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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)718final
Brussels,21May1974
PROPOSAL
Fora
Regulation (EEC)of+heCouncil
emendingRegulation(ESC)No950/68onthe
CommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(74)718final

Explanatory Memorandum
OnthebasisofaCouncilDecisionof21June1971,the
Communityimplemented theprincipalamendmentstotheBrusselsNomen­
claturecontainedintheRecommendation oftheCustomsCooperation
Councilof9June1970,byincorporating themintotheCommonCustoms
Tariffwitheffectfrom1January1972.
AsregardsheadingNo.85.21inparticular,oneofthe
effectsoftheamendments madetothenomenclature ofthesubheadings
wastoclassifysemi-conductor devicesintheformofwafersinsub­
heading85.21D,withaconsolidated dutyof17
TheUSAfeltthatthisamendmentwastotheirdisadvantage ,
arguingthatbefore1January1972,whentheamendednomenclature was
putintoeffect,mostoftheirexportsweresubjecttoacustomsdutyof
9.6%(whichasaresultoftheKennedynegotiations wasreducedto9%
from1January1972).
Theythereforerequestedareturntothesituationexisting
at31December1971.
AfterathoroughstudyofthisproblembytheSpecial
CommitteesetupunderArticle113,itwasfoundthattheinterpretation
ofthenomenclature inforceuntil31December1971hadledtodifferent
classifications indifferentMemberStatesandthat,ineffect,the
majorityofUSAexportstotheCommunityhadenjoyedadutyof9*6%and
onlyasmallparthadbeensubjecttothedutyof17
Onthisbasis,theSpecialCommittee,atitsmeetingof
21December1973,declareditselfinfavouroftheAmericanrequestbeing
grantedandtherateof9%beingre-established forcertainarticles
fallingwithinNo.85.21(wafers).
ThepurposeofthisRegulationistomakethenecessary
amendments totheCCT.
Thebudgetaryeffectcanbeestimated ,atareductionin
receiptsinafullyearofapproximately 650000-70OOOOdollars.
OJNo.L137,p.10and11.

Proposal for
aRegulation (SEC)oftheCouncil
amending Regulation (EEC )No950/68onthe
Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COhKUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 113thereof ;
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No950/68^"of28June 1968 onthe
2Common Customs Tariff ,aslast amended byRegulation (EEC )No
lists ,insubheading 85.21 D,diodes ,transistors andsimilar semi­
conductor devices and electronic microcircuits ;whereas these articles
aresubject toaconventional duty of17%\
Whereas forcommercial policy reasons theconventional duty applied
toarticles insubheading 85.21 Dintheform ofwafers notyetcut
into chips should bereduced ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
_- Article 1
TheAnnex headed "Common Customs Tariff "toRegulation (EEC)No950/68
is--amended toread asshown intheAnnex tothis Regulation .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1July 197^.
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly appli­
cable inall Member States .
/
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President
X0JNoL172,22July 1968
2

ANNEX
Heading
No.Rateofduty I
Doeor5.pt ionAutonomousconven­
tional
85.21 (unchanged )
A.toC. (unchanged )
D.Diodes ,transistors and similar
semi-conductor devices ;elec-
'tronic micro-circuits :\
I.Wafers not yet cut xnto
chips 21 9
II.Other /21 17
I
iE. (unchanged )