CELEX: 31975D0056
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 December 1974 fixing the rate of the countervailing charges which may be levied instead of minimum prices on imports of seed potatoes into the French Republic and on imports of certain vinegar into the Federal Republic of Germany

25. 1 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 20/41
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligctto>y)
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 20 December 1974
                fixing the rate of the countervailing charges which may be levied instead of
               minimum prices on imports of seed potatoes into the French Republic and on
                        imports of certain vinegar into the Federal Republic of Germany
                                      (Only the German and French texts are authentic)
                                                          (75/ 56/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas in view of the foregoing, and given that deve­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        lopment of intra-Community trade in the products in
                                                                     question has been satisfactory, the maximum rates of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the charges concerned should be kept at the levels
 Economic Community ;                                                fixed by the Commission Decision of 21 December
                                                                     1 973 (->) fixing the rate of the countervailing charges
                                                                     which may be levied instead of minimum prices by
 Having regard , to the         Council     Decision of 20           the Federal Republic of Germany and the French
 December 1969 (') on the       system of   minimum prices,          Republic,
 as last amended by the         Decision    of 17 December
 1974 (2), and in particular    Article 2   (4) thereof ;
Whereas the Council , by the abovementioned Deci­
 sion , authorized the levying of countervailing charges
 on imports from other Member States firstly, of seed                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 potatoes into France, and secondly, of vinegar and
substitutes therefor with exception of wine vinegar,
 into Germany, until measures for the common organi­
zation of the market in the products in question are
 implemented, and not later than 31 December 1975                                              Article 1
 in any event ;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany and the                      1 . The rate of the countervailing charges which the
 French Republic were, at their request, authorized by               Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to levy by
the Commission Decisions of 11 December 1974, on                    Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Council Decision of 20 December
the basis of Article 26 of the Treaty, to continue to                1 969 on the system for minimum prices is fixed in
postpone the lowering of customs duties to be paid                  Annex A to this Decision . Such rates shall only apply
pursuant to Article 23 (3), until measures for the                  where Germany uses, to the extent of at least 80 % ,
common organization of the markets for the products                 the authorization granted by the Commission Deci­
in question are implemented , and not later than 31                 sion of 11 December 1974 to continue to postpone
December 1975 in any event ;                                        the application of Common Customs Tariff duties to
                                                                    the products in question .
(') OJ No L 328 , 30 . 12 . 1969 , p. 11 .
(-') OJ No L 349 , 28 . 12 . 1974, p. 60 .                          (■') OJ No L 62, 4 . 3 . 1974, p. 5 .
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2. The rate of the countervailing charged which the                                                      Article 3
French Republic is authorized to levy by Article 2 (2)
of the Council Decision of 20 December 1969 on the                           This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
system for minimum prices is fixed in Annex B to                             Germany and the French Republic .
this Decision . Such rates shall only apply where
France makes full use, with regard to the products in
question, of the authorization granted by the Commis­
sion Decision of 11 December 1974 to continue to                              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1974.
postpone the application of Common Customs Tariff
to those products.                                                                                          For the Commission
                          Article 2                                                                            P. J. LARDINOIS
This Decision shall apply for the year 1975.                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX A
                                                                                                                         Rate of
                       CCT
                                                                   Description of goods                              countervailing
                    heading No                                                                                       duty DM /hl
                      22.10                    Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar :                              I
                                               B. Other, in containers containing :
                                                    I. Two litres or less                                                23-04
                                                   II . More than two litres                                              14-04
                                                                  ANNEX B
                        CCT                                                                                            % of value
                    heading No                                     Description of goods                                at customs
                      07.01                    Vegetables, fresh or chilled :
                                               A. Potatoes :                                                      \.I
                                                   I. Seed potatoes (a) :                                         \
                                                        — Under the quota                                                  1-25
                                                        — Other                                                           5-95
             (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.