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COM(72)1739 final
■Brussels .4January 1973
PROPOSAL FORAREGULATION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
authorizing thenewMember States toretain national subdivisions
inthenomenclature oftheCommon Customs Tariff inrespect of
certain agricultural products
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM(72)1739 final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thefirst subparagraph ofArticle 60(3 )oftheActconcerning theConditions
ofAccession and theAdjustments totheTreaties provides that the new
Member States shall apply theCommon Customs Tariff nomenclature by
1February 1973 atthe latest inrespect ofproducts covered byacommon
organization ofthe market .
However ,thesecond subparagraph ofArticle 60(3)ofthesaid Actprovides
that theCouncil ,acting byaqualified majority onaproposal from the
Commission ,may authorize anewMember State toinclude within the Common
Customs Tariff nomenclature such existing national subdivisions aswould be
indispensable for carrying out theprogressive moves towards alignment with
the Common Customs Tariff orthe elimination ofthe duties inthe Community
under the conditions laid down intheAct ,provided nodifficulties arise
therefrom inapplying theCommunity rules .
Last month theCommission ,following theapplication submitted bythe new
Member States toretain national subdivisions within the Common Customs
Tariff nomenclature ,proposed totheCouncil that the Council should
authorize the new Member States toinclude within the Common Customs Tariff
nomenclature national subdivisions inrespect ofthemajority ofagricultural
products liable for customs duty ,butreserved theright tomake afurther
proposal inrespect ofgoods covered bythecommon organization ofmarkets
infruit andvegetables ,beef and veal ,and fishery products .
TheActconcerning theConditions ofAccession andtheAdjustments tothe
Treaties provides ,inrelation toproducts inthose three sectors ,that the
compensatory amounts should becorrected bytheamount ofcustoms duties .
The Commission needed toknow the method for correcting compensatory
amounts inorder tobeable toascertain whether theinclusion ofnational
subdivisions would give rise todifficulties in -theapplication ofthe
Community rules »

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Further work tofixgeneral rules relating tocompensatory amounts hasshown
that ,with regard toproducts covered bythecommon organization ofmarkets
infruit andvegetables andinfishery products ,such authorization is
justified andwould not give rise toany difficulties .
Asregards fishery products ,theonly compensatory amount provided for
relates toaCommon Customs Tariff subheading inrespect ofwhich the
retention ofnational subdivisions does not arise *
Asregards fruit andvegetables ,themethod adopted forcorrecting the
compensatory amount byreference totheamount ofcustoms duties -which
consists incorrecting thecompensatory amount bytheamount ofduties
effectively charged atthetimeofeachoperation -enables national sub­
divisions toberetained without creating further administrative complications ,
each newMember State being theonly one touse its ownnational subdivisions *
With regard tobeef andveal ,ontheother hand ,themethod adopted for
correcting thecompensatory amount bytheamount ofcustoms duties consists
incorrecting thecompensatory amount bytheamount ofduties onaflat-rate
basis ,which implies that when thecompensatory amounts aregranted bythe
dispatching Member State theproduct should bedeclared from thestart under
thetariff subheading relating tothecompensatory amount applicable ;and ,
ifitisagreed toretain national subdivisions within theMember States ,
complicated tariff subheadings would have tobecreated which would result
from theoverlapping ofnational subdivisions ofthenewMember States ,and
these newtariff subheadings would have tobeused byall theMember States .
Given that thenon-retention ofnational subdivisions inthenewMember States
would have scarcely anyeconomic consequences -theamount ofcustoms duty
being neutralized bycorrection ofthecompensatory amount -theCommission
considers itunnecessary forthenewMember States toretain national
subdivisions inrespect ofbeef andveal products .

PROPOSAL FOR AREGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
authorizing thenew Member States toretain national subdivisions
inthenomenclature oftheCommon Customs Tariff inrespect of
certain agricultural products
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty concerning theaccession ofnewMember States
totheEuropean Economic Community and totheEuropean Atomic Energy
Community ,signed on22January 1972 ,andinparticular Article 60(3 )of
theAct annexed thereto ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas under thefirst subparagraph ofArticle 60(3 )thenewMember States
are toapply theCommon Customs Tariff nomenclature by1February 1973 atthe
latest inrespect ofagricultural products covered byacommon organization
ofthemarket ;whereas ,however ,byvirtue ofthe second subparagraph ofthat
provision thenewMember States may beauthorized toinclude within the
Common Customs Tariff nomenclature such existing national subdivisions as
would beindispensable forcarrying out theprogressive moves towards the
alignment with theCommon Customs Tariff ortheelimination ofduties inthe
Community tothe extent that nodifficulties arise intheapplication ofthe
Community rules .
Whereas such authorization isjustified inrespect ofproducts covered bythe
common organization ofthemarkets infishery products ,fruit andvegetables ,
anddoes notlead toanydifficulties ,having regard tothe fact that fishery
products subjected toacompensatory amount donotlead totheretention of
national subdivisions bythenewMember States ,andthat inthecase of
fruit andvegetables thesystem forcorrecting compensatory amounts by
reference tothe amount ofcustoms duties enables national subdivisions tobe
retained within thenomenclature oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;
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HAS# ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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Article 1
For agricultural products covered bythecommon organization ofthe markets
infishery products ,fruit andvegetables ,thenewMember States are
authorized toinclude inthe nomenclature ofthe Common Customs Tariff such
existing national subdivisions asare indispensable for carrying out the
progressive moves towards alignment with theCommon Customs Tariff orthe
elimination ofduties within theCommunity under theconditions laid down in
theAct concerning theConditions ofAccession and theAdjustments tothe
Treaties *
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1February 1973 -
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Don <?atBrussels ,O19–
For the Council
The President