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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUMTIES
COM(73)1966 final
Brussels ,22November 1973
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concerning theuse tobemade ofinward processing
arrangements intrade ingoods covered byRegulation
(EEC )No1059/69between Member States ofthe
Community asoriginally constituted and thenew Member
States and between the new Member States themselves
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(73 )1966 final

Explanatory Note
Theinwardprocessingsystemcanprovetobeeconomically -
justifiedintradeingoodscoveredbyRegulation(EEC)Ho1059/69between
the"Six"andthenewMemberStatesandbetweenthenewMemberStates
themselves,solongasforthe&egoodschargesapplicabletothistrade,
providedforbyArticle47of"theActofAccession,remaininforce.
Thesechargesconsistoftwocomponents,a"Fixed"component,
intendedtoensuretheprotectionoftheprocessingindustry,anda
"variable"componentintendedtocompensatethedifferences betweenworld
pricesandtheCommunitypricesoftheagricultural produceused.
IIow,asfarasthevariablecomponentisconcerned,thereisa
basicincompatibility betweentheuseoftheinwardprocessingsystemand
theapplicationofaprice-regulating mechanism.
Thisdraftregulationisintended:
-ontheonehandtoleadtotheprohibitionofinwardprocessing
arrangements whichresultindistortionofthepriceregulation
mechanismsoftheCommonAgricultural Policy,andunder
Regulation(EEC)No1059/69
-ontheotherhand,topermitonlythoseinwardprocessing
arrangements \\rhichdonotdistortthesemechanisms,solongas
customsdutiesorcomponentsintendedtoensuretheprotection
oftheprocessingindustryrema5jainforce.

.Proposa !fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC); :
concerning theuse tobemade ofinward processing
arrangements intrade ingoods covered byRegulation
(EEC)NO1059/^9between Member States ofthe
Community asoriginally constituted andthenewMember
States andbetween thenew Member States themselves
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN ;COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ;
Having regard totheTreaty (l)concerning theaccession ofnewMember
States totheEuropean Economic Community andtotheEuropean Atomic
Energy Community ,signed atBrussels on22January 1972 ,andinparticular
Article 47(5) Act (2)hereinafter referred toas"Act"annexed
thereto ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas "foraslong ascustoms duties orcomponents intended toensure the
protection oftheprocessing industry still apply totrade/goods covered
byRegulation (EEC)No1059/69(3)»aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)No
1491/73(4)between Member States oftheCommunity asoriginally
constituted and the new Member States and between the new Member States
themselves ,itmaybeeconomically justifiable toprocess orwork under
invrard processing arrangements products ofevery kind and,subject tothe
provisions made invirtue ofArticle 45oftheAct ,toadmit the
compensating product ,which issubject tocustoms duties ortoaprotective
component ,tofree circulation :
••/••
0JNoL73of27.3.1972 .p.5 (4)0JNoL151of7.6.1973 ,P.1 1)0JNoL73of27.3.1972 ,p.5
2)0JNoL73of27.3.1972 ,p.14
3)0JNoL141of12.6.1969 ,p.1

Whereastoenablesuchoperationstobecarriedout,specialprovisions
shouldbeadopted,tobeapplicableduringtheperiodconcerned;
Whereasduringtheperiodreferredtoabovecompensating productsmaybe
manufactured orassembledfromproductsimportedfromanotherMemberState
whichfulfiloneoftheconditionsreferredtoinArticle9(2)ofthe
Treaty;whereaswhenthesecompensating productsareliableto•
compensatory amountsintradebetweenMemberStatestheresultisthat
priceregulationnolongerhasanyeffect;•whereasitisimportant
thereforetoprohibittheadmissionofsuchcompensating productstofree
circulation ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
ForthepurposesofthisRegulationtheMember.Statesofthe,Communityas,
originallyconstitutedshallberegarded ,asasingleMemberState.
Article2
1.Itshallbeprohibited,aslongasthesystemofcompensatory
amountsprovidedforinArticle470)oftheActofAccessionisapplied,
toexportfromone.MemberStatetoanothergoodscoveredbyRegulation
(EEC)No1059/69whichhavebeenmanufacturedorobtainedfrombasicproducts
orassimilatedproducts,orprocessedproductsnotsubjectintheexporting
MemberStatetoeither:,
–compensatory amounts,asprovidedforinArticle47oftheActof
Accession; .... .-
–chargeapplicabletotheminvirtue.ofArticle10(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1059/69 .
–levies-orotheramountsortaxes,„asprovidedforunderthecommon....
agricultural policy.

2.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofArticle10(2;ofRegulation
(EEC)HO1059/69,wherethelevyincludesacomponentintendedtoensure
theprotectionoftheprocessingindustryparagraph 1shallnotapplyin
respectofsuchcomponentforaslongascustomsduties "betweenMember
Statesorcomponentsintendedtoensuretheprotectionoftheprocessing
industryremaininforce.
I
Article3
ThisRegulationshalle.nter-intoforceonthedayofitspublicationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
Itshallapplyfrom1January1974
JThisRegulationshallbebindinginits
entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels. 1973 FortheCouncil
ThePresident