CELEX: 31975R0656
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 656/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff as regards the exchange rate to be applied in respect of the tariff classification of certain cheeses

20 . 3 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 72/ 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       REGULATION (EEC) No 656/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                            of 4 March 1975
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff as regards the
                   exchange rate to be applied in respect of the tariff classification of certain cheeses
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             cause products to be classified differently in the
                                                                       various Member States ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                        Whereas the situation is particularly serious in the
 Article 43 thereof;                                                   case of imports of certain cheeses falling within
                                                                       heading No 04.04 of the Common Customs Tariff;
                                                                      whereas the exchange rate fixed pursuant to
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  Regulation No 129 should therefore be applied to
                                                                      these products,
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European
 Parliament;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas General Rule C 3 in Part I, Section I, of the
                                                                                                 Article 1
Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/ 68 (*)
of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff,
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/74 (-),                  The Annex to Regulation            (EEC) No 950/68 is
provides that the unit of account by reference to                     amended as follows :
which certain specific customs duties are expressed or
the scope of certain headings or subheadings is
defined, has a value of 0"88867088 g of fine gold ;                   1 . in heading No 04.04 :
                                                                          — a footnote reference '( a)' shall be inserted
Whereas, under Council Regulation No 129 (3) on                               after the words ' cheese and curd';
the value of the unit of account and the exchange
rates to be applied for the purposes of the common                        — the footnote references '( a)' are replaced by
agricultural policy, as last amended by Regulation                            '( c)' in column 4, giving the conventional
 (EEC) No 2543 /73 (4), derogations may be made                               rates of duty ;
from the principle of using par values to convert
one currency into another ; whereas under these
provisions representative rates have been adopted in                  2. at the bottom of the page on which heading
the agricultural sector;                                                  No 04.04 appears :
                                                                          — the present footnote (a) becomes note (c);
Whereas, if the exchange rate used to convert one                         — the following footnote shall be inserted :
currency into another is not kept as close as possible
to these rates, distortions of trade may result and                           '( a ) The exchange rate to be applied in
                                                                                      converting into national currencies the
                                                                                      unit  of   account    referred  to  in   the
(x)  OJ   No L 172 , 22 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .                                            subdivisions of this heading shall,
(2) OJ    No L 295 , 1 . 11 . 1974 , p. 1 .                                           notwithstanding General Rule C 3
(3) OJ    No 106, 30 . 10. 1962 , p . 2553 /62 .                                      contained in Part I, Section I, be the
(4) OJ    No L 263 , 19 . 9 . 1973 , p. 1 .                                           representative rate, if such a rate is fixed
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          pursuant to Council Regulation No 129                                  Article 2
          on the value of the unit of account and
          the exchange rates to be applied for the        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
          purposes of the common agricultural             day following its publication in the Official Journal
          policy ( OJ No 106, 30 . 10. 1962, p.           of the European Communities.
          2553 /62).'                                     It shall apply from 1 April 1975 .
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975 .
                                                                        For the Council
                                                                          The President
                                                                        M. A. CLINTON