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I
COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)469 finali
Brussels/14September 1976
PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
totallysuspendingthecustomsdutieson
certainindustrialproductsoriginating inMalta
(1977)
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(76)469final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.BymeansofRegulation(EEC)No555/74of4March1974,-theCommunity
putintooperationthemeasuresneoessai-y "topermitMaltatoreoeive,
asfrom1January1974*treatmentnotlessfavourablethanisenjoyed "by
countrieseligiblefortheGeneralisedSystemofPreferences,
2#Itwillbeneoessarytoadoptasimilarneasurefortheyear1977•
3*pni01oonniHfT"!"!n.r:foT*tho1976>fhpnTt.prvnTonri -""to
^'rtonnmonr !mooni-noin+bi.n and"bha^"hcvstr\r)np+.~rl+0T.Tal+..n»iparti-
onlrrrpoonom-io«•?tiwHon,vonlriroomtobon.totalpi.if?nor»rionofHvf-.y
rM^r-oo'^-ror)hytfioKKO/rm+.n^"rqpnt.Fnr+.Vio-ronn.opnnn+.of+h~
ro-)TT-"rity»rv^ry1ot-r1^vol,inrooonty«nrt,ofimrvrrh*+.ionrof-nH"
nr-ì i"'"i1I(i+rlr),-,.-.iintmorionpor+Tn'+rit-tcvìOT^rr'ipnti+"i.+,iVO
"Hrit,"(inrM«."tio^i"Hr-no*1*t.">riffrpiot.in).
ThismeasuredoesnotcoverproductsinrespeotofwhichtheAgreement
providesfortheopeningofCommunitytariffquotas(textileproducts
fallingwithintariffheadingNo55.05,56.04,60,05and6l.0l);
othermeasureshavebeenproposedseparatelyforthese#
4*meansoftheannexedproposal,theCommissionwishestodrawup,in
goodtime,havingregardtotheinherentproceduraltime–lag,aninstrument
togiveeffeottothecommitmentstoMaltaandtoextendtothatcountry
thebenefitsoftheOenralisedSohemeofPreferences *Beingaware,
however,oftheproblemsposedbythecontinuingdevelopmentofthe
situation,theCommissionreservestherighttomakeadaptationsto
itsproposalshouldsuohbenecessary*
Apnoy•
-1vronorvV!of*n.nnofthrCouncil

Propos
REGULATION (EEC)
totallysuspending tcustomsdutieson
Malta
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,byvirtueoftheAgreement(')establishing
anassociationbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandMalta,theCommunityappliesthe
CommonCustomsTariffduties,reducedby70%,to
productscoveredbythisAgreement;whereasit
seemsadvisableprovisionallytoincreasethistariff
advantagebymeansofthetotalsuspensionofthe
customsdutiesapplicabletosuchproducts;whereas,
however,thismeasurecannotaffecttheproducts
subjecttothetariffquotasprovidedforinthe
abovementioned Agreement;alfora
OFTHECOUNCIL
certainindustrialproductsoriginatingin
(197?)
theexceptionofproductsfallingwithinheading
Nos55.05,56.04,60.05and61.01.
Ireland,however,shallbeauthorizedtoapplyto
suchproductsduties-equaltothosewhichitapplies
toMemberStatesotherthan-theUnitedKingdom.
2.Thesuspensionreferredtoinparagraph1shall
applysolelytoproductsoriginatinginMalta.The
rulesoforiginshallbethoseinforceatthetimeas
regardstheimplementation oftheaboveAgreement.
Whereas,inordertoavoidthedangerofdisrupting
traditionalpatternsoftradebyimportsofsuchpro­
ducts,provisionshouldbemadetoenabletheCom­
missiontore-introduceatanytime,bymeansof
aRegulation,thelevyingofconventionaldutiesin
respectofMalta,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.From1Januaryto31December1977the
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesandthecustoms
tariffdutiesofthenewMemberStatesshallbetotally
suspendedinrespectofproductsfallingwithin
Chapters25etseq.oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
coveredbytheAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
Malta,pursuanttoArticle1ofAnnexIthereto,withArticle2
Inordertoavoiddisruptingtraditionaltradepatterns
byimportsofproductsbenefitingfromtheduty
suspensionprovidedforinArticle1,theCommis­
sionmay,bymeansofaRegulation,re-introducethe
levyingofcustomsdutiesatanytimeuptotheend
ofthecalendaryear,atthelevelapplicablein
pursuanceofArticle1ofAnnexItotheaforesaid
Agreement.
Article3
(')OJNoL61,14.3.1971,p.3.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1977

ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident