CELEX: 51987PC0570
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING FOR THE NINTH TIME DIRECTIVE 69/169/EEC ON THE HARMONIZATION OF PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW, REGULATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION RELATING TO EXEMPTION FROM TURNOVER TAX AND EXCISE DUTY ON IMPORTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

No C 102/4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               16. 4. 88
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the ninth time Directive 69/169/EEC on the
              harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to
                       exemption from turnover tax and excise duty on imports in international travel
                                                      COM(87) 570 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 December 1987)
                                                         (88/C 102/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 99                   1.    Article 2 of Directive 69/169/EEC is hereby
thereof,                                                           amended as follows:
                                                                   (a) in paragraph 1, '350 ECU' is replaced by '375 ECU';
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                   (b) in paragraph 2, '90 ECU' is replaced by '100 ECU'.
Having regard        to  the   opinion   of   the  European        2.    Article 7b of Directive 69/169/EEC is hereby
Parliament,                                                        amended as follows:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                   (a) in paragraph 1 (a), '280 ECU' is replaced by '300
Social Committee,                                                      ECU';
                                                                   (b) in paragraph 1 (b), '77 ECU' is replaced by '85
Whereas Articles 2 (6) and 7b (4) of Council Directive                 ECU';
69/169/EEC ('), as subsequently amended, provide that
every two years, and for the first time on 31 October              (c) in paragraph 2, '77 ECU' is replaced by '85 ECU'.
 1987 at the latest, the Council, acting in accordance with
the procedures provided for by the Treaty on this point,                                   Article 2
is to adjust the amounts of the exemptions referred to in
paragraphs 1 and 2 of those Articles in order to maintain          1.    Member States shall bring into force the measures
their genuine value;                                               necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1
                                                                   November 1987.
Whereas, according to the survey conducted by the                  2.    Member States shall inform the Commission of the
Commission, the weighted average increase in the price             provisions which they adopt to implement this Directive.
index for the Member States is 6,8 % for the period
from 1 October 1985 to 30 September 1987;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas the resulting amounts should be rounded off,               This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
(') OJ No L 133, 4. 6. 1969, p. 6.