CELEX: 51983PC0465
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Date: 1983-07-12
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2779/78 on the procedure for applying the ECU to legal acts adopted in the customs sphere (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149, of the EEC Treaty)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(8 3 ) 465 final
                                            Brussels, 12 July 1983
                   Amendment to the proposal for a
                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   amending Regulation (EEC) No 2779/78 on the procedure for applying
   the ECU to legal acts adopted in the customs sphere
    (submitted to the Council by the Commission pursuant to the
     second paragraph of Article 149 , of the EEC Treaty)
 COM(83) 465 final
 ---pagebreak---                                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At i t s May 1983 p a r t - s e s s i o n . Parliament d e l i v e r e d i t s             opinion
on the proposal for a Council Regul ati on amending Regul ati on (EEC)
No 2779/78 on t he procedure for applying t he ECU to legal a c t s adopted
in t he customs sphere                   ; foll owi ng t h a t opinion the Commission
consi der s i t a p p r o p r i a t e t o a l t e r i t s o r i g i n a l p r o p o s a l , a c t i n g under
the second paragraph of A r t i c l e 149 of t he Treaty e s t a b l i s h i n g the
European Economic Community.
The purpose of t he changes which were proposed i s to make i t c l e a r e r
what arrangements a r e to apply to ECU conversion r a t e s i f t h e r e i s an
adjustment of currency p a r i t i e s between t he r e f e r e n c e d a t e , 1 October,
and t h e date on which the r a t e s take e f f e c t , 1 January.                         This has
meant changing t he second subparagraph of A r t i c l e 1(3) .
The Commission has taken t he o p p o r t u n i t y of i nc o r p o r a t i n g c e r t a i n
minor c l a r i f i c a t i o n s in t he t e x t of t h e pr opos a l .
  OJ No . . . . . . .    . . . . . . p.
20J No C 302, 19. 11. 1982, p. 5.
 ---pagebreak---          Amendment - t o             t he proposal f or a Council Regulation (EEC)
                                amending Regul ati on (EEC) No 2779/78 on
              the procedure for applying t he ECU t o legal a c t s adopted in the
                                                   customs sphere
(Amendment pursuant t o t he second paragraph of A r t i c l e 149 of t he EEC T r e a t y ) .
The Commission amends i t s proposal as fol l ows .
1. The second subparagraph of A r t i c l e 1(3) i s repl aced by t he f ol l owi ng.
"3. However, i f a change in t h e p a r i t y of one or more n a t i o n a l c u r r e n c i e s
     occurs during a cal endar y e a r , t he r a t e s to be used f o r conver t i ng
     t he ECU i nt o n a t i o n a l c u r r e n c i e s , f or t he purposes of determining
     the t a r i f f c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of goods, the customs duty a p p l i c a b l e under
     the Common Customs T a r i f f , t he anti-dumping duty or t he c o u n t e r v a i l i n g
     duty s h a l l be those o b t a i n i n g on t h e f i r s t day foll owi ng t he da t e of t h a t
     change on which such r a t e s a r e a v a i l a b l e f or a l l the Community c u r r e n c i e s ,
     with e f f e c t from t he t h i r d day a f t e r t he da t e on which t hese r a t e s are
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     available.
     " I f a change in p a r i t i e s occurs a f t e r the f i r s t working day of October,
    t he new r a t e s to be used for conver t i ng t h e ECU i nt o n a t i o n a l c u r r e n c i e s
     for the purposes of det ermining t h e t a r i f f c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of goods,
    the customs duty a p p l i c a b l e under t he Common Customs T a r i f f , t he
    anti-dumping duty or t he c o u n t e r v a i l i n g duty s h a l l be a p p l i c a b l e ,
    by way of d e r o g a t i o n from the p r o v i s i o n s of paragraph 2, throughout
    t he following cal endar y e a r , except where a change in currency p a r i t i e s
    occurs during t h a t p e r i o d , in which case t he f i r s t subparagraph of
    t h i s paragraph s h a l l a p p l y . "