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Brussels.9January1976
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION
amendingregulations (EEC)Nos109/70and
1439/74oncommonrulesforimportsfrom
State-trading countriesandotherthird
countries.
(Submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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Bxplanatory Mémorandum
(1)
Regulation(ESC)No.1439/74oncommonrulesforimportsand
Regulation(EEC)NO.109/70establishing commonrule3forimportsfrom
state-trading countriesmustberevisedby31December1975»**"th®
latest,withaviewtoagreaterstandardisation oftheimportrules 1
whiohtheylaydown.
Havingregardtoboththepositiveandthenegativeexperiences
gainedintheapplicationoftheseRegulations ,theCommissionconsidersthat
theirrevisionshouldtakethefollowinglines:
Firstly,certainbasiomodifications shouldbaintroducedinto
Regulation(EEC)No.1439/74includinganextensionofthecommon
rulesestablished underthisRegulationtoalltheproduotscoveredby
theEECTreaty,whiohmakesnecessaryanewconceptionofAnnexI
oftheRegulation.Seoondly,certaintechnicalimprovements ofboth
Regulationsshouldbeeffectedinoludinga-simplication oftheconsultation
procedure,arationalisation ofthesurveillance prooedureandanimprove­
mentofthesafeguardmeasures.
A.B6.SICMODIFICATION fRegulation(EEC)NO.1439/74)
Extensionofthecommonrulestoallproducts
TheCommunityliberalisation rulesestablished bythisRegulationonly
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cover,atpresent,$26entirepositionsand63partialpositionsoutofthe
1,097positionsintheCO0.T®
FortheotherproductstheimportrulesvaryfromoneMemberStateto"
another;whilsttheyareunderquotainsomeMemberStatestheyare
liberalisedinothers.Thisresidualportionis,inthemain,governed
bytheCounoilDecisionof19*12.1972layingdowncertaintransitional
measuresfortheprogressivestandardisation oftheimporttermsofMember
(3)Statesasregardsthirdcountries N.Takenliterally,thatdeoisionfixes
aminimumofcommonrulesforthemodification ofdifferentimportrules
whichremain,finally,largelynational.
(1)b.J.No.L159of15.6.1974,p.l
(2)O.J.No.L19of26.I.I570,p.l
(3)OJ.No.L299of31.12.1972,p*46

Itspifdd-fcioalapplicationhasehewnj&9W*}V§?,thatthiswiftiRUW
proceduredoesnotpermitofanyrealprogresstowardsstandardisation of
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commercialpolicyandhas,infact,causedcertaindifficulties ,particularly
(1)inthetextilesfield^.
Thecontinuedexistenoe,fiveyearsaftertheendofthetransition
period,oftwoseparatesetsofrules,communitarian forliberalisedproduots
andessentiallynationalforsensitiveproductsseem3,furthermore ,tobe
outofstegiftheprogressmadeinothersimilarfieldsisconsidered :
thestrictcommunitarisation oftheconventional commercialpolicyconfirmedbythe
(2CouncilDecisionof16.12.19"9 onthestandardisation oftradeagreements
andtheincreasedstandardisation oftheautonomouscommercialpolicywith
regardtostate-trading countriesboughtaboutbyCouncilDeoisionsof
2.12.1974^^andof27.3o1975^4'.
GuidancecanbetaJcenfromthetwoabovementionedCouncilDecisions,
whilstbearinginmindthedifferenceinpoliticalcontextbetweenthe
countriestowhichRegulation(EEC)No.1439/74relatesfindthestate-trading
countries.Fortheformergroupofcountries,therefore,theCommunity
stressshouldbeonliberalisation ratherthanontherestrictive aspect
whichisattheheartoftheDecisionsof2.12.1974end27«3«1975 *
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In.thatcontext,thefollowingsolutioncouldbeenvisagedforthose
productswhich,uptonow,havenotbeenincludedinthecommonliberalisation
listunderRegulation(EEC)No,1439/74*
«liberalisation maamiresexistinginMemberStateswouldbeconsolidated
atCommunitylevel® __
Theestablishment ofsurveillance orprotectivemeasuresvrithregard
tothoseproductswould,therefore,followtheprocedureinTitles
II4sndIIIoftheRegulation.Theseprocedureshave,intherecent
past,showntheireffioencyatCommunityleveland,furthermore,they
allowforinitiativetobetakenatnationallevel(thesystemof
nationallaunching)*
(1)Withaviewtoresolvingthesedifficulties th©Commissionhasproposed
totheCouncilth©adoptionofaRegulationonprotectivemeasxxresprovided
forintheArrangementRegardingInternational TradeinTextilesand
emendingRegulation(EEC)TSo,1439/74
(2)O.J.No.L326of29.12,1969 »"P-39 1.
(3)0„J.No.L358of31.12.1974,P.1
(4)O.J,No,L99of21.4,1975,p..7

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–Withregardtoquantitative ^restrictexistinginotherMemberStates
forth«otuQaproducts,theycould"bemaintained ,ineffectandconsolidated b;
•meansofanegativelistsettingouttheMemberStatesandtheproduots
concerned(seeannex).Theprocedureforanymodificationofthese
restrictions wouldfollowthemodeloftheDeoieionof19.12.1972.
Inordertoaohievethisobjectivethepresentliberalisation list
oouldberevisedandsimplified. .-.
InitspresentversionAnnexIofRegulation(EEC)Uo.1439/74contains
fourcolumns.Whileitseemsnecessarytoretainthefirstone,asacommon
liberalisation list,theeeoondcouldboabolished.Thiscolumn,ineffect,
setsoutthoseproduotsforwhichliberalisationdependssolelyonorigin.
However,itwasalwaysunderstoodbetweentheCommissionandtheMember
Statesthattheseproductswouldoorrespondtothoseliberalisedergaomnes
thatis,vis-a-visbothQATTcountriesandsta-ie-tradingcountries.Itwould
sufficetorestatethisprincipleintheRegulationitselfratherthanto
enumeratealltheproductsinaseparatelist.
Column2couldthereforebeusedforthenegativelistofresidual
quantitativerestrictions maintainedineffectinoneorotherMemberState.
Thepresentcolumns3end4couldbeotuzfoinedintoonesinglecolumn
"ImportSurveillance "whichwouldindicatebothmeasuresestablishednationally
andthoseestablished bytheCommunity.
Finallycolumn4wouldsetouttheprotectivemeasuresestablished
bytheCommunity*^.
Theimportruleswouldthereforebeasfollowsi
(l)Seeannexedmodel

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1. Theimportation ofPi'&duots included inthe 0<?i.ua<j nliberalisation
lie*iaeslumn 1©?Annex Xand ei'igiHfirSing inanyofthethird countries
included inthelist ofoountries BetoutinAnnex IIwould befree ,that
istoBaynotsubjeot toanyquantitative restriction intheCommunity .
(Text ofArticle Ipractically unchanged ).
2. The importation oftheproducts setout incolumn 2ofthesaid
list originating inanyoftheabove mentioned third countries would befree
intheMember States other than those setoutinthecolumn with regard
tothose products .TheBe Membor States would beauthorised tomaintain
quantitative restrictions ,themodification ofwhioh would beeffected in
accordance with theDecision of19.12.1972 . '
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This method ofproceeding would notrequire anymodification ofthe
import terms existing inMember States andwould permit aglobal view of
thesituation intheCommunity .
B.TECHMCAL IiïPROVE.EÎTTS
Therevision oould include acertain number oftechnioal improvements
applicable ingeneral tothetwoRegulations ooncerned .
l)Simplication oftheconoutfation procedure (Regulation (EEC)NOS.1439/74
Initspresent form .Title IIofeach oftlv-e Regulations provides that
alloounsultations between theMember States andtheCommission necessarily
take theform ofameeting ofexperts ,normally inBrussels .
However ,incertain cases ,particularly where national surveillance
measures areconcerned ,theholding ofsuch meetings seems tobenotonly
burdensome butalso superfluous .
Itwould ,therefore ,seem desirable tofollow therecent modification
oftheAnti-Dumping Regulation andprovide that ,incertain cases ,consultations
could takeplace inwriting (Artiole 6ofRegulation (EEC)Nos.201l/73)^^«
(1)0„J„No.L206of27.7.1973jp .3
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2)fiati.onaXjg 3AQ3_J3£gcfidure(e.s.p.ecjally.Eç^lflliPn
(EEC)No.1439/74)
i
Atpresent,Regulation(EEC)No.1439/74providesthatthesurveillance
proceduremust"bebothanterior(bymeansofimportdocuments)and
posterior(bymeansofacheckonimportseffected).Conversely,
Regulation(EEC)NO.109/70allowsadistinctionandachoicebetween
thetwomethodsofsurveillance ,whioh,insomecases,ismorepractical.
Itwouldbeuseful,therefore,tohavethispossibilityofchoiceinserted
intoRegulation(EEC)No.1439/74*
twouldalsobeuseful,inordertomakeformoreprecisecontrol
andeasieruseofthedataextraoted,toprovidethatseparateimport
documentswouldberequiredforeachproductundersurveillance .
Finally,itshouldbomadeclearthat,whereasurveillance measure
concernsaproductwhichissubjecttoquotainoneormoreMemberStates,
thedocumentusedforthepurposesofthequotacouldalsobeusedforthe
surveillance.(Regulation(EEC)No.1439/74andRegulation(EEC)No.
109/70.)
3)Improvementofsafeguardclauses(Régulations (ESC)Nos.1439/74and
109/70
Inspiteofthefears'expressedduringthediscussions whichpreceded
theadoptionofthosetwoRegulations,experiencehaashownthatthegeneral
conceptionofthesafeguardmeasureswasreasenable,includingthecompromise
solutionforthenationallaunchingofthesemeasures.Theexistenceofthis
solution,althoughithasbeenusedonlyonce,hasplayedamoderatingand
balancingrolebetweentheCommission,ontheonehand,andtheMember'
States,ontheother.
Themaintenanceofthegenrallinesofthissystemseems,therefore,
tobenecessaryandthiswouldentailanewextensionofthe"national
launchingraechanismwwhichwouldnormallyexpireon31.12.1975®

However ,itmight badesirable tomodify itonthaoa points :
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oonsultation ofthe Commission and the other Member States would be
necessary before anysurveillance or"national launching "ofameasure
byanyMember State ,even incases ofurgency (repeal ofArtiole 9(2)
■ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74andoftheendofArticle 14(2 )ofReg^-
ulation No,1439/74andofArticle 9(2)ofRegulation (EEC)NO.109/70*
1 ■ •
Thespecial procedure forthenational launching ofmeasures flowing
from saffr /ruard clauses contained inbilateral agreements could beended .
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Inthecontext ofRegulation (EEC)NO.1439/74this procedure could be
replaced bythenormal procedure applicable inother cases i.e. inthe
case ofanautonomous intervention notbased onabilateral safeguard
clause .
Another provision ,which hasrecently been thecause ofserious difficulties
andaocording towhich products already ontheir waytotheCommunity
arenotaffected byproteotive measures ,could also berevised .This
rule ,theuseofwhich byimporters inthetextiles sector hasledto
quota measures being deprived ofmuch oftheir efficacity ,could bemade
more flexible ,byproviding that ,while protective measures would not
prevent theputting into free circulation ofgoods ontheir way tothe
Community pitwould bepossible todecide ,!inaccordance with Artiole XIII
GATT ,that those products should becounted against thequota fixed
■fortheperiod ofapplication ofthemeasure and ,where necessary ,
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against thequotas forthefollowing period orperiods .
Experience hasshown that thenecessity inallcases forthe
Counoil toconfirm interim "protective measures taken bythe
Commission constitutes aconsidérable procédural andadministrative •.
complication forallconcernecij "theCommission )theMesaber
States andtheCouncil .This complication ,which isbased on
anessentially formalistic conception issuperfluous inthose
cases where theCommission 'smeasures arenotcontested byany

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MonVb^rState#ThsCommission!therefore^proposesthatit1>©provided
thai1fh§intei*venttonof"fchoCouncilwould,onlytosobligatorywhere,a
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MemberStateconteststheCommission'smeasures#
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■«
Inthecircumstances ,theCommissionproposestotheCouncilthat
itshouldadoptthefollowingamendmentstothetextsofRegulations (EEC)
Nos.1439/74andIO9/7O,theamendments "beingunderlinedinthetext
tansmittedtotheCouncil.Thepassageswhichorenotunderlinedcorrespond
tothepresenttextoftheRegulations whichtheCommissiondoesnotwish
toplaceindiscussion.Theyarereproducedonlytofacilitateunderstanding
oftheproposedinnovations.WithregardtothelistinAnnexIof
Regulation(EEC)No.1439/74theCommissionproposesthatitshould "be
amendedinaccordancewiththemodelwhichIsannexedandthat,after
theadoptionofthisproposalthatitshould' "becompletedbytheaddition
ofthevariousproductsaffected*

PR0P05ALFORACOUNCILREGULATION
amendingRegulations (EEC)Nos109/70and1439/74oncommonrulesforimpcrts
fromState-trading countriesandotherthirdcountries.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
Havingregardtotheinstrumentsestablishing commonorganisation of
agricultural marketsandtotheinstrumentsconcerningprocessedagricultural
productsadoptedinpursuanceofArticle235oftheTreaty,inparticular
theprocisionsofthoseinstruments whichallowforderogationfromthe
generalprinciplethatallquantitativerestrictions ormeasureshaving
equivalenteffectmaybereplacedsolelybythemeasuresprovidedforin
thosesameinstruments ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle14(6)andArticle15(l)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1439/74of4June1974oncommonrulesforimports^^andamendedArticle
3(6)andamendedArticle11(l)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No109/70of
19December1969establishing commonrulesforimportsfromState-trading
(2)countries'providethatthecouncilshallby31December1975a*'the
latestdecideontheadjustmentstobemadetothoseRegulations ;
WhereasanyamendmentofRegulation (EEC)No1439/74mustbeconcerned,
aboveall,withincreasedstandardisation ofimportterms,inparticular
withregardtothoseimportswhichuptonowhavenotbeenincludedin
thecommonliberalisation list;andwhereas,tothisend,itisnecessary
toprovidethattheseimportsshallbefreeexceptinthoseMemberStates
wheretheyarestillsubjecttoquantitativerestrictions andwhichare
authorisedtomaintaintheserestrictions provisionnaly ,everymodification
ofthesemeasuresbeingcarriedoutinaccordancewiththeDecisionof
19December1972^layingdowncertaintransitionalmeasuresforthe
(1)O.J.No.L159of15.6.1974,p.l
(2)O.J.No.L19of26.1.1970,p.l
(3)O.J.No.L299of31.12.1972,p.46

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progressivestandardisation theimporttermsofMemberStatesas
regardathirdoountrios;
Whereas,also,theexperiencegainedintheapplicationofRegulation
(EEC)No.1439/74andRegulation(EEC)No.109/70showsthatitis
necessarytosimplifytheconsultation procedures,torationalisethe
surveillance measuresandtoimprove,incertainrespects,thesafeguard
clauses, s
HASADOPTEDTIIISREGULATION :
Article1
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^ThetextofArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No.1439/74ishereby
replacedbythefollowingtext:
I.ImportationintotheCommunityoftheproductsinoludedinthe
commonliberalisation listcontainedincolumn1ofAnnex1andoriginating
.inanythirdcountryincludedinthelistofcountriescontainedinAnnex
II,shallbefree,thatistosaynotsubjecttoanyquantitativerestriction *
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2«Importationofotherproductsoricinatin?inanyofthoaforesaid
thirdcountriesg'nall "hefraainthoCorsmmity .thatiatosaynotsubjectto
anycrucntitative restriction othorthanthosomaintained ineffect,in
accordance withArticlo16bisofthisRegulation ..forthQproductssetout
incolumn .2ofthesaidAnnesinrespectoftheMenborStatesindicated
theroin. ..... –
Article2 ■
1"" .. »
ThetextofArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)'NO.1439/74ishereby
replacedbythefollowingtext:
), •TheCouncilmay,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposalfrom.
theCommission,resolvethatcolumnIofAnnex1beextendedtoinoludo
furtherproductsorthatAnnexIIbeextendedtoinclineotherthird
countries,ifitconsidersthatsuohactionisnotliabletocreatea
situationwheretheapplicationofproteotivemeasuresvouldbejustified.
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Article }
Paragraph 4hereunder ishereby added tothetext cfArticle 5
ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74andofRegulation (ESC)NO.109/70*
4. Where necessary ,consultations may take place invrpiting ;in
such cases the Commission shall inform the Member States ar.d the latter
may ,within afixed time-limit ,indicate their viey.-s orrequest an
oral consultation .
Article 4
Thetext ofArticle ^ ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74ishereby
replaced bythefollowing text :
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1. Where developments onthemarket inrespect ofaproduct originating
inathird country listed inAnnex IIthreaten tocause injury toCocnunity
producers oflike ordirectly competing products andtheinterests of
theCommunity eorequire ,importation ofthat product caybemade subject
to :
a) Posterior Community surveillance corried outintheform andmanner
determined intheDecision 'mentioned inparagraph 2;
b) Anterior Community surveillance carried orbintheform andmanner
provided for inArticle 8:
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Inthat event theproduct shall beixdicafced bythedesignation
EU3 incolumn 3ofAnnex I.
2. Where thedecision toimpose surveillance istaken simultaneously
with theinolusion oftheproduct incolumn 1ofAnnex I,that decision
shall betaken bytheCouncil ,acting byaqualified majority ona
proposal from theCommission .Inallother cases ,itshall betaken
by .theCommission and Article 12(5)shall apply#
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i-xJ.'.iJ.t5-t." \jucCjjJÜ\»2i^yi'TXir'aar^aCT"ztiZJCI£££
bythefollowingtext:
ProductsundoranteriorCommunitysurveillance maybeputinto
freecirculation onlyonproductionofaseparateimportdocunentforeach
product*Suchdocumentshallbeissuedoi1endorsedbyMemberStates,
freeofcharge,foranyquantityrequestedandwithinamaximumoffive
workingdaysfollowingsubmissionofadeclarationoranapplication
byanyCommunityimporter,regardlessofhisplaceofbusinessinthe
Community,withoutprejudicetotheobservanceoftheotherconditions
requiredbytheregulationsinforoe.
Article6
ThefollowingtextisherebyaddedtoArticle8ofRegulation(EEC)
No,1439/74asparagraph6andtoArtiolo6ofEegulatba(EEC)No#
IO9/7Oasparagraph3•
"Whereimportation ofaproductunderCommunitysurveillance is
subjecttoacuantitative restriction inaMernbarStatetheimport
authorisation frrantedbyouchMemberStateshallreplacetheaforesaid
importdocument".
Article7
Article9(2)ofRégulation(EEC)NO»1439/74ISherebyrepealed.
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»'Article8^
ThetextofArticle11(l)ofRegulation(EEC)NO.1439/74ishereby
replacedbythefollowingtext:
1.Intheabsenceofdifferentprovisionsadoptedatthesametimeand
inaccordancewiththessjs6procedureastheimp&gj^ionofsurveillance ,
MemberStatesshallcommunicatetotieCommissionwithinthefirsttendaysof

eachmonthin"thecaseofCommunitysurveillance andwithinthefirst
twentydaysofeachquarterinthecaseofnationalsurveillance ;
(a)inthecaseofanteriorsurveillance,detailsoftheBumsofmoney
(calculatedonthe'basisofcifprices)andquantitiesofgoodsinrespect
ofwhichimport.documentswereissuedorendorsedduringtheprecedingperiod;
(b)ineverycar,edetailsofimportsduringtheperiodprecedingtheperiod'
referredtoinsubparagraph (a).
Theinformationsupplied "byMemberStatesshallbebrokendownbyproduct
andbycountries. '
Article9 .
ThetextsofArticles12(3)and13(3)ofRegulation(EEC)Ifo.1439/74
azidofArtioles7(3)and8(2)ofRegulation(ESC)NO.109/70arehereby
replacedbythefollowingtext:
3."Suchmeasuresshallapolytoevery •productwhichisputintofree
circulationafterthoirentryintoforce.Theymaybelimitedtoimports
intendedforcertainregionsoftheCommunity."
Wheresuchmeasures .instituteaquantitative restrictiononimports
theyshallnotpreventtheputtingintofreecirculationofproductsalready
ontheirwaytotheCommunity,providedthatthedestinationofsuchproducts
cannotbeohangedandthatthoseproductswhichunderArticles7&n<i8may
beputintofreecirculationonlyonproductionofanimportdocumentare
accompanied bysuohadocument.Inaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddown
inparagraph 1.itnaybedecidedtocounttheseproducts,sofar&3practicable
againstthequantitypermittedtobeimportedintherariodofapplication of
;;heprotectivemeasureaadalso,wherenecessary ,againstthequantities
permittedtobeimportedinthenextfollowingperiodorperiods"•
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Artiolo 10
Thetexts ofArticle 12(5)and .(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74
andofArticle ^(5)and (6)ofRegulation (EEC)NO.IO9/7Oarehereby -
replaced bythefollowing text : '
5. Anydecision taken bytheCommission under this Article shall be
communicated totheCounoil andtotheMember States .AnyMember State may ,
within tonworking days following thedayofcommunication ,refer Buch
decision tothe Council . ,
I .
■Intheevent that aMember State refers totheCouncil adecision taken
bytheCommission ,thelatter shall ,within tenworking days folloyrin ^the
date onwhich theCouncil issei.zed ofthenatter ,m.^ke aproposal tothe
Council onappropriate measures asprovided forinArticle 13*
Article 11
Thefollowing text ishereby added ,asparagraph 4»toArticle 13
ofRegulation (EEC)No.'1439/74*
4«Where measures taken under thi3 Article establish quantitative restrictions
theproduct affected shall beindicated incolumn 4ofAnnex Iwith ,where
necessary ,adesignation oftheMember States concerned .
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Article 12 • 4
Thetexts ofArtiole 14(2 )ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74andofArticle
9(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No.109/70arehereby replaced bythefollowing text :
2.TheMember State shall take themeasure after hearing theopinion
expressed inthe Committee .
Article 15
a)Article 9(b)ofRegulation (EEC)NO.IO9/7Oishereby repealed .
b)Thetexts ofArticle ,14(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74andof
Article 9(4)ofRegulation (EEC)NO.109/70arehereby replaced bythe
following text : * '

4.Suohnotificationshallbeequivalenttoarequestwithinthemeaningof
Article12(4).Themeasure6halloperateonlyuntilthecomingintooperation
ofthedeoisiontakenbytheCommission.However,wheretheCommissiondecides
nottointroduoeanymeasureunderArticle12,itsdeoisionshallapplyas
fromthesixthdayfollowingitsentryintoforoo,unlesstheMemberState
whichhastakonthemeasurerefex'sthedeoisiontotheCouncil;inthat
case,thenationalmeasureshallcontinuetooperateuntiltheentryinto
forceofthedecisiontakenbytheCouncil,butinnoco-sebeyondtheexpiry
ofaperiodofonemonthfollowingreferralofthemattertotholatter#
TheCouncilshalltakeadecisionbeforethoexpiry,ofthatperiod.
Article14
Article14(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No.1439/74andArticle9(5)of
Regulation(ESC)NO.IO9/7Oareherebyrepealed.
Article15
Thedateof31December1975mentionedinArticles14(6)and16(l)of
Regulation(EEC)No.1439/74andinArticles9(6)sisamendedand11(l)aa
amendedofRegulation(EEC)No.109/70isherebyreplacedby31December1977•
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Article16
«
ThetextofArtiole16(2)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No.1439/74is
herebyreplacedbythefollowingtexts
a)insofax'aastandardization betweentheareasofliberalisation hasnot
beenwhollyrealizedMemberStatesmaysubjectimportsofproductsnotincluded
intheannextoRegulation(EEC)No.109./70establishing commonrulesforimports
fromstate-trading countriestotherequirementthat,notonlythecountryof
origin,butalsothecountryofpurchaseorthecountryofconsignmentshall
belistedinAnnexII;fortheFederalRepublicofGermany,thisshallapply
pleotothoseproductsshownincolumn2ofAnnexIwhoseimportationisnot
yetexemptedinrespectofallthirdcountries,underGermanimportarrangements ,
fromtherequirementofanimportauthorization ;

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Article ,*7
Thefollowing text ishereby added ,asArticle lobis ,toRegulation
(EEC)N°1439/74:
•"RieMember States indicated incolumn2ofAnnex Itilth re .Ta .rdtothe products
included therein arehereby authorised tomaintain theQuantitative restrictions
vhich apply atthe date ofentering into force ofthis Regulation .Any amendments
tosuch measures shall hoeffected inaccordance with tho provisions oftho
Council Decision of19December 1972 layin ?dox.Tt certain transitional measures
forthe progressive standardisation ofthe import toras ofMember States as
regards third countries ".
Article 18
Thefollowing text ishereby added ,asparagraph 2,toArticle 19
ofRegulation (EEC)No.1439/74:
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2. Intheevent that aI-fember State Bhall repeal aquantitative restriction
included incolumn 2theCommission shall ,ifitascertaina that theproduct
isthereby liberalised intheentire Community ,transfer such product tothe
common liberalisation list .
Article 19 . .
Annex ItoRegulation (ESC)No®1439/74ishereby replaced bytheAnnex to
this Regulation . • «
Artiole 20
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
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