CELEX: 31976D0472
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14 May 1976 on the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region

20 . 5 . 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 131 / 19
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                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 14 May 1976
              on the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake
                                                victims in the Friuli region
                                                         (76/472/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas, so that the Commission may be suitably
COMMUNITIES,                                                      informed of the use made of the goods admitted duty­
                                                                  free, the Government of the Italian Republic must
                                                                  communicate the measures taken to prevent such
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            goods imported duty-free from being employed other­
 Economic Community,                                              wise than for the use laid down ; whereas the Commis­
                                                                  sion should also be informed of the extent and the
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     nature of the importations made ;
 1410/74 of 4 June 1974 on the tariff treatment appli­
cable to goods imported for free circulation in the               Whereas other Member States have been consulted as
event of disasters occuring in the territory of one or            laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
more Member States ('), and in particular Article 2                1410 / 74,
thereof,
Having regard to the request made by the Govern­
ment of the Italian Republic dated 12 May 1976,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the Government of the Italian Republic has
sought the duty-free importation of goods intended
for free distribution to victims of the earthquake in                                     Article 1
the region of Friuli , or to be made available free of
charge ;
                                                                  1 . Goods of prime necessity, including tents, medi­
                                                                  caments, clothing and other relief materials, imported
Whereas the said critical situation satisfies the condi­          for free circulation by organizations approved by the
tions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1410 /74 for               competent Italian authorities for the purpose of being
the granting of an exemption from customs duties,                 distributed by them free to the victims of the earth­
charges having equivalent effect, agricultural levies             quake in the region of Friuli, or made available free of
and other import charges provided for under the                   charge, shall be admitted free of customs duties,
common agricultural policy or under specific arrange­             charges having equivalent effect, agricultural levies
ments applicable pursuant to Article 235 of the Treaty            and other import charges provided for under the
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agri­           common agricultural policy or under specific arrange­
cultural products ;                                               ments applicable pursuant to Article 235 of the Treaty
                                                                  to certain goods resulting from the processing of agri­
(') OJ No L 150 , 7 . 6 . 1974, p. 4 .                            cultural products .
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2.     Goods imported for free circulation by the relief                             Article 5
units to cover their own requirements during the
period of their operations shall also be admitted duty­      After consultation with the Government of the Italian
free .                                                        Republic, the Commission shall consider within one
                                                              month from the date of the notification of this Deci­
                        Article 2                            sion , whether this Decision should be maintained,
                                                              modified or repealed .
The Government of the Italian Republic shall commu­
nicate to the Commission the list of approved organi­
zations referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).                                              Article 6
                        Article 3                            This Decision shall come into effect from 7 May
                                                              1976 .
1.     The Government of the Italian Republic shall
communicate     to  the  Commission      all information
                                                                                     Article 7
regarding the nature and quantities of the various
goods admitted free of duty in pursuance of Article 1 .
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
2 . The communication referred to in paragraph 1
relating to the period expiring on 4 June 1976 must
reach the Commission by 11 June 19.76 at the latest.
                                                              Done at Brussels, 14 May 1976 .
                        Article 4
                                                                                       For the Commission
The Government of the Italian Republic shall commu­
nicate to the Commission the measures which it takes                                    Finn GUNDELACH
to ensure that Article 4 Regulation (EEC) No 1410/74
is respected .                                                                    Member of the Commission