CELEX: 31978D0121
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 December 1977 prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region

No L 41 /32                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 11 . 2. 78
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 28 December 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)
                                                         (78/ 1 21 /EEC)
 rHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                       Article 1
 Economic Community,
                                                                      1.   The provision for admission free of import
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        duties, under Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Commission Deci­
 1410/74 of 4 June 1974 on the tariff treatment appli­               sion of 14 May 1976, shall be extended until 30 June
 cable to goods imported for free circulation in the                  1978 for all goods imported for free circulation by
 event of disasters occurring in the territory of one or             State organizations or by organizations approved by
 more Member States ('), and in particular Article 2                 the competent Italian authorities for the purpose of
 thereof,                                                            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 .
                                                                     2. The provision for admission free of import
 Whereas, by the Decision of 14 May 1976 (2) in                      duties, under Article 1 (2) of the Commission Deci­
 response to this request, the Commission authorized                 sion of 14 May 1976 for goods imported for free circu­
 the duty-free importation of goods for free distribu­               lation by the relief units to cover their own require­
 tion to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region ;               ments during the period of their operations, shall also
 whereas this duty-free admission was extended until                 be extended until 30 June 1978 .
 31 December 1977 by the Commission Decision of
29 June 1977 (3);
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the Commission 's consultation with the
 Italian Government under Article 3 of the said Deci­
sion has revealed that because of the necessary delay                 1.   The Government of the Italian Republic shall
in implementing the plan for rehousing those affected                communicate     to  the  Commission    all information
by the disaster it is appropriate to extend until 30                 regarding the nature and quantities of the various
June 1978 the duty-free admission for all goods                      goods admitted free of duty under Article 1 .
imported for free circulation under the conditions laid
down in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1410/74 ;                   2. The communication required under paragraph 1
                                                                     must reach the Commission on the following dates :
Whereas in order to allow the Commission to follow
                                                                     (a) for the period 13 December 1977 to 13 March
the development of the situation, there is reason for                    1978, 22 March 1978 at the latest ;
providing for the transmission to the Commission by
the Italian Government, in accordance with a suitable                (b) for the period 14 March to 14 June 1978, 22 June
timetable, all information on the scope and nature of                    1978 at the latest.
importations carried out with the benefit of 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 six
                                                                     months from the date of the notification of this Deci­
(!) OJ No L 150 , 7. 6. 1974, p. 4.
I2) OJ No L 131 , 20. 5. 1976, p. 19.                                sion, whether this Decision should be maintained,
(J) OJ No L 179 , 19 . 7. 1977, p. 33 .                              modified or repealed.
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                      Article 4                            Done at Brussels, 28 December 1977 .
This Decision shall come into effect from 1 January
1978 .
                                                                                  For the Commission
                      Article 5                                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.                            Member of the Commission