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REGULATION No189/66/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of24November1966
onglucoseandlactose
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article235thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament1;
WhereaspriortotheCouncilDecisionof12Decem­
ber1964,2glucose,glucosesyrup,lactoseandlactose
syrupfellwithinheadingNo17.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariffoftheEuropeanCommunities ,except
forchemicallypureglucoseandlactosefallingwithin
headingNo29.43;
Whereasclassificationundertwoseparatetariff
headingsgaverisetotechnicaldifficultiesofappli­
cationsuchthattheCustomsCo-operationCouncil
decidedtorecommendthattheseproductsbere­
groupedwithinthesametariffheadingsothatthey
couldbegivenidenticalcustomstreatment;whereas
thesedifficultieshavebeenincreasedintheCom­
munitybythefactthatglucoseandlactose,hitherto
fallingwithintariffheadingNo17.02,arelistedin
AnnexIItotheTreatyandmadesubjecttothelevy
system,whilechemicallypureglucoseandlactose
remainsubjecttothesystemofcustomsduties,the
economicincidenceofwhichcanbeappreciablydif­
ferent;
Whereasthesedifficultiesarethegreaterinthatthe
productsinquestion,whatevertheirdegreeofpurity,
arederivedfromthesamebasicproducts;whereas
thecriterionforcustomsclassification betweenthoseproductswhichareandthosewhicharenotchemi­
callypureisa99%degreeofpurity;whereaspro­
ductswithaslightlyhigherorslightlylowerdegree
ofpuritymayhavethesameeconomicuse;whereas,
therefore,theapplicationofdifferentsystemsleads
todistortionsofcompetitionwhichareallthegreater
becauseofinterchangeability ;
Whereastheonlysolutiontothesedifficultiesisto
followtheCouncilDecisionof12December1964by
givingtheproductsthesameeconomictreatment
whatevertheirdegreeofpurityor,totheextentthat
thiswouldappearadequate,byharmonisingthe
treatmentgiventothetwogroupsofproducts;
Whereasthe.Treatydoesnotspecificallyprovidethe
authorityneededtotakesuchaction;inthesecir­
cumstancesthenecessarymeasuresshouldbetaken
onthebasisofArticle235oftheTreaty;whereas
themostappropriatemeasuresaretoextendtochemi­
callypureglucoseandlactosethetreatmentgivento
otherglucoseandlactosewithinthecommonorgan­
isationofagriculturalmarketsandtopermit,in
connectionwithamendmentstothetreatmentgiven
tothelatterproducts,amendmentstothetreatment
giventotheformer;
Whereasifchemicallypureglucoseandlactoseare
madesubjecttothesystemoftradeestablishedre­
spectivelybyCouncilRegulationNo193onthe
progressiveestablishment ofacommonorganisation
ofthemarketincereals,andbyCouncilRegulation
No13/64/EEC4ontheprogressiveestablishment of
acommonorganisationofthemarketinmilkand
milkproducts,theprovisionundertheCouncilDe­
cisionof14April19625forlevyingacountervailing
dutytooffsetpricedifferencesforprimaryproducts
servesnofurtherpurpose;
3OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.933/62.
4OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.549/64.
5OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.999/62.1OJNo96,2.6.1965,p.1654/65.
2OJNo220,31.12.1964,p.3741/64.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1pursuanttoArticle43oftheTreatyorinaccordance
withproceduresestablishedfortheapplicationof
thatArticle,suchamendmentsshallextendrespect­
ivelytoglucoseandglucosesyrupor"tolactoseand
lactosesyrupwhosedryweightcontainsnotlessthan
99%ofthepureproduct,unless,inaccordancewith
thesameprocedures,othermeasuresaretakenfor
theharmonisingofthetreatmentapplicabletothese
productswiththetreatmentapplicabletothoseal­
readymentioned .
Article31.Thetreatmentgiventoglucoseandglucose
syrupunderRegulationNo19andunderthepro­
visionsadoptedfortheapplicationofthatRegulation
shallbeextendedtoglucoseandglucosesyrupwhose
dryweightcontainsnotlessthan99%ofthepure
product,whichuntil31December1964fellwithin
sub-headingNo29.43Aandthereafterwithinsub­
headingNo17.02BIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff.
2.Thetreatmentgiventolactoseandlactose
syrupunderRegulationNo13/64/EECandunderthe
provisionsadoptedfortheapplicationofthatRe­
gulationshallbeextendedtolactoseandlactose
syrupwhosedryweightcontainsnotlessthan99%
ofthepureproduct,whichuntil31December1964
fellwithinsub-headingNo29.43Bandthereafter
withinsub-headingNo17.02AIoftheCommon
CustomsTariff.Article1oftheCouncilDecisionof4April19621
establishingthelistofgoodstowhichtheCouncil
Decisionof4April1962providingforacounter­
vailingdutytobeleviedoncertaingoodsprocessed
fromagriculturalproductsisapplicable,shallbe
amendedbydeletingsub-headingsNos29.43Aglu­
coseand29.43Blactose.
Article4Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January Whenthetreatmentgiventoglucoseandglucose
syruportolactoseandlactosesyrupisamended 1967.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,24November1966.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.W.BIESHEUVEL
1OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.1000/62.