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Date: 1980-07-29
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (Submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                               Brussels , 29 July 1980
              PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          amending Regulation (EEC ) NO 950/68 on the Common
                        Customs Tariff
               ( Submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    Introduction
1.1 .        By Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68 of 28 June 1968 ( 1 ), the Council
              adopted , in the form of an Annex to that Regulation , the Common
              Customs Tariff as applicable on that date , that is to say taking
              into account the various autonomous regulations or decisions in
              force as well as the Community 's commitments towards third countries .
1.2 .         As from 1 January . 1970 , this Regulation ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 , has been
              annually subject to an amending regulation of the Council in the
              form of a further updated " Common Customs Tariff " Annex .        This should
              likewise be the case on 1 January 1981 .                         N    .
1.3 .         In order to enable all Member States and all 'users to have an          -
           . up- to-date Regulation in the official languages of the Community ,
            ; it is proposed that the Council' should adopt , on the basis of
              Articles 28 and 113 of the Treaty , the Common Customs Tariff in the
              form of a Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68 of
              28 June 1968 .                  ~                          :V             ' .
              For practical reasons , only the pages of the Common Customs Tariff .
        .     ( in its current Official Journal version ) which are the subject of
              amendments , including those of a minor editorial, nature , appear in Annex .
             'In ; the edition which will be published in the Official Journal , the
              Common Customs Tariff will nevertheless appear in its entirety .
2.    Amendments et out in this draft Regulation , as compared with the text
       in force on 1 January 1980
2.1 .         Amendment s_resuj.t2n2_f rom_ interna t_ional_ commitments .                   . •
              2.1.1 .    The General Agreement concluded in 1979 as a result of the
                         multilateral trade negotiations which took place within the
                         6ATT in Geneva , contains a list of concessions in the               -
                         agricultural and industrial sectors .
(1)       0J No L 172 , 22.7.1968 , p;1
 ---pagebreak--- 2.1.2 .       This draft takes account of provisions Laid down for the
          :    implementation of the said concessions by equal annual
               reductions from 1.1.1980 , with certain exceptions .
2.1.3 .       As laid down for each reduction phase , the intermediate
               rate has been rounded to the nearest first decimal point ,
               it being understood that the rate so rounded will not
               exceed the intermediate rate , when not rounded , by more
               than 0.05% .   ,
2.1.4 .        It should be noted that the concessions on the following
              products :                          '
              - citric- acid                          ( 29.16 A IV a ))
              - tetraethyl-lead                       ( 29.34 B )
                   and lead-based anti-knock
                   preparations                       ( 38.14 A and 38.14 B II )
              - textiles                              ( Chapters 51 to 62 )
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              -!■ ceramics :    reductions up to zero of the specific minimum
                                duty for those products falling within Chapter 69
                                to which such a minimum duty applies and for
                                tariff subheading 85.25 A
            , - steel                                 ( headings Nos 73.01 to 73.20 )
              - titanium                              ( 81.04 K I and K II ).
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               will be implemented in the following manner :
              - first phase " of the reductions on 1.1.1982 , 1983 , 1984
                                                              (
              - second phase of the reductions spread over three years and
                   therefore excluded from this draft .
2.1.5 .        With regard to the concessions for chemicals ( with certain
        -      exceptions ) faling within Chapters 29,32 and 39 of the CCT ,
               the ffrst reduction of duty , by one-eighth , was effected on
                1 July 1980 , and the second reduction will take effect six
                months after that date , ie , on 1 January 1981 .
                The subsequent reductions will take effect in six annual ,
                stages .
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             2.1.6 .  The concession for kraft paper and board ( ex 48.01 C II ) will
                      be implemented in four reductions / each of 0.5 points , on
                      1.1.1983 . 1.1.-1984 , 1.1.1986 , 1.1.1987 .
             2.1.7 .  Since it is necessary to introduce , as from 1.1.1981 ,
                      reductions of duty relating to paper or paperboard falling
                      within heading No 48.21 , the layout of this heading has been
                      changed .  It should be noted that the first state of these
                      reductions was not effected on 1 January 1980 as the amounts
                      were considered to be minimal .       The reductions applicable ;
                      on t January 1981 combine the first and the second stages .
2 . 2 .,     Amendments resuit in2_fr;om_a2£icultural régulations
             2.2.1V   These amendments concern changes in the tariff resulting
                      from regulations relating to common market organisations ~r"
                      already in force or coming into force on 1 January 1981
                      at the latest .
             2.2.2 .  These regulations concern the following chapters :        r
                      Chapter 4 - heading No 04.04 ( Regulation ( EEC ) No 1361 / 80
                                    of 5.6.1980 )
                                    (a)
2.3 .        Amendments_resuJ.t2n2_f rom_re2uJ.atjons other than_a2£i cultura I
             r^ulations
             2.3.1 .  These amendments concern changes in' the tariff resulting ..
                      from regulations entering into force during the year 1980 .
         '   2.3.2 .  These regulations concern the following texts :
                      Section II of the Preliminary Provisions and'
                      Chapters 60 and 61 ( Additional notes relating to suits
                                           .  and co-ordinate suits )
                                        ' > , - 'Regulation No
                                                 OJ No L        of  ...
(a)        Agricultural regulation ? in the course of adoption will be included
           in this paragraph .
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                 Chapters 29 , 32 and 39 ( rates of conventional duty )
                 - Regulation No
                   OJ No L         of
                 Chapter 73 ( tariff quotas for ferro-alloys )
                 - Regulation No
                   OJ No L         of
3.   Conclusions
     From the foregoing it will be seen that the draft Common Customs
   - Tariff applicable with effect from 1.1.1981 includes an appreciable
     number of amendments , which follow mainly from the results of the
     multilateral negotiations in the framework of the 6ATT . The whole of
     these amendments has been the subject of a close examination by the
     Joint Panel of Government Experts on the Common Customs Tariff and has
     been approved by them . In order to make this instrument available to
     the national administrations and to the trade as soon as possible the
     Commission requests the Council to deal with this draft Regulation at
     one of its forthcoming meetings .
 ---pagebreak---                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                     amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68
                         on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , under agreements signed with non-member countries , and in particular
pursuant to the 1979 Geneva Protocol and the 1979 Additional Protocol to
the Geneva Protocol annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
and the Agreement on trade in civil aircraft signed at the end of the
1973-1979 Conference on Multilateral Trade Negotiations , the Community has
undertaken to make reductions in customs duties , certain of which are to
be implemented in whole or in part on 1 January 1981 ; whereas it is
expedient , therefore , in order to ensure uniform application of the Common
Customs Tariff , to specify in Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 950/ 68 of 28 June
1968 on, the Common Customs Tariff ( 1 ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC )
 No             . ( 2 ), . the conventional duties applicable from 1 January 1981
Whereas certain Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural
markets provide that the tariff nomenclature resulting from their
application shall be included in the Common Customs Tariff and/ or amend
customs duties ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to include in this
Regulation all the amendments resulting from Regulations . adopted under
the Common Agricultural - Policy ;
 (1 )   0J No L 172 , 22.7.1968, p.1
 (2)    0J No L     ,            , p.
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Whereas it is appropriate / for the sake of clarity , to bring the whole of
the Common Customs Tariff up to date ; whereas , for this purpose , it is
necessary to collect in a single text not only those parts which are
amended with effect from 1 January 1981 but also those which have already
b^en amended and those which remain unchanged ;
Whereas , although temporary tariff amendments and the preferential systems
resulting from the various acts adopted by the Community form an integral
part of the Common Customs Tariff , it seems appropriate not to include
them in this Regulation ;
Whereas this Regulation does not apply to products covered by the Treaty
establishing the European Coal and Steel Community , although the nomenclature
and the conventiona I duties for these products are included , for information
purposes , in the Schedule of Customs Duties in order to make the latter
easier to understand ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                 Article 1
The Annex headed 'Common Customs Tariff' to Regulation ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 is
hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation .
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981 .
                                                                           /
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                            For the Council
                                              The President