CELEX: 31978D0643
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 July 1978 prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region

3. 8 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 213/ 19
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 31 July 1978
              prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earth­
                                           quake victims in the Friuli region
                                              (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                        (78/643/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    providing for the transmission to the Commission by
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      the Government, in accordance with a suitable time­
                                                                   table, all information on the scope and nature of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             importations carried out with the benefit of duty-free
 Economic Community,                                               admission ;
                                                                   Whereas     the  other  Member       States  have  been
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
  1410/74 of 4 June 1974 on the tariff treatment appli­            consulted in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation
 cable to goods imported for free circulation in the               (EEC) No 1410/74,
 event of disasters occurring in the territory of one or
 more Member States (*), and in particular Article 2
 thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the request made by the Govern­
 ment of the Italian Republic dated 12 May 1976,
                                                                                          Article 1
 Whereas, by the Decision of 14 May 1976 (2) in
 response to this request, the Commission authorized               1.    The provision for admission free of import
 the duty-free importation of goods for free distribu­             duties, under Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Commission Deci­
 tion to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region ;             sion of 14 May 1976, shall be extended until 31
 whereas this duty-free admission was extended until               December 1978 for all goods imported for free circula­
 30 June 1978 by the Commission Decision of 28                     tion by State organizations or by organizations
 December 1977 (3) ;                                               approved by the competent Italian authorities for the
                                                                   purpose of being distributed by them free to the earth­
Whereas the Commission's consultation with the                     quake victims in the Friuli region, or made available
 Italian Government under Article 3 of the said Deci­              free of charge while remaining the property of the
 sion has revealed that because of the necessary delay             organizations in question.
 in implementing the plan for rehousing those affected
 by the disaster it is appropriate to extend, until 31             2. The duty-free admission referred to in the above
 December 1978, the duty-free admission for all goods              paragraph shall also apply to goods which, on 31
 imported for free circulation under the conditions laid           December 1978, are in the course of being conveyed
down in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1410/74             to the place of the disaster.
as well as those which are on that date in the course
of being conveyed to the place of the disaster ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas, in order to allow the Commission to follow
the development of the situation, there is reason for
                                                                   1.    The Government of the Italian Republic shall
(!) OJ No L 150, 7. 6. 1974, p. 4.                                 communicate to the Commission .all information
(2) OJ No L 131 , 20. 5. 1976, p. 19.                              regarding the nature and quantities of the various
(3) OJ No L 41 , 11 . 2. 1978, p. 32.                             goods admitted free of duty under Article 1 .
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2. The communication required under paragraph 1                                  Article 4
must reach the Commission on the following dates :         This Decision shall come into effect from 1 July
(a) for the period 1 July to 1 October 1978 : 15            1978 .
    October 1978 at the latest ;
                                                                                 Article 5
(b) for the period 2 October to 1 December 1978 : 15
    December 1978 at the latest.
                                                           This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
                       Article 3
                                                            Done at Brussels, 31 July 1978 .
After consultation with the Government of the Italian
                                                                                    For the Commission
Republic, the Commission shall consider within six
months from the date of the notification of this Deci­                              Étienne DAVIGNON
sion, whether this Decision should be maintained,
modified or repealed.                                                           Member of the Commission