NoL329/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.12.75
REGULATION (EEC)No3329/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of18December 1975
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1599/75onthearrangements applicabletoagri­
culturalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricul­
turalproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe
overseascountriesandterritories
betweentheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
thenewMemberStates;whereasappropriateprovi­
sionshouldbemadetoenablemeasurestobetaken
incaseswherethereisadangerofdeflectionoftrade,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Article19ofRegulation (EEC)No1599/75is
amendedtoreadasfollows:
'TheproductsreferredtoinRegulations (EEC)No
234/68,(EEC)No827/68,(EEC)No1308/70,
(EEC)No1696/71,(EEC)No2358/71and(EEC)
No1067/74shallbeimportedfreeofcustoms
duties.'THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(');
WhereasArticle19ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1599/75(2)of24June1975onthearrangements
applicabletoagriculturalproductsandcertaingoods
resultingfromtheprocessingofagriculturalproducts
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories,lays
downthattheproductsreferredtoinRegulation
(EEC)No234/68aretobeimportedfreeofcustoms
duties,withtheexceptionofproductsfallingwithin
headingNo06.03or06.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereastheexemptionofthoseproductsfrom
customsdutieswasdeferreduntilitwaspossibleto
settletheproblemsrelatingtotheunificationofthe
importarrangementsappliedbyeachMemberState
withregardtothirdcountriesinrespectoflivetrees
andotherplants;bulbs,rootsandthelike;cut
flowersandornamentalfoliage;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No3328/75(3)hasesta­
blishedcommonimportarrangements ;whereas,
consequently ,productsfallingwithinheadingNo
06.03or06.04andoriginatingintheAfrican,Carib­
beanandPacificStatesortheoverseascountriesand
territoriesshouldbeexemptedfromcustomsduties;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1599/75laysdown,in
respectoftheproductssubjecttoleviesorvariable
components ,totalorpartialexemptionfromsuch
charges;whereasdeflectionsoftradeshouldbe
preventedduringtheperiodofapplicationofacces­
sioncompensatoryamountsintradeinthoseproductsArticle2
Article22ofRegulation (EEC)No1599/75is
amendedtoreadasfollows:
'ThereductionsprovidedforbythisRegulation
shallbecalculatedbyreferenceto:
—thevariablecomponentsoflevieswherethe
leviescontainsuchcomponents ,
—theleviesinothercases,
applicabletoimportsfromthirdcountriesintothe
Communityasoriginallyconstituted .
However,duringtheperiodofapplicationofacces­
sioncompensatory amountsintradebetweenthe
Communityasoriginallyconstitutedandthenew
MemberStates,measurestopreventdeflectionsof
tradeshallbetakeinaccordancewiththeproce­
durereferredtoinArticle23,ifthisprovesneces­
sary.'
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1976.(')Opiniondeliveredon15.12.1975(notyetpublishedin
theOfficialJournal).
(2)OJNoL166,28.6.1975,p.67.
(3)Seepage4ofthisOfficialJournal.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.TOROS