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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)299final
Brussels,15June1981
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68ontheCommon
CustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.ItisproposedthattheCouncilshouldadopt,onthebasisofArticle
113oftheTreaty,thefollowing amendmenttotheCommonCustomsTariff
intheformofaRegulation amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68of
"28June1968(1),
2.Asaresultofthemultilateral tradenegotiations ,concludedin1979,
whichtookplacewithintheGATTinGeneva,ageneralagreement wasreached
containing alistofconcessions intheagricultural andindustrial sectors.
Mostoftheseconcessions werebroughtintoeffecton1January1980,This
draftproposaltakesaccountofthenecessitytoimplement aconcession,
inrespectofarticlesofpaperforsurgical,medicalorhygienicuse
fallingwithinheadingNo48.21forwhichanewlayoutisproposed.
3.Thercorrectanduniformapplication withintheCommunityoftheproposed
newtariffsubheadingforthegoodsinquestion,shouldbeensuredby
Explanatory NoteswhichtheCommittee onCCTNomenclature wouldbe
requiredtoprepareonthebasisofthecriteriaalreadyestablished therein.
4.Itshouldbenotedthatthisproposalforaregulation replacesproposal
C0M(80)774 asfarasheadingNo48.21isconcerned.
5.Inordertoeffectrapidpublication ofthisamendmentwhichshouldcome
intoeffecton1July1981,theCommission requeststheCounciltodeal
withthisproposalfor aRegulationatoneofitsforthcoming meetings.
(1)0JNoL172,22.7.1968,p.1

fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC);
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68ontheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle -113thereof, *
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,' -
Whereas,underAgreements signedwithnon-member countries,andinparticular
pursuanttotheGenevaProtocol(1979)andtheAdditional Protocoltorthe
GenevaProtocol(1979)annexedtotheGeneralAgreement onTariffsand
Trade,signedattheendofthe1973-1979multilateraltradenegotiations ,
theCommunity hasundertakentomakeprovisiontoimplementcertain
concessions relatingtoCustomsdutieswhicharedefinedtherein;whereas,
inConsequence,itisnecessarytoamendtheAnnexheaded"CommonCustoms ,,
Tariff"toCouncilRegulation (EEC)No950/68(1),aslastamendedbyRegulati
(EEC)No(2);whereasanewlayoutisnecessaryinrespectofheading
No48.21inordertomakespecificprovisionforarticlesintendedfor
surgical,medicalorhy9ienicuse;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :' ,
Article 1
TheAnnexheaded"CommonCustomsTariff"toRegulation (EEC)No950/68ishere
byamendedasfollows:
(1)OJNoL172,22.7,1968,p.1
(2)OJNoL,/p.mfmnm

-2-
Ratesofduty
Autonomous Conventional
No48*21 Unchanged
A. Unchanged
B. Unchanged
I. ,Unchanged'
II.Unchanged
C. -Unchanged
D. Bedlinen,tablelinen,
toiletlinen(including
handkerchiefs andcleansing -
tissues)andkitchenlinen;
garments....a.............. '19 13.3
E. Sanitarytowelsandtampons..19 13
F. Other:,
I. Articlesofakindusedfor
_surgical,medicalor
hygienicpurposes,notput
upforretailsale........ 19 13
II.'Other 19 13.3.
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.'
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident