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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)618 final .
Brussels .1December 1975
Proposal for
ACOUNCIL REGULATION
amending Council Regulation (EEC)NO1599/75of24June 1975
onthearrangements applicable toagricultural products and
certain goods resulting from theprocessing ofagricultural
products originating intheAfrican ,Caribbean andPacific
States orinthe overseas countries and territories .
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0î.:(75)618final .

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.WhentheACP-EECConvention ofLomewassignedon28February 1975i "the
Community declareditsintention ofadmitting productsfallingwithin
heading No06.03or06.04oftheCommonCustomsTarifffreeofcustomsduties
andofinforming theACPStatesassoonaspossible ofthedateofentry
intoforceofthosearrangements ,itbeingfirstnecessary fortheCommunity
tosettletheproblemsrelating tothecommonimportarrangements forthose
products.TheCommunity alsodeclareditsintention ofsettling thoseproblems
bytheendof1975*
Sincethediscussions onaproposal forcommonimportarrangements resulted
inanagreement whichenablesthatproposaltobesubmitted forapproval by
theCouncilatitsmeetingof15December 1975»underitemA,andtheentry
intoforceofthecommonimportarrangements tobesetat1January1976,
productsfallingwithinheading No06.03or06.04andoriginating inthe
African ,Caribbean andPacificStatesortheoverseas countries andterritories
shouldbeexempted fromcustomsdutiesfromthatdate.
2.WhereasRegulation (EEC)NO1599/75laysdowninrespectoftheproductssubject
toleviesorvariable components totalorpartialexemption fromsuchcharges ;
whereasdeflections oftradecouldoccurduringtheperiodofapplication of
accession compensatory amountsintradeintheseproductsbetweentheCommunity
asoriginally constituted and"thenewMemberStatesjwhereasappropriate
provisions shouldbemadetoenablemeasurestob©takenincaseswherethere
Visadangerofdeflection oftrade.

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL REGULATION
amending CounolX Regulation (EEC)No1599/75of24June 1975 arrangements
applicable toagricultural products andcertain goods resulting from theproces­
sing ofagricultural products originatingin theAfrican ,Caribbean andPacific
States orinthe overseas countries and territories .
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economio Community ,and
inparticular Articles 43and 113 thereof :
«
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas Article 19ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1599/75(l)of24June 1975
onthearrangements applicable toagricultural products andcertain goods re­
sulting from theprocessing ofagricultural products originating intheAfrican ,
Caribbean andPacific States orintheoverseas countries andterritories lays
down that theproducts referred toinRegulation (EEC)No234/68aretobe
%
imported free ofcustoms duties ,with theexception of products falling
within heading No06.03 or06.04 oftheCommon Customs Tariff ;
Whereas theexemption ofthose products from customs duties wasdeferred until
theproblems relating tothetsnification oftheimport arrangements applied by
each Member State with regard tonon-member countries inrespect oflive plants
andflowers could besettled ;
lifhereas Council Regulation (EEC)No /75of (2)has
established thenecessary common import arrangements ;whereas ,
consequently ,products falling within heading No06.03 or06.04 and
originating intheAfrican ,Caribbean andPacific States orthe
overseas countries and territories should beexempted from customs
duties from thedate ofentry into force ofthesaid common import
arrangements : ""
• •
(1)OJiioL166,28.6.1975 ,p.67
(2)OJNo

WhereasRegulation (EEC)HO1599/75laysdown ,inrespectoftheproducts
subjecttoleviesorvariable components totalorpartialexemption from
suchcharges ;whereasdeflections oftradeshould "beprevented duringthe
periodofapplication ofaccession compensatory amountsintradeinthose
products betweentheCommunity asoriginally constituted andthenewMember
«
States ;whereasappropriate provision shouldbemadetoenablemeasuresto
betakenincaseswherethereisadangerofdeflection oftradej
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
Article19ofRegulation (EEC)NO1599/75isamendedtoreadasfollows :
"TheproductsreferredtoinRegulation (EEC)Nos234/68,827/68,1308/70,
I696/7I,2358/71andIO67/74shallbeimportedfreeofcustomsduties".
»
Article 2
Article22ofRegulation (EEC)NOI599/75isamendedtoreadasfollows :
"Thereductions providedforbythisRegulation shallbecalculated byreference
to:
-thevariable components oflevieswheretheleviescontainsuchcomponents ,
-theleviesinothercases,
applicable toimportsfromthirdcountries intotheCommunity as
originally constituted , v
However ,duringtheperiodofapplication ofaccession compensatory amountsin
tradebetweentheCommunity asoriginally constituted andthenewMemberStates,
measures toprevent deflections oftradeshallbetakeninaccordance
withtheprocedure referredtoinArticle 23,ifthisprovesnecessary".

Article 3
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January 1976.
j
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT L
18.11.1975
1«LineoftheOudgatconcernedtChapter12(customsduties)
2,TitleoftheactionsDraftproposalfora'CouncilRegulation amendingCouncilRegulation
(EEC)Bo1599/75of24.JuneI975onthearrangements applicable toagricultural product
andcertaingoodsresulting fromtheprocessing ofagricultural productsoriginating
.African,Caribbean andPacificStatesorintheoverseascountries andterrito–ries «
3,Legalbasis:Article43oftheTreaty
K.Objectivesoftheaction:ItisproposedthatproductsfallingwithinheadingNo06.03
orO0.O4andoriginating intheACPStatesorOCTshouldbeexemptedfromcustomsdutiesfromthedateoftheentryintoforceofthecommonimportarrangements forliveplants.
5.0Costoftheactionexemption from
customs duties –'
cnargetothettttjdoer
chargetoihtfnational administrations
.chargetoothernationalsectorsduringthecampaign currwtexercice()folloBlnqexerclseí"ó]
593.000u.a.
5.1Estimatedcosts 1Year.J.9.7.6.Year.1.97.7.Yeara^S.
0,6Miou.a.
!5.2Methodofcalculation Onthebasisoftrade(1973fortheEECof6;1972forthenew
MemberStatesoftheEEC),thenon-collection ofcustomsdutiesgivesrisatothe
following figuresforthewholeof1976i
4Mou.a.,ofwhich29.000u.a.at8$£,2,3Miou.a.at10jS,593.000u.a.at17
and1,07Miou.a.at24#=593.000u.a.
6.1Possiblefinancing bycreditswrittenIntotherelativechapterofthecurrentBudget
Yes Ho ,
,6.2Possiblefinancingbytransfersbetweenchaptersofthecurrs»t--8ll3get^
Yes No
6.3Necossityforasupplementjty-BSjcwat . Yes No
6.^Ccccri-tstobewrittenIntofuturebudgets
Comments:Theprovisions oftheLomeConvention stipulate theabolition ofcustomsduties
fortheabov<-|m_mtioned products uponentryintoforce "ofcommonimportarrangementsforliveplants. *