CELEX: 51975PC0496
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Date: 1975-10-08
Title: Proposal for a Régulation of the Council on the tariff treatment applicable in the Community as originally constituted to certain products imported from the new Member States (presented to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                      COM(75)496 final.
                                                      Bruxelles , 8 October 1975
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                                   Proposai for a
                              Régulation of the Council
                 on the tariff treatment applicable in the Community
                as originally constituted to certain products imported
                              from the new Member States
                     (presented to the Council by the Commission)
COM(75H96 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
       The Council Decision taken on 22 July 1974 Approved the lists of
EEC/ECSC concessions resulting from negotiations pursuant to Article
XXIV : 6 of GATT .
       As a result of these concessions the rates of customs duties
applicable to various products imported from norn-member countries were
reduced on 1 January 1975 *           Community also undertook to make
additional reductions in respect of some of these products on 1 January
1976 .
       Furthermore, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1615/74^ of 25 June 1974
reduced to jf° "the conventional duty applied to products falling within
subheading 85.21D in the form of wafers not yet cut into chips.        The
duty actually applied to these products on 1 January 1972 was 17$.
       On 1 January 1976 and at the beginning of the 1976 marketing year
the Community as originally constituted will progressively reduce customs
duties on products imported from the new Member States pursuant to
Article 32(l ) and Article 59(l ) of the Act annexed to the Treaty of Accession.
       Pursuant to Article 31 ( l ) of the Act the basic duty to which the
progressive reductions are to be applied is the duty actually applied on
1 January 1972 . Owing to the above-mentioned reductions , however , some of
the basic duties are higher than the conventional duties which the Community
will be applying to products imported from non-member countries.
       The' United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry has asked the
Commission to maintain the Community preference of the new Member States in
respect of the products in question pursuant to the second paragraph of
Article 33 of the Act .
       In order to comply with this request the customs duties applicable in
the Community as originally constituted to products imported from the new
Member States should be calculated by taking into account the new duties
consolidated in respect of non-member countries.
       The Commission considers that this request should be met and therefore
proposes that the Council adopt the attached proposal for a Regulation ; the same
procedure was followed for 1975 » culminating in the adoption of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3300/74 of 19 December 1974^.
ms/849/74 ( Cos. 93).
( 2 ) OJ No L 174/74, 28 June 1974, p.4.
( 3) OJ No L 354 , 30 December 1974 , p. 48.
 ---pagebreak---                                           Proposai for a
                              REGULATION (EEC)                             OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of
             on the tariff treatment applicable in the Community at originally constituted to certain
                                           products imported from the new Member States
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas, in order to maintain Community preference
                                                                     for these imports from the new Member States, the
Having regard "to the Treaty of                                      customs duties applicable thereto in the Community
Accession , and in particular                                        as originally constituted should be calculated taking
the second paragraph of Article                                      into account the new duties consolidated in respect of
                                                                     third countries.
33 of the Act ( ) of Accssion ;
                                                               J
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas under Council Regulation (EEC) No                                                        Article      1
1615/74(>) of 25 June 1974 amending Regulation
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff,                       1.     From 1 January to 31 December
the conventional duty applied to products falling                   1976 , the customs
within subheading 85,21 D in the form of wafers not                  duties applicable in the Community as originally
yet cut into chips was reduced to 9 % ;                              constituted to imports from the new Member States
                                                                     of the products listed in the Annex shall be those
Whereas, under the Agreement with third countries                    shown in respect of each of them.
signed as a result of the negotiations carried out
pursuant to Article XXIV, paragraph 6 of the General                 2. The customs duties applicable during the
Agreement on Griffs and lade and concluded on                         1975/76 marketing year in the Community as
behalf of the Community by the Council Decision of                   originally constituted to imports from the new
22 July 1974, the European Economic Community                        Member States of offals of domestic bovine animals
has undertaken to reduce the customs duties for                      falling within subheadings 02.01 B II b) 1 and b) 2
various products on January 1975 and "to make                        shall be those, shown below :
additional reductions for
 some of tnese products on 1 January
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                   CCT                                                                                    Duty     '
                 hcading                                   Description                                ' «pplicable
                    No                                                                                      %
                     1                                         2                                            3
                            I
                  02.01         Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading
                                Nos 01.01 to 01.04 inclusive, fresh, chilled or frozeni
                                B. Offals:
                                    II. Other:
                                        b) Of dorpestic bovine animalst
                                           1. Livers                                       • • *     ■ ' 2,2         /
                                           2, Other
                                                                         x
                                                                                                          1.4
(») OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(') OJ No L 174, 28. 6. 1974, p. 4.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                               Article 2
                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1976 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels,
                                                                              -  1 * '                  For the Council
                                                                                                          The President
                                                                        ANNEX
                                                    Customs duties referred to in Article I (1)
                        CCT
                      heading                                                                                           Duty
                         No                                            Description                      •    ' ' . ' applicable    '
                                                                                                                         %
                  onlJanuaryl97 (
                          1                                                 2                                              3
                       01.01           Live horses, asses. mules and hinnies :
                                       A. Horses:                                                                     ■ ».        'i
                                            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                     . v.          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
                                       «
                       08.02          Citrus fruits, fresh or driedi
                                      A. Oranges:
                                            I. Sweet oranges, fresh :                   ,
                                                a) From 1 April to 30 April                                             5.2
                                                b) From 1 May to 15 May                                                 2.4
                                                c) From 16 May to 15 October                                            1.6
                                                                                             «
                                      D. Grapefruit                                     !                               1.6
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
 ---pagebreak---        CCT                                                                               Duty
     ^No"*                                     Deacription
                                               Deacription                            applicable
on 1 January 1971                                                                         *
        1                                           2                                     3
                   Gràpes, fresh or dried:
                   B. Dried :
                       I, In immediate containers of a net capacity of 15 kg or
                          lesfr                                                         1.6
                      II. Other                                                         1.6
                   Apples, pears and quinces, fresh:
                   A. Apples:
                      II. Other:
                          c) From 1 April to 31 July                                2.4 w,t" a
                                                                                      min. of
                                                                                   [150 u.a. per
                                                                                     100 kg net
                  B. Pears :
                      II. Other :
                          b) From 1 April to.15 July                                2.8 with a
                                                                                      min. of
                                                                                   D.60u.a. per
                                                                                     100 kg net
                  Fruit (whether or not cooked) preserved by freezing, not
                  containing added sugar:
                  A. Strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, red currants,
                      bilberries, blackberries (brambleberries), mulberries and
                      cloudberries:
                      – Bilberries, blackberries (brambleberries), mulberries
                          and cloudberries                            ,                 7.2
                  Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide
                  gas, in brine, .in sulphur water or in other preservative solu­
                  tions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption :
                  D. Bilberries                                            .            3.2
                  Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar
                  substitutes:
                  B. Salmonidae                                                         1.4
                  Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not
                  containing added sugar or spirit:
                                                               V
                  B. Other:
                     II. Not containing added spirit:                   •
                         a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of
                             a net capacity of more than 1 kg:
                             6. Pears :
                                aa) with a sugar content exceeding 13 % by
                                     weight                                          8 +(L)
                                bb) Other                                               8
 ---pagebreak---           CCT
        hcading                                                                                             Duty
   on 1 January 19^ [Description
                                                                                                          applicable
                                                                                                              %
           1                                                 2                                                3
         20.06          B. II. b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of
      (cont 'd)                      a net capacity of 1 kg or less:
                                     6. Pears :
                                        aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15 % by
                                              weight                                                    3.8 +(L)
                                        bb ) Other                                      ,                   8.8
                                  c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings
                                     of a net capacity:
                                     1. Of 4-5 kg or more:
                                        cc) Pears                                                           8.4
                                     2. Of less than 4-5 kg:
                                        aa ) Pears                                                          8.4
        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
       37.02            Film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, perforated or not:
                       A. Of a width of 35 mm or less :
                            II. Other                                                                       1.6
       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
                                            i
                       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
                            ID. 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, poly­
                      allyl esters, and other unsaturated polyesters, silicones):
                      C. Other:
                          IV. Polyamides . »                                                                3.2
(a) Entry under this subheading i* subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
 ---pagebreak---         CCT
      heading                                                                                            Duty
         No         ■ -                                Description                                     applicable
                                                                                                           %
  onljanuary 1976
             . i r\
         1
                        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
                             thickness of less than 12-5 mm
                        Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine-
                        made, in rolls or sheets :
                        C. Kraft paper and kraft board;
                            II. Other
                        Other articles or paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose
                       wadding:
                         B. Napkins and napkin liners, for babies, put up for retail
                            sale
                                                                             V
                        Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any
                        material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or
                        steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 1 , whether or not lined or
                        heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal
                        equipment
                       Internai combustion piston engines:
                       B, Outboard motors of a cylinder capacity of:
                            II. More than 325 cc
                       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 thU subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
 ---pagebreak---                   i
       CCT
     heading                                                                            Duty
        No                                         Description                        applicable
                                                                                          %
on 1 January 197(
        1                                              2                                  3
      84.10           Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids,
                     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, elec­
                     tronic microcircuits :
                     D. Diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor dcvices,
                          electronic microcircuits:
                          I. Wafers not yet eut 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 :
                                        11 . Of less than 10 000 co ..                   3.4
                                        22 . Of 10 000 cc or more ....                   4
 ---pagebreak---        CCT
     heading                                                                       Duty
       No      .
                                             Description                         applicable
                                                                                     %
on 1 January 19o
        1
                                                 î                                   3
     90.24       Instruments and apparatus tor measuring, checking or auto­
                 matically 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, neat meters, automatic oven-draught
                 regulators) not being articles falling within heading No 90.14:
                 A. Pressure gauges (manometers)                           .       1.8
                 C. Other                                                          1.8
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