NoL361/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.12.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3538/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December 1973
ontheusetobemadeofinwardprocessingarrangements intradeingoods
coveredbyRegulation (EEC)No1059/69betweenMemberStatesoftheCommu­
nityasoriginallyconstitutedandthenewMemberStatesandbetweenthenew
MemberStatesthemselves
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
Article1
ForthepurposeofthisRegulationtheMemberStates
oftheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedshallbe
regardedasasingleMemberState.
Article2HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(')ontheAccessionof
newMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,signedon22January1972,andinparti­
cularArticle47(5)oftheActofAccessionannexed
thereto;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasforaslongascustomsdutiesorcomponents
intendedtoensuretheprotectionoftheprocessing
industryreferredtoinArticle47(2)orArticle61of
theActofAccessionstillapplytotradeincertainagri­
culturalproductsorgoodscoveredbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1059/69(2)of20May1969laying
downthetradearrangements applicabletocertain
goodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
products,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1491/73(3),betweenMemberStatesoftheCommu­
nityasoriginallyconstitutedandthenewMember
StatesandbetweenthenewMemberStatesthem­
selves,itmaybeeconomicallyjustifiabletoprocessor
workunderprocessingarrangementsproductsofevery
kindand,subjecttotheprovisionsmadeinvirtueof
Article45oftheActofAccession ,toadmitthe
compensating products,whichissubjecttocustoms
dutiesortoaprotectivecomponent ,tofreecircula­
tion;whereastoenablesuchoperationstobecarried
out,specialprovisionsshouldbeadopted,tobeappli­
cableduringtheperiodconcerned ;
Whereasduringtheperiodreferredtoabovecompen­
satingproductsmaybemanufactured orassembled
fromproductsimportedfromanotherMemberState
whichfulfiloneoftheconditionsreferredtoin
Article9(2)oftheTreaty;whereaswhenthese
compensating productsareliabletocompensatory
amountsintradebetweenMemberStatestheresultis
thatpriceregulationnolongerhasanyeffect;
whereasitisimportantthereforeinthesecircum­
stancestoprohibittheadmissionofsuchcompen­
satingproductstofreecirculation ,1.Itshallbeprohibited,aslongasthesystemof
compensatory amountsprovidedforinArticle47(1)
oftheActofAccessionisapplied,toexportfromone
MemberStatetoanothergoodscoveredbyRegulation
(EEC)No1059/69whichhavebeenmanufactured or
obtainedfrombasicproducts,productsarisingfrom
theprocessingthereoforproductsassimilatedtoone
ofthesetwocategoriesimportedfromaMemberState
orthirdcountrywhichhavenotbeensubjectedinthe
exportingMemberStatetoeither:
—compensatory amounts,asprovidedforinArticle
47oftheActofAccession ;
—compensatory amounts,asprovidedforinArticle
55oftheActofAccession ;
—chargesapplicabletotheminvirtueofArticle5of
Regulation (EEC)No1059/69;
—leviesorotheramountsortaxes,asprovidedfor
underthecommonagriculturalpolicy.
2.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofArticle10(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1059/69,wherethechargeor
levyincludesacomponentintendedtoensurethe
protectionoftheprocessingindustryreferredtoin
Article47(2)or,whereappropriate,Article61ofthe
ActofAccession,paragraph 1shallnotapplyin
respectofsuchcomponentforaslongascustoms
dutiesorcomponentsintendedtoensuretheprotec­
tionoftheprocessingindustryremaininforcein
tradebetweenMemberStates.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .(')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL141.12.6.1969,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,7.6.1973,p.1. Itshallapplyfrom1January1974.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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