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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(74)761final
.. Brussels,4June1974
Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
totallysuspendingthecustomsdutiesoncertain
industrialproductsoriginatinginMalta
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)761final

EXPLAHATORY MEMORANDUM
1*BymeansofRegulation(EEC)No555/74of4March1974»"theCommunity
putintooperationthemeasuresnecessarytopermitMaltatoreceive,
asfrom1January1974»treatmentnolessfavourablethanisenjoyedby
countrieseligiblefortheGeneralised SystemofPreferences.
2.Itwillbenecessarytoadoptasimilarneasurefortheyear1975*
3.TheCommissionconsidersthat,asfortheyear1974»themostappropriate
autonomousmeasureinthisoontext,andthatbestadaptedtoMalta'sparti­
culareconomiosituation,wouldseemtobetheEEC/MaltaAgreement.
Further,onaccountoftheCommunity'sverylowlevel,inreoentyears,
ofimportations ofgoodsoriginatinginMalta,itdoesnotseemopportune
toproposequantitativelimits(indicativeceilings.ortariffquotas).
ThismeasuredoesnotcoverproductsinrespectofwhichtheAgreement
providesfortheopeningofCommunitytariffquotas(textileproducts
fallingwithintariffheadingNo55*05t5^«04»60.05and6l.0l);
othermeasureshavebeenproposedseparatelyforthese.
4.Bymeansoftheannexedproposal,theCommissionwishestodrawup,in
goodtime,havingregardtotheinherentproceduraltime-lag,aninstrument
togiveeffecttothecommitmentstoMaltaandtoextendtothatcountry
thebenefitsoftheGenralised SchemeofPreferences.Beingaware,
however,oftheproblemsposedbytheoontinuingdevelopmentofthe
situation,theCommissionreservestherighttomakeadaptationsto
itsproposalshouldsuohbenecessary.

Proposalfor a
REGULATION^EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
totallysuspendingthecustomsdutiesoncertainindustrialproductsoriginating
inMalta
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle113
xthereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,byvirtueof.theAgreement(')establishing
anAssociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandMalta,theCommunityappliesthe
CommonCustomsTariffduties,reducedby70%,to
productscoveredbythisAgreement ;whereasitseems
advisableprovisionallytoincreasethistariffadvantage
bymeansofthetotalsuspensionofthecustoms
dutiesapplicabletosuchproducts;whereas,however,
thismeasurecannotaffecttheproductssubjecttothe
tariffquotasprovidedforintheabovementioned
Agreement ;
Whereas,inordertoavoidthedangerofdisrupting
traditionalpatternsoftradebyimportsofsuch
products,provisionshouldbemadetoenablethe
.Commissiontoreintroduceatanytime,bymeansofa
■Regulation ,thelevyingofconventionaldutiesin
respectofMalta,
HASADOPrEDTHISREGULATION :
Artide1
_lo.31l^^ecember197^theCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesandthecustomstariffdutiesofthenew
MemberStatesshallbetotallysuspendedinrespectof
productsfallingwithinChapters25etscqofthe
CommonCustomsTariffcoveredbytheAgreement
establishinganAssociationbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandMalta,pursuanttoArticle1ofAnnexIthereto,withtheexceptionofproducts
fallingwithinheadingNos55.05,56.04,60.05and
61.01.
Ireland,however,shallbeauthorizedtoapplytosuch
productsdutiesequaltothosewhichitappliesto
MemberStatesotherthantheUnitedKingdom.
2.Thesuspensionreferredtoinparagraph 1shall
applysolelytoproductsoriginatinginMalta.The
rulesoforiginshallbethoseinforceatthetimeas
regardstheimplementation oftheaboveAgreement .
Therulewherebytheconditionrequiringsufficient
processingiswaivedinrespectofproductsoriginating
intheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedshallnot,
however,applyinthecaseoftheabovementioned
productswhentheyundergoinMaltaonlyinsufficient
workingorprocessingasdefinedinitems1to6of
listA,annexedtotheProtocoltotheaforesaidAgree­
ment.
Article2
Inordertoavoiddisruptingtraditionaltradepatterns
byimportsofproductsbenefitingfromtheduty
suspensionprovidedforinArticle1,theCommission
may,bymeansofaRegulation,reintroducethe
levyingofcustomsdutiesatanytimeuptotheendof
thecalendaryear,atthelevelapplicableinpursuance
ofArticle1ofAnnex1totheaforesaidAgreement .
Artide3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon.
1January1975•
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCou»cil
ThePrésident