CELEX: 51974PC1752
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Date: 1974-10-30
Title: Draft REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL temporarily suspending the autonomous duties under the Common Customs Tariff on certain industrial products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                COM(74)1752   final
                                                Brussels , 30 October 1974
                                        Draft
                          REGULATION ( EEG ) of the COUNCIL
                temporarily suspending the autonomous duties under
                 the Common Customs Tariff on certain industrial
                                      Products
                    ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  C0M(74 ) 1752 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . At its meetings 10 September and 9 October 197^» the Joint Group of
     Government Experts which meets under the aegis of the Commission to
     6tudy economic problems relating to the Common Customs Tariff , examined
      ( a) the advisability of extending the suspensions of duties which are
           due to expire on J1 December 197^1
      (b) new applications submitted by certain Member States for the
           suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products
           as from 1 January 1975 *
2 . The applications submitted relate to products in respect of which the
     Member States concerned consider that a provisional reduction of. auto­
     nomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff is justified for economic
     reasons , owing to the non-existence or inadequacy of production in the
     Community .
     Most of these products are raw materials intended - for processing
   • industries or are considered as such . Th<y are in particular basic
     substances for the chemical industry . Account was taken of the possi­
     bility of substituting other products already manufactured in the
     Community and of the importance to the Community of the proposed
     measure .
3 « The requests of the new Member States to suspend Common Customs Tariff
     duties are based , not only on the economic reasons mentioned , but also
     on the following considerations :
     From 1 January 197^- the new Member State.s have, no longer the power to
     suspend autonomously their duties without limitations . Their duties
     can only be suspended in respect of the difference between their
     duties and the Common Customs Tariff duties . If it appears necessary
     to suspend a duty beybnd this limit , the Common Customs Tariff duty .
     has to be suspended.
     The above mentioned Group favoured unanimously the total or partial
     suspension of duties on the products which sire the subject of the
     draft Regulation annexed hereto .                        ■     .      '
 ---pagebreak--- Having regard to the results of this work xt appears appropriate to
the Commission to propose to the Council the suspension of Common
Customs Tariff duties for the products listed in the annex to the
following regulation *
As regards the duration for the proposed suspensions of duties , it
will be seen that a six month period from 1 January to 30 June 1975
or a twelve month period from 1 January to 31 December 1975 is
proposed for the products concerned .
In view of the above-mentioned suspension duties in the Common Customs
Tariff the new Member States are obliged to suspend the corresponding
duties in their tariffs in accordance with Article 39 , paragraphe 2
of th$ . act concerning the Condition of Accession and the Adjustments of
the Treaties .
The Group also examined the possibility of suspending the Common
Customs Tariff duty on the products listed in the table annexed hereto .
It was n-ot possible to reach an unanimous opinion on the subject
because tjf the unfavourable opinions , based on economic considerations ,
which were expressed by one or other of the Member States .
CCT heading No                           Designation of goods
       1                                           2
ex 2o.21                Chromium oxide intended for metallurgical use only
ex 29»01 D II           S,tjrrene
ex 29.02 C              De cabromobiphenyl
ex 29.04 C I            Butane-1 , 3-diol
    29*1^ A II a)     . Acetic acid .
ex 29.1^ A II c) 1 Vinyl acetate
  • 29.14 A III         Acetic anhydride
ex 29.16 D          - dl-2-( 3-Phenoxyphenyl) propionic acid and its salts
ex 29.22 B II           1 , 2-Diaminoe thane ( ethylene diamine )
ex 29.26 A I            £-Benzoicsulphimide ( saccharine )
ex 29.35 a              2-Choropyridine (purified).
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 3 -
 ex 29-35 Q             1.6-HexanoJLactam ( caprolactsmj
 ex 29 > 35 Q           Amprolium hydrochloride
 ex 29.35 Q             Tiabendazole
 ex 29.35 Q             4-Nitrobenzyl 7-amino-3-methyl-3-cephem-
                        4- carboxylatehydrochloride
ex 29.35 Q              Indomethacin (l-( 4- chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-
                   . . methylindol-3-ylacëtic acid)
ex 29.35 Q             6-Hexanolide ( epeilon-caprolactone )
ex 29.39 D II          Triamcinolonehexacetonide
ex 30.03 A II b) and The following substances derived from human
ex 30.05 B II b)       blood : gamma-globulin ( including that wlich
                       can be administered intravenously) , 20 %
                       human albumin , human fibrinogen , preserved serum
ex 39*01 C III         Polyhexanolide (polycaprolactone )
ex 39.01 C VII         Polyphenylene sulphide
ex 39.02 C X           Copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate ,
                       with a vinyl chloride content of nor less than
                       89 % and not more than 93 # by weight
ex 39*02 C XIV a)      Polyacrylic acid , cross-linked to a email degree
                       by adding just under 1 % of another monomer
ex 39.02 C XIV a)      Copolymer of vinylidene chloride and hexa=
                       fluoropropylene in one of the forms mentioned
                       in Note 5 ( a) and ( b) of Chapter 59
ex 41.02 B             Hides and skins of bovine cattle , not further
                       prepared than tanned
ex 41.02 B             Leather of East India kip , whole , whether or not
                       the heads and legs have been removed , weighing each
                       more than 4,5 kg net not further prepared than
                       vegetable tanned , whether or not having undergone
                       further preservative treatment with oil but obvious­
                       ly unsuitable for immediate use in the manufacture
                       of leather articles
ex 51.01 A             Yarn of poly-phenylene diamine and terephthalamide
                       fibres
ex 56.01 A             Man-made fibres ( discontinuous) not carved , combed
                       or otherwise prepared for spinning , of polypropylene
                       not exceeding 0.9 tex
ex 59.03               "Oil–absorbing bonded fibre fabrics" made from
                       aliphatic polyolefin fibres with a minimum
                       buoyancy of 99 %
                                                                • • •/• • •
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 4. -
        1                              2
ex 69-09 B          Catalyst supports , consisting of porous cordierite
                    ceramic pieces of roughly circular or oval cross-
                    section with parallel sides , having an overall
                    volume of not less than 2*K) millilitres and not
                    more than 11,100 millilitres , and having a minimum
                    dimension of not less than 90 millimetres and a
                    maximum dimension of not more than kSO millimetres ,
                  . having not less than 28 continuous channels per
                    hundred square millimetres running parallel to the
                    main axis of symmetry , the total channel cross-
                    section area being not less than 60 per cent and
                    not more than 80 per cent of the whole cross-
                    section area
ex 88 . 02 B I a)   Helicopters of an empty weight of 1,000 kilogrammes
                    or less , equipped with one piston engine
ex 83 . 05 B        Ground flying trainers of the following types :
                    - Boeing 737 "Atkins and Merrill "
                    - DC 10 "Link-Miles "
 ---pagebreak---                                 Draft
                  REGULATION ( EEC) OP THIS COUNCIL
        temporarily suspending the autonomous duties tinder
         the Common Customs Tariff on certain industrial
                             products
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN C01WJNITTES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof j
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the Commission ;
Whereas production in the Community of the products specified in this
Regulation is at present inadequate or non-existent and producers are
thus unable to meet the needs of user industries in the Community ;
Whereas it is in the interest of the Community to suspend the autonomous
Common Customs Tariff duties only partially in certain casss where some
Community production already exists while suspending them totally in
other cases ;
Whereas , in view of the difficulty of assessing accurately short-term
economic trends in the seotors concerned , these measures of suspension
should be taken only temporarily, their term of validity being fixed by
reference to the interests of Community production ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION J
                             Art i ci, e_J
The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the products listed in
the Tables annexed to this Regulation are hereby suspended at the levels
indicated in respect of each of the said products .
 ---pagebreak--- These suspensions shall apply as fallows j
- from 1 January to 30 June 1975 for. the products listed in Table I ;
- from 1 January to 31 December 1973 for the product listed in Table II .
                              Artir'le 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1973-
     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
     applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                          For the Council
                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX
                                         TABLE I
                                                                  Rate   of autonomous
   CCT heading No                Description of goods             duty under . the CCT_
ex 29-02 A III      Vinyl bromide                                   total suspension
ex 29.03 B II       Nitromethane                                    total suspension
ex 29.15 A IV a)  ■ Sebacic acid                                    total suspension
ex 29.15 C III      Tatrachlorophtbalxc anhydride                   total suspension
ex 29.27             (- )- 2-Acetam5 3o~2-vanillyl=                total suspension
                    propionitrile
ex 29.29            ( -0 -2- ( 3 » *t–Dihydroxybenzyl ) -2-        total suspension
                    hydrazinopropi JV. io acid
ex 29-35 Q           (-) -l-t^rtBut:/-? anlno-3- (4-               total, suspension
                    morpholino-1 , 2 , >-~«;hiadiazol-3-yloxy&
                    propan-2-ol
ex 29.35 Q          2-Picolin                                      total suspension
ex 29.35 Q          Methyl 3-a-mino - 5, 6-dichloropyra=           total suspension
                    zine -2- carboxyI! ate
    32.01 A         Tanning extracts of wattle                     total suspension
                    ( Mimosa)
ex 32.01 D          Tanning extract 3 derived from                 total suspension
                    gambier and myrobalan fruits
ex 32.07 B          Polycarbonate with a carbon                    total suspension
                    black content c£ not less than
                    22 % and not more than 28 %
                    by weight
ex 38.03 B          Acid-activated montmorillonito                 total suspension
                    which , when examined by X-ray
                   powder diffract ion , shows four
                   principal lines ^ooresponding to
                    crystal interplanar spacings
                    (d various ) of O.Vf , O.^tO , 0.33
                    and 0.25 nanometres , the line
                    corresponding to C'.^fO nanometre
                    being the most intense
ex 39.01 C VII      Polyimida foils w-.^her         no"& in rolls  total suspension
ex 51.01 A         Yarn wholly of poly glycollic                   total suspension
          I        acid
ex 56.01 A         Synthetic textile fibres of                     total suspension
                   aromatic polyamides obtained by
                   polycondensation of m ->
                   phenylene diamine and isophtalic
                   acid
 ---pagebreak--- ex 90.01 B
         \
              Material consisting of a polarising film , total suspension
              supported on one or both sides by trans­
              parent material
                                   TABLE II
     1                             2                           3
ex 29.38 B II *3 and DL-Calcium pantothenate                  3è5 %