CELEX: 41973D0066
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 Switzerland

No L 98 /36                             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 Switzerland
                                                          (73 /66/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                              Coal     and   Steel  Community     and    originating in
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF                                              Switzerland .
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,
                                                                    3 . The basic duties referred to in this Decision shall
                                                                    be the duties actually applied on 1 January 1972 .
Whereas the Member States have concluded among
themselves the Treaty establishing the European Coal                                        Article 2
and Steel Community ;
Whereas the Agreement between the European Econ­                    The provisions laying down the rules of origin for
omic Community and the Swiss Confederation ( 1)                     the implementation of the Agreement between the
entered into force on 1 January 1973 ;                              European Economic Community and the Swiss
                                                                     Confederation, which entered into force on 1 January
                                                                     1973 , shall apply to the products to which this
Whereas the Agreement between the Member States                      Decision refers .
of the European Coal and Steel Community and the
Swiss Confederation is subject to the approval of
each Signatory State in accordance with its own                                             Article 3
constitutional rules ;
                                                                     The Member States shall decide by common accord
Anxious to apply autonomously and concomitantly                     on any contingent protective measures suggested by
the tariff reductions laid down in that Agreement ;                 one or more Member States or by the Commission .
In agreement with the Commission ;
                                                                                            Article 4
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                            This Decision shall expire on the entry into force
                                                                    of the Agreement between the Member States of the
                                                                    European Coal and Steel Community and the Swiss
                           Article 1                                 Confederation, and at the latest on 31 December
                                                                      1973 .
1 . With effect from 1 April and until 31 December
1973 , the duties applicable in the Community as                                            Article 5
originally constituted and in Ireland to imports of
products covered by the European Coal and Steel                     Member States shall adopt all the measures necessary
Community and originating in Switzerland shall be                    for the implementation of this Decision .
reduced to 80 °/o of the basic duty, or levied at the
rate of 80 % of the basic duty.
                                                                     Done at Brussels , 22 March 1973 .
2 . During this same period, the United Kingdom and                                                     The President
Denmark shall not introduce any new customs duties
on imports of products covered by the European                                                        W. DE CLERCQ
(') OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972 , p . 189 .