CELEX: 31973R0359
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 359/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 authorizing the United Kingdom to suspend in part the customs duties on certain products derived from pears not containing added sugar and imported from other Member States

No L 39/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 12 . 2 . 73
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 359/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 31 January 1973
              authorizing the United Kingdom to suspend in part the customs duties on certain products
              derived from pears not containing added sugar and imported from other Member
                                                               States
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES ,                                                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management
                                                                      Committee for Sugar ;
Having regard to the Treaty ( x) concerning the Ac­
cession of new Member States to the European
Economic Community and the European Atomic                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January
1972, and in particular Article 59 (4) of the Act
annexed thereto,                                                                              Article 1
                                                                      The Government of the United Kingdom is authorized
"Whereas Article 59 (4) of the Act provides that, in                  to apply a customs duty of 5% until 31 December
respect of products covered by a common organization                  1973 on imports, from other Member States, of pears
of the market, the new Member States may be author­                   not containing added sugar falling within subheading
ized to suspend in whole or in part the customs duties                20.06 B I d) 1 bb), 20.06 Bid) 2 bb), 20.06 B II c)
on products imported from other Member States ;                       1 cc) and 20.06 B II c) 2 of the Common Customs
                                                                      Tariff.
"Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom
 has applied to suspend the customs duties in part for
 1973 on pears not containing added sugar falling                                             Article 2
 within heading 20.06 of the Common Customs
 Tariff ;                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                                                                      its publication in the Official Journal of the European
 "Whereas trade between Member States will benefit                    Communities .
 from this suspension and whereas the request should
 therefore be granted ;                                               This Regulation shall apply from 1 February 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                    Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
  (!) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .