CELEX: 31976R2856
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2856/76 of 23 November 1976 on the tariff treatment applicable in the Community as originally constituted to a certain number of products imported from the new Member States

27 . 11 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 329 / 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2856/76
                                                     of 23 November 1976
              on the tariff treatment applicable in the Community as originally constituted to
                   a certain number of products imported from the new Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas, in order to maintain Community preference
COMMUNITIES,                                                        for these imports from the new Member States in
Having regard to the Act of Accession ('), and in parti­            1977, the customs duties applicable thereto in the
                                                                    Community as originally constituted should be calcu­
cular the second paragraph of Article 33 thereof,
                                                                    lated taking into account the new duties consolidated
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  in respect of third countries,
Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1615/74
of 25 June 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No
950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (2), the                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
conventional duty applied to products falling within
subheading 85.21 D, in the form of wafers not yet cut
                                                                                               Article 1
into chips, was reduced to 9 % ;
Whereas the amalgamation of subheadings A and B of                  1.     From 1 January to 30 June 1977, the customs
heading No 27.16 by Council Regulation (EEC) No                     duties applicable in the Community as originally
2723/76 of 8 November 1976 amending Regulation                      constituted to imports from the new Member States of
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3 ),                  the products listed in Annex I shall be those shown in
resulted in the reduction of the duty on bituminous                 respect of each of them .
mastics from 3 to 1 % ;
                                                                    2.     From 1 January to 31 December 1977, the
Whereas, under the Agreement with third countries                   customs duties applicable in the Community as origi­
signed as a result of the negotiations carried out                  nally constituted to imports from the new Member
pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article XXIV of the                      States of the products listed in Annex II shall be those
General Agreement on tariffs and trade and concluded                shown in respect of each of them .
on behalf of the Community by the Council Decision
of 22 July 1974, the European Economic Community
has    undertaken   to   reduce    the    customs   duties for                                 Article 2
various products on 1 January 1975 and to make addi­
tional reductions for some of those products on 1                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
January 1976 ;                                                      1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 November 1976 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                            A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE
(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
0 OJ No L 174, 28 . 6 . 1974, p . 4 .
(3 ) OJ No L 314, 15 . 11 . 1976, p . 1 .
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                                                                     ANNEX I
                                               Customs duties referred to in Article 1 (1 )
                   CCT
                  heading                                                                                             Duty
                    No                                                 Description                                  applicable
                    on                                                                                                 (%)
              1 January 1977
                     1                                                      2                                            3
                 01.01            Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies :
                                  A. Horses :
                                      II . For slaughter (a)                                                           0-8
                 02.01            Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
                                  01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh , chilled or frozen :
                                  A. Meat :
                                      I. Of horses, asses, mules and hinnies                                             1-6
                                  B. Offals :
                                      II . Other :
                                             a) Of horses, asses, mules and hinnies                                     2
                                             d) Other                                                                   0-6
                 02.04            Other meat and edible meat offals, fresh, chilled or frozen :
                                  A. Of domestic pigeons and domestic rabbits                                           2-2
                 16.04            Prepared or preserved fish , including caviar and caviar substi­
                                  tutes :
                                   B. Salmonidae                                                                        1-4
                 24.01             Unmanufactured tobacco ; tobacco refuse :
                                  A. Tobacco of a value, per package, not less than 280 u.a. per
                                       100 kg net weight :
                                       I. Flue cured Virginia type and light air cured Burley type
                                            (including Burley hybrids) (a )                                             2-8
                                                                                                                      with a
                                                                                                                    maximum
                                                                                                                    of 9 u.a .
                                                                                                                   per 100 kg
                                                                                                                        net
            ex 27.16               Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural
                                   bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral
                                   tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs) :
                                   — Bituminous mastics                                                                 0-2
                 37.02             Film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, perforated or not :
                                   A. Of a width of 35 mm or less :
                                        II . Other                                                                       1-6
           (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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                    CCT
                   heading                                                                                            Duty
                     No                                                 Description                                 applicable
                     on                                                                                                (%)
               1 January 1977
                      1                                                      2                                            3
                  38.14             Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors,
                                    viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and similar
                                    prepared additives for mineral oils :
                                    A. Anti-knock preparations based on tetraethyl-lead (ethyl fluid)                  2-6
                                    B. Other :
                                          I. For lubricants :
                                               b) Other                                                                 1-8
                                         II. Anti-knock preparations based on tetramethyl-lead, on
                                               ethylmethyl-lead or on mixtures of tetraethyl-lead and
                                               tetramethyl-lead                                                         1-8
                                        III. Other                                                                      1-8
                  39.01             Condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition products,
                                    whether or not modified or polymerized, and whether or not
                                    linear (for example, phenoplasts, aminoplasts, alkyds, polyallyl
                                    esters, and other unsaturated polyesters, silicones) :
                                    C. Other :
                                        IV. Polyamides                                                                  3-2
                  44.05             Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, but not further
                                    prepared, of a thickness exceeding 5 mm :
                                    B. Coniferous wood, of a length of 125 cm or less and of a thick­
                                        ness of less than 1 2-5 mm                                                      1
                  48.01             Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine­
                                    made, in rolls or sheets :
                                    C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                         II . Other                                                                    2-1
                  48.21             Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose
                                    wadding :
                                    B. Napkins and napkin liners, for babies, put up for retail sale                   2
                  73.22             Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material
                                    (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a
                                    capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insu­
                                    lated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment . .                      1
                  84.06             Internal combustion piston engines :
                                    B. Outboard motors of a cylinder capacity of :
                                        II . More than 325 cc                                                           1-6
                                    C. Other engines :
                                         II. Compression ignition engines :
                                              a) Marine propulsion engines :
                                                  2. Other (a)                                                          1-6
                                              b) Other :
                                                  2 . Other                                                            2-4
            (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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                CCT
               heading                                                                             Duty
                 No                                         Description                          applicable
                 on                                                                                 (% )
           1 January 1977
                  1                                             2                                     3
                          Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids,
               84.10      whether or not fitted with measuring devices, liquid elevators of
                          bucket, chain, screw band and similar kinds :
                          B Other pumps :
                              I. Pumps having a pressure capacity of 20 bars or more        . .      1-5
               84.23      Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and extracting machinery,
                          stationary or mobile, for earth, minerals or ores (for example,
                          mechanical shovels, coal-cutters, excavators, scrapers, levellers
                          and bulldozers), piledrivers, snow-ploughs, not self-propelled
                          (including snow-plough attachments) :
                          A. Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and extracting
                               machinery for earth, minerals or ores :
                               I. Self-propelled, track-laying or wheeled, not capable of
                                    running on rails :
                                    a) Scrapers                                                       1-8
                                    c) Parts                                                          1-8
               85.21      Thermionic, cold cathode and photo-cathode valves and tubes
                          (including vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, cathode-ray
                          tubes, television camera tubes and mercury arc rectifying valves
                          and tubes) ; photocells, mounted piezo-electric crystals, diodes,
                          transistors and similar semi-conductor devices, electronic micro­
                          circuits :
                           D. Diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices ; elec­
                               tronic microcircuits :
                               I. Wafers not yet cut into chips                                       1-8
               87.01      Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07),
                          whether or not fitted with power take-offs, winches or pulleys :
                           C. Other :
                               II . Other                                                             2-8
               87.02       Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, goods, or materials
                           (including sports motor vehicles, other than those of heading No
                           87.09) :
                           B. For the transport of goods or materials :
                                II . Other :
                                     a) With either a spark ignition or a compression ignition
                                        engine :
                                        1 . Motor lorries with either a spark ignition engine of
                                            a cylinder capacity of 2 800 cc or more or a
                                            compression ignition engine of a cylinder capacity
                                            of 2 500 cc or more :
                                            aa) Dumpers of a cylinder capacity :
                                                1 1 . Of less than 1 0 000 cc                         3-4
                                                22 . Of 10 000 cc or more                             4
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                  CCT
                 heading                                                                           Duty
                   No                                      Description                           applicable
                   on                                                                               (%)
             1 January 1977
                    1                                          L                                      3
                90.24       Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automati­
                            cally controlling the flow, depth , pressure or other variables of
                            liquids or gases , or for automatically controlling temperature (for
                            example, pressure gauges , thermostats, level gauges , flow meters,
                            heat meters, automatic oven-draught regulators) not being arti­
                            cles falling within heading No 90.14 :
                            A. Pressure gauges ( manometers)                                         1-8
                            C. Other                                                                 1-8
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                                                       ANNEX II
                                     Customs duties referred to in Article 1 (2)
                 CCT
               heading                                                                            Duty
                  No                                      Description                           applicable
                  on                                                                               (% )
           1 January 1977
                   1                                          2                                      3
               08.02      Citrus fruits, fresh or dried :
                          A. Oranges :
                              I. Sweet oranges, fresh :
                                   a) From 1 April to 30 April                                     2-6
                                   b) From 1 May to 15 May                                         1-2
                                   c) From 16 May to 15 October                                    0-8
                          D. Grapefruit                                                            0-8
               08.04      Grapes, fresh or dried :
                          B. Dried :
                               I. In immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg or less       0-8
                              II . Other                                                           0-8
               08.06      Apples, pears and quinces, fresh :
                          A. Apples :
                              II . Other :
                                    c) From 1 April to 31 July                                 1-2 with a
                                                                                                 min. of
                                                                                                0-20 u.a .
                                                                                               per 100 kg
                                                                                                   net
                          B. Pears :
                              II . Other :
                                    b) From 1 April to 15 July                                 1-4 with a
                                                                                                 min. of
                                                                                                0 30 u.a.
                                                                                               per 100 kg
                                                                                                   net
               08.10      Fruit (whether or not cooked) preserved by freezing, not
                          containing added sugar :
                          ex A. Strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, red currants,
                                    bilberries, blackberries (brambleberries), mulberries and
                                    cloudberries :
                                    — Bilberries, blackberries (brambleberries), mulberries
                                        and cloudberries                                           3-6
               08.11      Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulplhur dioxide
                          gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions),
                          but unsuitable in that state for immediate sonsumption :
                          D. Bilberries                                                             1-6
                20.06     Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing
                          added sugar or spirit :
                          B. Other :
                              II. Not containing added spirit :
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                 CCT
                heading                                                                  Duty
                  No                              Description                         applicable
                  on                                                                     {%)
            1 January 1977
                   1                                  2                                    3
                20.06        a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a
               (cont 'd)        net capacity of more than 1 kg :
                                6 . Pears :
                                    aa) With a sugar content exceeding 13% by
                                        weight                                          4 +
                                                                                     (compen­
                                                                                       satory
                                                                                      amount)
                                    bb) Other                                             4
                             b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a
                                net capacity of 1 kg or less :
                                6 . Pears :
                                    aa) With a sugar content exceeding 1 5 % by
                                        weight                                         4-4 +
                                                                                     (compen­
                                                                                       satory
                                                                                      amount)
                                    bb) Other                                            4-4
                             c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of
                                a net capacity :
                                1 . Of 4-5 kg or more :
                                    cc) Pears                                            4-2
                                2. Of less than 4-5 kg :
                                    aa) Pears                                            4-2