CELEX: 31975R3006
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3006/75 of the Council of 17 November 1975 opening preferential tariffs for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia

29. 11 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   41
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3006/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 17 November 1975
                   opening preferential tariffs for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the offer made by the Community includes
                                                                  a clause stipulating that the Community drew up
                                                                  the offer on the assumption that all the main
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      industrialized countries which are members of the
European Economic Community;                                      OECD would participate in granting preferences and
                                                                  would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,
                                                                  moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of a
                                                                  temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                      commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
Parliament (1 );                                                  wholly or in part at a later date; whereas this
                                                                  possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
                                                                  remedying any unfavourable situations which might
Whereas     within   the   context     of   UNCTAD       the      arise in the ACP States following the implementation
European Economic Community offered to grant                      of the generalized preference scheme;
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished
products originating in developing countries ; whereas
the preferential treatment proposed in that offer                 Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of State
covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­                or of Government of the Member States and the
finished products falling within Chapters 25 to 99 of             States acceding to the European Communities held
the Brussels Nomenclature and originating in                      in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972 invited the
developing countries ;                                            Community institutions and the Member States
                                                                  progressively to adopt an overall policy of develop­
                                                                  ment cooperation on a world-wide scale comprising
Whereas, however, in respect of cotton textile                    in particular the improvement of generalized
products formerly covered by the long-term arrange­               preferences with the aim of achieving a steady
ment regarding international trade in cotton textiles             increase in imports of manufactures from the
(2), the offer made by the Community lays down that                developing countries;
the preferences, in the form of duty-free ceilings, will
be granted to the countries benefiting from
generalized preferences which are signatories to the              Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act
long-term arrangement or possibly to those countries               of Accession (3) the generalized tariff preference
benefiting from generalized preferences which under­              scheme has been applicable in the new Member
take in respect of the Community commitments                      States since 1 January 1974;
similar to those existing under that arrangement and
for its duration ; whereas, having particular regard to
the link which Article 6 of the long-term arrange­                Whereas for the various categories of textile products
ment establishes between cotton products and                      in question Council Regulation (EEC) No 3001/75 (4)
substitute products, it appears justified in these                 of 17 November 1975 opening, allocating and
circumstances, and by virtue of the fact that a total             providing for the administration of Community tariff
suspension of customs duties is involved, to include              quotas for certain cotton textile and like products
in the same scheme as that described above those
                                                                  originating in developing countries, and Council
substitute textile products given in the conditional              Regulation (EEC) No 3002 /75 (5) of 17 November
list of partial and limited reductions of customs                  1975 opening preferential tariffs for certain cotton
duties deposited with GATT by the Community                       textile and like products originating in developing
during the last series of tariff negotiations ;
                                                                   (3) OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(J) OJ No C 257, 10. 11 . 1975, p. 30.                             (4) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
O OJ No L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 29.                                (5) See page 9 of this Official Journal.
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countries, put into effect the abovementioned offer for          charging at Community level of imports of the
1976 in favour of those developing countries satisfying          products in question against the abovementioned
the conditions outlined above and listed in Annex B to           ceilings as and when the products are entered for
those Regulations; whereas this measure has been                 home use and are accompanied by a certificate of
taken on a transitional basis, the Commission counting           origin ; whereas this form of administration should
on the countries thus concerned to take measures                 make it possible to re-introduce duties as soon as
ensuring that equivalent objectives were respected,              the ceilings have been reached at Community level ;
at least throughout 1976 as well, pending appli­
cation of the arrangement regarding international
trade in textiles (*); whereas Yugoslavia for its part           Whereas this form of administration requires close
has entered into commitments similar to those made               and particularly rapid collaboration between the
under the long-term arrangement; whereas Yugos­                  Member States and the Commission, and the Com­
lavia should, therefore, also be granted the benefit of          mission must in particular be able to follow the
tariff preferences for the abovementioned textile                extent to which charges are made in respect of the
products and also for 1976; whereas in order not                 ceilings and inform the Member States thereof;
to affect the advantages which the present beneficia­            whereas this collaboration must be sufficiently close
ries enjoy for these products, separate ceilings at              for the Commission to be able to take adequate
zero duty should be opened exclusively for products              measures to re-introduce the normal duties,
originating in Yugoslavia; whereas each of these
ceilings should under normal conditions be equal
to the maximum amount fixed by Regulations (EEC)
 No 3001 /75 and (EEC) No 3002/75 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                 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1976, subject
Yugoslavia; whereas these ceilings must be adjusted,             to Articles 2 and 4 (2), the Common Customs Tariff
however, to take account inter alia of certain parti­            duties and the tariff duties of the new Member States
cular cases where      there are     no   deliveries from        on the products listed in the Annex shall be totally
Yugoslavia ;                                                     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.
                                                                 2. The benefit of the suspension referred to in
Whereas, therefore, in respect of each of the types of           paragraph 1 is granted only for products originating
products listed in the Annex to this Regulation, the             in Yugoslavia. For the purposes of this Regulation
Community should until 31 December 1976 allow                    the concept of originating products shall be
duty-free imports up to the Community ceilings                   determined in accordance with the procedure laid
indicated opposite each of those classes ; whereas the           down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
benefit of these tariff quotas should apply only to
products originating in Yugoslavia, and the concept
of originating products should be determined in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article                                       Article 2
14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (2) of
27 June 1968 on the common definition of the
concept of the origin of goods ;                                 As soon as the ceilings indicated in column 3 of the
                                                                 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, in the event, these objectives may be
attained by a method of administration based on the
                                                                                         Article 3
                                                                 1 . Imports of the products in question shall be
(») OJ No L 118, 30. 4. 1974, p. 1 .                             actually charged against the Community ceilings as
(2) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 .                             and when the products are entered for home use
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and are accompanied by a certificate of origin                 2. The Commission shall, by means of a Regulation,
pursuant to the rules laid down in Article 1 (2).              re-introduce the levying of normal duties in respect
                                                               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
duties is re-introduced.                                                              Article 5
3 . The extent to which the ceilings have actually             The Member States shall regularly inform the Com­
been filled shall be determined at Community level             mission of imports which are actually charged against
on the basis of imports charged in accordance with             the Community ceilings provided for in Article 1
paragraphs 1 and 2.                                            ( 1 ).
                         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
ensure that the above provisions are applied.                  1 January 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                     E. COLOMBO
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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 of ramie                                           39-69
                 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                                                                     16-54
                              B.  Other :
     3                              I. Measuring, per single yarn, 120 000 m or more per kg                13-23
     4           55.06         Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale                                           3-88
     5           55.07        Cotton gauze                                                                  4-99
     6           55.08        Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, of cotton                         13-23
                 55.09        Other woven fabrics of cotton :
     7                        B.  Other                                                                    99-30
     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)                                 88-20
     9           58.10        Embroidery, in the piece, in strips or in motifs                             30-87
                 60.01        Knitted or crocheted fabric, not elastic or rubberized :
                            I B. Of man-made fibres
    10
                            IC. Of other textile materials                                                 16-54
    11       ex 60.02         Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or
                              rubberized, of cotton                                                        16-54
                 60.05        Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic
                              or rubberized :
                                  A. Outer garments and clothing accessories:
    12                                 ex II . Other, of cotton
                            lex B. Other, of cotton                                                        49-61
                 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                                                         4-99
    14                            — Other                                                                    4-99
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               CCT                                     Description                          Community
     Order    heading                                                                          ceiling
      No        No                                                                        (in metric tons)
                 U)                                        (2)                                   (3)
            ex 61.03  Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and
                      cuffs :
      15              — In cotton fabric                                                      91-51
      16    ex 61.04  Women's, girls' and infants' under garments, of cotton                  56-23
      17        61.05 Handkerchiefs                                                           30-87
                62.01 Travelling rugs and blankets :
                      B. Other:
      18                   I. Of cotton                                                        16-54
      19       62.03  Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods :               89-25
                      B.  Of other textile materials :
          /
                               I. Used :
                                  ex b) Other:
                                          — In cotton fabric
                          ex II . Other :
                                  — In cotton fabric
      20        62.04 Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, sunblinds, tents and camping goods          99-23