CELEX: 31974R3050
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3050/74 of the Council of 2 December 1974 opening preferential tariffs for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia

No L 329 /40                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                 9 . 12 . 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3050/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 2 December 1974
                    opening preferential tariffs for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
                                                                    out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of a
Having regard to the Treaty             establishing the           temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
European Economic Community ;                                      commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
                                                                   wholly or in part at a later date; whereas this
                                                                   possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
Having       regard    to  the    proposal      from    the        remedying any unfavourable situations which might
Commission ;                                                        arise in the associated countries following the
                                                                    implementation of the generalized preference scheme ;
Whereas      within   the  context   of   UNCTAD        the
European Economic Community offered to grant                       Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished                    State or of Government of the Member States and
products originating in developing countries ;                     the States acceding to the European Communities
whereas the preferential treatment proposed in that                 held in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972 invited
offer covers, generally speaking, all finished and                  the Community institutions and the Member States
semi-finished products falling within Chapters 25 to               progressively to adopt an overall policy of develop­
99 of the Brussels Nomenclature and originating in                  ment cooperation on a world-wide scale comprising
developing countries ;                                              in particular the improvement of generalized
                                                                   preferences with the aim of achieving a steady
Whereas, however, in respect of cotton textile                      increase in imports of manufactures from the
products formerly covered by the long-term arrange­                 developing countries ;
ment regarding international trade in cotton textiles
 (*), the offer made by the Community lays down that               Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act
the preferences, in the form of duty-free ceilings,                 of Accession (2), the generalized tariff preference
will be granted to the countries benefiting from                    scheme will be applicable in the new Member States
generalized preferences which are signatories to the                from 1 January 1974 ;
long-term arrangement or possibly to those countries
benefiting from generalized preferences which under­               Whereas for the various categories of textile products
take in respect of the Community commitments                       in question Council Regulation (EEC) No 3045 /74
similar to those existing under that arrangement and                (3 ) of 2 December 1974 opening, allocating and
for its duration ; whereas, having particular regard to            providing for the administration of Community tariff
the link which Article 6 of the long-term arrange­                 quotas for certain cotton textile and like products
ment establishes between cotton products and                       originating in developing countries and Council
substitute products, it appears justified in these                  Regulation (EEC) No 3046/74 (4) of 2 December 1974
circumstances and by virtue of the fact that a total               opening tariff preferences in respect of certain cotton
suspension of customs duties is involved to include                textile and like products originating in developing
in the same scheme as that described above those                   countries, put into effect the abovementioned offer for
substitute textile products given in the conditional               1975 in favour of those developing countries satisfying
list of partial and limited reductions of customs                  the conditions outlined above and listed in Annex B
duties deposited with GATT by the Community                        to those Regulations ; whereas this measure has been
during the last series of tariff negotiations ;                    taken on a transitional basis, the Commission
                                                                   counting on the countries thus concerned to take
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes                   measures ensuring that equivalent objectives were
a clause stipulating that the Community drew up                    respected , at least throughout 1975 , pending appli­
the offer on the assumption that all the main                     cation of the arrangement regarding international
industrialized countries which are members of the                 trade in textiles ( 5 ); whereas Yugoslavia for its part
OECD would participate in granting preferences and
would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,
                                                                   (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14.
                                                                   (3) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
                                                                   (4) See page 9 of this Official Journal .
0 OJ No L 225 , 12 . 10 . 1970, p. 29 .                            ( 5) OJ No L 118 , 30. 4. 1974, p. 1 .
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has entered into commitments similar to those made                  Member States and the Commission, and the
under the long-term arrangement ; whereas Yugos­                    Commission must in particular be able to follow the
lavia should, therefore, also be granted the benefit of             extent to which charges are made in respect of the
tariff preferences for the abovementioned textile                   ceilings and inform the Member States thereof;
products and also for 1975 ; whereas in order not                   whereas this collaboration must be sufficiently close
to affect the advantages which the present beneficia­               for the Commission to be able to take adequate
ries enjoy for these products, separate ceilings at                 measures to re-introduce the normal duties,
zero duty should be opened exclusively for products
originating in Yugoslavia ; whereas each of these
ceilings should under normal conditions be equal to
the maximum amount fixed by Regulations ( EEC )
No 3045/74 and (EEC) No 3046/74 for corresponding                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products, with a lower limit of 10 % and an upper
limit of 100% of the quantities of the types of
products in question exported from Yugoslavia to                                           Article 1
the Community in 1968 ; whereas these ceilings must
be adjusted in order to take account of certain
special cases where there are no deliveries from
Yugoslavia ; whereas these ceilings must be adjusted,                1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1975 , subject
however, to take account inter alia of certain parti­               to Articles 2 and 4 (2), the Common Customs Tariff
cular cases where there are no deliveries from                      duties and the tariff duties of the new Member
Yugoslavia ;                                                        States on the products listed in the Annex shall be
                                                                    totally suspended for Community ceilings up to the
                                                                    volume in metric tons indicated in column 3 of the
                                                                     Annex in respect of each of those products.
Whereas, therefore, in respect of each of the types of
products listed in the Annex to this Regulation, the
Community should until 31 December 1975 allow                       Ireland is authorized to apply quota duties equal to
duty-free imports up to the Community ceilings                      the duties which it applies to imports of the same
indicated opposite each of those classes ; whereas the              products from Member States other than the United
benefit of these tariff quotas should apply only to                 Kingdom.
products originating in Yugoslavia, and the concept
of originating products should be determined in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
14 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 802/68 (*) of                    2. The benefit of the suspension referred to in
27 June 1968 on the common definition of the                        paragraph 1 is granted only for products originating
concept of the origin of goods ;                                    in Yugoslavia . For the purposes of this Regulation
                                                                    the concept of originating products shall be
                                                                    determined in accordance with the procedure laid
                                                                    down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
Whereas , in the event, these objectives may be
attained by a method of administration based on the
charging at Community level of imports of the
products in question against the abovementioned                                            Article 2
ceilings as and when the products are entered for
home use and are accompanied by a certificate of
origin ; whereas this form of administration should
make it possible to re-introduce duties as soon as                  As soon as the ceilings indicated in column 3 of the
the ceilings have been reached at Communitv level ;                 Annex have been reached at Community level, the
                                                                    normal duties may be re-introduced at any time on
                                                                    imports of products originating in Yugoslavia, until
                                                                    the end of the period specified in Article 1 ( 1 ).
Whereas this form of administration requires close
and particularly rapid collaboration between the
                                                                                           Article 3
                                                                    1 . Imports of the products in question shall be
C) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , n . 1 .                            actually charged against the Community ceilings as
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and when the products are entered for home use                 2. The Commission shall, by means of a Regulation,
and are accompanied by a certificate of origin                 re-introduce the levying of normal duties in respect
pursuant to the rules laid down in Article 1 (2).              of Yugoslavia, in accordance with Article 2.
2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling only if
the certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 is
submitted before the date on which the levying of                                     Article 5
duties is re-introduced.
                                                               The Member States shall regularly inform the
3 . The extent to which the ceilings have actually             Commission of imports which are actually charged
been filled shall be determined at Community level             against the Community ceilings provided for in
on the basis of imports charged in accordance with             Article 1 ( 1 ).
paragraphs 1 and 2.
                        Article 4
                                                                                      Article 6
1 . The Commission, in close collaboration with the
Member States, shall take all necessary measures to            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
ensure that the above provisions are applied.                  1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 December 1974.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                 J. SAUVAGNARGUES
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                                                         ANNEX
            List of products originating in Yugoslavia which are covered by generalized tariff preferences
                                               for certain textile products
                  CCT                                                                                         Community
      Order      heading                                          Description                                   ceiling
       No          No                                                                                       (in metric tons)
                    ( 1 )'                                            (2)                                          (3)
         1        54.05           Woven fabrics of flax or yarn                                                 37-80
                   55.05          Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale :
         2
                                  A. Multiple or cabled, finished, in balls or on cards, reels, tubes or
                                     similar supports, of a weight (including support) not exceeding
                                     900 g                                                                       15-75
         3                        B. Other :
                                     I. Measuring, per single yarn, 120 000 m or more per kg                     12-60
         4         55.06          Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale                                             3-70
         5         55.07          Cotton gauze                                                                    4-75
         6         55.08          Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton                           12-60
                   55.09          Other woven fabrics of cotton :
         7
                                  B. Other                                                                       94-50
         8         58.04          Woven pile fabrics and chenille fabrics (other than terry towelling or
                                  similar terry fabrics of cotton falling within heading No 55.08 and
                                  fabrics falling within heading No 58.05)                                       84-00
         9         58.10          Embroidery, in the piece, in strips or on motifs                               29-40
        10         60.01          Knitted or crocheted fabric, not elastic or rubberized :                       15-75
                                  B. Of man-made fibres
                                  C. Of other textile materials
        11    ex 60.02            Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubber­
                                  ized, of cotton                                                                15-75
        12         60.05          Outer garments and other articles , knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                                  rubberized :                                                                   47-25
                                      A. Outer garments and clothing accessories :
                                          ex II. Other, of cotton
                                  ex B. Other, of cotton
                   60.06          Knitted or crocheted fabric and articles thereof, elastic or rubberized
                                  (including elastic knee-caps and elastic stockings) :
                                  A. Fabric :
        13                            — In cotton fabric                                                          4-75
        14                            — Other                                                                     4-75
               ex 61.03           Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and
                                  cuffs :
        15                        — In cotton fabric                                                             87-15
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               CCT                                                                         Community
   Order      heading                                   Description                           ceiling
  f No \1       No                                                                       (in metric tons)
                (D                                          (4)                                 (3 )
    16      ex 61.04  Women's, girls' and infants' under garments, of cotton                 53-55
    17         61.05  Handkerchiefs                                                          29-40
    18         62.01  Travelling rugs and blankets :
                      B. Other :
                         I. Of cotton                                                        15-75
    19         62.03  Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods :              85-00
                      B. Of other textile materials :
                              I. Used :
                                 ex b ) Other :
                                          — In cotton fabric
                         ex II . Others :
                                 — In cotton fabric
    20         62.04  Tarpaulins , sails , awnings , sunblinds , tents and camping goods     94-50