NoL286/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.10.74
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of30September1974
amendingCommission Directiveof26March1973applyingArticles13and14
oftheCouncilDirectiveof4March1969ontheharmonization ofprovisions
laiddownbylaw,regulationoradministrative actioninrespectofinward
processing
(74/508/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirective(')of4March
1969ontheharmonization ofprovisionslaiddownby
law,regulationoradministrative actioninrespectof
inwardprocessing,aslastamendedbytheAct(2)
annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheaccessionofnew
MemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,
signedatBrusselson22January1972,andinparti­
cularArticle28thereof;DirectiveamendingArticle13oftheDirectiveof4
March1969wereapproved,wouldberenderednuga­
toryasregardsproductsfromthoseindustrialsectors
consignedbytheauthorizedprocessorinthecircum­
stancesmentionedinthepreviousrecital;
WhereasthestateofdiscussionontheproposedDirec­
tivefortheamendment ofArticle13issuchthat
amendmentcannotbeexpectedinthenearfuture;
Whereasthetimelimitofsixmonthsimposedonthe
MemberStatesforthebringingintoforceofthe
measuresrequiredbyimplementing Directiveof26
March1973hasalreadybeenextendedtotwelve
monthsbyCommission Directive(5)of5October
1973;whereasithasbeenfurtherextendeduntil
October1974byCommission Directive(6)of27
March1974;
Whereasfortheforegoingreasonsanextensionofthis
timelimituntil30September1975appearsneces­
sary;
Whereaswithoutafavourableopinionfromthe
InwardProcessingCommitteetheCommission has
beenunabletoadopttheprovisionsproposedinthis
respectundertheprocedurelaiddowninArticle28
(3)(a)oftheabovementioned CouncilDirectiveof4
March1969;whereaspursuanttosubparagraphs (b)
and(c)ofthesaidArticle28(3)theCommissionhas
submittedtotheCouncilaproposalrelatingtothe
provisionstobeadopted,andwhereastheCouncilhas
takennoactionwithinthethreemonthsfollowing
receiptofthatproposal,Whereason26March1973,theCommissionadopted
aDirectiveapplyingArticles13and14oftheforesaid
CouncilDirective(4)of4March1969andprovidedin
Article7thereofthatitwastobeputintoforcewithin
sixmonthsfollowingitsnotification ;
Whereasnotificationtookplaceon6April1973;
WhereastheCouncilhasforsometimehadbeforeit
aproposalfromtheCommissionseekingtoamend
theDirectiveof4March1969soastoensureequality
ofcustomstreatmentasbetweendirectimportations
qualifyingforduty-freeadmissiononthegroundsof
theentitlementoftheconsigneeoroftheirparticular
destinationandproductsobtainedintheCommunity
underinwardprocessingproceduresandhavingthe
likeconsigneeordestination ;whereasthisproposalis
ofparticularinteresttocertainimportantindustrial
sectorswithintheCommunity ;
Whereastheentryintoforceoftheaforementioned
implementing Directiveonthedatelaiddownin
Article7thereofwouldinvolvetheestablishment ofa
customscooperationprocedurewhich,iftheproposedHASADOPTED THISDIRECTIVE :
A)tide1
Article7oftheCommission Directiveof26March
1973applyingArticles13and14oftheCouncil
Directiveof4March1969ontheharmonization of
provisionslaiddownbylaw,regulationoradministra­
tiveactioninrespectofinwardprocessingisamended
toreadasfollows:(')OJNoL58,8.3.1969,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,26.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL73,26.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL120,7.5.1973,p.17.(5)OJNoL297,25.10.1973,p.30.
(b)OJNoL108,22.4.1974,p.25.

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'Article7
TheMemberStatesshallbringintoforcethe
measuresnecessarytocomplywiththisDirective
inorderthattheyshallapplyfrom1October
1975'.
Article2
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.DoneatBrussels,30September1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Frangois-Xavier ORTOLI