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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)373final
Brussels,27July1978
Draft
Décision
oftherepresentatives oftheGovernmentsoftheMemberStates
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunitymeetingwithinthe
Councilrelatingto
1)theCommonCustomsTariffNomenclatureoftheMemberStates
(subheading73.12Bi);
2)determiningtheconditionsunderwhichcertainECSCproducts
areeligible .uponimportationforafavourabletariffarrange­
mentbyreasonoftheirend-use
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Motivation
1.Thedraftdecisiontext,annexedhereto,aimsprimarilyatthe
eliminationofend-usecontrolofhoopsandstripsforthemanu­
factureoftinplate(subheading73.12BI)sincethedutyrate
applicabletothesegoodsisthesameasthatfortheotherhoops
andstripsofsubheading73.12BII(i.e.8%).
Thisisachievedbydeletingthecrossreferenceinthesubheading
anditsrelatedend-usefootnote.
2.Thedraftalsoaimstostandardize CommunityCustomscontrolof
productseligibleforpreferentialtariffdutyratesbyreasonof
theirenduse,particularly inshipbuilding,byextendingtoECSC
productstheRegulationsapplicabletoanalogousproductsfromwithin
theEEC.
Toachievethisitisproposedtoapplytoironandsteelcoilsfor
re-rolling (subheading73.08A)theprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)
N°1535/77referredtounderArticle2andtomaterialsforusein
*' » •
shipbuilding-forwhichtariffpreferencewasestablished bythe
decisioncitedinArticle1-theprovisionsofRegulation (EEC)
N°2695/77referredtoinArticle3.
3.BoththeCommitteeonCommonCustomsTariffNomenclature andthe
JointPanelofGovernmentExpertsonCommonCustomsTariff(the
latterhavingonlybeenconsultedinrelationtosubheading73.12BI)
havepronouncedthemselvesinfavourofthese.pro'posals. .

Draft
Decision
oftherepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStates
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity
meetingwithintheCouncilrelatingto.
1)theCommonCustomsTariffNomenclature oftheMemberStates
(subheading .73.12BI); •,
2)determiningtheconditionsunderwhichcertainECSCproducts-
areeligibleuponimportationforafavourabletariffarran­
gementbyreasonoftheirend-use
THEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBERSTATESOF
THEEUROPEANCOALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY,MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL,
inagreementwiththeCommission,
HAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
-'
' •Article1
TheCommonCustomsTariffNomenclature oftheMemberStates
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity
inforceforproductsfallingwithinthescopeoftheTreatyestablishing
thesaid^CommunityandsetoutinCouncilRegulation
(EEC)N°950/68of28June1968ontheCommonCustomsTariff(1),as-
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)N° (2),pursuanttothe
Decisionoftherepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStates
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,meetingwithintheCouncil,
of.13January1975,onthenomenclature,therateofconventional
dutiesforcertainproductsandthegeneralrulesfortheinterpretation
andimplementation ofthesaidnomenclature andduties,arehereby
amendedbythedeletionofcrossreference (a)insubheading73.12BI
andthedeletionofrelatedfootnote(a).
(1)0JN°L172,22.7.1968,p.1
(2)0JN°L ,p.

Article2
TheprovisionsofCommissionRegulation (EEC)N°1535/77
of4July1977determiningtheconditionsunderwhichcertaingoods
areeligibleuponimportationfora.favourabletariffarrangement
byreasonoftheirend-use(1)shallapplytotheentryofironor
steelcoilsforre-rolling,lessthan1,50m.inwidth,intendedfor
re-rolling,ofsubheading73.08A.
Article3 ,
TheprovisionsofCommissionRegulation (EEC)N°2695/77of
7December1977determiningtheconditionsunderwhichgoodsfor
certaincategoriesofaircraftandshipsareeligibleuponimporta­
tionforafavourabletariffarrangement (2)shallapplytoproducts
coveredbytheTreaty
intended 'forincorporation intheships,boatsorother
vesselsfallingwithinsubheadings 89.01A,89.01BI,89.02A,.
89.02BIand89.03AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,forthepurposes
oftheirconstruction,repair,maintenance orconversion,orintended
forfittingtoorequippingsuchships,boatsorothervessels.
£
Artieie4
MemberStatesshalltakethemeasuresnecessary toimplement
thisDecision.
DoneatBrussels,
ThePresident
(1)0JN°L171,9.7.1977,,1
(2)0JN°L314,8.12.1977,14