CELEX: 41973D0065
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Decision of 22 March 1973 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council, opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and originating in Sweden

No L 98 /34                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 12 . 4 . 73
                                                           DECISION
                                                       of 22 March 1973
               of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
                                       and Steel Community meeting within the Council,
                   opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and originating
                                                           in Sweden
                                                         (73/65/ECSC)
  THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                           2 . During the same period, the United Kingdom and
  OF THE MEMBER STATES OF                                          Denmark shall refrain from introducing new customs
 THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,                            duties on imports of products covered by the Euro­
                                                                   pean Coal and Steel Community and originating in
                                                                   Sweden .
 Whereas the Member States have concluded among
 themselves the Treaty establishing the European Coal              3 . The basic duties referred to in this Decision shall
  and Steel Community ;                                            be those duties actually applied on 1 January 1972.
 Whereas the Agreement between the European
 Economic Community and the Kingdom of                                                     Article 2
 Sweden (*) entered into force on 1 January 1973 ;
                                                                   1 . With effect from the same date and for the same
                                                                   period, the customs duties on imports into the
 Whereas the Agreement between the Member States                   Community as originally constituted and into
 of the European Coal and Steel Community and the                  Ireland, on the products listed in paragraph 2, shall
 European Coal and Steel Community, of the one                     be reduced to 95 °/o of the basic duties, or levied at
 part, and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part,               the rate of 95 % of the basic duties .
 is subject to the approval of each Contracting Party
 in accordance with its own procedures ;
                                                                   2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 are the
                                                                   following :
Anxious to apply autonomously and concomitantly
 the tariff reductions laid down in that Agreement;
                                                                        Brussels
                                                                    Nomenclature                     Description
                                                                      heading No
In agreement with the Commission ;
                                                                       ex 73.15     Alloy steel and high-carbon steel in the
                                                                                    forms mentioned in headings Nos 73.06
                                                                                    to 73.14 inclusive, covered by the ECSC
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                                           Treaty
                           Article 1                              3 . These products shall be subject to the ceilings
                                                                  laid down in Annex C to Protocol No 1 to the
1 . With effect from 1 April and until 31 December                Agreement between the European Economic Com­
 1973 , the duties applicable in the Community as                 munity and the Kingdom of Sweden.
originally constituted and in Ireland to imports of
products covered by the European Coal and Steel
Community and originating in Sweden, with the                                              Article 3
exception of the products listed in Article 2 (2), shall
be reduced to 80 % of the basic duty, or levied at the            The provisions laying down the rules of origin for
rate of 80 °/o of the basic duty.                                 the implementation of the Agreement between the
                                                                  European Economic Community and the Kingdom
                                                                  of Sweden, which entered into force on 1 January
                                                                  1973 , shall apply to the products to which this
(!) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 97.                           Decision refers .
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                     Article 4                            pean Coal and Steel Community of the one part and
                                                          the Kingdom of Sweden of the other part, and at the
The Member States shall decide by common accord           latest on 31 December 1973 .
on any contingent protective measures suggested by
one or more Member States or by the Commission.                                 Article 6
                                                          Member States shall adopt all the measures necessary
                                                          for the implementation of this Decision.
                     Article 5
                                                          Done at Brussels, 22 March 1973 .
This Decision shall expire on the entry into force
of the Agreement between the Member States of the                                           The President
European Coal and Steel Community and the Euro­                                            W. DE CLERCQ