CELEX: 31974L0508
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Directive 74/508/EEC of 30 September 1974 amending Commission Directive of 26 March 1973 applying Articles 13 and 14 of the Council Directive of 4 March 1969 on the harmonization of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of inward processing

No L 286/ 14                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               23 . 10 . 74
                                                    COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
                                                       of 30 September 1974
             amending Commission Directive of 26 March 1973 applying Articles 13 and 14
             of the Council Directive of 4 March 1969 on the harmonization of provisions
             laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of inward
                                                              processing
                                                             (74/ 508 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Directive amending Article 13 of the Directive of 4
COMMUNITIES,                                                             March 1969 were approved, would be rendered nuga­
                                                                         tory as regards products from those industrial sectors
                                                                         consigned by the authorized processor in the circum­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    stances mentioned in the previous recital ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                         Whereas the state of discussion on the proposed Direc­
                                                                         tive for the amendment of Article 13 is such that
Having regard to the Council Directive (') of 4 March                    amendment cannot be expected in the near future ;
1969 on the harmonization of provisions laid down by
law, regulation or administrative action in respect of                   Whereas the time limit of six months imposed on the
inward processing, as last amended by the Act (2)                        Member States for the bringing into force of the
annexed to the Treaty (3) on the accession of new                        measures required by implementing Directive of 26
Member States to the European Economic Commu­                            March 1973 has already been extended to twelve
nity and to the European Atomic Energy Community,                        months by Commission Directive (5 ) of 5 October
signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in parti­                      1 973 ; whereas it has been further extended until
cular Article 28 thereof ;                                               October 1974 by Commission Directive (6) of 27
                                                                         March 1974 ;
Whereas on 26 March 1973, the Commission adopted                         Whereas for the foregoing reasons an extension of this
a Directive applying Articles 13 and 14 of the foresaid                  time limit until 30 September 1975 appears neces­
Council Directive (4) of 4 March 1969 and provided in                    sary ;
Article 7 thereof that it was to be put into force within
six months following its notification ;                                  Whereas without a favourable opinion from the
                                                                         Inward Processing Committee the Commission has
                                                                         been unable to adopt the provisions proposed in this
Whereas notification took place on 6 April 1973 ;                        respect under the procedure laid down in Article 28
                                                                         (3) (a) of the abovementioned Council Directive of 4
                                                                         March 1969 ; whereas pursuant to subparagraphs (b)
Whereas the Council has for some time had before it                      and (c) of the said Article 28 (3) the Commission has
a proposal from the Commission seeking to amend                          submitted to the Council a proposal relating to the
the Directive of 4 March 1969 so as to ensure equality                   provisions to be adopted , and whereas the Council has
of customs treatment as between direct importations                      taken no action within the three months following
qualifying for duty-free admission on the grounds of                      receipt of that proposal ,
the entitlement of the consignee or of their particular
destination and products obtained in the Community
under inward processing procedures and having the
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
like consignee or destination ; whereas this proposal is
of particular interest to certain important industrial
sectors within the Community ;                                                                       A ) tide 1
                                                                          Article 7 of the Commission Directive of 26 March
Whereas the entry into force of the aforementioned
implementing Directive on the date laid down in                            1973 applying Articles 13 and 14 of the Council
                                                                          Directive of 4 March 1969 on the harmonization of
Article 7 thereof would involve the establishment of a
customs cooperation procedure which , if the proposed                     provisions laid down by law, regulation or administra­
                                                                          tive action in respect of inward processing is amended
                                                                          to read as follows :
(')  OJ No L 58 , 8 . 3 . 1969 , p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 73 , 26 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ No L 73 , 26 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                                  (5 ) OJ No L 297, 25 . 10 . 1973 , p. 30 .
(4 ) OJ No L  120 , 7 . 5 . 1973 , p. 17 .                               ( b) OJ No L 108 , 22 . 4 . 1974, p. 25 .
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     'Article 7                                            Done at Brussels, 30 September 1974.
     The Member States shall bring into force the
     measures necessary to comply with this Directive
     in order that they shall apply from 1 October
     1975 '.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                       Article 2                                                      The President
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .                               Frangois-Xavier ORTOLI