CELEX: 51976PC0014
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-19
Title: Draft REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous duty in the Common Customs Tariff for potatoes of subheading 07.01 A III b) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                             REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
         temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous duty in
         the Common Customs Tariff for potatoes of subheading
                                  07.01 A III b )
                     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
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COM(76 ) 11» final .
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLAÏÏATORY MEMORANDUM
     The total Community potato produotion for the
1975 horvestt acoording to the provisional figures of
0*S*C«E. f was 33»833»000 tonnes, a reduction of 19 $
compared to produotion in 1974 (41 #630,000 tonnes)*
     This reduotion of available supplies has led to a
speotaoular rise in potato prices on the Community market *
     For this reason, the Commission considers it necessary
to suspend totally the autonomous duties in the Common
Customs Tariff until the 28th March 1976 in order to
ensure that the market is supplied j»ith ware potatoes
(07*01 A III b of Common Customs Tariff)*
 ---pagebreak---                          PROPOSAL FOR A
          REGULATION ( EEC ) No          OF THE COUNCIL
                         of
     temporarily and totally suspending the autonomous duty
         in the Common Customs Tariff for potatoes of
                   subheading 07.01 A III b )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 28 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas in view of difficulties of supply on the Community potato markets ,
the autonomous duty for certain kinds of potatoes should be totally
suspended until 28 March 1976 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
With effect from the date of entry into force of the Regulation until
28 March 1976 the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duty on potatoes of
jsubheading 07.01 A III    b ) shall be totally suspended .
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following the date
of 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 .
Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council
                                                       The Président