CELEX: 41973D0063
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Decision of 22 March 1973 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council, opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and originating in Austria

12 . 4 . 73                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 98 /31
                                                            DECISION
                                                        of 22 March 1973
               of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal
                                        and Steel Community meeting within the Council,
                  opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and originating
                                                             in Austria
                                                           (73/63/ECSC )
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                                — the duties applicable in Ireland shall be reduced
 OF THE MEMBER STATES OF                                                  to 80 °/o of the basic duty or levied at the rate
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,                                     of 80 °/o of the basic duty.
                                                                      2. During this same period, the United Kingdom
Whereas the Member States have concluded among                        and Denmark shall not introduce any new customs
themselves the Treaty establishing the European                       duties on imports of products covered by the Euro­
Coal and Steel Community ;                                            pean Coal and Steel Community and originating in
                                                                      Austria .
Whereas the Agreement between the European
 Economic Community and the Republic of Austria (*)                   3 . The basic duties referred to in this Decision shall
entered into force on 1 January 1973 ;                                be the duties actually applied on 1 January 1972 .
Whereas the Agreement between the Member States                                                 Article 2
of the European Coal and Steel Community and the                      1 . With effect from the same date and for the same
European Coal and Steel Community of the one                          period, the customs duties on imports into the
part and the Republic of Austria of the other part is                 Community as originally constituted and into Ireland
subject to approval by each Contracting Party in                      of the products listed in paragraph 2, and originating
accordance with its own procedures ;                                  in Austria, shall be reduced to 95 % of the basic
                                                                      duties, or levied at the rate of 95 % of the basic
Anxious to apply autonomously and concomitantly                       duties .
the tariff reductions laid down in the latter Agree­
ment ;
                                                                      2. The products referred to in paragraph 1 are the
                                                                      following :
In agreement with the Commission ;
                                                                          Brussels
                                                                        Nomenclature
                                                                          heading                         Description
                                                                            No
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                         ex 73.15        Alloy ste¿l and high-carbon steel in th
                                                                                         forms mentioned in headings Nos 73.0
                           Article 1                                                     to 73.14 inclusive , covered by the ECSC
                                                                                         Treaty
1 . From 1 April until 31 December 1973 on imports
of products covered by the European Coal and Steel                    3 . These products shall be subject to the ceilings
                                                                      laid down in Annex C to Protocol No 1 to the
Community and originating in Austria, with the
exception of the products listed in Article 2 (2 ):                 . Agreement between the European Economic Com­
                                                                      munity and the Republic of Austria.
— the duties applicable in the Community as                                                     Article 3
     originally constituted shall be reduced to 70 %
     of the basic duty or levied at the rate of 70 °/o                The provisions laying down the rules of origin for
     of the basic duty ;                                             the implementation of the Agreement between the
                                                                     European Economic Community and the Republic
                                                                      of Austria , which entered into force on 1 January
                                                                      1973 , shall apply to the products to which this
(') OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 2 .                               Decision refers .
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                     Article 4                            pean Coal and Steel Community of the one part and
                                                          the Republic of Austria of the other part, and at the
The Member States shall decide by common accord           latest on 31 December 1973 .
on any contingent protective measures suggested by
one or more Member States or by the Commission .                                Article 6
                                                          Member States shall adopt all the measures necessary
                                                          for the implementation of this Decision .
                     Article 5
                                                          Done at Brussels, 22 March 1973 .
This Decision shall expire on the entry into force
of the Agreement between the Member States of the                                           The President
European Coal and Steel Community and the Euro­                                            W. DE CLERCQ