CELEX: 31973R0177
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 177/73 of the Council of 23 January 1973 authorizing the new Member States to take over national subdivisions for certain agricultural products within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature

No L 25/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             30 . 1 . 73
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 177/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 23 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,                           give rise to the maintenance of national subdivisions
                                                                   by the new Member States and that, in the fruit and
                                                                   vegetables sector, the system of correcting
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       compensatory amounts in keeping with the incidence
European Economic Community ;                                      of customs duty permits the maintenance of national
                                                                   subdivisions within the Common Customs Tariff
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the                         nomenclature ; whereas, moreover, provision should
Accession of new Member States to the European                     be made for such authorization for a limited period
Economic Community and to the European Atomic                      in respect of certain products in the beef and veal
Energy Community (1), signed at Brussels on 22                     sector;
January 1972, and in particular Article 60 (3 ) of the
Act (2) annexed to it;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas in accordance with the terms of the first
subparagraph of Article 60 (3 ) of the said Act the                                       Article 1
new Member States shall apply the Common
Customs Tariff nomenclature by 1 February 1973 at                  In respect of agricultural products covered by a
the latest, in respect of agricultural products covered            common organization of the market in the fisheries
by a common organization of the market; whereas,                   sector and in the fruit and vegetables sector, and,
however, pursuant to the second subparagraph of                    until 31 December 1973 , in respect of products of the
Article 60 (3 ) the new Member States may be                       beef and veal sector for which no compensatory
authorized to take over existing national subdivisions             amount is laid down, the new Member States shall be
within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature in
                                                                   authorized to take over, within the Common
order to carry out progressive moves towards                       Customs      Tariff  nomenclature,     such   national
alignment with the Common Customs Tariff or the                    subdivisions as are indispensable for carrying out the
elimination of duties in the Community to the extent               progressive moves towards alignment with that Tariff
that no difficulties arise in the application of the               or the elimination of duties in the Community under
Community rules ;                                                  the conditions laid down in the said Act.
Whereas, for the products which come under the
common organization of the market in fisheries, and                                       Article 2
fruit and vegetables, such authorization is justified
and does not create any difficulties, taking into
account the fact that, in the fisheries sector, the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
products covered by compensatory amounts do not                    1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 .
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                        L. TINDEMANS
 (x ) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.