotheearth­
quakevictimsintheFriuliregion
(OnlytheItaliantextisauthentic)
(78/643/EEC)
providingforthetransmissiontotheCommissionby
theGovernment ,inaccordancewithasuitabletime­
table,allinformationonthescopeandnatureof
importationscarriedoutwiththebenefitofduty-free
admission;
WhereastheotherMemberStateshavebeen
consultedinaccordancewithArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No1410/74,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1410/74of4June1974onthetarifftreatmentappli­
cabletogoodsimportedforfreecirculationinthe
eventofdisastersoccurringintheterritoryofoneor
moreMemberStates(*),andinparticularArticle2
thereof,
HavingregardtotherequestmadebytheGovern­
mentoftheItalianRepublicdated12May1976,
Whereas,bytheDecisionof14May1976(2)in
responsetothisrequest,theCommissionauthorized
theduty-freeimportationofgoodsforfreedistribu­
tiontotheearthquakevictimsintheFriuliregion;
whereasthisduty-freeadmissionwasextendeduntil
30June1978bytheCommissionDecisionof28
December1977(3);
WhereastheCommission'sconsultation withthe
ItalianGovernment underArticle3ofthesaidDeci­
sionhasrevealedthatbecauseofthenecessarydelay
inimplementingtheplanforrehousingthoseaffected
bythedisasteritisappropriatetoextend,until31
December1978,theduty-freeadmissionforallgoods
importedforfreecirculationundertheconditionslaid
downinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1410/74
aswellasthosewhichareonthatdateinthecourse
ofbeingconveyedtotheplaceofthedisaster;
Whereas,inordertoallowtheCommission tofollow
thedevelopment ofthesituation,thereisreasonforArticle1
1.Theprovisionforadmissionfreeofimport
duties,underArticle1(1)oftheCommissionDeci­
sionof14May1976,shallbeextendeduntil31
December1978forallgoodsimportedforfreecircula­
tionbyStateorganizations orbyorganizations
approvedbythecompetentItalianauthoritiesforthe
purposeofbeingdistributedbythemfreetotheearth­
quakevictimsintheFriuliregion,ormadeavailable
freeofchargewhileremainingthepropertyofthe
organizationsinquestion.
2.Theduty-freeadmissionreferredtointheabove
paragraphshallalsoapplytogoodswhich,on31
December1978,areinthecourseofbeingconveyed
totheplaceofthedisaster.
Article2
1.TheGovernmentoftheItalianRepublicshall
communicate totheCommission .allinformation
regardingthenatureandquantitiesofthevarious
goodsadmittedfreeofdutyunderArticle1.(!)OJNoL150,7.6.1974,p.4.
(2)OJNoL131,20.5.1976,p.19.
(3)OJNoL41,11.2.1978,p.32.

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2.Thecommunication requiredunderparagraph 1
mustreachtheCommissiononthefollowingdates:
(a)fortheperiod1Julyto1October1978:15
October1978atthelatest;
(b)fortheperiod2Octoberto1December1978:15
December1978atthelatest.
Article3
Afterconsultation withtheGovernment oftheItalian
Republic,theCommissionshallconsiderwithinsix
monthsfromthedateofthenotificationofthisDeci­
sion,whetherthisDecisionshouldbemaintained,
modifiedorrepealed.Article4
ThisDecisionshallcomeintoeffectfrom1July
1978.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheItalianRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,31July1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission