CELEX: 31973R1764
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1764/73 of the Council of 28 June 1973 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain products

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                                      (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1764/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 28 June 1973
               temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain
                                                      products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                    Whereas, taking account of the difficulties involved
                                                             in accurately assessing the development of the
                                                             economic situation in the sectors concerned in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­           near future, these suspension measures should be
pean Economic Community , and in particular Ar­              taken only temporarily, fixing their term of validity
ticle 28 thereof;                                            to coincide with the interest of Community pro­
                                                             duction ;
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by
the Commission ;
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS          REGULATION :
Whereas production of the products referred to in
the present Regulation is at present inadequate or                                   Article 1
non-existent within the Community and producers
are thus unable to meet the needs of user industries
                                                             The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
in the Community ;                                           for the products listed in the Tables annexed to this
                                                             Regulation shall be suspended at the level indicated
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to suspend         in respect of each of them .
the autonomous         Common Customs Tariff duties
only partially in certain cases, particularly because        These suspensions shall be valid :
of the existence of Community production, and in             — from 1 July 1973 to 31 December 1973 for the
other cases to suspend duties completely ;                       products listed in Table I ;
Whereas, for turpentine of subheading 38.07 A, the           — from 1 July 1973 to 30 June 1974 for the prod­
                                                                 ucts listed in Table II .
Association Council established within the frame­
work of the Association between the European Econ­
omic Community and Greece agreed to a suspen­                                        Article 2
sion of the Common Customs Tariff duty applicable
to this product for 1973 ;                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 28 June 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                   W. DE CLERCQ
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                                                           ANNEX
                                                          TABLE I
                                                                                                           Rates of
   CCT heading No                                     Description of Goods                            autonomous duties
   29.02 A III       Ethylene dibromide                                                              total suspension
;x 29.17             Diethyl sulphate                                                                total suspension
   29.38 B II        Calcium D-pantothenate                                                          total suspension
:x 29.44 C           Cephaloridine, cephalothin and cephalexin                                       total suspension
:x 29.44 C           Erythromycin and its derivatives                                                       4·5 %
:x 29.44 C           Tylosin and its salts                                                           total suspension
   38.07 A           Spirits of Turpentine                                                                   3%
;x 39.01 C V         Elastomers of polyurethane with groups of ether in one of the forms mentioned
                     in Note 3 (a) and 3 (b) of Chapter 39                                                  11%
-x 39.02 C XIV ( a ) Copolymers of vinylidene chloride and hexafluorpropylene in one of the
                     forms mentioned in Note 3 (a) and (b) of Chapter 39                                     9%
:x 81.04 K I         Waste and scrap of titanium                                                     total suspension
;x 88.02 B II        Flying machines having two sets of turbo-jets of an unladen weight exceeding
                     3 000 kg but less than or equal to 3 500 kg, which fill the following technical
                     specifications :
                     — take-off distance for a payload of 5 250 kg : 230 metres runway distance ;
                         height of flight : 15 metres following a total take-off distance of 375
                         metres ;
                     — landing distance for a payload of 4 990 kg from a flying height of 15 metres
                         till final stop : 290 metres of which 150 metres is on the runway           total suspension
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                                                                          TABLE II
                                                                                                                          Rates of
       CCT heading No                                                Description of Goods                            autonomous duties
ex 28.04 C III                  Tellurium powder                                                                     total suspension
       28.51 A                  Heavy, hydrogen (deuterium) and compounds thereof (including heavy
                                water) ; mixtures and solutions containing deuterium in which the ratio of
                                the deuterium atoms to the normal hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 :5 000 in num­
                                 ber (EURATOM)                                                                       total suspension
ex 28.55 A                      Phosphides of iron (ferro-phosphorus containing 15% or more by weigh
                                of phosphorus, for use exclusively in the manufacture of refined phosphoric
                                iron or steel ( a)                                                                   total suspension
ex 29.01 C I                    Pinenes                                                                                      8%
ex 29.01 D VI                    Vinyltoluene                                                                                6%
ex 29.01 D VI                    1,2,3,4,5 Tetramethylbenzene                                                        total suspension
ex 29.02 B                       Dodecachloropentacyclodecane [5,2,1,02 ,6 ,03,9 ,05 , 8 ]                           total suspension
ex 29.03 B II                    1-Nitropropane ; 2-nitropropane                                                             8%
ex 29.06 B V                     1,1,3-Tri-(5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)-n-butane                          total suspension
ex 29.09                         1,2-Epoxybutane                                                                             7%
ex 29.13 A I                     5-Methylhexan-2-one                                                                         7%
ex 29.13 B I b)                  Natural refined camphor                                                              total suspension
ex 29.13 D I                     3B-Hydroxy-16d-methylpregn-5-en-20-one                                                      6%
ex 29.13 F                       1,4-Naphtoquinone                                                                   total suspension
ex 29.13 G II                    2,3-Dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone                                                            10%
ex 29.13 G II                    Decachlorotetracecyclodecanone                                                             10%
ex 29.14 A II c) 4               16a,17a-Epoxy-3B-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one acetate                                           6%
ex 29.14 A II c) 4               17x,21-Dihydroxy-16x-methylpregna-1,4,9 ( 11)-triene-3,20-dione
                                 21-acetate                                                                                  9%
ex 29.14 A II c) 4               11,17,21-Trihydroxy-16-methyl-5-pregnane-3 , 20-dione 21-acetate
                                 11-(toluene-4-sulphonate)                                                                   9%
ex 29.14 A II c) 4               17,21-Dihydroxy-16 methyl-5-pregn-9-ene-3 , 20-dione 21-acetate                             6%
ex 29.15 C III                   Benzylphenyl malonate                                                               total suspension
ex 29.15 C III                   Benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid and benzene-1,2,4-tri-carboxylic anhydride
                                 respectively                                                                        total suspension
 ( a ) The application of this suspension will be subject to the conditions determined by the competent authorities.
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                                                                                                           Rates of
   CCT heading No                                 Description of Goods                                autonomous duties
   29.16 A III a)  Crude calcium tartrate                                                                    3.5 %
ex 29.16 B VI      Distearyl-2-(3-methyl-4-hydroxy-5-tert-butyl)-benzylmalonate                       total suspension
ex 29.16 B VI      Pentaerytritoltetra-3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-proprionate              total suspension
ex 29.16 B VI      Octadecyl-3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-proprionate                        total suspension
    29.25 B II a ) Ethylphenylmalonylurea (phenobarbitone) and its salts                                    11%
ex 29.29           Podophyllinic acid 2-ethyl-hydrazide                                                       6%
ex 29.29           3B-Hydroxypregna-5,16-dien-20-one acetate oxime                                            6%
ex 29.31 B         Di [hydroxy-4- ( 1 -methylbutyl) -phonyl] sulphide                                         6%
ex 29.31 B         Octadecyl (4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzylthio ) acetate                              total suspension
ex 29.35 Q         Diosgenin and its esters                                                           total suspension
ex 29.35 Q         1,4-Diazabicyclo [ 2,2,2] octane (triethylenediamin                                        8%
ex 29.35 Q         5-Chloro-2-(3,5-ditertbutyl-2-hydroxyphenyl) benzotriazole                         total suspension
ex 29.35 Q         2-(6-Hydroxy-m-tolyl) benzotriazole                                                total suspension
ex 29.36           Sulphaguanidine                                                                            7%
ex 29.38 B III     Folic acid                                                                         total suspension
ex 29.39 C I       Serum gonadotrophin (DCI )                                                         total suspension
                   6-alpha-Methylprednisolone, 21-desoxy-6-alpha-methyl-9-alpha­
ex 29.39 D II      fluoroprednisolone                                                                         8%
                   9-alpha-Fluoro-16 beta methylprednisolone (Beta-methasone) ( DCI ), its
ex 29.39 D II      21-disodium phosphate and its 17-alpha-valerate                                            8%
ex 29.39 D II      9-alpha-Fluoro-16-alpha-hydroxyprednisolone (Triamcinolone) (DCI)                          8%
ex 29.39 E          Prasterone ( DCI) (3-beta-hydroxy-androst-5-en-17-one                                     6%
 ex 29.40           Bromelain                                                                          total suspension
     29.41 A        Digitalis glycosides                                                                      6%
ex 29.41 D          Pure glycoside of squills                                                                 6%
ex 29.41 D          Calcium salts of sennoside A and B                                                        6%
ex 29.41 D          Benzylidene-beta-D glycoside of podophyllotoxin                                           6%
                    Alkaloids of ergat of rye and their salts , ethers , esters and other derivatives
ex 29.42 C VII      other than lysergic acid                                                                  6%
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                                                                                                         Rates of
    CCT heading No                                Description of Goods                              autonomous duties
ex 29.42 C VII     Pilocarpine hydrochloride ; pilocarpine nitrate                                          6%
ex 29.44 C         Tobranycin                                                                       total suspension
ex 29.44 C         Gentamycin and its salts                                                         total suspension
ex 29.44 C         Cephadrin and amphotericin                                                       total suspension
ex 29.44 C         Nystatin                                                                         total suspension
ex 29.44 C         Lincomycin, chlorolincomycin                                                     total suspension
ex 29.35 Q         2-(2-Hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)-benzotriazole                                       total suspension
ex 29.44 C         Minocycline - mono-hydrochloride dihydrate                                       total suspension
ex 29.44 C         Pentahydrate spectinomycin dihydrochloride                                       total suspension
ex 30.01 A I       Bovine livers for organotherapeutic purposes dried and powdered                          5%
ex 30.01 B         Anti-tetanus immunoplasma                                                        total suspension
ex 30.01 B         Extracts of suprarenal glands                                                    total suspension
ex 30.01 B         Purified extracts of mucous membrane of swine , dried (Intrinsic factor)                 5%
ex 30.01 B         Extract of liver of bovine animals                                                       5%
ex 30.02 A         Tetanus immunoglobulin                                                            total suspension
ex 32.01 D         Tanning extract of eucalyptus                                                            4%
ex 32.04 A IV       Dyeing extracts of logwood, of yellow woods or of red woods                      total suspension
     38.07 B        Sulphate turpentine ; crude dipentene                                                    3%
     38.07 C        Wood turpentine ; terpenic solvents from the distillation or other treatment
                    of coniferous woods ; sulphite turpentine ; pine oil                                     3%
ex 38.08 C          Colophony, hydrogenated, polymerized, dimerized or oxidized                              4%
ex 38.08 C          Technical hydrogenated abietic alcohol                                           total suspension
ex 38.19 K          Sintered magnesite mixed with small quantities of mineral oils                   total suspension
 ex 38.19 T         Mixtures of aldehydes from lignin                                                total suspension
 ex 38.19 T         Mixtures of tertiary mercaptans                                                          9%
 ex 38.19 T         Crude guanin (parts of fish scales and other waste of fish , containing mineral
                    oil , of a kind used for the manufacture of pearl essence)                       total suspension
 ex 38.19 T         Crude diosgenin                                                                  total suspension
 ex 38.19 T         White mortar, non refractory, consisting of marble powder and white cement
                    excluding eating materials used in painting and of a type used for masonry              3·2 %
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                                                                                                                        Rates of
     CCT heading No                                                Description of Goods                            autonomous duties
     39.01 C III               Film, in rolls, of substrated ethylene glycol polyterephthalate, for
                               cinematography or photography (including radiography)                                      8%
     39.01 C III               Waste of polyester sheets coated with tungsten compounds                            total suspension
:x 39.01 C VII                 Polyethylene oxide having a molecular weight of not less than 15 000 000                   8%
ex 39.02 C III                 Polysulphohalocthylenes in one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (a) and (b)
                               to Chapter 39                                                                              4%
;x 39.02 C VIII                Copolymers of vinylidene chloride with vinyl chloride, containing not less
                               than 80% by weight of vinylidene chloride, in one of the forms mentioned
                               in Note 3 ( a) and ( b) to Chapter 39 , for the manufacture of fibres , monofil or
                               strip ( a)                                                                                 4%
;x 39.02 C XIV a )             Copolymers of ethyl acrylate with chloroethylvinyl ether, in one of the forms
                               mentioned in Note 3 ( b) to Chapter 39                                                    12%
ex 39.02 C XIV a )             Polyacrylic acid, slightly cross-linked of which an ammoniacal aqueous
                               solution containing 3 grammes per litre has a dynamic viscosity of 15 pascal
                               seconds at 20° centigrade                                                           total suspension
;x 39.02 C XIV b )             Poly (vinyl fluoride) in the form of sheets                                         total suspension
     39.03 B V a ) 1           Ethylcellulose (not plasticized)                                                           4%
ex 39.03 B V a ) 2             Ethylhydroxyethycellulose insoluble in water                                               4%
ex 39.05 B                     Rubber hydrochloride in sheets of a thickness not exceeding 0.02 mm                 total suspension
;x 41.02 B                     Bovine skins , chrome tanned in the moist state (wet blue)                          total suspension
eX 41.03 B I                   Sheep and lambskin leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06,
                               41.07 or 41.08 ; other : not further prepared than tanned                           total suspension
     41.04 B I                 Goat and kid skin leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06,
                               41.07 or 41.08 ; other : not further prepared than tanned                           total suspension
ex 41.05 B I                   Other reptile skin leather, not further prepared than tanned                        total suspension
:x 44.28 C                     Shingles for roofs and walls, of coniferous wood                                    total suspension
     45.02                     Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including cubes or square
                               slabs , cut to size for corks or stoppers)                                                 4%
ex 48.01 E                     Japanese tissue (a) (special long-fibre paper) for the manufacture of artificial
                               sausage casings or for wrapping man-made textile fibres (continuous) in the
                               course of industrial processing                                                     total suspension
ex 49.11 B                     Microcopies on an opaque base                                                       total suspension
ex 51.01 A                     Single yarn of polytetrafluoroethylene                                              total suspension
 (a) The application of this suspension will be subject to the conditions determined by the competent authorities,
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                                                                                                                         Rates of
     CCT heading No                                                Description of Goods                             autonomous duties
     51.01 B I                Hollow-filament yarn of regenerated textile fibres                                    total suspension
ex 51.04 A                    Woven fabrics of polyvinyl alcohol fibres for machine embroidery                      total suspension
ex 54.03 B I a )              Unbleached linen yarn (excluding yarn of flax tow), measuring per kg 30000
                              m or less, for the manufacture of multiple or cables yarns for the footwear
                              industry or for whipping cables                                                       total suspension
ex 56.01 A                    Synthetic textile fibres of aromatic polyamides obtained by polycondensation
                              of metaphenylenediamine and isophthalic acid                                          total suspension
ex 58.01 B                    Carpets , carpeting and rugs of silk or of waste silk other than noil, of
                              which the pile contains not less than 85% by weight of silk or of waste silk
                              other than noil                                                                     20%    with  a max.
                                                                                                                  duty of 4 u.a. per m!
ex 59.03                      Bonded fibre fabrics and similar bonded yarn fabrics of aromatic polyamide
                              man-made fibres produced by polycondensation of metaphenylenediamine
                              and isophthalic acid                                                                  total suspension
ex 59.04                      Coir yarn for the manufacture of carpets, carpeting and rugs, mats and the
                              like ( a )                                                                            total suspension
ex 59.17 D                    Yarn of synthetic textile fibres (polytetrafluoroethylene), bleached, impreg­
                              nated , whether or not oiled                                                          total suspension
ex 81.04 G I                  Manganese electrolytic of a purity of at least 99·5 %                                 total suspension
ex 81.04 K I                  Waste and scrap of titanium                                                           total suspension
ex 81.04 M                    Waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235                                          total suspension
ex 84.63                      Forged and roughly shaped generator and turbine shafts of a weight exceed­
                              ing 150 tons                                                                          total suspension
(a) The application of this suspension will be subject to the conditions determined by the competent authorities.