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COMMISSION O F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM( 8 3)  465 final
Brussels, 12 July 1983
Amendment to the proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2779/78 on the procedure for applying 
the ECU to legal acts adopted in the customs sphere
(submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the 
second paragraph of Article 149,  of the EEC Treaty)
COM(83) 465 final

E X P L A N A T O R Y  M E M O R A N D U M
A t its M a y  1 9 8 3  part-session. Parliament delivered its opinion 
o n  the proposal for a  Council Regulation am ending Regulation ( E E C )
N o  2779/78 o n  the procedure for applying the E C U  to legal acts adopted
in the custom s sphere ; following that opinion the C om m ission 
considers it appropriate to alter its original proposal, acting under 
the second paragraph of Article 1 4 9  of the Treaty establishing the 
European E co n o m ic C o m m u n ity .
T h e  purpose of the changes w hich w ere proposed is to m a k e  it clearer 
w hat arrangements are to apply to E C U  conversion rates if there is an 
adjustment of currency parities betw een the reference date, 1  October, 
an d  the date o n  w hich the rates take effect, 1  January. This has 
m ean t changing the second subparagraph of Article 1(3).
T h e  C om m ission has taken the opportunity of incorporating certain 
m inor clarifications in the text of the proposal.
O J  N o  ....... ...... p.
2 0 J N o  C  302, 19.11.1982, p. 5.

Amendment -to the proposal for a  Council Regulation ( E E C )  
am ending Regulation ( E E C )  N o  2779/78 o n  
the procedure for applying the E C U  to legal acts adopted in the
customs sphere
(A m e n d m e n t pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 1 4 9  of the E E C  Treaty).
T h e  C om m ission am en d s its proposal as follows.
1 . T h e  second subparagraph of Article 1(3) is replaced b y  the following.
"3. H ow ever, if a  change in the parity of one or m o re  national currencies
occurs during a  calendar year, the rates to be used for converting
the E C U  into national currencies, for the purposes of determining 
the tariff classification of goods, the custom s duty applicable under 
the C o m m o n  C ustom s Tariff, the anti-dumping duty or the countervailing 
duty shall be those obtaining o n  the first day following the date of that 
change o n  w hich such rates are available for all the C o m m u n ity  currencies, 
w ith effect from  the third day after the date o n  w hich these rates are
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available.
"If a  change in parities occurs after the first w orking day of October, 
the n e w  rates to be used for converting the E C U  into national currencies 
for the purposes of determining the tariff classification of goods, 
the custom s duty applicable under the C o m m o n  C u sto m s Tariff, the 
anti-dumping duty or the countervailing duty shall be applicable, 
b y  w a y  of derogation from  the provisions of paragraph 2, throughout 
the following calendar year, except w here a  change in currency parities 
occurs during that period, in w hich case the first subparagraph of 
this paragraph shall apply."