CELEX: 31974D0040
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 December 1973 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to postpone the application of duties in the Common Customs Tariff to certain vinegars

No L 30/24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               4. 2. 74
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 19 December 1973
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to postpone the application of duties
                                     in the Common Customs Tariff to certain vinegars
                                                 (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                           (74/40/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       such an organization of the market, the Federal
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        Republic of Germany must be authorized to apply
                                                                     to the products in question when imported from
                                                                     third countries, as from 1 January 1974, the duties
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                         applicable on 31 December 1969 ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 26 thereof;
                                                                     Whereas the application of a derogatory measure such
                                                                     as the authorization provided for in Article 26 of the
Whereas, in its telex of 23 November 1973 , the                      Treaty may be granted for a limited period only ;
Federal Republic of Germany applied for                              whereas, consequently, the period of validity of the
authorization to postpone the application of the                     authorization granted under Article 26 must be
Common Customs Tariff to products falling within                     limited to the date of application of measures
heading No 22.10 B of the Common Customs                             concerning the common organization of the market
Tariff;                                                              in the products in question, and to 31 December
                                                                     1974 at the latest ;
Whereas, under Article 23 (3 ) of the Treaty the
Member States should apply the Common Customs
Tariff in its entirety as from 1 January 1970,                       Whereas imports of products of this type from non­
especially to vinegar and substitutes for vinegar                    member countries into Germany do not represent
other than wine, wine vinegar being subject to                       more than 5 Vo of the total value of its imports
common organization of the market under                              from third countries referred to above in the course
Regulation (EEC) No 816/70 (*) of 28 April 1970                      of the latest year for which statistical data are
laying down additional provisions for the common                     available,
organization of the market in wine ;
Whereas, however, the Federal Republic of Germany
was authorized, by the Commission Decision of 22
December 1972 (2), to continue throughout 1973 to                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
apply to the products contained in the Annex the
duties which it applied on 31 December 1969 ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, on account of the danger of an increase in
imports from third countries and for lack of a                        From 1 January 1974 until the application of
common organization of the market in these                            measures concerning the common organization of
products, the application of the duties in the                       the market in the products in question, and until 31
Common Customs Tariff as from 1 January 1974                         December 1974 at the latest, the Federal Republic of
will increase the difficulties which already exist in                Germany is authorized to continue to apply to the
Germany ; whereas these are sensitive agricultural                   products referred to in the Annex the customs duties
products to which Article 44 of the Treaty has had                   which it applied on 1 January 1957, with the
to be applied ; whereas, pending the setting up of                   differences between them and the duties in the
 (!) OJ No L 99, 5 . 5 . 1970, p. 1 .
 (2 ) OJ No L 303 , 31 . 12 . 1972 , p. 50 .
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Common Customs Tariff being reduced in                                 Done at Brussels, 19 December 1973 .
accordance with Article 23 ( 1 ) ( c) of the Treaty.
                       Article 2                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                                 The President
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic
of Germany.                                                                                 Fran^ois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                             ANNEX
               CCT heading No                                        Description of goods
                   22.10                       Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar:
                                              B. Other, in containers holding :
                                                   I. 2 litres or less
                                                  II. More than 2 litres