CELEX: 11972B/PRO/14
Language: en
Date: 1972-01-22 00:00:00
Title: DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, PROTOCOL NO 14 ON UNWROUGHT LEAD ( CCT SUBHEADING NO 78.01 A )

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11972B/PRO/14

DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, PROTOCOL NO 14 ON UNWROUGHT LEAD ( CCT SUBHEADING NO 78.01 A )  

Official Journal L 073 , 27/03/1972 P. 0171

++++1 . IN RESPECT OF ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD DEFINED AS FOLLOWS :  78.01 A I UNWROUGHT LEAD CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 0.02 % SILVER , INTENDED FOR REFINING ( ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD )  A NIL DUTY COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHALL BE OPENED UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF A TOTAL SUSPENSION , FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD , OF THE DUTY ON ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD . THE NEW MEMBER STATES SHALL PARTICIPATE IN THIS TARIFF QUOTA FROM 1 JANUARY 1974 . ITS ANNUAL VOLUME SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE TOTAL OF THE APPLICATIONS MADE BY THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED , PLUS A RESERVE .  THIS COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA SHALL BE ADMINISTERED ACCORDING TO A SYSTEM WHICH MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT THE ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD THUS IMPORTED IS IN FACT REFINED BY THOSE TO WHOM IT IS ALLOCATED .  2 . ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AN AD VALOREM DUTY OF 4.5 % .  3 . THE AUTONOMOUS DUTY ON ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD SHALL BE SUSPENDED AT A LEVEL OF 2 % FROM 1 JANUARY 1975 .  4 . THE COUNCIL SHALL REVIEW ANNUALLY THE POSSIBILITY OF A TOTAL SUSPENSION , FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD , OF THE AUTONOMOUS DUTY ON ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD .  5 . WITH REGARD TO UNWROUGHT LEAD OTHER THAN ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD THE FOLLOWING MEASURES SHALL BE APPLIED :   ( A ) ON 1 JANUARY 1974 , THE PRESENT DUTY OF 1.32 UA/100 KG SHALL BE ALTERED TO AN AD VALOREM DUTY OF 4.5 % WITH A MINIMUM CHARGE OF 1.1 UA/100 KG ;   ( B ) FROM 1 JANUARY 1974 , THE NEW MEMBER STATES SHALL PARTICIPATE IN THE NIL DUTY COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTA OF 55,000 METRIC TONS FOR UNWROUGHT LEAD OTHER THAN ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD . FROM 1975 ONWARDS , THE VOLUME WILL DECREASE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE ABOLITION OF THE QUOTA BY 31 DECEMBER 1977 ;   ( C ) BEFORE THE QUOTA IS ABOLISHED , THE COUNCIL SHALL EXAMINE THE SITUATION WITH A VIEW TO DECIDING ON A POSSIBLE REDUCTION OF THE AUTONOMOUS DUTY ON UNWROUGHT LEAD OTHER THAN ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD , IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THE DUTY THUS REDUCED MUST INCLUDE A MINIMUM CHARGE OF 1.1 UA/100 KG .