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DRAFT OFA
Council Regulation
suspending theautonomous duties intheCommon Customs Tariff
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oncertain goods intended for thevictims ofItalian
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regions affected intheearthquake ofMay 1976
(su(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Within theframework ofthe "action desolidarite concertee -Italie
(tariff measures )andwi|th theaimofcontributing totheefforts
undertaken tocarry outattheearliest moment thework ofclearing
andreconstruction aswell astherapid resumption oftheinterrupted
economic activities intheItalian regions destroyed byearthquake ,
theCommission makes proposals totheCouncil ,inthis Regulation ,for
thetotal suspension ofautonomous Common Customs Tariff duties ona
certain number ofproducts .
2.Itisstressed that these suspensions apply solely thegoods which :
-areintended forthework ofclearing orconstruction carried out
intheItalian regions rendered disaster areas bytheearthquake of
May 1976 ,or
-are intended tareplace destroyed industrial technical equipment
and
-arenot immediately available intheCommunity .
3.TheItalian Government are tolaydown theadditional conditions to
which admission shall besubject inorder tobenefit from theabove -
mentioned suspension ,andare toinform theCommission accordingly .
4.Themeasures proposed here areofshort andwell-defined duration .
5.TheCommission reserves theright topropose totheCouncil other
tariff measures insofarasitisinformed bytheItalian Government
that additional products arerequired for thedisaster area .

DRAFT OFA
Council Regulation
suspending theautonomous duties intheCommon Customs Tariff
oncertain goods intended forthevictims ofItalian
regions affected intheearthquake ofMay 1976
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
and inparticular Article 28thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft Regulation submitted bytheCommission ;
Whereas inMay 1976 severe earth tremors inthenorth ofItaly caused
extreme devastation andalmost completely destroyed theeconomic basis of
existance for thesurvivors ;
Whereas itisoftheutmost importance that thework ofclearing and
reconstruction should beundertaken asquickly aspossible ,and that there
should berapid resumption oftheeconomic activities interrupted inthe
region concerned ;
Whereas for this purpose acontribution fortherealization ofthese
objectives maybemade through total suspension ofautonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties oncertain categories ofgoods forconstruction and
prefabricated houses forurgent use inthedisaster areas ,aswell asgoods
imported toreplace destroyed industrial technical equipment ;
Whereas itisimportant tolimit admission under this suspension togoods
intended fortheabovementioned disaster areas ,under conditions tobe
fixed bytheItalian Government ,and inparticular inasmuch assuch goods
arenotimmediately available intheCommunity ;whereas they shall inform
theCommission ofthemeasures sotaken ;

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Theautonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for theproducts listed inthe
t
table annexed tothis Regulation shall betotally suspended until 31
December 1976 .
Article 2
1.This suspension shall apply only togoods intended for thework
ofclearing andreconstruction carried out intheItalian regions
rendered adisaster area byearthquake inMay 1976 ,ortogoods
intended toreplace destroyed industrial technical equipment .
2.TheItalian Government shall laydown additional conditions towhich
admission shall besubject inorder tobenefit from theabovementioned
suspension ,and inparticular toprevent suspension being given to
goods imported from third countries when such goods areimmediately
available intheCommunity .
Article 3
The Italian Government shall inform the Commission ofthe conditions
referred toinArticle 215days from their entry into force .
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication inthe
Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done atBrussels , For theCouncil
The Président

Tariff
heading
NoANNEX
Description ofgoods
ex44.23 Band Houses ofwood ,sectional ,either complete oressential
ex68.11 parts ,andarticles ofcement ,concrete orartificial
stone (including granulated marble agglomerated with
cement ),reinforced ornot
84.09 Mechanically propelled road rollers
ex84.10 Pumps (including motor pumps andturbo pumps )for
liquids
ex84.11 Airorgascompressors (including motor andturbo
compressors )
ex84.21 Mechanical appliances (whether ornothand operated )
forprojecting dispersing orspraying liquids or
powders )
84.22 BandD Lifting ,■handing ,loading orunloading machinery ,
telphers orconveyors
84.23 A ex Excavating ,levelling ,tamping ,boring andextracting
machinery ,stationary ormobile ,forearth ,minerals
orores (forexample ,mechanical shovels ,coal-cutters ,
excavators ,scrapers ,levellers andbulldozers );pile-
drivers
ex87.02 BII Dumpers
a1aa)
ex87.03 Special purpose motor lorries andvans (such asbreakdown
lorries ,fire-engines ,fire-escapes ,road sweeper lorries ,
spraying lorries ,crane lorries ,searchlight lorries ,mobile
workshops andmobile radiological units )
Miscellaneous Machines andapparatus forthetextile industry
" " for the food mdustry
" " for thewood industry