CELEX: 31972R2718
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2718/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972 amending Regulation (EEC) No 610/72 on the application of the provisions adopted within the framework of the Association between the European Economic Community and Greece in respect of the movements of goods in the manufacture of which use was made of products from a third country which are in free circulation neither in the Community nor in Greece

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 No L 291/22                       Official Journal of the European Communities                        28.12.72
                         REGULATION (EEC) No 2718/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                of 19 December 1972
             amending Regulation (EEC) No 610/72 on the application of the provisions
             adopted within the framework of the Association between the European
             Economic Community and Greece in respect of the movements of goods in the
             manufacture of which use was made of products from a third country which
                        are in free circulation neither in the Community nor in Greece
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI­                             '— for the period from 1 April 1972
 TIES,                                                                 to 31 December 1972               70%
                                                                   — as from 1 January 1973              80% .'
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in                         (b) There shall be added the following Article:
 particular Article 113 thereof;                                 ' Article 5a
 Having regard to the proposal from the                          The percentage of the duties to be taken
 Commission ;                                                    into account for the purpose of determining
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 610/721                      the rate of the levy referred to in Article 2
 of 23 March 1972, on the application of the                      shall be fixed at 28% as from 1 January 19.73
provisions adopted within the framework of                       in respect of those goods subject to the
the Association between the European Economic                    treatment provided for in Article 15 of the
Community and Greece in respect of the move­                     Athens Agreement.'
 ment of goods in the manufacture of which use               (c) The text of Article 6 shall be replaced by
 was made of products from a third country                       the following:
 which are in free circulation neither in the
 Community nor in Greece, laid down the                          'Notwithstanding Article 2, the levy shall
 provisions necessary for the implementation                     not be charged where the date to be taken
                                                                 into account falls :
 of the Decisions of the Association Council
 adopted persuant to Article 8 of the Agreement                  — within the period from 1 November 1962
 establishing an Association between the                              to 31 November 1966 in respect of those
European Economic Community and Greece;                               goods subject to the treatment provided
                                                                      for in Article 14 of the Agreement,
"Whereas, by Decision No 2/72 of the Association                 — within the period from 1 November 1962
 Council of 13 December 1972, new provisions                          to 31 December 1972 in respect of those
were adopted in this respect;                                         goods subject to the treatment provided
Whereas, therefore, the Regulation referred to                        for in Article 15 of the Agreement.'
above must be adapted to the new circum­                     (d) The text of Article 6 shall be replaced by
stances ,                                                        the following:
                                                                 'Notwithstanding Article 2, the levy shall
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    not be charged where the goods obtained
                                                                 in the Member States of the Community
                        Article 1                                are referred to in Annex II to the Association
                                                                 Agreement but are not included in Annex III
Regulation (EEC) No 610/72 shall be amended                      thereto , even if these are mentioned in the
as follows :                                                     list annexed to Protocol No 13 .'
(a) The final , indent of Article 5 shall be                                       Article 2
     replaced by the following indents:
                                                             This Regulation shall enter into force on
1   OJ No L 75 , 28.3.1972, p . 7,                           1 January 1973 ,
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.
Done at Brussels , 19 December 1972.
                                                        For the Council
                                                         The President
                                                         P. LARDINOIS