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Date: 1982-09-09
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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                                                COM (82) 506 final
                                                Brussels , 9 September 1982
                                   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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  C0M(82 ) 506 final
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                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 .   Introduction
1.1 .    By Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68 of 28 June 1968 ( 1 ), the Council
         adopted , in the form of an Annex to that Regulation , the Common
          Customs Tariff as applicable on that date , that is to say taking
          into account the various autonomous regulations or decisions in
          force as well as the Community 's commitments towards third countries .
1.2 .    As from 1 January 1970 , this Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68, has been
         subject annually to an amending regulation of the Council in the
         form of a further updated " Common Customs Tariff " Annex .    This should
         likewise be the case on 1 January 1983 .
1.3 .    In order to enable all Member States and all users to have an up-to -date
         Regulation in the official languages of the Community , it is proposed
         that the Council should adopt , on the basis of Articles 28 and 113 of
         the Treaty , the Common Customs Tariff in the form of a Regulation
         amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68 of 28 June 1968 .   For practical
         reasons , only the pages of the Common Customs Tariff ( in its current
         Official Journal version ) which are the subject of amendments , including
         those of a minor editorial nature , appear in Annex .     In the edition
         which will be published in the Official Journal , the Common Customs
         Tariff will nevertheless appear in its entirety .
2 . Amendments set out in this draft Regulation , as compared with the text
     in force on 1 January 1982
2.1 . Amendment s_resu 1 1 1 ng from Internationa l^çomrntm en t s
2.1.1 . The Geneva Protocol and the Additional Protocol concluded in 1979
           as a result of the multilateral trade negotiations which took place
           within the GATT in Geneva , contains a list of concessions in the
           agricultural and industrial sectors .
                                                                        ./.
( 1 ) 0J No L 172 , 22.7.1968, p.1
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2.1.2 .  This draft takes account of provisions Laid down for the
         implementation of the said concessions by equal annual reductions
         from 1.1.1980 , with certain exceptions .
2.1.3 .  As laid down for each reduction phase , the intermediate rate
         has been rounded to the nearest ficst decimal point , it being
         understood that the rate so rounded will not exceed the intermediate
         rate , when not rounded , by more than 0.05% .
2.1.4 .  It should be noted that the concessions on the following products :
         - citric acid                        ( 29.16 A IV a ))
         - tetraethy l-lead                   ( 29.34 B )
            and lead-based anti-knock
            preparations                      ( 38.14 A and 38.14 B II )
         - textiles                           ( Chapters 51 to 62 )
         - ceramics : reductions up to zero of the specific minimum
                      duty for those products falling within Chapter 69
                      to which such a minimum duty applies and for
                      tariff subheading 85.25 A
         - steel                              ( headings Nos 73.01 to 73.20 )
         - titanium                           ( 81.04 K I and K II )
         will be implemented in the following manner :
         - the first phase of the reductions took place on 1.1.1982 ,
            the second is to take place on 1.1.1983
         - the subsequent reductions will take place on 1.1.1984,-85 , 86 , 87 .
2.1.5 . With regard to the concessions for chemicals ( with certain exceptions )
        falling within Chapters 29 , 32 and 39 of the CCT , the fipst reduction
        of duty , by one-eighth , was effected on 1 July 1980, the second
        reduction took effect six months after that date , on 1 January 1981 ,
        and the third will take place on 1 January 1982 .
        The subsequent reductions will take effect in five annual stages .
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2.1.6 . The concession for kraft paper and board of subheading 48.01 C II
        will be implemented in four reductions , each of 0:5 points , on
        1.1.1983 , 1.1.1984 , 1.1.1986 , and 1.1.1987 .
2.1.7 . Under the GATT negotiations , this proposal includes , in respect
        of subheading 48.01 C II a new layout which takes into account the
        necessity to put into effect a concession relating to Kraft paper
        and paperboard excluding paper for large-capacity sacks , with effect
        from 1983 .
2.2 . Autonomous_amendment s
      There have also been introduced into this proposal the amendments
      proposed by the Commission ( doc . COM ( 82 ) 396 of 18 June 1982 )
      relating to the layout of heading No 55.09 ( Other woven fabrics
      of cotton )   as welloas an " Additional Note to Chapter 55 .   These
      provisions concern cotton fabrics known as "denim " which are used
      in very large quantities for the manufacture of clothing and in
      which there is considerable trade .
2.2.1 . On the proposal of a Member State , the Commission services have
        included a new layout for heading 37.01 . This layout takes account
        of the introduction on the market of a new product ( film in the
        flat presented in disc form ).
2.2.2 . As far as Chapters 20 and 25 are concerned , this proposal also
        contains a series of textual amendments approved by the Nomenclature
        Committee .
2.3 . Amendments result ing_f rom_aQr; 2Cul. tural_Rec[ulat ions
2.3.1 . These amendments concern changes in the tariff resulting from
        Regulations relating to common market organisations already in
        force or coming into force on 1 January 1983 at the latest .
2.3.2 . These Regulations concern Chapters 2 , 3 , 4 , 7, 10 and 20 .
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3 . Conclusions
    From the foregoing it will be seen that the draft Common Customs
    Tariff applicable with effect from 1.1.1983 includes an appreciable
    number of amendments , which follow mainly from the results of the
    multi-lateral negotiations in the framework of the GATT .   All of
    these amendments except that concerning " denim fabrics ", for which
    a separate proposal has been presented , have been the subject of
    a close examination by the Joint Panel of Government Experts on the
    Common Customs Tariff and have been approved by them .   In order to make
    this instrument available to the national administrations and to the
    trade as soon as possible the Commission requests the Council to deal
    with this draft Regulation at one of its forthcoming meetings .
 ---pagebreak---                                FROPOSAL FOR A
                           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 Articles 28 and 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , under agreements signed with third countries , And in particular
pursuant to the 1979 Geneva Protocol and the 1979 Additional Protocol
to the Geneva Protocol annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade and the agreement on trade in civil aircraft signed at the end of
the 1973-1979 Conference on Multilateral Trade Negotiations , the Community
has undertaken to make reductions in customs duties , certain of which are
to be implemented for the first time on 1 January 1983 ;         whereas it is
expedient , therefore , in order to ensure uniform application of the
Common Customs Tariff , to specify in               Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68^
                                                         as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) No                  ( 2 ), the conventional duties
applicable from 1 January 1983 ;
 Whereas certain Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural
 markets provide that the tariff nomenclature resulting from their
 application shall be included in the Common Customs Tariff and / or ameind
 customs duties ;    whereas it is therefore appropriate to include in this
 Regulation all the amendments resulting from Regulations adopted under
the common agricultural policy ;
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 173 , 22.7.1968, p. 1 .
 ( 2 ) 0J No L
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Whereas it is appropriate , for the sake of clarity , to bring the whole
of the Common Customs Tariff up to date ;      whereas , for this purpose ,
                           . tcgether
it is necessary to bring  I in a a si
                                   single   text not only those parts which are
amended with effect from 1 January 1983 , but also those which have already          ,
been amended and those which remain unchanged ; whereas , moreover , the improvement
of the Common Customs Tariff and the introduction onto the . market of a new product
justify a certain number of textual and editorial change ^ together with the
insertion of a new layout for heading 37.01 ;
Whereas , although temporary tariff amendments and the preferential systems
resulting from the various acts adopted by the Community form an integral
part of the Common Customs Tariff , it seems appropriate not to include
them in this Regulation ;
Whereas this Regulation does not apply to products covered by the Treaty
establishing the European Coal and Steel Community , although the
nomenclature andtthe conventional duties for these products are included ,
for information purposes , in the Schedule of Customs Duties in order to
make the latter easier to understand ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                  Article 1
The Annex headed " COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF " to Regulation ( EEC ) No 950 / 68
is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation .
                                  Art i ele 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January. 1983 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                 For the Council
                                                   The President