CELEX: 31974R3049
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3049/74 of the Council of 2 December 1974 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia

9 . 12 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 329/33
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3049/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 2 December 1974
                 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
                                    for certain textile products originating in Yugoslavia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          OECD would participate in granting preferences and
                                                                   would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,
                                                                   moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
Having regard         to the Treaty establishing          the      out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of
European Economic Community ;
                                                                   a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
                                                                   commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                wholly or in part at a later date ; whereas this
                                                                   possibility may be adopted 'inter alia with a view to
                                                                   remedying any unfavourable situations which might
Whereas within the framework of UNCTAD the                         arise in the associated countries following the
European Economic Community offered to grant                       implementation of the generalized preference scheme ;
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished
products originating in developing countries ;
whereas the preferential treatment proposed in that
offer covers, generally speaking, all finished and                 Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of
                                                                   State or of Government of the Member States and
semi-finished industrial products falling within
Chapters 25 to 99 of the Brussels Nomenclature and                 the States acceding to the European Communities
                                                                   held in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972 invited the
originating in developing countries ;
                                                                   Community institutions and the Member States
                                                                   progressively to adopt an overall policy of develop­
Whereas, however, in respect of cotton textile                     ment cooperation on a world-wide scale comprising
products formerly covered by the long-term arrange­                in particular the improvement of generalized
ment regarding international trade in cotton                       preferences with the aim of achieving a steady
textiles ( 1 ), the offer made by the Community lays               increase in imports of manufactures from the
down that the preferences, in the form of duty-free                developing countries ;
ceilings, will be granted to the countries benefiting
from generalized preferences which are signatories to
the long-term arrangement or possibly to those
countries benefiting from generalized preferences                  Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the
which undertake in respect of the Community                        Act of Accession (2), the generalized tariff preference
commitments similar to those existing under that                   scheme will be applicable in the new Member States
arrangement and for its duration ; whereas, having                  from 1 January 1974 ;
particular regard to the link which Article 6 of the
long-term arrangement establishes between cotton
products and substitute products , it appears justified
in these circumstances and by virtue of the fact that              Whereas, for the various categories of textile
a total suspension of customs duties is involved to                products in question, Council Regulation (EEC ) No
include in the same scheme as that described above                 3045 /74 ( 3 ) of 2 December 1974 opening, allocating
those substitute textile products given in the                      and providing for the administration of Com­
conditional list of partial and limited reductions of              munity tariff quotas for certain cotton textile and
customs duties deposited with GATT by the Com­                     like products originating in developing countries ,
munity during the last series of tariff negotiations ;             and Council Regulation (EEC ) No 3046/74 (4 ) of
                                                                    2 December 1974 opening preferential tariffs in
                                                                    respect of certain cotton textile and like products
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes                    originating in developing countries, put into effect the
a clause stipulating that the Community drew up the
offer on the assumption that all the main
industrialized countries which are members of the
                                                                    (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
                                                                    (3) See page 1 of the Official Journal .
f1) OJ No L 225 , 12 . 10 . 1970 , p. 29 .                          (4) See page 9 of this Official Journal.
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abovementioned offer for 1975 in favour of those                   concerned ; whereas, under these conditions, it would
developing       countries  satisfying     the    conditions       be advisable still at this stage to adopt a fixed scale
outlined above and listed in           Annex    B  to  those       for allocating the Community tariff quotas concerned
Regulations ; whereas this measure has been taken                  among the Member States ; whereas, on the basis of
on a transitional basis, the Commission counting                   general economic criteria i.e. foreign trade in the
on the countries thus concerned to take measures                   textile sector, the gross national product and popu­
ensuring that equivalent objectives are respected, at              lation, the percentages for the initial shares of the
least throughout 1975 , pending application of the                 Member States in the quota amounts are as follows
arrangement regarding international trade in                       for the quota year under consideration :
textiles ( 1 ); whereas Yugoslavia for its part has
entered into commitments similar to those made                             Germany                             27%
under the long-term arrangement ; whereas Yugos­
lavia should, therefore, also be granted the                               Benelux                             10%
benefit of tariff preferences for the textile products
in question and also for 1975 ; whereas, in order not                      France                              19%
to affect the advantages which the present benefici­
aries enjoy for these products, separate ceilings at
zero duty should be opened exclusively for products                        Italy                               14%
originating in Yugoslavia ; whereas each of these
ceilings should under normal conditions be equal to                        Denmark                              7%
the maximum amount fixed by Regulations (EEC)
No 3045/74 and (EEC) No 3046/74 for corresponding                          Ireland                               1%
products, with a lower limit of 10% and an upper
limit of 100% of the quantities of the types of                            United Kingdom                      22%
products in question exported from Yugoslavia to
the Community in 1968 ;
                                                                   Whereas, since the tariff quotas involved are
                                                                   relatively small it appears possible, without affecting
Whereas the Community should, therefore, for the                   the Community nature of the quotas under
period to 31 December 1975 open Community duty­                    consideration, to provide at this stage for
free tariff quotas in respect of the products listed               a utilization scheme based on a single allocation
in the Annex to this Regulation up to the amounts                  among the Member States, especially since imple­
specified in metric tons for each of them ; whereas                mentation of the principle of setting up a reserve
the benefit of these tariff quotas should apply only               share can, in this particularly sensitive sector, take
to products originating in Yugoslavia, and the                     place only progressively and must remain attuned
concept of originating products should be determined               to the methods of administration laid down in the
in accordance with the procedure laid down in                      general framework of the generalized tariff preference
Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68                   scheme ; whereas such allocation could be made
(2) of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the                according to the percentages set out in the table
concept of origin of goods ;                                       above;
                                                                   Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Whereas a utilization scheme of Community tariff                   Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy
quotas among the Member States would appear to                     of Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
conform to the Community character of those                        Benelux Economic Union for the allocation of the
quotas ; whereas the application of the generally                  tariff quotas concerned, any measure concerning the
accepted principles in respect of the allocation of the            administration    of  the   shares  allocated   to   that
Community tariff quotas which have been opened                     Economic Union may be carried out by one of its
until now entails, under these circumstances and in                members,
view of the variety of the products concerned,
calculations which are all the more problematic in
that the statistical data required sometimes prove to
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
be incomplete or not sufficiently accurate or
representative; whereas the time required for these
calculations cannot be reconciled with the continuity                                      Article 1
necessary for the application of the tariff preferences
                                                                   1 . From 1 January to 31          December 1975, the
                                                                   Common Customs Tariff duties and the tariff duties
(x) OJ No L 118 , 30. 4. 1974, p. 1 .                              of the new Member States on the products listed in
(2) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .                             the Annex shall be totally suspended for Community
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tariff quotas up to the volume in metric tons                  2 . The extent to which the shares of Member States
indicated in column 3 of that Annex in respect of              have been actually filled shall be determined on the
each of those products.                                        basis of imports of the products which have been
                                                               entered for home use, and which are accompanied
Ireland is authorized to apply quota duties equal to           by a certificate of origin in accordance with the rules
the duties which it applies to imports of the same             referred to in Article 1 (2).
products from Member States other than the United
Kingdom .                                                      3 . Goods may qualify for a tariff quota only if the
                                                               certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 2 is
2 . The tariff quotas referred to shall be granted only        submitted before the date on which the levying of
to products originating in Yugoslavia. For the                 duties is re-introduced.
purposes of this Regulation the concept of
originating products shall be determined in accord­
                                                                                       Article 4
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of
Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
                                                               Member States shall       inform    the  Commission     at
                                                               regular intervals of imports actually charged against
                        Article 2                              their shares .
The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1                                   Article 5
( 1 ) shall be allocated among the Member States in
shares equal to the amounts indicated in column 4
of the Annex in respect of each type of product.               Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
                                                               closely to ensure that the preceding provisions are
                                                               observed .
                        Article 3
                                                                                        Article 6
1 . The Member States shall ensure free access \ to
the share which has been allocated to them for
importers of the products concerned who are                    This     Regulation    shall    enter   into  force    on
established on their territory.                                1 January 1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels , 2 December 1974.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                  J. SAUVAGNARGUES
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                                                         ANNEX
             List of products originating in Yugoslavia covered by Community duty-free tariff quotas as
                                         part of the generalized tariff preferences
        CCT
                                                                         Quota               Volume of shares allocated
                                      Description                       volume
 Order heading                                                                                 to Member States
                                                                       (in metric
  No     No
                                                                          tons)                  (in metric tons )
          (D                              (2)                               (3)                        (4)
         55.05       Cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale :
                     B. Other :
                        II . Other :
                             Measuring, per single yarn, per
                             kilo :
   1                         — 14 000 m or less                              75    Germany                                   20-25
                                                                                   Benelux                                    7-50
                                                                                   France                                    14-25
                                                                                   Italy                                     10-50
                                                                                   Denmark                                    5-25
                                                                                   Ireland                                    0-75
                                                                                   United Kingdom                            16-50
   2                         — More than 14 000 m but not               1 346       Germany                                 363-42
                                 more than 40 000 m                                 Benelux                                 134-60
                                                                                    France                                  255-74
                                                                                    Italy                                   188-44
                                                                                    Denmark                                  94-22
                                                                                    Ireland                                  13-46
                                                                                    United Kingdom                          296-12
   3                         — More than 40 000 m but not                  462      Germany                                 124-74
                                 more than 80 000 m                                 Benelux                                  46-20
                                                                                    France                                   87-78
                                                                                    Italy                                    64-68
                                                                                    Denmark                                  32-34
                                                                                    Ireland                                   4-62
                                                                                    United Kingdom                          101-64
   4                         — More than 80 000 m but not                    68     Germany                                  18-36
                                 more than 120 000 m                               Benelux                                    6-80
                                                                                   France                                    12-92
                                                                                   Italy                                      9·52
                                                                                   Denmark                                    4-76
                                                                                   Ireland                                    0-68
                                                                                   United Kingdom                            14-96
         55.09       Other woven fabrics of cotton :
                     A. Containing 85% or more by weight
                        of cotton :
                         I. Of a width of less than 85 cm :
   5                         — Unbleached                                    40    Germany                                   10-80
                                                                                   Benelux                                    4-00
                                                                                   France                                     7-60
                                                                                   Italy                                      5-60
                                                                                   Denmark                                    2-80
                                                                                   Ireland                                    0·40
                                                                                   United Kingdom                             8-80
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             CCT                                                      Quota             Volume of shares allocated
                                     Description                     volume
 Order      heading                                                                       to Member States
                                                                   (in metric
    No        No
                                                                      tons)
                                                                                            (in metric tons )
              (D                         (2 )                           (3 )                      (4 )
     6       55 09     — Other                                         120    Germanx                               32-40
                                                                              Bendjx                                12-00
           (cont'd)                                                           France                                22-80
                                                                              Italy                                 16-80
                                                                              Denmark                                8-40
                                                                              Ireland                                1-20
                                                                              United Kingdom                        26-40
     7                 II . Other :
                            — Unbleached, of a width :
                               — Of 85 cm or more but not           1 270     Germany                              325-89
                                    more than 115 cm                          Benelux                              120-70
                                                                              France                               229-33
                                                                              Italy                                168-98
                                                                              Denmark                               84-49
                                                                              Ireland                               12-07
                                                                              United Kingdom                       265-54
     8                         — More than 115 cm but not                     Germany                              197-64
                                    more than 165 cm                  732     Benelux                               73*20
                                                                              France                               139-08
                                                                              Italy                                102-48
                                                                              Denmark                               52-24
                                                                              Ireland                                7-32
                                                                              United Kingdom                       161-04
     9                         — More than 165 cm                     236     Germany                               63-72
                                                                              Benelux                               23-60
                                                                              France                                44-84
                                                                              Italy                                 33-04
                                                                              Denmark                               16-52
                                                                              Ireland                                2-36
                                                                              United Kingdom                        51-92
    10                         Other :
                              — Printed                                  82   Germany                               22*14
                                                                              Benelux                                8*20
                                                                              France                                15*58
                                                                              Italy                                 11-48
                                                                              Denmark                                5*74
                                                                              Ireland                                0*82
                                                                              United Kingdom                        18-04
    11                         — Other                                   82   Germany                               22*14
                                                                              Benelux                                8*20
                                                                              France                                15-58
                                                                              Italy                                 11-48
                                                                              Denmark                                5-74
                                                                              Ireland                                0-82
                                                                              United Kingdom                        18-04
             56.05  Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous
                    or waste), not put up for retail sale :
    12              B. Of regenerated textile fibres                   173    Germany                               46-71
                                                                              Benelux                               17*30
                                                                              France                                32-87
                                                                              Italy                                 24-22
                                                                              Denmark                               12-11
                                                                              Ireland                                1-73
                                                                              United Kingdom                        38-06
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          CCT                                                        Quota             Volume of shares allocated
                                   Description                      volume
 Order   heading                                                  (in metric
                                                                                         to Member States
  No       No                                                                              (in metric tons)
                                                                     tons)
            1                          2                               3                          4)
           56.07 "Woven     fabrics   of    man-made   fibres
                  (discontinuous or waste) :
                 B. Of regenerated textile fibres :
  13                  — Printed                                       157    Germany                                   42-39
                                                                             Benelux                                   15-70
                                                                             France                                    29-83
                                                                             Italy                                     21-98
                                                                             Denmark                                   10-99
                                                                             Ireland                                     1-57
                                                                             United Kingdom                            34-54
  14                     Other                                        157    Germany                                   42-39
                                                                             Benelux                                   15-70
                                                                             France                                    29-83
                                                                             Italy                                     21-98
                                                                             Denmark                                   10-99
                                                                             Ireland                                     1-57
                                                                             United Kingdom                            34-54
       ex 60.03  Stockings, under stockings, socks, ankle­
                 socks , sockettes and the like, knitted or
                 crocheted, not elastic or rubberized :
  15             — Of cotton                                           23    Germany                                    6-21
                                                                             Benelux                                     2-30
                                                                             France                                     4-37
                                                                             Italy                                      3-22
                                                                             Denmark                                     1-61
                                                                             Ireland                                     0-23
                                                                             United Kingdom                             5-06
           60.04 Under garments , knitted or crocheted ,
                 not elastic or rubberized :
  16             A. Of cotton                                         113    Germany                                   30-51
                                                                             Benelux                                   11-30
                                                                             France                                    21-47
                                                                             Italy                                     15-82
                                                                             Denmark                                    7-91
                                                                             Ireland                                     113
                                                                             United Kingdom                            24-86
           61.01 Men's and boys' outer garments :
  17             — Of cotton fabric                                    47    Germany                                   12-69
                                                                             Benelux                                    4-70
                                                                             France                                      8-93
                                                                             Italy                                       6-58
                                                                             Denmark                                     3-29
                                                                             Ireland                                     0-47
                                                                             United Kingdom                            10-34
  18                  Other                                           298    Germany                                   80-46
                                                                             Benelux                                   29-80
                                                                             France                                    56-62
                                                                             Italy                                     41-72
                                                                             Denmark                                   20-86
                                                                             Ireland                                     2-98
                                                                             United Kingdom                            65-56
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             CCT                                                      Quota            Volume of shares allocated
                                     Description                     volume
 Order      heading                                                                       to Member States
   No         No                                                   (in metric               (in metric tons)
                                                                       tons)
               d)                         (2)                           (3)                       (4)
              61.02 Women's,     girls'    and   infants' outer
                    garments :
   19               — Of cotton fabric                                   63   Germany                               17-01
                                                                              Benelux                                6-30
                                                                              France                                11-97
                                                                              Italy                                  8-82
                                                                              Denmark                                4 41
                                                                              Ireland                                0-63
                                                                              United Kingdom                        13-86
   20               — Other                                            120    Germany                               32-40
                                                                              Benelux                               12-00
                                                                              France                                22-80
                                                                              Italy                                 16 80
                                                                              Denmark                                8-40
                                                                              Ireland                                1-20
                                                                              United Kingdom                        26-40
          ex 61.03  Men's and boys' under garments ,
                    including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs :
   21               — Other than of cotton fabric                        63   Germany                               17-01
                                                                              Benelux                                6 30
                                                                              France                                11-97
                                                                              Italy                                  8-82
                                                                              Denmark                                4-41
                                                                              Ireland                                0-63
                                                                              United Kingdom                        13-86
              62.02 Bed linen , table linen , toilet linen and
                    kitchen linen ; curtains and other
                    furnishing articles :
   22               — Of cotton fabric                                   52   Germany                               14-04
                                                                              Benelux                                5-20
                                                                              France                                 9-88
                                                                              Italy                                  7 28
                                                                              Denmark                                3-64
                                                                              Ireland                                0-52
                                                                              United Kingdom                        11-44
   23               — Other                                                6  Germany                                1*62
                                                                              Benelux                                0-60
                                                                              France                                 1-14
                                                                              Italy                                  0-84
                                                                              Denmark                                0-42
                                                                              Ireland                                0-06
                                                                              United Kingdom                         1-32