CELEX: 31977D0269
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 April 1977 prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region

No L 87/ 36                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               5 . 4. 77
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 1 April 1977
              prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earth­
                                            quake victims in the Friuli region
                                               (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                          (77/269/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                            Article 1
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        1.     The provision for admission free of import
1410 /74 of 4 June 1974 on the tariff treatment appli­              duties, under Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Commission Deci­
cable to goods imported for free circulation in the                 sion of 14 May 1976, shall be extended until 30 June
event of disasters occurring in the territory of one or             1977 for all goods imported for free circulation by
more Member States ('), and in particular Article 2                 State organizations or by organizations approved by
thereof,                                                            the competent Italian authorities for the purpose of
                                                                    being distributed by them free to the earthquake
                                                                    victims in the Friuli region, or made available free of
Having regard to the request made by the Govern­                    charge whilst remaining the property of the organiza­
ment of the Italian Republic dated 12 May 1976,                     tions in question .
Whereas, by the Decision of 14 May 1 976 (2 ) in                    2.     The provision for admission free of import
response to this request, the Commission authorized                 duties, under Article 1 (2) of the Commission Deci­
the duty-free importation of goods for free distribu­               sion of 14 May 1976 for goods imported for free circu­
tion to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region ;               lation by the relief units to cover their own require­
whereas this duty-free admission was extended until                 ments during the period of their operations, shall also
31 March 1977 by the Commission Decision of 16                      be extended until 30 June 1977.
December 1 976 (3 ) ;
Whereas the Commission 's consultation with the
Italian Government under Article 3 of the said Deci­                                        Article 2
sion has revealed that the current situation in the
region concerned justifies the extension of duty-free
admission for all goods imported for free circulation                1.    The Government of the Italian Republic shall
under the conditions laid down in Article 1 of Regula­              communicate      to the  Commission    all information
tion (EEC) No 1410/74 ;                                              regarding the nature and quantities of the various
                                                                    goods admitted free of duty under Article 1 .
Whereas such extension should be limited to the
period ending 30 June 1977 in order to allow the                     2. The communication required under paragraph 1 ,
Commission to re-examine the situation on the basis                  covering the period 18 March to 10 June 1977, shall
of information communicated by the Government of                     reach the Commission not later than 17 June 1977 .
the Italian Republic concerning the scale and nature
of importations carried out under the provisions for
duty-free admission ;
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas     the   other     Member       States   have   been
consulted in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation                 After consultation with the Government of the Italian
( EEC) No 1410/74,
                                                                     Republic, the Commission shall consider within three
                                                                     months from the date of the notification of this Deci­
(!) OJ No L 150 , 7 . 6 . 1974, p. 4 .
Y) OJ No L 131 , 20. 5. 1976, p. 19.                                 sion , whether this Decision should be maintained,
(J) OJ No L 5, 7. 1 . 1977, p. 18 .                                  modified or repealed .
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                     Article 4                           Done at Brussels, 1 April 1977.
This Decision shall come into effect from 1 April
1977 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                     Article 5                                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .                         Member of the Commission