CELEX: 31974D0052
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-21 00:00:00
Title: (74/52/EEC): * Commission Decision of 21 December 1973 authorizing the French Republic to postpone the application of the Common Customs Tariff to seed potatoes

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                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 21 December 1973
              authorizing the French Republic to postpone the application of the Common
                                          Customs Tariff to seed potatoes
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (74/52/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 limited period only ; whereas the authorization under
COMMUNITIES,                                                   Article 26 should therefore expire on . the date on
                                                               which the common organization of the market for the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          products concerned is brought into operation or on 31
Economic Community, and in particular Article 26               December 1974, whichever is the earlier ;
thereof ;
                                                               Whereas imports of the products concerned into
Whereas the French Republic has applied for authori­           France from third countries do not represent more
zation to postpone the application of the Common               than 5 % in value of total imports into France from
Customs Tariff to seed potatoes ;
                                                               such countries during the last year for which statistical
Whereas, under Article 23 (3) of the Treaty, the               data are available,
Common Customs Tariff was from 1 January 1970 to
be applied by the Member States in its entirety for,
inter alia, seed potatoes ;                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas, however, the French Republic was autho­
                                                                                      Article 1
rized by the Decision of the Commission of 22
December 1972 ( J ) to continue during 1973 to apply           From 1 January 1974 until measures for the common
the customs duties which it was applying on 31                 organization of the market in seed potatoes are
December 1969 ;                                                brought into operation or until 31 December 1974,
Whereas if the duties under the Common Customs                 whichever is the earlier, the French Republic is autho­
Tariff were applied from 1 January 1974, the existing          rized to apply in respect of the products specified in
difficulties in France would be aggravated, in the             the Annex the duties which it applied on 1 January
absence of a common organization of the market for             1957, aligned in accordance with Article 23 ( 1 ) (c) of
the product in question , by the risk of a substantial         the Treaty on the duties of the Common Customs
                                                               Tariff.
increase in imports from third countries ; whereas the
products concerned are sensitive products for which
the provisions of Article 44 of the Treaty have had to                                Article 2
be applied ; whereas, pending the introduction of a
common organization of the market concerned, the               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
French Republic should be authorized to continue to
apply from 1 January 1974 in respect of imports of
the products concerned from third countries, the               Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973 .
duties which were applied on 31 December 1969,
reduced in accordance with the agreement signed at                                        For the Commission
the last GATT ;
                                                                                              The President
Whereas a measure of derogation such as an authoriza­
tion under Article 26 of the Treaty should apply for a                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(M OJ No L 299 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 60 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
                         CCT
                     heading No                                                 Description of goods
                      07.01                     Vegetables, fresh or chilled :
                                                A. Potatoes :
                                                    I. Seed potatoes ( a )
            ( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .