CELEX: 31976D0605
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 July 1976 prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region

No L 195/ 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                21 . 7. 76
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 15 July 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)
                                                            (76/605/ 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 15
event of disasters occurring in the territory of one or               September 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 1976 (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 15
 15 July 1976 by a decision of the Commission of 17                   September 1976.
June 1976 (3) ;
Whereas the Commission 's consultation with the
Italian Government under Article 3 of the said Deci­                                         Article 2
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 15 September 1976 in order to allow                     covering the period 6 July to 6 September 1976 shall
the Commission to re-examine the situation on the
                                                                      reach the Commission not later than 13 September
basis of information communicated by the Govern­                      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 one
                                                                      month 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,
(3) OJ No L 171 , 30 . 6 . 1976, p . 43 .                             modified or repealed.
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                     Article 4                            Done at Brussels, 15 July 1976.
This Decision shall come into effect from 16 July
1976 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                     Article 5                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.                           Member of the Commission