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Brussels,16March1977
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concerningtheacceptanceoftheCustomsCooperation
CouncilRecommendation of18June1976toamendthe
Nomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustoms
Tariffs
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0r.<77>72final

E>'P>Ar!A~fRYF!Ef,OPA'"D !JM
Subject:DraftProposalforaCouncilDecisionacceptingtheCustoms
Cooperation CouncilRecommendation dated18June1976toamend
theNomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustoms ■
Tariffs.
Since1950/1951or1963,accordingtotheparticular Member
State,thenineMemberStateshavebeenContractingPartiestotheCon­
ventiononNomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustoms
Tariffs(December1950).ThisNomenclature,knownasthe^Customs
Cooperation CouncilNomenclature",isthebasisonwhichtheCommon
CustomsTariffwasfounded.TheCustomsCooperation Councilis
responsibleforthemanagementofitsNomenclature;representatives of
theMemberStatesparticipate inthaworkofthatbodyafterfirst
havingcoorJinatedtheirpositionintheCommitteeonCommonCustoms
TariffNomenclature,asislaiddowninArticle5ofCouncilRegulation
97/69of16January1969.(1).
Inordertotakeaccount,inparticular,ofcontinuing
technicalprogressandtheconsequentchangesininternational trade,
theCustomsCooperation CouncilmayrecommendamendmentstotheNomen­
claturetoitsContractingParties(nownumbering37).Recommendations
ofthisnaturehavealreadybeenmadein1960/61and1971.Theycame
intoforce,respectively,on1January1965and1January1972.
On18June1976,theCustomsCooperation Councilagainrecommended
anumberofamendments (230)totheNomenclature .Inaccordance with
theprovisionsoftheConvention,theBelgianMinistryofForeignAffairs
notifiedtheContractingPartiesoftheRecommendation on20December1976,
witheffectfrom31December1976.
ArticleXVIoftheConventionprovidesthattheamendments com­
prisingtheRecommendation willbedeemedtohavebeenadoptedifno
ContractingPartyoffersanobjectionwithinsixmonthsoftheeffective
date,thatistosay,by30June1977atthelatest.Ifthereareno
objections,theamendmentsconcernedwillenterintoforceon
1January197G,thedateonwhichcustomstariffsmustbebroughtinto
linewiththeamendedNomenclature .
(1)0JNoL14of21January1969.

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Shouldtherebeobjectionstooneormoreamendments/even
byonlyoneContractingParty/theamendnentoramendmentsinquestion
willbedeemedtohavebeenrejectedbyallContractingParties./Wter
1July1977/theBelgianMinistryofForeignAffairswillnotifythe
amendmentsadoptedordeemedtohavebeenadoptedtoallContracting
Parties..
TheRecommendation havingbeingexaminedindepthwithinthe
CommitteeonCommonCustomsTariffNomenclature andtheJointPcinelof
GovernmentExpertsontheCommonCustomsTariffinclosecollaboration
withqualifiedrepresentatives oftheMemberStates,theCommission
considersthatthisRecommendation canbeaccepted.

Rccomnendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concerningthoacceptanceoftheCustomsCooperation Council
Recommendation cf15June1976tcemendtheNomenclature
fortheClassification of^oodsinCurtomsTariffs
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andinparticularArticle113thereof,"
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission .,
WhereasthenineMemberStatesareContractingPartiestotheBrussels
Conventionof15December1950onNomenclature fortheClassification of
GoodsinCustomsTariffs;whereastheCommonCustomsTariffisbasedon
thatNomenclature ;
WhereastheCustomsCooperation Councilmayrecommendamendmentstothe
Convention,andthereforetotheNomenclature whichformspartthereof,
toitsContractingParties;whereason18june1976thesaidCouncil
issuedaRecommendation toamendtheNomenclature ;
WhereasunderthisConventiontheBelgianMinistryofForeignAffairs
communicates thetextofeverydraftrecommended amendmenttoall
ContractingPartiesandtothegovernments ofallothersignatoryor
accedingStatesandsaidtextisdeemedtohavebeenadoptedifit
encountersnoobjectionfromanyContractingPartywithin
sixmonthsfromthedateofcommunication ;whereas,ifnoobjectionis
encountered,theamendmententersintoforcesixmonthsafterexpiryof
thatperiodandthecustomstariffsofallContractingPartiesmustbe
alignedontheamendedNomenclature bytheendofthelatterperiod;
WhereastheBelgianMinistryofForeignAffairscommunicated thetextof
theRecommendation of18June1976totheContractingPartiesconcerned
on20December1976,totakeeffectfrom31December1976;whereas,
consequently,theRecommendation willbedeemedtohavebeenadoptedon
1July1977ifithasmeanwhileencountered noobjectioninwholeorin
part;

Whereasthereisnoobjectiontobemadetoanypartoftheabove-
mentionedRecommendation .
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheRecommendation of18June1976oftheCustomsCooperation Councilto
amend,theNomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustoms
TariffsisacceptedinthenameoftheCommunitywithaviewtoits
application asfrom1January1978.
TheCommissionshallinformtheBelgianMinistryofForeignAffairs
by30June1977atthelatestofthisacceptance.
Doneat ■••mon*■ For'theCouncil
ThePresident