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COM(80)481 final
Brussels.24July1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68ontheCommon
CustomsTariff

BXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ByRegulations (EEC )No387/80and388/80of15February 1980 (1)the
Community applied safeguard measures against certain textile products
imported into theUnited Kingdom .
2.Considering themselves injured bythese measures theUnited States of
America asked toenter into consultation with theCommunity under article
XIX ofGATT and claimed compensation forthe damage caused totheir
exports .TheCommunity rejected this claim but waswilling ,inorder to
avoid thedangers forinternational trade relations which would follow a
confrontation onthis issue ,to .envisage some kind ofgesture inthe
tari fffield . .
3.Theconsultations have now ledtoasolution satisfactory toboth sides .
4.Thetariff changes proposed consist ofanaccelerated introduction of
duties arising from theTokyo Round ,duties which would only be
implemented on 1January 1981 .Among the 6cases involved ,two
(No.38.07 Cand No.39.03 BVa)1)are atpresent thesubject of
autonomous suspensions ofduties atthe level of3%and 4%respectively
5.TheArticle 113Committee hasgiven afavourable opinion initssitting
on16.7.1980 asregardsjthe principle ofthemeasures proposed bythis
regulation . ^
(1)O.J. L45,20February 1980 ,page 5^

Proposai
foraCouncilRegulation (EEC)
I •-
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68
* /
ontheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,' v• •
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,followingsafeguard measurestakenbytheCommunityin.thesynthetic
fibresector,consultations underGATThavetakenplacewiththeUnited
StatesofAmerica;
Whereastheseconsultations haveledtoamutuallysatisfactory solution
consisting,fortheCommunity,oftheaccelerated introduction ,forcertain
products,ofconcessions resulting fromthe1979GenevaProtocolannexedto
theGeneralAgreement onTariffsandTrade;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : '.
Article 1,
Theconventional ratesofdutyoftheCommonCustomsTariffrelatingto
productslistedintheAnnexheretoshallbeasshowninthesaidAnnex.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September 1980

-2-
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. "'
FortheCounciI
ThePresident
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Annex
Heading
number<
DescriptionConventional
ratesofduty
%
35.04 Peptonesandotherproteinsubstances (excluding
enzymesofheadingNo35.07)andtheirderivati-
ves;hidepowder,whetherornotchromed 7'3
38.07'Spiritsofturpentine (gum,woodandsulphate)
andotherterpenicsolventsproducedbythe
distillation orothertreatment ofconiferous
woods;crudedipentene;sulphiteturpentine;
pineoil(excluding"pineoils"notrichin
terpineol ):/
C.Other 4,5
39.03 Regenerated cellulose;cellulosenitrate,
celluloseacetateandothercelluloseesters,
cellulose ethersandotherchemicalderivatives
ofcellulose,plasticised ornot(forexample,
collodions,celluloid);vulcanisedfibre:
B.Other:
III.Cellulose acetates :
a)Notplasticised 13,4-
b)Plasticised
2.Filminrollsorinstrips,for
cinematography orphotography 9/4
IV.Othercellulose esters:
b)Plasticised :
1.Productsknownasmoulding
powders 8,7
V.Celluloseethersandotherchemical
derivatives ofcellulose :
a)Notplasticised :
1■■1.Ethylcellulose 10,7
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