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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)585 final
Brussels ,18November 1977
DRAFT
DECISION OPTHE REPRESENTATIVES OPTHE GOVERNMENTS
OPTHEMEMBER STATES OPTHE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
COMMUNITY ,MEETING WITHIN THECOUNCIL ,ONTHENOMEN­
CLATURE ANDTHERATE OPCONVENTIONAL DUTIES FOR
CERTAIN PRODUCTS
(..../..../ ECSC )
COM(77 )585final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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TheannexeddraftDecisionisintentedtosecuresomeminoramendments
tothenomenclature andtothedutiesforECSCproductswhichare
includedintheCommonCustomsTariffpursuanttotheDecisionofthe
representatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesoftheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity,meetingwithintheCouncil,of13January1975
onthenomenclature andtheconventional dutiesforcertainproductsand
alsothegeneralrulesfortheinterpretation andimplementation ofthe
saidnomenclature andduties.
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Asregardsthenomenclature,thedecisionconcernsminoramendmentswhich
areintendedtoensureeitheracorrectimplementation intheCCTofthe
CCCRecommendation of18June1976(heading27.04)orastrictalignment
ofthewordinginthevariouslanguages(AdditionalNote1(p)toChapter
73).
Astotheduties,theproposedamendmentisintendedsolelytoclarify
thesituation.Forthepurposesofsubheading73.05Bafootnoteis
insertedwhichpointsoutthatthedutyforthissubheadingissuspended
foranindefiniteperiodinaccordancewiththeDecisionoftherepresen­
tativesoftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesof19November1962.

DRAFT .
DECISION OFTHE REPRESENTATIVES OPTHE GOVERNMENTS OFTHE
MEMBER STATES OFTHEEUROPEAN COAL ANDSTEEL COMMUNITY ,
MEETING WITHIN THECOUNCIL ,OHTHENOMENCLATURE "ANDTHE
RATE OFCONVENTIONAL DUTIES FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS
( /..../ ECSC )
Therepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMember States oftheEuropean
Coal andSteel Community ,meeting within theCouncil ,inagreement with the
Commission ,
HAVE DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
TheCommon Customs Tariff Nomenclature oftheMember States oftheEuropean
Coal andSteel Community andtheconventional duties inforce forproducts
falling within thescope oftheTreaty establishing theEuropean Coal and
Steel Community and setout inCouncil Regulation (EEC)N°950/68of28June
(1)1968 ontheCommon Customs Tariff taslast amended byRegulation (EEC )
(2No /77 »pursuant totheDecision oftherepresentatives ofthe
Governments oftheMember States oftheEuropean Coal and Steel Community ,
meeting within the Council ,of13January 1975 »onthenomenclature ,therate
ofconventional duties forcertain products andthegeneral rules forthe
interpretation andimplementation ofthesaid nomenclature andduties ,are
hereby amended oradded toasfollows :
(a)Thewording ofsubheadings 27.04 AandBshall beread asfollows :
27.04 A Coke and semi-coke ofcoal :
JJjunchanged
BCoke andsemi-coke oflignite (ECSC )
remainder unchanged .
(1)0JN°L172 , .è2»?.1968 ,p.l. ■
(2)OJNoL , 1977 ,p.

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(b)Thedefinitionof"wirerod"containedintheAdditionalNotetoNote1(p)
toChapter73shallreadaafollows;
.(ECSC)"Wirerod"isaproductofsolidsectionobtainedexclusively by
hot-rolling,andwhichishot-coiled.Thetermcoversonlysuchproducts:
1.ofroundorsquaresectionofwhichthediameterorsidedoesnot
exceed13mm;
'2.•ofanyothersection,whichdonotconformtothedefinitionofhoop
andstripinNote1<m)above,weighingnotmorethan1.330kgper
linearmetre.
(c)Insubheading73.05B,inrespeotoftheconventionaldutyofyfo,
insertthecross-reference (a)•
Atth£footofthepageinsertthefollowingnote:
(a)Autonomoustotalsuspensionforanindefiniteperiod.
(d)Inthesubheading73«08A,thecross-reference (a)"becomes("b).
Atthefootofthepage,thepresentfootnote(a)isrelettered(b).
Article2
TheamendmentsandadditionsreferredtoinArticle1shallbeincorporated into
Regulation(EEC)No950/68,
Article3
MemberStatesshalltakeallthenecessarymeasurestoimplementthis
Decision.
DoneatBrussels, •FortheCouncil,
ThePresident