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REGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
temporarily andtotally suspending theautonomous duty in
theCommon Customs Tariff forpotatoes ofsubheading
07.01 AIII b)COM(76)14 final .
Brussels ,19january 1976
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(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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COM(76 )11»final .

EXPLAÏÏATORY MEMORANDUM
Thetotal Community potato produotion forthe
1975 horvestt acoording totheprovisional figures of
0*S*C«E .fwas33»833»000 tonnes ,areduction of19$
compared toproduotion in1974 (41#630,000 tonnes )*
This reduotion ofavailable supplies hasledtoa
speotaoular rise inpotato prices ontheCommunity market *
Forthis reason ,theCommission considers itnecessary
tosuspend totally theautonomous duties intheCommon
Customs Tariff until the28th March 1976inorder to
ensure that themarket issupplied j»ith ware potatoes
(07*01 AIIIbofCommon Customs Tariff )*

PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (EEC)No OFTHECOUNCIL
of
temporarily andtotallysuspendingtheautonomousduty
intheCommonCustomsTariffforpotatoesof
subheading07.01AIIIb)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle28thereof,
Whereasinviewofdifficulties ofsupplyontheCommunitypotatomarkets,
theautonomousdutyforcertainkindsofpotatoesshouldbetotally
suspendeduntil28March1976,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
WitheffectfromthedateofentryintoforceoftheRegulationuntil
28March1976theautonomousCommonCustomsTariffdutyonpotatoesof
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthedate
ofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
jsubheading07.01AIIIb)shallbetotallysuspended.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePrésident