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COUNCIL REGULATION
amendingRegulation No950/68ontheCommonCustomsTariff
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1,Duringdiscussion in.theCommittee onCCTNomenclature ofcertainarticles
ofClothing referred toinEnglish asbreeches or knickerbockers
withaviewtoclassifying themintheCommonCustomsTariff,itwas
observedthatinthecaseofthefollowing subheading :
(
61.01Men'sandboys'outergarments :
B.Other:
V.Other:
d)Breeches andshorts,
theEnglishversionoftheCCTcouldonlybeinterpreted differently from
theotherlanguage versions,
2.Inaddition,following certaindifficulties encountered bytheUnited
Kingdomadministration regarding theclassification ofacrylictufted
bathmatsintheCommonCustomsTariff,itwasobserved thatinthe
caseofthefollowing subheading :
58.02Othercarpets,carpeting ,rugs,'matsandmatting,and"Kelem",
"Schumacks "and"Karamanie "rugsandthelike(madeupornot):
A.Carpets,carpeting ,rugs,matsandmatting :
II.Other:
a)Tuftedcarpets,carpeting andrugs,
theEnglishversionoftheCCTcouldonlybeinterpreted differently
fromtheotherlanguage versions,
3.Inviewoftheforegoing andinordertorectifythesituation,itis
proposed thattheEnglishtextofthesubheadings inquestion bealigned
onthewordingoftheotherversions,Inordertoeffectthisalignment,
thepresentwording"breeches andshorts"shouldbe'replaced bythe
term"shorts"andthephrase"tuftedcarpets,carpeting andrugs"should
bereplaced bythewords"tuftedcarpets,carpeting,rugs,matsand
matting".
Theseamendments shouldenterintoforceon1July1982,TheCommission
therefore requeststheCounciltodecideonthisdraftproposalfora
Regulation atoneofitsforthcoming meetings. ;*

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No-
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68onthe
CommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticles28and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,forthepurposeofclassifyinginthe,CommonCustomsTariff
(CCT)annexedtoRegulation (EEC)No950/68(1),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No––-(2),certaingarments
whichcoverthelowerpartofthebodyfromthewaistdownwards
whilesurrounding eachlegindividually,thecriterionofthe
lengthofthesegarmentsshouldbeadopted;whereas,onthe
basisofthiscriterion,thesegarmentshavebeenclassified
insubheading61-01BVe)(Trousers)whentheycovertheknees
andinsubheading61-01BVd)(Breechesandshorts)whenthey
donot;
WhereasothergarmentsofthistypereferredtoinEnglishas
"breeches"or"knickerbockers ",whichcovertheknees,fallto
beclassifiedwithtrousersinsubheading61-01BVe)onthe
basisofallthelanguageversionsoftheCCT
excepttheEnglish;
Whereas,ontheotherhand,onthebasisoftheEnglishversions
oftheCCT/thesegarmentsfalltobeclassified
insubheading61-01BVd)(Breechesandshorts);
Whereas,inaddition,thescopeofthepresentwordingofsubheading
58-02AIIp)ismorerestrictiveinEnglishthanintheother
Communitylanguageversions;
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Whereasthewordingofsubheadings 61„01BVd)and58*02AIIa)
intheEnglishversionoftheCCTshouldbealigned onthetexts
oftheotherlanguage versions,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheEnglishversionoftheCommonCustomsTariffannexedto
Regulation (EEC)No950/68isherebyamended asfollows :
1.AtsuDheading 61.01BVd),"Breeches andshorts"isreplaced
by"SKorts";
2.Atsubheading 58.02AIIa)/"Tuftedcarpets,carpeting andrugs"
isreplaced by"Tuftedcarpets,carpeting,rugs,matsandmatting.
Article 2
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1July1982«
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates*
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
' ThePresident *•