CELEX: 31976R1749
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1749/76 of 20 July 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3015/75 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for raw or unmanufactured flue-cured Virginia type tobacco originating in developing countries

22. 7. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 196/3
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1749/76
                                                     of 20 July 1976
               amending Regulation ( EEC) No 3015/75 opening, allocating and providing for
               the administration of a Community tariff quota for raw or unmanufactured flue­
                         cured Virginia type tobacco originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                From 1 August 1976, the Community tariff quota of
thereof,                                                       38 000 metric tons opened in the Community for
                                                               imports of raw or unmanufactured flue-cured Virginia
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,            type tobacco falling within tariff subheading ex 24.01
                                                                B shall be extended to include raw or unmanufactured
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­           tobacco of the same type falling within subheading ex
ment ('),                                                      24.01 A I of the Common Customs Tariff.
Whereas under the system of generalized tariff prefer­         Within this tariff quota the customs duty for tobacco
ences a Community tariff quota was opened by Regu­              falling within subheading ex 24.01 A I shall be
lation (EEC) No 301 5/75 (2) for the period 1 January          suspended at 7 % with a maximum charge of 45 units
to 31 December 1976 for raw or unmanufactured flue­            of account per 100 kilogrammes net weight.
cured Virginia type tobacco falling within subheading
ex 24.01 B of the Common Customs Tariff ;                                                Article 2
Whereas a positive response should be made to                  The allocation among Member States of the Commu­
Ireland's request for the inclusion in this contingent          nity tariff quota referred to in Article 1 and the other
of raw or unmanufactured flue-cured Virginia type               provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3015/75 shall
tobacco of a value of not less than 280 units of                remain unchanged, in particular those of the second
account per 100 kilogrammes net weight falling                 and third subparagraphs of Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof with
within subheading ex 24.01 A I of the Common                    respect to the duties mentioned in Article 1 .
Customs Tariff, in accordance with the allocation esta­
                                                                                         Article 3
blished among Member States, applying a different
quota rate, namely 7 % with a maximum charge of 45             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
units of account per 100 kilogrammes net weight,                1976 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 20 July 1976.
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                            M. van der STOEL
(') Opinion delivered on 9 July 1976, not yet published in
    the Official Journal .
(2) OJ No L 310, 29 . 11 . 1975, p . 159 .