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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75 )380final
Brussels.25July 1975
Proposalfora
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)No950/68onthe
CommonCustomsTariff
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(75 )380final

ANNEXI
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InRegulation(EEC)No950/68of28June1968^\theCouncil
adopted,asanAnnextothatRegulation,theCommonCustomsTariffwhich
wasinoperationonthatdate,thatistosay,takingintoaccountthe
variousRegulations andDecisionstheninforceaswellasCommunity
obligations towardsthirdcountries.
Commencingon1January1970,thisRegulationhasbeenamended
eachyear"bywayofanamendingCouncilRegulationintheformofanew
Annexcomprisingtheup-dated"CommonCustomsTariff".
Itwillbenecessarytotakesimilaractionon1January1976,
whenthesecondstage,oftheresultsofnegotiations carriedoutpursuant
toArticleXXIV,Paragraph6,oftheGATTentersintoforce.
Inorderthatanup-datedlegaltextmaybemadeavailable
intheofficiallanguagesoftheCommunitytoMemberStatesandallother
users,itisproposedthattheCounciladopt,pursuanttoArticles28and
113oftheTreaty,theCommonCustomsTariffintheformofaRegulation
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68of28June1968.
Forpracticalreasons,onlythosepagesoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff-initspresentversionintheOfficialJournal-whichareto
beamendedareannexedhereto.Intheeditiontobepublishedinthe
OfficialJournaltheCommonCustomsTariffwill,however,bereproduced
initsentirety.
Inrelationtothetextinforceon1January1975»"thepresent
proposalcallsforthefollowingobservations :
A.AMENDMENTS ARISINGOUTOFINTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
I.Amendmentsarisingoutoftheimplementation ofthenegotiations
carriedoutpursuanttoArticleXXIV,Paragraph6,oftheGATT
(Decisionof20July1974)
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II.Withregardtosubheadings78.01AII(Unwroughtlead,other)ij
and79*01A(Unwroughtzinc),negotiationsareproceedingin
GATT(Art.XXVIII,Paragraph]).Assoonastheyfinishand
thenewconsolidatedratesofdutyareknown,theserateswill
heinsertedintoAnnexIIofthisdraftRegulationproviding,
however,thatthenegotiations havebeenapprovedandthatthe
associatedconcludingformalities havebeendischarged.Until
then,nothinghasbeenputintheconventional dutycolumn.
B.AUTONOMOUS AMENDMENTS ,
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I.AmendmentsarisingfromotherCommunityActs j
ThesearetariffamendmentsarisingfromcertainRegulations on j
commonorganisationofmarketsalreadyinforceorenteringinto j
forceon1January1976. j
TheseamendmentsaffectthefollowingChapters: |
(a)Chapter4(RegulationsNos467/75»656/75an<i823/75)? i
(b)Chapter22(RegulationNo678/75)* j
II.Proposedamendments
Theproposedautonomousamendmentsarefewinnumberandare j
intendedmerelytoclarifythetextandtoensurecloseralignment .
betweenthevariousversionsoftheCommonCustomsTariff.
Theseamendments,whichsometimesvarywiththelanguage,mainly
affect:
1-Chapter27:-AdditionalNotes1Band1H;
-headingsandsubheadings27«07»27.07B,27.07dJ
27.10,27.13
-28.40B,31.05AIIa)
-Chapter38s-Note1(a)(2);
-38.11
-Chapter40sNote4a)
-47.01
-Chapter48,AdditionalNote(seecommentsinitemIIIbelow)
-71.09,73.36 j
-SectionXVII,AdditionalNote !
i.-Chapter89i-AdditionalNote3» i-89.04
-92.12
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III .Comment s
(a)Chapter 48tAdditionalNote
IntheAnnex tothis draft Regulation itisproposed ,inregard
tothis Note ,that thewatermark criterion should notapply
intheperiod ending 30June 1976 .
AlltheMember States were agreed onthis point attheconsulta­
tions held intheCommission .Some delegations (inparticular
those ofGermany andtheNetherlands )reserved theright ,
however ,toreniew thematter inthelight ofmarket trends
andtogive their final verdicts atthemeeting inSeptember
oftheEconomic Questions Group .
(b)Section XVII -NewAdditional Note
Inresponse toarequest from Germany ,repeated again this
year ,several discussions have been held intheCommission
concerning theextension ofthe split consignment arrangements
applicable tothemachinery falling within Section XVI tothe
vehicles ,aircraft andvessels falling within Section XVII .
Failing anagreement covering thecomplete range ofgoods falling
within Section XVII ,extension ofthese arrangements tosome
ofthe equipment falling within this Section wasenvisaged ,and
theUnited Kingdom delegation proposed recently that thearran­
gements should beextended tocover thegoods falling within
headings Nos86.10 (Railway andtramway track fixtures and
fittings ),88.05 (Ground flying trainers ,etc.),89.03 (Certain
special vessels )and89.05 (Floating structures other than
vessels ).However ,itemerged that this proposal hadtobe
studied indepth andthedelegations ofBenelux ,France andItaly
wished tobegiven until September toreconsider thematter .If
anappropriate agreement were reached ,thefollowing Additional
Note 2would beinserted inSection XVII :
"2.Theprovisions ofGeneral Rule A2(a)arealso applicable ,
atthe request ofthe declarant and subject toconditions
stipulated bythecompetent authorities ,togoods falling
within headings Nos86.10 ,88.05,89.03 and89.05imported
insplit consignments ".
Thepresent Additional Note would become Additional Note 1.
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ANNEXII
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)No950/68
ontheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Havingregard,totheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanCommunityfand
inparticularArticles28and113thereof}
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,undertheagreementsignedwiththirdcountriesasaresultof
thenegotiations carriedoutpursuanttoArticlesXXIVParagraph6andXXVIII
Paragraph 1oftheGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade,asconcluded "bythe
Councildecisionsof20July1974and 1975»respectively,theEuropean
EconomicCommunityhasundertakentoreduceoramendcustomsdutiesforvarious
productson1January1976;whereasitisexpedient,therefore,inorderto
ensureuniformapplicationoftheCommonCustomsTariff,tospecifyinCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No950/68^"^of28June1968ontheCommonCustomsTariff,as
2)lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No/75»"theconventionaldutiesappli­
cabletothoseproductsfrom1January1976;
WhereasforcertainheadingsorChapterNotesitisnecessarytointroduceamend­
mentswiththeobjectofensuringuniformapplication oftheCommonCustomsTariff;
Whereas,moreover,acertainnumberofdraftingamendmentsarejustifiedforthe
purposeofimprovingtheCommonCustomsTariff;
WhereascertainRegulations onthecommonorganisation ofagricultural markets
providethatthetariffnomenclature resultingfromtheirapplicationshall
beincludedintheCommonCustomsTariffand/oramendcustomsduties;
WhereasitisthereforeappropriatetoincludeinthisRegulationalltheamendments
resultingfromRegulations adoptedunderthecommonagricultural policy:
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Whereasitisappropriate ,forthesakeofclarity,tobringthewholeofthe
CommonCustomsTariffuptodate}whereas,forthispurpose,itisnecessary
tocollectinasingletextnotonlythepartswhichareamendedasfrom1
January1976butalsothepartswhichhavealreadybeenamendedandthose
whichremainunchanged ;
Whereas,althoughtemporarytariffamendmentsandthepreferential systems
resultingfromthevariousActsadoptedbytheCommunityformanintegral
partoftheCommonCustomsTariff,itseemsappropriate nottoinclude
theminthisRegulation ;
WhereasthisRegulationdoesnotapplytoproductscoveredbytheTreaty
establishing theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityalthoughthenomenclature
andtheconventional dutiesfortheseproductsareincluded,forinformation
purposes,intheScheduleofDutiesinordertomakethelattereasierto
understand,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION s
Article1
TheAnnexheaded"CommonCustomsTariff"toRegulation (EEC)No950/68
isherebyreplacedbytheAnnexappendedtothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
Doneat FortheCouncil
ThePresident