Council Regulation (EEC) No 3400/84 of 27 November 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff
Official Journal L 320 , 10/12/1984 P. 0001 - 0386
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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3400/84 OF 27 NOVEMBER 1984 AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 28 AND 113 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS , UNDER AGREEMENTS SIGNED WITH THIRD COUNTRIES , AND IN PARTICULAR PURSUANT TO THE 1979 GENEVA PROTOCOL AND THE 1979 ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE GENEVA PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE , AND THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT SIGNED AT THE END OF THE 1973 TO 1979 CONFERENCE ON MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS , THE COMMUNITY HAS UNDERTAKEN TO MAKE GRADUATED REDUCTIONS IN CUSTOMS DUTIES ;
WHEREAS , IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN CIVIL AIRCRAFT , IT HAS BEEN AGREED TO EXTEND THE LIST OF PRODUCTS ADMITTED TO A TOTAL SUSPENSION OF COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ;
WHEREAS , ON THE BASIS OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND ON THE DECLARATION AT WILLIAMSBURG OF DECEMBER 1983 , IT WAS AGREED , SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE NECESSARY INTERNAL PROCEDURES , TO BRING FORWARD BY ONE YEAR TO THE BEGINNING OF 1985 THE APPLICATION OF THE TARIFF REDUCTIONS SCHEDULED FOR 1986 ACCORDING TO MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS , PROVIDED THAT THE COMMUNITY'S MAIN TRADING PARTNERS DID THE SAME ;
WHEREAS THE AFORESAID CONDITIONS ARE NOT SATISFIED , BUT NEVERTHELESS , ON THE BASIS OF A COMMISSION PROPOSAL , THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT THE AFOREMENTIONED DECLARATION FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PRODUCTS WHERE THE TRADE INVOLVES MORE PARTICULARLY THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS IT IS EXPEDIENT , THEREFORE , IN ORDER TO ENSURE UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , TO SPECIFY IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1018/84 ( 2 ) , THE CONVENTIONAL DUTIES APPLICABLE FROM 1 JANUARY 1985 ;
WHEREAS CERTAIN SPECIAL AUTONOMOUS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO THE UNITED STATES WERE LAID DOWN IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 349/84 ( 3 ) ; WHEREAS THOSE AUTONOMOUS DUTIES ARE CALCULATED BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL DUTY TO THE CONVENTIONAL DUTIES APPLICABLE ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE REDUCTIONS