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COM(75)199 final
Brussels .7May1975
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC)No950/68ontheCommon
Customs Tariff
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
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ANNEXI
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ProtocolsNos14and15appendedtotheTreatyofAccessionlay
downthatunwroughtlead,other(OCTsubheading78*01AII)andunwrought
zinc(CCTsubheading79*01A)will,asfrom1January1974»besubjectto
adutyof4*5$withaminimumchargeof1*1u.a./lOOkg*Dutiesonthese
twosubstancesareboundtinderGATTatalevelof1.32u.a./lOOkg.
Consequently ,tohonourCommunitycommitmentsundertheGATT,the
Councilhad,witheffectfrom1January1974»suspendedthetwo4*5$duties
atalevelof1.32u.a./lOOkg.
TheCommissionlaterreceivedinstructions tonegotiateunder
ArticleXXVIII(l)oftheGATTwithaviewtothedus^of1.32u.a./lOOkg
onthetwosubstancesbeingunbound.Therenegotiatidns areproceedingand
willprobablynotbeconcludedby30June1975*
Theabovementioned suspensionswillexpireonthatdate.
InordertohonourCommunitycommitments undertheGATT,the
CommissionsuggeststotheCouncilthatitextendthesuspensionsin
questionto31December1975*thispurpose,theCommissionsuggests
totheCouncilthatitadopttheRegulationamendingRegulation(EEC)
no.950/68assetoutintheAnnex.

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Proposalfora
Regulation(EEC)No•••••oftheCouncilof•••1975
amendingRegulation(EEC)No950/68ontheCommon
CustomsTariff
I <
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticles28and113thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No950/68oftheCouncilof27June1968onthe
CommonCustomsTariff(l),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No•••/75(2);
laysdownthatthedutyapplicabletounwroughtlead,other,ofsubheading
78.01A.IIandtounwroughtzincofsubheading79*01Aupto30June1975
atthelatestshallbe4«5$withaminimumof1*1u.a.andamaximumof
1.32u.a.per100kgnetweight;Whereas,however,thedutiesapplicable
tothesetwosubheadingsareboundundertheGeneralAgreementonTariffs
andTradeatalevelof1.32per100kgnetweight;
βWhereasnegotiations underArticleXXVIII(l)oftheGeneralAgreementon
TariffsandTradeareproceedingwithaviewtothesedutiesbeingunbound;
whereassuchnegotiationswillinallprobabilitynotbeconcludedby30June
1975ithedateonwhichthecurrentlyapplicabledutieswillceasetohave
effect|
Whereasthatwhilstawaitingtheresultsofthesenegotiations ,itisinthe
Community'sinteresttoprolong,foraperiodof6months,theapplication
oftheseduties,
Hasadoptedthisregulation 1
•/.
(1)O.J.NoL172of22July1968,page1.
(2)O.J.NoL

Article1
TheAnnextoRegulation No950/68shallbeamendedasfollowst
1*Atsubheading78*01A.II,footnote(b)shallbeamendedto:
"(b)Thedutyapplicableupto31December1975atShelatestshallbe
4*5^withaminimumof1*1U.A.andamaximumof1*32U.A.per100leg
netweight."
2.Atsubheading79*01A,footnote(a)shallbeamendedto:
"(a)Thedutyapplicableupto31December1975atthelatestshall
be4*3$withaminimumof1*1U.A*andamaximumof1.32U.A.per100kg
netweight."
Artide2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1975*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatFortheCouncil
ThePresident