CELEX: 51981PC0299
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Date: 1981-06-15
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . It is proposed that the Council should adopt , on the basis of Article
     113 of the Treaty , the following amendment to the Common Customs Tariff
     in the form of a Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 of
 " 28 June 1968 ( 1 ),
2 . As a result of the multilateral trade negotiations , concluded in 1979,
     which took place within the GATT in Geneva , a general agreement was reached
     containing a list of concessions in the agricultural and industrial sectors .
     Most of these concessions were brought into effect on 1 January 1980 , This
     draft proposal takes account of the necessity to implement a concession ,
     in respect of articles of paper for surgical , medical or hygienic use
     falling within heading No 48.21 for which a new layout is proposed .
3 . Ther correct and uniform application within the Community of the proposed
     new tariff subheading for the goods in question , should be ensured by
     Explanatory Notes which the Committee on CCT Nomenclature would be
     required to prepare on the basis of the criteria already established therein .
4. It should be noted that this proposal for a regulation replaces proposal
     C0M(80)774 as far as heading No 48.21 is concerned .
5 . In order to effect rapid publication of this amendment which should come
     into effect on 1 July 1981 , the Commission requests the Council to deal
     with this proposalfor a Regulation at one of its forthcoming meetings .
(1 )   0J No L 172 , 22.7.1968 , p.1
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                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ;
       amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68 on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article -113 thereof ,                *
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,         '    -
Whereas , under Agreements signed with non-member countries , and in particular
pursuant to the Geneva Protocol ( 1979 ) and the Additional Protocol tor the
Geneva Protocol ( 1979 ) annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade , signed at the end of the 1973-1979 multi lateral trade negotiations ,
the Community has undertaken to make provision to implement certain
concessions relating to Customs duties which are defined therein ;         whereas ,
in Consequence , it is necessary to amend the Annex headed " Common Customs , ,
Tariff " to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulati
( EEC ) No     ( 2 ); whereas a new layout is necessary in respect of heading
No 48.21 in order to make specific provision for articles intended for
surgical , medical or hy9ienic use ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :     '                ,
                                     Article 1
The Annex headed " Common Customs Tariff " to Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68 is here
by amended as follows :
(1 )   OJ No L 172 , 22.7,1968 , p.1
(2 )   OJ No L      ,          / p.                                      m f m n m
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                                                             Rates of duty
                                                    Autonomous       Conventional
No 48*21              Unchanged
       A.             Unchanged
       B.             Unchanged
         I.       ,   Unchanged'
         II .         Unchanged
       C.           - Unchanged
       D.             Bed linen , table linen ,
                      toilet linen ( including
                      handkerchiefs and cleansing                             -
                      tissues ) and kitchen linen ;
                      garments .... a ..............    ' 19               13.3
       E.             Sanitary towels and tampons      .. 19               13
       F.             Other :  ,
         I.           Articles of a kind used for
                 _ surgical , medical or
                      hygienic purposes , not put
                      up for retail sale ........         19               13
         II . '       Other                               19               13.3 .
                                    Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .       '
Done at Brussels ,                                   For the Council
                                                     The President