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The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending the provisions of the exchange of letters of 30 January 1974 relating to Article 3 of Protocol No 8 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese Republic, is hereby concluded on behalf of the Community.The text of the letters is annexed to this Regulation. The President of the Council is hereby authorized to appoint the person empowered to sign the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters referred to in Article 1 and to grant him the powers necessary for the purpose of binding the Community. This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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Regulation (EEC) No 1702/74 of the Council of 25 June 1974 on the Conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters amending the provisions of the exchange of letters of 30 January 1974 relating to article 3 of Protocol No 8 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Portuguese republic


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The tax on salaries, wages and emoluments paid by the Communities to their officials and other servants, indicated by the first paragraph of Article 13 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, shall be determined under the conditions and collected according to the procedure laid down in this Regulation. The following shall be liable to the tax:— persons coming under the Staff Regulations of Officials or the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Communities, including recipients of the compensation provided for in the event of removal from post in the interests of the service, but excluding local staff;— recipients of the compensation on termination of service provided for in Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68xa0(1). 1.xa0xa0xa0The tax shall be payable each month on salaries, wages and emoluments paid by the Communities to each person liable.2.xa0xa0xa0However, monies and allowances, whether lump sums or not, which represent compensation for expenses incurred in the perfomance of official duties, shall be excluded from the basic taxable amount.3.xa0xa0xa0The family allowance and social benefits listed below shall be deducted from the basic taxable amount:(a) family allowances:— head of household allowance,— dependent child's allowance,— education allowance,— allowance on the birth of a child;(b) social assistance;(c) allowances paid on account of occupational disease or accident;(d) that part of any payment which represents family allowances.The amount to be deducted shall be calculated, with due regard, where appropriate, to the provisions of Article 5.4.xa0xa0xa0Subject to the provisions of Article 5, an abatement of 10% for occupational and personal expenses shall be made from the amount obtained by applying the preceding provisions.An additional abatement equivalent to twice the amount of the allowance for a dependent child shall be made for each dependent child of the person liable as well as for each person treated as a dependent child within the meaning of Article 2 (4) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations.5.xa0xa0xa0Deductions from remuneration of persons liable on account of pensions and retirement allowances or of social security shall be deducted from the basic taxable amount. The tax shall be calculated, subject to the provisions of Article 5, on the taxable amount obtained by applying Article 3 and disregarding any amount not exceeding Bfrs 803 and by applying the rate of:8% to amounts between Bfrs 803 and 14xa017810% to amounts between Bfrs 14xa0179 and 19xa052812·50% to amounts between Bfrs 19xa0529 and 22xa038015% to amounts between Bfrs 22xa0381 and 25xa041317·50% to amounts, between Bfrs 22xa0414 and 28xa026520% to amounts between Bfrs 28xa0266 and 31xa003022·50% to amounts between Bfrs 31xa0031 and 33xa088325% to amounts between Bfrs 33xa0884 and 36xa064827·50% to amounts between Bfrs 36xa0649 and 39xa050030% to amounts between Bfrs 39xa0501 and 42xa026532·50% to amounts between Bfrs 42xa0266 and 45xa011835% to amounts between Bfrs 45xa0119 and 47xa088340% to amounts between Bfrs 47xa0884 and 50xa073545% to amounts above Bfrs 50xa0735. When salaries, wages and emoluments are subject to a corrective factor:— the amount of each of the elements included in the calculation of the tax, except deductions made from the remuneration of persons liable on account of pensions, and retirement allowances or of social security, shall, for the application of this Regulation, be obtained by applying the corrective factor to the amount of this element as calculated before applying any corrective factor to the remuneration;— the amount of abatements mentioned in Article 3 (4) shall be obtained by applying the corrective factor to the amount of the abatements as calculated before applying any corrective factor to the remuneration;— the amounts of income shown in Article 4 shall be subject to the corrective factor. 1.xa0xa0xa0By way of derogation from the provisions of Articles 3 and 4:(a) the sums paid— as compensation for overtime,— for work of a particularly arduous nature,— for exceptional services,— for patented inventions,(b) payments made on account of termination of service shall be taxed, after applying the abatements laid down in Article 3 (4), at a rate equal to two thirds of the ratio existing, at the time of last salary payment, between:— the amount of tax payable and— the basic taxable amount as defined in Article 3.2.xa0xa0xa0The application of this Regulation shall not have the effect of reducing salaries, wages and emoluments of any kind paid by the Communities to an amount less than the minimum subsistence rate as defined in Article 6 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations of Officials of the Communities. When the taxable payment covers a period of less than one month, the rate of the tax shall be that which is applicable to the corresponding monthly payment.When the taxable payment covers a period of more than one month the tax shall be calculated as if this payment had been spread evenly over the months to which it relates.Corrective payments not related to the month during which they are paid shall be subject to the tax to which they would have been subject had they been made at the proper time. Tax shall be collected by means of deduction at source. The amount shall be rounded off at the lower unit. The tax proceeds shall be entered as revenue in the budgets of the Communities. 0The governing bodies of institutions of the Communities shall co-operate for the purpose of applying this Regulation in a uniform manner.The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt any provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation. 1This Regulation shall also apply:— to members of the Commission,— to Judges, Advocates General, the Registrar and Assistant Rapporteurs at the Court of Justice,— to members of the Audit Board. 2This Regulation shall apply to members of the organs of the European Investment Bank, and to members of its staff and recipients of the pensions it pays, who are included in the categories determined by the Council in application of the first paragraph of Article 16 of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities, with regard to salaries, wages and emoluments and to disability, retirement and survivors' pensions paid by the Bank. 3The compensation and payments referred to in Article 13 of Regulation No 32 (EEC) 12 (EAEC)xa0(2) shall be exempt from the tax. 4Regulation No 32 (EEC), 12 (EAEC) is hereby repealed. 5This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
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Regulation laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities


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(1) The Vereinigung deutscher Freiformschmieden is hereby required to allow an investigation to be made in its business premises in D端sseldorf. In particular, it is required to allow the Commission's officials authorized for the purpose of this investigation to enter its premises during normal office hours and to produce the requisite business records for examination by those officials.2. In particular it shall produce all records of the Union:    (a) concerning its relations with other associations of undertakings in the Community;(b) of meetings with member companies and meetings of working groups and sales management personnel;(c) concerning the joint office in Zurich, including details of any payments made to that office. The investigation shall be carried out in the business premises of the Union in D端sseldorf and shall begin on 13 December 1977.  (1)OJ No 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. This Decision is addressed to the Vereinigung deutscher Freiformschmieden, D端sseldorf. It shall be notified by being handed over personally to a representative of the Union by the Commission's officials authorized for the purpose of the investigation immediately before the investigation is to begin. Proceedings against this Decision may be instituted in the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg in accordance with Article 173 of the EEC Treaty. Pursuant to Article 185 of the EEC Treaty, such proceedings shall not have suspensory effect.
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Commission Decision concerning an investigation to be made at the Vereinigung deutscher Freiformschmieden, Düsseldorf, pursuant to Article 14 (3) of Council Regulation No 17 (Case IV AF 356) (Only the German text is authentic)