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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM (82)506final
Brussels ,9September 1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC )No950/68onthe
Common Customs Tariff
(submitted tothe Council bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Introduction
1.1.ByRegulation (EEC)No950/68of28June1968(1),theCouncil
adopted,intheformofanAnnextothatRegulation,theCommon
CustomsTariffasapplicable onthatdate,thatistosaytaking
intoaccountthevariousautonomous regulations ordecisionsin
forceaswellastheCommunity'scommitments towardsthirdcountries.
1.2.Asfrom1January1970,thisRegulation (EEC)No950/68,hasbeen
subjectannuallytoanamendingregulationoftheCouncilinthe
formofafurtherupdated"CommonCustomsTariff"Annex.Thisshould
likewisebethecaseon1January1983.
1.3.InordertoenableallMemberStatesandalluserstohaveanup-to-date
Regulation intheofficiallanguagesoftheCommunity,itisproposed
thattheCouncilshouldadopt,onthebasisofArticles28and113of
theTreaty,theCommonCustomsTariffintheformofaRegulation
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68of28June1968.Forpractical
reasons,onlythepagesoftheCommonCustomsTariff(initscurrent
OfficialJournalversion)whicharethesubjectofamendments,including
thoseofaminoreditorialnature,appearinAnnex.Intheedition
whichwillbepublishedintheOfficialJournal,theCommonCustoms
Tariffwillnevertheless appearinitsentirety.
2.Amendments setoutinthisdraftRegulation,ascomparedwiththetext
inforceon1January1982
2.1.Amendments_resu111ngfromInternationa l^çomrntments
2.1.1.TheGenevaProtocol andtheAdditional Protocolconcludedin1979
asaresultofthemultilateral tradenegotiations whichtookplace
withintheGATTinGeneva,contains alistofconcessions inthe
agricultural andindustrial sectors.
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(1)0JNoL172,22.7.1968,p.1

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2.1.2.Thisdrafttakesaccountofprovisions Laiddownforthe
implementation ofthesaidconcessions byequalannualreductions
from1.1.1980,withcertainexceptions .
2.1.3.Aslaiddownforeachreduction phase,theintermediate rate
hasbeenroundedtothenearestficstdecimalpoint,itbeing
understood thattheratesoroundedwillnotexceedtheintermediate
rate,whennotrounded,bymorethan0.05%.
2.1.4.Itshouldbenotedthattheconcessions onthefollowingproducts:
-citricacid (29.16AIVa))
-tetraethyl-lead (29.34B)
andlead-based anti-knock
preparations (38.14Aand38.14BII)
-textiles (Chapters 51to62)
-ceramics:reductions uptozeroofthespecificminimum
dutyforthoseproductsfallingwithinChapter69
towhichsuchaminimumdutyappliesandfor
tariffsubheading 85.25A
-steel (headingsNos73.01to73.20)
-titanium (81.04KIandKII)
willbeimplemented inthefollowing manner:
-thefirstphaseofthereductions tookplaceon1.1.1982,
thesecondistotakeplaceon1.1.1983
-thesubsequent reductionswilltakeplaceon1.1.1984,-85 ,86,87.
2.1.5.Withregardtotheconcessions forchemicals (withcertainexceptions )
fallingwithinChapters29,32and39oftheCCT,thefipstreduction
ofduty,byone-eighth,waseffectedon1July1980,thesecond
reductiontookeffectsixmonthsafterthatdate,on1January1981,
andthethirdwilltakeplaceon1January1982.
Thesubsequentreductionswilltakeeffectinfiveannualstages.

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2.1.6.Theconcessionforkraftpaperandboardofsubheading 48.01CII
willbeimplemented infourreductions,eachof0:5points,on
1.1.1983,1.1.1984,1.1.1986,and1.1.1987.
2.1.7.UndertheGATTnegotiations ,thisproposalincludes,inrespect
ofsubheading 48.01CIIanewlayoutwhichtakesintoaccountthe
necessitytoputintoeffectaconcessionrelatingtoKraftpaper
andpaperboard excludingpaperforlarge-capacity sacks,witheffect
from1983.
2.2.Autonomous_amendment s
Therehavealsobeenintroduced intothisproposaltheamendments
proposedbytheCommission (doc.COM(82)396of18June1982)
relatingtothelayoutofheadingNo55.09(Otherwovenfabrics
ofcotton)aswelloasan"Additional NotetoChapter55.These
provisions concerncottonfabricsknownas"denim"whichareused
inverylargequantitiesforthemanufacture ofclothingandin
whichthereisconsiderable trade.
2.2.1.OntheproposalofaMemberState,theCommission serviceshave
included anewlayoutforheading37.01.Thislayouttakesaccount
oftheintroduction onthemarketofanewproduct(filminthe
flatpresentedindiscform).
2.2.2.AsfarasChapters20and25areconcerned,thisproposalalso
contains aseriesoftextualamendments approvedbytheNomenclature
Committee .
2.3.Amendmentsresulting_from_aQr;2Cul.tural_Rec[ulat ions
2.3.1.Theseamendments concernchangesinthetariffresulting from
Regulations relatingtocommonmarketorganisations alreadyin
forceorcomingintoforceon1January1983atthelatest.
2.3.2.TheseRegulations concernChapters 2,3,4,7,10and20.

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3.Conclusions
FromtheforegoingitwillbeseenthatthedraftCommonCustoms
Tariffapplicable witheffectfrom1.1.1983includesanappreciable
numberofamendments,whichfollowmainlyfromtheresultsofthe
multi-lateral negotiations intheframeworkoftheGATT.Allof
theseamendments exceptthatconcerning "denimfabrics",forwhich
aseparateproposalhasbeenpresented,havebeenthesubjectof
acloseexamination bytheJointPanelofGovernment Expertsonthe
CommonCustomsTariffandhavebeenapprovedbythem.Inordertomake
thisinstrument availabletothenationaladministrations andtothe
tradeassoonaspossibletheCommission requeststheCounciltodeal
withthisdraftRegulation atoneofitsforthcoming meetings.

FROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68
ontheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles28and113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,underagreements signedwiththirdcountries,Andinparticular
pursuanttothe1979GenevaProtocolandthe1979Additional Protocol
totheGenevaProtocolannexedtotheGeneralAgreement onTariffsand
Tradeandtheagreement ontradeincivilaircraftsignedattheendof
the1973-1979Conference onMultilateral TradeNegotiations ,theCommunity
hasundertaken tomakereductions incustomsduties,certainofwhichare
tobeimplemented forthefirsttimeon1January1983;whereasitis
expedient,therefore,inordertoensureuniformapplication ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,tospecifyinRegulation (EEC)No950/68^
aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No (2),theconventional duties
applicable from1January1983;
WhereascertainRegulations onthecommonorganisation ofagricultural
marketsprovidethatthetariffnomenclature resultingfromtheir
application shallbeincludedintheCommonCustomsTariffand/orameind
customsduties;whereasitisthereforeappropriate toincludeinthis
RegulationalltheamendmentsresultingfromRegulations adoptedunder
thecommonagricultural policy;
(1)0JNoL173,22.7.1968,p.1.
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Whereasitisappropriate ,forthesakeofclarity,tobringthewhole
oftheCommonCustomsTariffuptodate;whereas,forthispurpose,
itisnecessarytobring asingletextnotonlythosepartswhichare.tcgetherIinasi
amendedwitheffectfrom1January1983,butalsothosewhichhavealready ,
beenamendedandthosewhichremainunchanged;whereas,moreover,theimprovement
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandtheintroduction ontothe.marketofanewproduct
justifyacertainnumberoftextualandeditorialchange^togetherwiththe
insertionofanewlayoutforheading37.01;
Whereas,althoughtemporarytariffamendments andthepreferential systems
resultingfromthevariousactsadoptedbytheCommunityformanintegral
partoftheCommonCustomsTariff,itseemsappropriate nottoinclude
theminthisRegulation ;
WhereasthisRegulation doesnotapplytoproductscoveredbytheTreaty
establishing theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,althoughthe
nomenclature andttheconventional dutiesfortheseproductsareincluded,
forinformation purposes,intheScheduleofCustomsDutiesinorderto
makethelattereasiertounderstand,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheAnnexheaded"COMMONCUSTOMSTARIFF"toRegulation (EEC)No950/68
isherebyreplacedbytheAnnextothisRegulation .
Artiele2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January .1983.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident