CELEX: 31973R0227
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 227/73 of the Council of 31 January 1973 authorizing the new Member States to take over national subdivisions for certain agricultural products within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature

1 . 2. 73                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 27/ 19
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 227/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 31 January 1973
              authorizing the new Member States to take over national subdivisions for certain
                      agricultural products within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      difficulties ; whereas this is also the case for the
                                                              products referred to in Article 61 of the said Act in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  respect of which a component is levied on imports to
European Economic Community;                                  ensure the protection of the processing industry;
                                                              whereas the new Member States should be authorized
                                                              to take over in respect of the abovementioned
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the                    products national subdivisions within the Common
Accession of new Member States to the European                Customs Tariff nomenclature;
Economic Community . and the European Atomic
Energy Community (*), signed at Brussels on 22
January 1972;                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the Act concerning the Conditions
                                                                                     Article 1
of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties ;
                                                               In respect of agricultural products covered by a
Whereas, in accordance with the terms of the first            common organization of the market where this
subparagraph of Article 60 (3 ) of the said Act, the          involves the application of customs duties on imports
new Member States shall apply the Common                      from third countries, with the exception of those
Customs Tariff nomenclature by 1 February 1973 at             falling within the common organizations for fruit and
the latest in respect of agricultural products covered        vegetables, beef and veal and fisheries, and in respect
by a common organization of the market; whereas,              of the products covered by Article 61 ( 1 ) of the Act
however, pursuant to the second subparagraph of               concerning the Conditions of Accession and the
Article 60 (3 ), the new Member States may be                 Adjustments to the Treaties, the new Member States
authorized to take over existing national subdivisions        shall be authorized to take over within the Common
within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature in              Customs        Tariff  nomenclature     the    national
order to carry out progressive moves towards                  subdivisions that are indispensable for carrying out
alignment with the Common Customs Tariff or the               the progressive moves towards alignment with that
elimination of duties in the Community to the extent          Tariff or the elimination of duties in the Community
that no difficulties arise in the application of the          under the conditions laid down in the said Act.
Community rules ;
Whereas for the products subject to customs duty,                                     Article 2
with the exception of products coming under a
common organization of the market in fruit and                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
vegetables, beef and veal and fisheries, such an              its publication in the Official Journal of the
authorization is justified and does not create any            European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                      A. LAVENS
 H OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 5.