CELEX: 32005R2174
Language: en
Date: 2005-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 2174/2005 of  21 December 2005  concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

30.12.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 347/7
            
         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2174/2005
   of 21 December 2005
   concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:
   By Decision 2005/958/EC of 21 December 2005 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Japan pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (1), the Council approved, on behalf of the Community, the said Agreement with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994,
   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   The duty rates shown in the Annex to this Regulation shall apply for the period indicated.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 21 December 2005.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         B. BRADSHAW
      
   
   
      (1)  See page 75 of this Official Journal.
   
      ANNEX
      Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the concessions being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of the current regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the concessions are to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
      
                  Part two
                  Schedule of Customs duties
               
            
                  CN code
               
               
                  Description
               
               
                  Duty rate
               
            
                  3702 32 19
               
               
                  Photographic film in rolls; for colour photography; other
               
               
                  A lower applied rate of 1,3 % (1)
                  
               
            
                  8525 40 19
               
               
                  Still image video cameras; other
               
               
                  A lower applied rate of 1,2 % (1)
                  
               
            
                  8525 40 99
               
               
                  Still image video cameras; other video camera recorders; other
               
               
                  A lower applied rate of 12,5 % (1)
                  
               
            
         (1)  The lower applied rates indicated above are to be applied for four years or until the implementation of the results of the Doha Development Agenda Round reaches the tariff level above, whichever comes first.