CELEX: 31985R3578
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3578/85 of 16 December 1985 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3177/80 on the place of introduction to be taken into consideration in applying Article 14 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1224/80 on the valuation of goods for customs purposes

23 . 12 . 85                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 347 / 1
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                                                     (Acts whose publication is obligatory
                                              COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC ) No 3578 / 85
                                                             of 16 December 1985
                      amending Regulation ( EEC) No 3177 / 80 on the place of introduction to be taken into
                      consideration in applying Article 14 (2 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1224 / 80 on the
                                                  valuation of goods for customs purposes
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                                                           accordance with the opinion of the Customs Valuation
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      Committee ,
Economic Community ,
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1224 / 80 of                                             Article 1
28 May 1980 on the valuation of goods for customs
purposes (*), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No                     Regulation ( EEC ) No 3177 / 80 is hereby amended as
 1055 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 14 ( 2 ) thereof,              follows :
                                                                           1 . Article 1 ( 1 ) is replaced by the following :
Whereas Article 14ofRegulation(EEC)No 1224 / 80 defines
the place of introduction to be taken into consideration in                     '1 .   The customs value of goods introduced into the
determining the customs value ;                                                 customs territory of the Community and then carried to a
                                                                                destination in another part of that territory through the
                                                                                territories of Austria , Switzerland , Yugoslavia or the
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 3177 / 80 ( 3 )                        German Democratic Republic shall be determined by
provides for special treatment for goods introduced into the                    reference to the first place of introduction into the
customs territory of the Community in the circumstances
                                                                                customs territory of the Community , provided the goods
described in Article 14 ( 2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1224 / 80 ,
                                                                                are carried direct through the territories of Austria ,
and in particular for goods then carried to their place of                      Switzerland , Yugoslavia or the German Democratic
destination through the territories of Austria , Switzerland or
                                                                                Republic by a usual route across such territory to the
the German Democratic Republic , in view of the fact that the                   place of destination .'
most usual route to the place of destination may be through
those territories ;                                                        2 . Article 2 is replaced by the following:
                                                                                'Article 2
Whereas that Regulation replaced Commission Regulations                         The provisions of Article 1 shall also apply where the
( EEC) No 1 150 / 70 ( 4 ) and No 1025 / 77 ( 5 ); whereas on that              goods have been unloaded , transhipped or temporarily
account the application of its provisions in Greece has been                    immobilized in the territories of Austria , Switzerland ,
deferred until 1 January 1986 in accordance with Article 144                    Yugoslavia or the German Democratic Republic , for
and Annex XI of the Act of Accession of Greece ; whereas in                     reasons relating solely to their transport.'
view of the inclusion of the territory of Greece in the customs
territory of the Community there is justification for                                                   Article 2
extending that special treatment to goods carried under the
same conditions through the territory of Yugoslavia ;                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986 .
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                      States .
                      Done at Brussels , 16 December 1985 .
                                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                                      COCKFIELD
                                                                                                     Vice-President
(») OJ  No  L   134 , 31 . 5 . 1980 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L    112 , 25 . 4 . 1985 , p. 50 .
(3) OJ No  L    335 , 12 . 12 . 1980 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L    134 , 19 . 6 . 1970 , p. 33 .
(5) OJ  No  L   124 , 18 . 5 . 1977 , p. 5 .