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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)606 final
Brussels,17November1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
temporarily suspendingtheautonomous CommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesonanumberoftropicalproducts
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.InitsDecisionof5April1976theCouncilapprovedtheCommunity
procedingtoadutyreductionforsometropicalproductswithinthe
multilateral GATTnegotiations .
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2.Thisreductionhasbeenputintoforceasatemporarydutysuspension
andwillbeinsertedintheCCTaftertheresultsofthetariff
negotiations >pftheTokyo^Round ,<seeRegulations (EEC)N°s2858/76and2745/77
temporarilysuspendingtheautonomous CommonCustomsTariffduties
onanumberoftropicalproducts-,0JNoL329of27.11.1976.
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arenotyetterminatedthetariffmeasureinquestionshouldbeprolonged '■'*
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)^"
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :temporarilysuspendingtheautonomousCommonCustomsTariffdutiesona
numberoftropicalproducts •
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN thisdutysuspensionshouldbeprolonged
COMMUNITIES . until31December1979.
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle113
thereof.
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe
Commission ,, Mï ,
Wh^r-easinitsReauLeitior»s(EEC)N0s2858/76 Ar"r"'
C?Lsuspended ^oun"*withintheIrame-FromIJanuaryto31December1979/*heauto-
workofthemultilateralGATTnegotiations,the'nomousCommonCustomsTariffdutiesforthe
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesoncertaintropical ,:productslistedintheAnnexshallbesuspendedatthe
products,until31December1978; levelsindicatedinrespectofeachofthem.
Whereas,sincethefullresultsofthesenegotiations Artirle2
foradefinitivealterationoftheCommonCustoms '>ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon.1January
Tariffarenotbeknownatpresent/1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein.allMember
States. ■'' .*
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ANNEX
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18.01Cocoabeans,wholeorbroken,ra%orroasted••.»,,»• i3■,
18.02 Coco®shells,husks,skinssndwivti
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UCIALSrfEêTAnnextodoc.
Date
1.BudgetLineconcerned:Chapter120.Article120
Titleofactivity'Proposal
theautonomous CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonanumberoftropical
products .
3.Legalbasis:Art.'13TreatyofRome
4.Objectivesoftheactivity:
SuspensionofCCTdutiesforgoodsmentionedunder2fortheperiodfrom1.1until
31.12.1979
Costsoftheactivity
totheaccountoftheECbudget
bynoncollectionofduties1.1until31.12.1979
2.525.890