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Brussels,17November1978
RECOMMENDATION FORA
COUNCILDECISION
acceptingtheCustomsCo-operation CouncilRecommendation of13June1978
conceringtheamendmentofArticlesXIV(a)andXVI(d)oftheConvention
onNomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustomsTariffs.
(SubmittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subject:DraftproposalforaCouncilDecisionacceptingtheCustoms
Co-operation CouncilRecommendation of13June1978concerning
theamendmentofArticlesXIV(a)andXVI(d)oftineConvention
onNomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustoms
Tariffs.
Since1950,1951or1963,depending ontheMemberStateconcerned,the
nineMemberStateshavebeenContracting PartiestotheConvention on
Nomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustomsTariffs (December
1950).ThisNomenclature ,knownasthe"CustomsCo-operation Council
Nomenclature",formedthebasisfortheCommonCustomsTariff.
Inordertotakeaccount,inparticular,ofcontinuingtechnicalprogress
andtheconsequent changesininternational -trade,theCustomsCo-operation
Councilmayrecommend amendments totheNomenclature toitsContracting .
Parties.Inorderthattheseamendments totheNomenclature maytakeeffect
inallContracting Statesunderthemostpracticalconditionsforboth
customsadministrations andparticipants ininternational trade,theCustoms
Co-operation Councilrecommended on13June1978thattheperiodlaiddown
fortheentryintoforceoftheseamendmentsaftertheyhavebeenaccepted
inaccordance withArticleXVI(c)oftheConvention shouldbe'extended
fromsixmonths,aslaiddowninArticleXVI(d)oftheConvention,toone
year.Furthermore,sinceArticleXIIoftheConvention wasrescindedby
Article6oftheProtocolofAmendmentof1July1955,theCustomsCo-operation
Councilalsorecommended deletionofthephrase"underparagraph (a)of
ArticleXII"appearinginArticleXIV(a).Inaccordancewiththeprovisions
oftheConvention,theBelgianMinistryofForeginAffairsnotifiedthe
Contracting PartiesoftheRecommendation on30June1978,witheffectfrom ,
1July1978.
ArticleXVIoftheConvention providesthattheamendments intheRecommend­
ationwillbedeemedtobeadoptedifnoContracting Partyoffersanobjection
withinsixmonthsoftheeffectivedate,i.e.,by31December1978.If'there"
arenoobjections,theamendments inquestionwillenterintoforceon1July
1979.
ThisnewRecommendation havingbeenexaminedindepthinco-operation with
qualifiedRepresentatives oftheMemberStateswithintheCommittee on
CommonCustomsTariffNomenclature ,theCommission considersthattheRe­
commendation canbeaccepted.

RECOMMENDATION FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION
V '' .
accepting theCustoms Co-operation Council Recommendation of13June 1978
concering theamendment ofArticles XIV Ca)andXVI (d)oftheConvention
onNomenclature fortheClassification ofGoods inCustoms Tariffs .
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof , i
Having regard totheRecommendation from theCommission ,.
Whereas thenine Member States are Contracting Parties totheBrussels
Convention of15December 1950 onNomenclature for the Classification of
Goods inCustoms Tariffs ;whereas theCommon Customs Tariff isbased on
that Nomenclature ;
Whereas the Customs Co-operation Council may recommend amendments tothe
Convention to.itsContracting Parties ;whereas on13June 1978 that Council
recommended amendments toArticles XIV (a)and/(d)oftheConvention ;
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Whereas ,under -theConvention ,theBelgian Ministry ofForeign Affairs
communicates thedraft text ofevery recommended amendment toallContracting •
Parties andtotheGovernments ofallother signatory oracceding States and
thetext isdeemed tobeaccepted ifnoobjection -isnotified "by tany .
Contracting Party within sixmonths from thedate ofcommunication ;whereas ,
ifnoobjection isnotified ,theamendment enters into force sixmonths
after theexpiry ofthat period ;
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Whereas theBelgian Ministry ofForeign Affairs communicated the text of
theRecommendation of13June 1978 totheContracting Parties on30June
1978 ,totake effect from 1July 1978 ;whereas ,ifnoobjection isnotified
toall orpart ofthe text ,theRecommendation will "bedeemed tohave "been
accepted at31December 1978 andwill enter into force on1July 1979 ;
Whereas there isnoobjection tobemade toanypart oftheRecommendation ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Sole Article ,
The Customs Co-operation Council Recommendation of13June 1978 concerning
the amendment ofArticles XIV (a)and XVI (d)ofthe Convention onNomenclature
fortheClassification ofGoods inCustoms Tariffs ishereby accepted for
application asfrom 1July 1979 .
Done at ,
For theCouncil ,
The President