CELEX: 51976PC0559
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 2682/72, 2727/75, 765/68 and 3330/74, concerning the description of certain chemicals falling within sub-heading 29.16 A VIII of the Common Customs Tariff in (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(76)559   final .
                                                Brussels , 25 October 1976 .
                                  Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
   amending Regulations (EEC ) Nos 2682/72 , 2727/75 -. 765/68 and 3330/74 ,
                 concerning the description : of certain chemicals -     : j
   falling within sub-heading 29.16 A VIII of the Common Customs Tariff
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM (7 6) 559 final
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY NOTE
               The implementation of the EFTA Agreements has brought to
light the f.^ct that the terminology of certain goods fallinq under sub­
heading 29.16 A VIII of the CCT is deficient .
               The versions in the six lnngu?ges either do not correspond
or els e do not describe a known chemical product .
               Thi wordings have been examined by the ad hoc " Chemistry"
 Group of the Committee on the Cordon Customs Tariff Nwnenclature ?nd
anreement has been reached on the chances necessary .
               The nuroose of tMs proposal is to amend the relevant
 Régulations .
 ---pagebreak---                                                Proposai   f-^r
                                      ' C'OUTt IL RI^GULiTIŒï '(ESC ) ' '
                            amending Regulations (H3C ) Nos 2682/ 72 , " 2727/73
                                 ■ '-765/68 and 330/74 "concerning the
                            description of certain chemicals falling 'idthin
                            sub-heading 29 . 16 A     VIII of the Common Customs
 THE COUNCIL OF .THE EUROPEAN COlllUNITIES ,                           ..              ■     _   .
 Having- regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
 in particular Article 43 thereof ,.
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
 Having regard to thp Opinion of the European Parliament                   • ,•           •    .
 Whereas certain chemicals falling within Common Customs Tariff . sub-heading •
 29.16 A VIII are among the goods covered by Council Regulation (EEC ) ITo
 2682/72         of 12 December 1972 . laying down general rules for granting
 export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods
 not covered by Annex II to the Treaty , and the criteria for fixing the amounts
 of such refundj^as last amended by Regulation (HEC ) No _                        /75 (2 );,
 Whereas that Regulation applies to the said chemicals pursuant to Article
 16 of Council Regulation (SEC ) 11° 2727/75 of -29 October 1975 - on'-, :Gn the common
 organisation of the market in cereals^ ^,3 last emended by Regulation (E3C)
 No 1143 / 76 ( 4) , and pursuant to Article 19 of Council Regulation (SEC ) No
 3330/74 ■/ • of 19 December 197^; on the common organization of the market in
 suga^P as last amended by Regulation (SEC) No 1487/ 76 C6) ;
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 289 , 27.12.1972 , p. "13
 ( 2 ) OJ Ilo L
 ( 3) ΟΙ Πο I, 201,·. 1: ,11 .1975 ,. Ρ *
 ( 4) OJ No L 130            19.5.1 976 , S. 1 .
 ( 5 ) OJ No L 359 , 31.12.1974 , P. 1                      . '          '      -   ,,
.(6 ) OJ No L 1.67 .         26,6.1976, S. 9 .
 ---pagebreak---                                              - 2 -
Whereas "the system laid, down in Council Regulation (EEC ) No 765/68                of
 IS June 1968 , laying down general rules for . the production refund on sugar
used in the chemical ,industr^7^ss last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2477/ 74
 (8) .    applies to the chemicals in question ;
Whereas -these cheaioals are listed in Annex B of Regulation (EEC ) No 2682/72 ,
Annex 3 of Regulation                 Pj'/f* tAnnex I of Regulation (ESC) NO 765/68 ,
and Annex I of Regulation (EEC ) No 3330/74$
Whereas a cloco examination has indicated              that the present , texts of
subheading 29 . 16 A ex VIII are in some cases imprecise                regards certain of the
products to which they refer , and in other cases do not correspond exactly
in the different language versions ; whereas ,                 ...  v. : in order to achieve a
correct and uniform application of the regulations concerned ,
  certain of the presont ordings must thoroforo be amended ;*
Vihereas in the interests of simplicity, "the legal acts resulting frota
this amendment should bo contained in a single Regulation ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                          Article 1
The texts Of sub-heading 29«l6 A ex VIII in Annex B of Regulation (EEC ) NO
2682/72 , Annex B of Regulation                 ^fAnnex I of Regulation (EEC ) No
765/68 and Annex I of Regulation (EEC) NO 3330/74 shall be replaced by the
following texts !
          Da :   (unchanged)
          D    " Glycerinsäure , Glykolsäure , I so zucker säure , Heptazuckersäure? ,
                 ihre Salze und Ester".    .
          E : " Glyceric acid , glycolic acid , saccharic acid , iso saccharic
                 acid , heptassaccbaric acid , their salts and esters" .
                                                             /             «
  '                 •                              ' '           1
          F : "Acide glycérique , acide glycolique , acide' saccharique ^ acide
                 isosaccharique , acide heptasaccharique , leurs sels et leurs esters".
TTTÔJ No L 143 , 18.6.1968 , p. l                                                      ./.
 ( 8 ) QJ No L 2A4 , 1.10.1974, S. 71
 ---pagebreak---                                         - 3 -
       I : "Acido glicerico , acido glicolico , acido saccarico , acido
             isosaccarico , acido eptassaccarico , loro sali e loro esteri".
       ÏT : "Glycerine zuur , glycol zuur , suiker zuur , i so suiker zuur , hepta-
             suikerzuur . alsmede zouten en esters daarvan".
               \
                                      Article 2
Biis Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1977 .
This Regulation shall "be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                    For the Council