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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels,25January1982
\-^Proposaifora
'r.i.
COUNCIL REGULATION(CEE)
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1798/75ontheimportation free
/"^.rofCommonCustomsTariffdutiesofeducational,scientific andcultural
-materialsofCommonCustomsTariffdutiesofeducational -scientific andcultural
materials.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(82)11final

Cev*vaa
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Byadecisionof8May1979(1)theCouncilonbehalfoftheCommunity
approvedtheProtocolknownastheNairobiProtocol,whichwidensthescopeof
theFlorenceAgreement,drawnupundertheauspicesofUNESCO,onthe
importationofeducational,scientificandculturalmaterials.
2.Regulation (EEC)No1798/75(2)ontheimportationfreeofCommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesofeducational,scientificandculturalmaterialswasamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1027/79(3)topermitthetranspositionintoCommunity
lawoftheprovisionsoftheNairobiProtocol.
(1)03No.L134,31.5.1979,p.13
(2)OJNo.L184,15.7.1975,p.1
(3)OUNo.L134,31.5.1979,p.1

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3.Inthelightofthetwoyears'experienceacquiredinapplyingRegulation (EEC)
No1798/75asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1027/79,ithasbecomeapparent
thatthecorrectinterpretation oftheprovisionsofAnnexA(i)totheNairobi
Protocol(1)requireschildren'spicturebookstobeadmitteddutyfreeandsuch
duty-freeadmissiontobethusextendedtoallproductsfallingwithinheading
^9.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff.
SincethematerialsprovidedforinAnnexAtotheabovementionedProtocol
havebeenadmittedintotheCommunitydutyfreesince1January1980,itis
desirablethatthedraftproposalforaRegulationannexedhereto,thepurposeof
whichistoextendrelieffromcustomsdutiestochildren'spicturebooks,be
adoptedasrapidlyaspossible.
5.BasedonArticle28oftheEECTreaty,thisproposaldoesnotrequirethe
OpinionoftheEuropeanParliament.SuchanOpiniondoesnot,moreover,appear
necessaryinsofarasParliamenthasalreadydeclareditselfinfavourofthe
transposition intoCommunitylawoftheprovisionsoftheNairobiProtocolwhen
itwasconsultedonthedraftRegulationwhichsubsequentlybecameCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1027/79(2).ThesolepurposeofthisRegulationis,infact,
toensurethecorrectinterpretation ofthatProtocol.
(1)TextofAnnexAtotheNairobiProtocol
Books,publicationsanddocuments
(i)Printedbooks,irrespectiveofthelanguageinwhichtheyareprintedand
whatevertheamountofspacegivenovertoillustrations ,includingthe
following:
(a)luxuryeditions,
(b)booksprintedabroadfromthemanuscriptofanauthorresidentinthe
importingcountry;
(c)children'sdrawingandpaintingbooks;
(d)schoolexercisebooks(workbookswithprintedtextsandblankspacesto
befilledinbythepupils;
(e)crosswordpuzzlebookscontainingprintedtexts;
(f)looseillustrationsandprintedpagesintheformoflooseorboundsheets
andreproduction proofsorreproduction filmstobeusedforthe
productionofbooks.
(ii)...
(2)Cf.03C296of11.12.1978,p.57

ProposalforaCouncilRegulation
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1798/75ontheimportationfreeofCommon
CustomsTariffdutiesofeducational ,scientificandculturalmaterials.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andin
particularArticle28thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission (1),
Whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No1798/75(2),asLastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1028/79(3),theCouncillaiddowntheconditionsgoverningtheimportation
freeofCommonCustomsTariffdutiesofeducational,scientificandculturalmaterial
WhereastheprovisionsofthatRegulationareessentiallybasedonthoseofthe
Agreementontheimportationofeducational ,scientificandculturalmaterialsdrawn
upundertheauspicesoftheUnitedNationsEducational ,ScientificandCultural
Organization (UNESCO);
Whereason26November1976the19thGeneralConferenceofUNESCOadopteda
ProtocoltothatAgreementwithaviewtoextendingrelieffromcustomsdutiesto
certainproductshithertoexcludedfromsuchrelief;
Whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No1027/79(4),theCouncilamendedRegulation (EEC)
No1798/75inordertotakeaccountoftheprovisionsofthatProtocol,totheextent
compatiblewiththeCommunity'saims;
(1)OJNo
(2)03NoL184,15.7.1975,p.1
(3)OJNoL134,31.5.1979,p.8
(4)OJNoL134,31.5.1979/p.1

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WhereastheexperienceacquiredinapplyingRegulation (EEC)No1798/75,as
amended,hasdemonstrated that,inordertoensurethecorrectinterpretation ofthe
Protocolinquestion,itisnecessarytoextendrelieffromcustomsdutiestoall
productscomingwithinheading49.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff;
WhereasitisappropriatetoprovideforthisRegulationto'applywitheffect
from1January1982
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InAnnexI(A)toRegulation(EEC)No1798/75,thefollowingtext:
"ex.49.03Children'spicturebooksandpaintingbooks:
-Children'sdrawingorpaintingbooks"
isherebyreplacedbythefollowing:
"49.03Children'spicturebooksandpaintingbooks."
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1982.itshallapplywitheffect
from1January1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil,
ThePresident