CELEX: 31975D0015
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 December 1974 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to postpone the application of duties in the Common Customs Tariff to certain vinegars

No L 3 / 20                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   7 . 1 . 75
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 11 December 1974
               authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to postpone the application of
                             duties in the Common Customs Tariff to certain vinegars
                                               (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                           (75/ 1 5/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Treaty may be granted for a limited period only ;
COMMUNITIES,                                             1            whereas, consequently, the period of validity of the
                                                                      authorization granted under Article 26 must be
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                limited to the date of application of measures
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 26                     concerning the common organization of ' the market
thereof ;
                                                                      in the products in question , and to 31 December 1975
Whereas, the Federal Republic of Germany applied                      at the latest ;
for the year 1975 for authorization to postpone the                   Whereas imports of products of this type from non­
application of the Common Customs Tariff to                           member countries into Germany do not represent
products falling within heading No 22.10 B of the                     more than 5 % of the total value of its imports from
Common Customs Tariff ;                                               third countries referred to above in the course of the
Whereas, under Article 23 (3) of the Treaty the                       latest year for which statistical data are available,
Member States should apply the Common Customs
Tariff in its entirety as from 1 January 1970, especially             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
to vinegar and substitutes for vinegar other than wine,
wine vinegar being subject to common organization of
the market under Regulation ( EEC) No 8 1 6/70 ( ') of                                          Article 1
28 April 1 970 laying down additional provisions for                  From 1 January 1975 until the application of
the common organization of the market in wine ;                       measures concerning the common organization of the
Whereas, however, the Federal Republic of Germany                     market in the products in question , and until 31
was authorized, by the Commission Decision (2), of 19                 December 1975 at the latest, the Federal Republic of
December 1973 , to continue throughout 1974 to                        Germany is authorized to continue to apply to the
apply to the products contained in the annex the                      products referred to in the Annex the customs duties
duties which it applied on 31 December 1969 ;                         which it applied on 1 January 1957, with the differ­
                                                                      ences between them and the duties in the Common
Whereas, on account of the danger of an increase in                   Customs Tariff being reduced in accordance with
imports from third countries and for lack of a                        Article 23 (1 ) (c) of the Treaty.
common organization of the market in these products,
the application of the duties in the Common Customs                                             Article 2
Tariff as from 1 January 1975 will increase the diffi­
culties which already exist in Germany ; whereas these                This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
are sensitive agricultural products to which Article 44               Germany.
of the Treaty has had to be applied ; whereas, pending
the setting-up of such an organization of the market,
the Federal Republic of Germany must be authorized                     Done at Brussels , 11 December 1974 .
to apply to the products in question when imported
from third countries, as from 1 January 1975, the                                                 For the Commission
duties applicable on 31 December 1969 ;
                                                                                                      The President
Whereas the application of a derogatory measure such
as the authorization provided for in Article 26 of the                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 99 , 5 . 5 . 1970 , p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 30 , 4 . 2. 1974, p . 24.
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                                             ANNEX
             CCT
          heading No                               Description of goods
             22.10         Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar :
                           B. Other, in containers holding :
                               I. 2 litres or less
                              II . More than 2 litres