ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(73)1900
Vol.1973/0336

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEURQEEAN JCOMMTTNTTTFS
COM(73)1900final
Brussels.12November1973
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION CEEC)OFTEEDCOUNCIL
concerningtherateofimportchargescollectedon
(smallnon-commercial assignments)agriculturalproducts
andproductscomingunderRegulation(EEC)Ho.1059/69
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
G01l(73)1900final

Vl/286?/73~E _Rev.1
Orig .P
EXPL /JTATORY ME:OR.'-NDU:I
Thepreliminary provisions ofthecommon customs tariff provide ,inter
alia ,that customs duties shall becharged attheflat rate of1(Y/oad
valorem ongoods sent insmall consignments toprivate individuals ,
provided that such importations are:not ofacommercial nature .Since
this flat rats applies only tocustoms duties ,this measure hasnoreal
effect asregards acertain number ofagricultural products which are
subject tovarious special charges .
Inordor tonakc that measure aseffective aspossible ,theattached
proposal foraRegulation isdesigned tointroduce aflat rate charge
inplace ofallthecharges imposed under thecommon agricultural
policy onimports ofthis nature .

VI/2867/73-E Rev.1
Orig .F
PROPOSAL FORAREGULATION (EEC)OFTUBCOUNCIL
concerning therate ofimport charges collected on(small non-commercial
assignments )agricultural products andproducts coming under Regulation
(EEC)Ho.IO59/69.
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN CCWHUHETIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Articles 43and 235thereof :
mHaving regard totheActannexed totheTreaty v'ontheAccession ofnew
Member States totheEuropean Economic Community andtheEuropean Atomic
Energy Community ,signed 01122January 1972 ,andinparticular Article 62(1)
thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal „from the .Commission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
VJhereas Section IIparagraph Bofthepreliminary provisions ofthe
2common customs tariff intheannex toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No.950/68
of28June1958 ,aslastamended byRegulation (ESC)No.2260/73^\provide
that ,where theinterested party does notdemand theapplication ofthe
normal rate ,customs duty istobecharged attheflat rate of10^ad
valorem ongoods sent insmall consignments toprivate individuals ,
provided that such importations arenot ofacommercial nature ;
Whereas ,itisuseful andpossible without endangering theaims ofthe
common agricultural policy ,tolaydown following thesame methods ,all
theother import charges onagricultural products aswell asoncertain
products coming under thesystem ofexchanges laid down inRegulation
(EEC)No.1059/67oftheCouncil ,of28Hey1969^,aslastamended by
Regulation (EEC)Ho.1491/73^i
(1)GJNo.L'73 ,^7.31972 ,p.5
(2)OJNo..L172 ,2a'71958 ,P-l'
(3)OJNo.L233 , "23."81373 ,>10
00 OJNo.Llifl ,12.61969 ,P«1
(51OJNo.L151 .7.6.1973 ,P.l

2
Koreas thesame transaction cangiva place tothecollection ofseveral
different charges ,inorder toallow asystem offlat rate taxation to
achieve itsaim ,itisnecessary toapply asingle flat rate charge forthe
whple ofthese charges ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1*Section IIparagraph Bofthepreliminary provisions ofthecommon
customs tariff appearing intheAnnex toRegulation (EEC)No.950/68
oftheCouncil isapplied tothecollection ofalltheimport charges
aslaid down within theframework ofthecommon agricultural policy
andinRegulation (EEC)No.1059/6?.
2.When the same transaction isliable t>the collection ofseveral
■different charges ,theflat rate charge laid doxm "byvirtue of
paragraph 1iscollected forthewhole ofthecharges .
Article 2
- . ν
■This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall "bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels , . ,
For the Council
The President