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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)440 final
Brussels.9September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION _(EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68.onthe
CommonCustomsTariff\
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)440final

EXPLANATORY MEMOR ."VDU
1.Introduction
1.1.ByRegulation (EEC)No950/68of28June ,1968 (1),theCouncil
adopted ,intheform ofanAnnex tothat Regulation ,theCommon -
Customs Tariff asapplicable onthat date ,that istosaytaking
into account thevarious autonomous regulations ordecisions in
force aswell astheCommunity 'scommitments towards third countries .
1.2.Asfrom 1January 1970 ,this Regulation (EEC )No950/68,hasbeen
subject annually toanamending regulation oftheCouncil inthe
form ofafurther updated "Common Customs Tariff "Annex .This should
likewise bethecase on1January 1982 „ "
ν ■>.
1.3 . Inorder toenable all Member States and all users tohave an
up-to-date Regulation intheofficial languages oftheCommunity ,
itisproposed that theCouncil should adopt ,onthebasis of
Articles 28and113oftheTreaty ,theCommon Customs Tariff inthe
form ofaRegulation amending Regulation (EEC)No950/68of
28June 1968 . "
Forpractical reasons ,only thepages oftheCommon Customs Tariff
(initscurrent Official Journal version )which arethe subject of
amendments ,including those ofaminor editorial nature ,appear inAnnex .
Intheedition which will bepublished intheOfficial Journal ,the
Common Customs Tariff will nevertheless appear initsentirety .
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2.Amendments setout inthis draft Regulation ,gscompared 'jiih the text
inforce on1January1981
2.1.Amend ments resulting frorc international commitments
2.1.1 .TheGeneva Protocol andtheAdditional Protocol concluded
in1979 asaresult ofthemultilateral trade negotiations
which took place within theGATT inGeneva ,cc .:ains alist
ofconcessions intheagricultural andindustrial sectors .
(1)0JNoL172.22.7.1968 ,Pi1

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2.1.2 .This draft takes account ofprovisions Laid down forthe
implementat ionofthe said concessions byequal annual
\ reductions from 1.1.1980 ,with certain exceptions .
*
2.1.3 .Aslaid down foreach reduction phase ,the intermediate
rate has bt -irounded tothe nearest first decimal point ,
itbeing u.lerstood that the rate sorounded will not
exceed the intermediate rate ,when not rounded ,bymore
than 0.05% .
2.1.4 . Itshould benoted that theconcessions onthefollowing
products :
-citric acid (29.16 AIVa))
-tetraethyl-lead : (29.34 B)
and lead-based anti-knock
preparations (38.14Aand 38.14 BII)
-textiles (Chapters 51to62)
-ceramics :reductions uptozero ofthe specific minimum
duty forthose products falling within Chapter 69
towhich such aminimum duty applies and for ■
tariff subheading 85.25 A
-steel (headings Nos 73.01 to73.20 )
-titanium (81.04 KIand KIII
will beimplemented inthe following manner : .
-first phase of'the reductions on1.1.1 982,1983 ,1984
-second phase ofthe reductions spread over three years and
therefore excluded from this draft .
2„1.5 .With regard totheconcessions forchemicals (with certain
exceptions )falling within Chapters 29,32 and39oftheCCT,
th->firjt reduction ofduty ,byone-eighth ,was effected on
1July 1^20,thesecond reduction took effect ,sixmonths
a-'ter that date ,on1January 1981 ,andthethird will take
place on1January 1982 *
Thesubsequent reductions will take effect infive annual
stages ,: * -
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"2*1*6*Theconcessionfor ;?aperaridboard(ex48„01CII)~
willbeimplemented ;reductions,eachof0*5
points,on1.1;1983,1.1*1'.:~:^r1-1.1986,and1*1*1987*
2*1*7*Moreover,thisproposalincludes,inrespectofheading
No48*21,thenewlayoutwhichwasthesubjectofthe
CommissionproposaltotheCouncilon15June1981
(cfCOM(81)299Final)which,takesiritoaccountthe
necessitytoputintoeffectaconcessionrelatingto
articlesofpaperforsurgical,hygienicandmedical
use„
2*2*Autonomous^amendments ..
-Therehavealsobeenintroducedintothisproposaltheamendments
proposedbytheCommission '(COM/81286Final)relatingtothelayoutof
headingNo55*09(Otherwovenfabricsofcotton)aswellastwo
AdditionalNotestoChapter55*Theseprovisionsconcerncotton
fabricsknownas"denim".(and"indigodenim")whichareusedin
I
verylargequantitiesforthemanufacture ofclothingandin
whichthereis-considerable trade*
2*3*Amendments_resulti_n2„f£om_agri_cultural_Regulations
2*3*1*;Theseamendmentsconcernchangesinthetariff,resulting
fromRegulationsrelatingtocommonmarketorganisations
alreadyinforceorcomingintoforceon1January1982
atthelatest*
2*3*2*TheseRegulations concernChapters2,4and11*
2*4*AmendmentsresultingfromRegulationsQ"ther_than_Agri cultural
Regulations ''
InaccordancewithCouncilRegulation (EEC,Euratom)No3308/80
-dated16December1980,whichcameintoforceon1January1981,
itisappropriatetoreplace"EuropeanUnito'Account("EUA")
by"ECU"*
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'Conclusions
FromtheforegoingitwillbeseenthatthedraftCommonCustoms
Tariffapplicablewitheffectfrom1,1*1982includesanappreciable
numberofamendments,whichfollowmainlyfromtheresultsofthe
multi-lateral negotiations intheframeworkoftheGATT*Thewhole
oftheseamendments hasbeenthesubjectofacloseexamination by
theJointPanelofGovernment ExpertsontheCommonCustomsTariff
andhasbeenapprovedbythem*Inordertomakethisinstrument
availabletothenationaladministrations andtothetradeassoon
aspossibletheCommissionrequeststheCounciltodealwiththis
draftRegulationatoneofitsforthcoming meetings*

COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68
ontheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEURPPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
and-inparticularArticles28and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,underagreementssignedwiththirdcountries,andinparticular
pursuanttothe1979GenevaProtocolandthe1979AdditionalProtocol
totheGenevaProtocolannexedtotheGeneralAgreementonTariffsand-
Tradeandtheagreement'ontradeincivilaircraftsignedattheendof
the1973-1979Conference onMultilateral TradeNegotiations,the .
Communityhasundertakentomakereductionsincustomsduties,certain
ofwhicharetobeimplemented forthefirsttimeon1January1982;
whereasitisexpedient,therefore,inordertoensureuniformapplication
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,tospecifyinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
950/68of28June1968ontheCommonCustomsTariff(1),aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No (2),theconventional
dutiesapplicable from1January1982;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC,Euratom)No3308/80(3)
providesthattheterm"EuropeanUnitofAccount"(EUA)istobereplaced
bytheterm"ECU"inallCommunitylegislation,itisnecessary
thereforetomakethis,substitution ,throughoutthewholeoftheCommon
CustomsTariff; '
(1)0JNoL172,22.7.1968,p„1
(2)OJNoL,,
(3)0JNoL345/20«12«1980/p«T' •*««/«*««

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WhereascertainRegulations onthecommonorganisation ofagricultural
marketsprovidethatthetariffnomenclature resultingfromtheir
applicationshallbeincludedintheCommonCustomsTariffand/or
amendcustomsduties;whereasitisthereforeappropriatetoinclude
inthisRegulationalltheamendmentsresultingfromRegulations
adoptedundertheCommonAgricultural Policy;
Whereasitisappropriate,forthesakeofclarity,tobFingthewhole
oftheCommonCustomsTariffuptodate;whereas,forthispurpose,itis•
necessarytocollectinasingletextnotonlythosepartswhichare
amendedwitheffectfrom1January1982,butalsothosewhichhave
alreadybeenamendedandthosewhichremainunchanged;whereas,moreover,
theCommonCustom^Tariffwillbeimprovedbycertaineditorialchanges;
Whereas,althoughtemporarytariffamendmentsandthepreferential systems
resultingfromthevariousactsadoptedbytheCommunityformanintegral
partoftheCommonCustomsTariff,itseemsappropriate nottoinclude
theminthisRegulation;
ι
WhereasthisRegulationdoesnotapplytoproductscoveredbytheTreaty
establishing theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,althoughthenomenclature
andtheconventional dutiesfortheseproductsareincluded,forinformation
purposes,intheScheduleofCustomsDutiesinordertomakethelatter
easiertounderstand,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheAnnexheaded'CommonCustomsTariff"toRegulation (EEC)No950/68
isherebyreplacedbytheAnnextothisRegulation *
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1982„
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.'
DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil
ThePresident