CELEX: 51984PC0626
Language: en
Date: 1984-11-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 918/83 AND NO 950/68 IN RESPECT OF THE TARIFF TREATMENT APPLICABLE TO GOODS CONTAINED IN TRAVELLER' S PERSONAL LUGGAGE OR SENT IN SMALL CONSIGNMENTS TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS

5.12.84                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No C 324/5
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 918/83 and (EEC)
              No 950/68 in respect of the tariff treatment applicable to goods contained in travellers'
                          personal luggage or sent in small consignments to private individuals
                                                   (COM(84) 626 final)
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 21 November 1984)
                                                      (84/C 324/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      in the course of that consolidation, the ceilings from
COMMUNITIES,                                                     the Regulations in question were incorporated
                                                                 without change into the abovementioned Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 918/83; whereas the ceilings in question
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     have therefore not been adjusted since 1981;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Articles 28, 43 and 235 thereof,                                 Whereas it is appropriate to increase the ceilings in
                                                                 question,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the opinion of the              European                                 Article 1
Parliament,
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 is hereby amended as
                                                                 follows:
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 — in the third indent of Article 29 (2), '35 ECU' is
Social Committee,                                                    replaced by '45 ECU';
                                                                 — in Article 47, '45 ECU' and '23 ECU' are replaced
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 of 28                     by '60 ECU' and '30 ECU' respectively.
March 1983 setting up a Community system of reliefs
from customs duty (') lays down a number of ceilings,
expressed in ECU, up to which the goods in question                                       Article 2
may be imported free of customs duty;
                                                                 In Section IIC (1), (5) and (6) of the preliminary
                                                                 provisions of the Common Customs Tariff annexed
                                                                 to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68, '115 ECU' is
Whereas the provisions of the said Regulation                    replaced by'150 ECU'.
relating to the tariff treatment applicable to the goods
contained in travellers' personal luggage or sent in
small consignments to private individuals result from                                     Article 3
consolidation of the Regulations previously adopted
by the Council concerning duty-free entry; whereas,              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
                                                                  1985.
                                                                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
0) OJ No L 105, 23. 4. 1983, p. 1.                               directly applicable in all Member States.