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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)231final
Brussels,21February1974 ■
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PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)No3574/73oftheCouncilof
27December1973
whollyorpartiallysuspending CommonCustomsTariffduties
oncertainagricultural productsoriginating inTurkey
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(74)231final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Atitsmeeting on4and .5June 1973ttheCouncil agreed that Turkey
must beaccorded ,asfrom 1January 197^-j treatment notless favourable
than that granted under thegeneralized preferences .
Council Regulation No357^/73of27December 1973 wasintended to
implement this decision ;itextends toTurkey ,autonomously andfrom
1January to31December 197^»thetotal orpartial suspension of
Common Customs Tariff duties onproducts falling within Chapters 1to
2lfcovered bygeneralised preferences andforwhich treatment under the
EEC-Turkey Agreement isless favourable .
Atthesame time theCommission submitted proposals totheCouncil
onthecountries benefiting from "generalized preferences "andTurkey .
Itwasstipulated intheexplanatory memorandum that theoperative part
and theAnnex oftheTurkey Regulation should beharmonized with the
text ofthe "generalised preferences "Regulation .However ,despite its
intention tocarry outthis harmonization ,theCouncil ultimately
adopted atext which ,asregards theArticle specifying theduties to
beapplicable inthenewMenber States ,isnot thesame inthetwo
Regulations a,nd ,contrary towhat wasintended ,results in ..different
customs duties being specified .
Thepurpose ofthis proposal istorectify this situation .
FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES
Thefinancial consequences arenegligibla .

Propos ?!fora
Regulation (EEC)oftheCouncil
amending Regulation (EEC )No357V73 oftheCouncil
of27December 1973
wholly orpartially suspending Cornmon Customs Tariff
duties oncertain agricultural products
originating inTurkey
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Articles k-3and113thereof ;
Having regard toRegulation (EEC)No1039/69^" theCouncil of
28May1969 laying down thetrade arrangements applicable .tocertain
goods resulting from theprocessing ofagricultural products ,aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC )No1^91/73 ,andinparticular Article 12
thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas thesecond subparagraph ofArticle 1(1 )of
Regulation (EEC)No357^/73^oftheCouncil of27December 1973
wholly orpartially suspending Common Customs Tariff duties oncertain
products originating inTurkey refers inerror totheduty actually
applied toTurkey on1January 1972 instead oftothelowest duty
applied onthat date inthenew Heriber States tocouiVtaiifi-E regarded as
developing countries ;whereas this error should becorrected ;
OJNoL141 ,12June 1969 ,p.1
20JNoL1S1,7June1973 ,p.1
^OJNoL359,28December 1973 ,p.17

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
With effect from 1January 197^t thesecond subparagraph of
Article ;1(1 )ofRegulation (EEC)No357^/73isreplaced bythe
following :
"Onimportation into Denmark ,Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom ,there
shall beapplied tothe abovemrentioned products the customs duties
determined bymultiplying ,byacoefficient equal tothemargin of
preferences existing between theduties given inAnnex Aandthe
Common Customs Tariff duties applicable ,theduties obtained by
reducing ,by20%inrespect oftheproducts mentioned inAnnex B
andbyk0%inrespect oftheproducts mentioned inAnnex A,the
difference between thelowest duty applied tothedeveloping countries
on1January 1972 andtheduty under -theCommon Customs Tariff ."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe day ofitspublication ,
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels ■
For the Council
ThePresident "