CELEX: 31974D0097
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 December 1973 fixing the rate of the countervailing charges which may be levied instead of minimum prices by the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic

4 . 3 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 62/ 5
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 21 December 1973
               fixing the rate of the countervailing charges which may be levied instead of
                 minimum prices by the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic
                                        (Only the German and French texts are authentic)
                                                           (74/97/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                              Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                                1 . The rate of the countervailing charges which the
 Having regard to the            Council Decision of 20              Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to levy by
 December 1969 (>) on the        system of minimum prices,           Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Council Decision of 20 December
 as last amended by the          Decision of 17 December             19 69 on the system for minimum prices are fixed in
 1 973 (2), and in particular    Article 2 (4) thereof ;            Annex A. Such rates shall only apply where Germany
                                                                     uses, to the extent of at least 80 % , the authorization
Whereas the Council , by the abovementioned Deci­                   granted by the Commission Decision of 19 December
 sion, authorized the levying of countervailing charges              1973 to continue to postpone the application of
 on imports from other Member States firstly, of seed                Common Customs Tariff duties to the products in
 potatoes into France, and secondly, of vinegar and                  question .
 substitutes therefor with the exception of wine
vinegar, into Germany, until measures for the                        2. The rate of the countervailing charged which the
 common organization of the market in the products                   French Republic is authorized to levy by Article 2 (2)
 in question are implemented, and not later than 31                  of the Council Decision of 20 December 1969 on the
 December 1974 in any event ;                                       system for minimum prices, are fixed in Annex B.
                                                                     Such rates shall only apply where France makes full
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany and the                      use, with regard to the products in question, of the
 French Republic were, at their request, authorized by              authorization granted by the Commission Decision of
the Commission Decisions of 19 and 21 December
                                                                    21 December 1973 to continue to postpone the appli­
 1973 , on the basis of Article 26 of the Treaty, to                cation of Common Customs Tariff duties to those
 continue to postpone the lowering of customs duties                 products.
 to be paid pursuant to Article 23 (3), until measures
 for the common organization of the markets for the                                           Article 2
 products in question are implemented, and not later
 than 31 December 1974 in any event ;                               This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Whereas in view of the foregoing, and given that                    Germany and the French Republic.
development of intra-Community trade in the
products in question has been satisfactory in the                    Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973 .
circumstances, the maximum rates of the charges
concerned should be kept at the levels fixed by the
                                                                                                For the Commission
Commission Decision of 29 December 1972 (3) fixing
the rate of the countervailing charges which may be                                                 The President
levied instead of minimum prices by the Federal
Republic of Germany and the French Republic,                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
( ] ) OJ No L 328 , 30 . 12 . 1969 , p. 11 .
(2) OJ No L 360, 29 . 12 . 1973, p . 65 .
(3) OJ No L 303 , 31 . 12 . 1972, p . 58 .
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                                                             ANNEX A
                CCT                                                                                             Rate of
               heading                                   Description of goods                              countervailing
                 No                                                                                          Duty DM/L
          22.10                  Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar :
                                 B. Other, in containers containing :
                                     I. 2 litres or less                                                         23-04
                                    II . More than 2 litres                                                      14-04
                                                             ANNEX B
                CCT                                                                                         % of value at
               heading                                   Description of goods                                  customs
                 No
          07.01                  Vegetables, fresh or chilled
                                 A. Potatoes
                                    I. Seed potatoes ( a ) :
                                         under the quota                                                           1-25
                                         other                                                                     5-95
          (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .