CELEX: 31974R0555
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 555/74 of the Council of 4 March 1974 totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial products originating in Malta

9 . 3 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 67/ 1
                                                                I
                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 555 /74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 4 March 1974
                totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial products originating
                                                            in Malta
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        1 of Annex I thereto, with the exception of products
COMMUNITIES,                                                       falling within heading Nos 55.05, 56.04, 60.05 and
                                                                   61.01 .
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113                  Ireland, however, shall be authorized to apply to such
thereof ;                                                          products duties equal to those which it applies to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                Member States other than the United Kingdom.
Whereas, by virtue of the Agreement (J) establishing               2. The suspension referred to in paragraph 1 shall
an Association between the European Economic                       apply solely to products originating in Malta. The
Community and Malta, the Community applies the                     rules of origin shall be those in force at the time as
Common Customs Tariff duties, reduced by 70 % , to                 regards the implementation of the above Agreement.
products covered by this Agreement ; whereas it seems              The rule whereby the condition requiring sufficient
advisable provisionally to increase this tariff advantage          processing is waived in respect of products originating
by means of the total suspension of the customs                    in the Community as originally constituted shall not,
duties applicable to such products ; whereas, however,             however, apply in the case of the abovementioned
this measure cannot affect the products subject to the             products when they undergo in Malta only insufficient
tariff quotas provided for in the abovementioned                   working or processing as defined in items 1 to 6 of
Agreement ;                                                        list A, annexed to the Protocol to the aforesaid Agree­
                                                                   ment .
Whereas, in order to avoid the danger of disrupting
traditional patterns of trade by imports of such                                           Article 2
products, provision should be made to enable the
Commission to reintroduce at any time, by means of a               In order to avoid disrupting traditional trade patterns
Regulation, the levying of conventional duties in                  by imports of products benefiting from the duty
respect of Malta,                                                  suspension provided for in Article 1 , the Commission
                                                                   may, by means of a Regulation, reintroduce the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      levying of customs duties at any time up to the end of
                                                                   the calendar year, at the level applicable in pursuance
                          Article 1                                of Article 1 of Annex I to the aforesaid Agreement.
1.      Until 31 December 1974, the Common Customs                                         Article 3
Tariff duties and the customs tariff duties of the new
Member States shall be totally suspended in respect of             The suspension of customs duties laid down in this
products falling within Chapters 25 et seq of the                  Regulation shall be introduced for 1974.
Common Customs Tariff covered by the Agreement                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the thirtieth
establishing an Association between the European                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
Economic Community and Malta, pursuant to Article                  of the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 4 March 1974.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                 W. SCHEEL
(!) OJ No L 61 , 14. 3 . 1971 , p . 3 .