CELEX: 31976D0744
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 September 1976 prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region

17. 9 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 254/ 51
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 16 September 1976
               prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earth­
                                             quake victims in the Friuli region
                                                (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                          (76/744/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         1 . The provision for admission free of import
 1410/74 of 4 June 1974 on the tariff treatment appli­               duties, under Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Commission Deci­
 cable to goods imported for free circulation in the                 sion of 14 May 1976, shall be extended until 31
 event of disasters occurring in the territory of one or             December 1976 for all goods imported for free circula­
 more Member States ('), and in particular Article 2                 tion by State organization or by organizations
 thereof,                                                            approved by the competent Italian authorities for the
                                                                     purpose of being distributed by them free to the earth­
                                                                     quake victims in the Friuli region, or made available
 Having regard to the request made by the Govern­                    free of charge whilst remaining the property of the
 ment of the Italian Republic dated 12 May 1976,                     organizations in question .
 Whereas, by the Decision of 14 May 1 976 (2) in                     2. The provision for admission free of import
 response to this request, the Commission authorized                 duties, under Article 1 (2) of the said Decision, for
 the duty-free importation of goods for free distribu­               goods imported for free circulation by the relief units
 tion to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region ;               to cover their own requirements during the period of
 whereas this duty-free admission was extended until                 their operations shall also be extended until 31
 15 September 1976 by the Commission Decision of                     December 1976.
 15 July 1976 (3) ;
Whereas the Commission 's consultation with the
                                                                                            Article 2
 Italian Government under Article 3 of the said Deci­
 sion has revealed that the current situation in the
 region concerned justifies the extension of the provi­              1.    The Government of the Italian Republic shall
 sions in Article 1 thereof for all goods imported for               communicate     to the  Commission      all  information
 free circulation under the conditions laid down in
                                                                     Regarding the nature and quantities of the various
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1410/74 ;                           goods admitted free of duty under Article 1 .
Whereas such extension should be limited to the
                                                                     2. The communication required under paragraph 1 ,
 period ending 31 December 1976 in order to allow                    covering the period 7 September to 7 December 1976
the Commission to re-examine the situation on the                    shall  reach  the  Commission       not  later  than  13
basis of information communicated by the Govern­                     December 1976 .
 ment of the Italian Republic concerning the scale and
 nature of importations carried out under the exemp­
tion ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas      the  other    Member        States   have   been
consulted as laid down in Article 2 of Regulation                   After consultation with the Government of the Italian
(EEC) No 1410/74,
                                                                     Republic, the Commission shall consider within three
                                                                     months from the date of the notification of this Deci­
(•) OJ No L 150, 7. 6. 1974, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 131 , 20 . 5. 1976, p. 19 .                             sion , whether this Decision should be maintained,
(A OJ No L 195, 21 . 7. 1976, p. 16.                                 modified or repealed .
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                                                  Article 4
          This Decision shall come into effect from 16 September 1976.
                                                  Article 5
          This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
          Done at Brussels, 16 September 1976.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                            Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA
                                                                    Vice-President