CELEX: 31976D0563
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 June 1976 prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region

30 . 6 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 171 /43
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 17 June 1976
               prolonging the duty-free importation of goods for free distribution to the earth­
                                              quake victims in the Friuli region
                                                 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                           (76/ 563/ EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       competent Italian authorities for the purpose of being
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         distributed by them free to the earthquake victims in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the Friuli region, or made available free of charge
 Economic Community,                                                  whilst remaining the property of the organizations in
                                                                      question .
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1410/74 of 4 June 1974 on the tariff treatment appli­                2. The provision for admission free of import
 cable to goods imported for free circulation in the                  duties, under Article 1 (2) of the said Decision , for
 event of disasters occuring in the territory of one or               goods imported for free circulation by the relief units
 more Member States ('), and in particular Article 2                  to cover their own requirements during the period of
 thereof,                                                             their operations shall also be extended until 15 July
                                                                      1976 .
 Having regard to the request made by the Govern­
 ment of the Italian Republic dated 12 May 1976,                                             Article 2
 Whereas, by the Decision of 14 May 1 976 (2) in                      1.     The Government of the Italian Republic shall
 response to this request, the Commission authorized                  communicate     to the   Commission    all  information
 the duty-free importation of goods for free distribu­                regarding the nature and quantities of the various
 tion to the earthquake victims in the Friuli region ;                goods admitted free of duty under Article 1 .
 Whereas the Commission 's consultation with the                      2. The communication required under paragraph 1 ,
 Italian Government under Article 5 of the said Deci­                 covering the period 5 June to 5 July 1976 shall reach
 sion has revealed that the current situation in the                  the Commission by no later than 12 July 1976.
 region concerned justifies the extension of the provi­
 sions in Article 1 thereof for all goods imported for                                       Article 3
 free circulation under the conditions laid down in
                                                                      After consultation with the Government of the Italian
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1410 /74 ;
                                                                      Republic, the Commission shall consider within one
Whereas such extension should be limited to the                       month from the date of the notification of this Deci­
 period ending 15 July 1976 in order to allow the                     sion, whether this Decision should be maintained,
 Commission to re-examine the situation on the basis
                                                                      modified or repealed .
 of information communicated by the Government of
 the Italian Republic concerning the scale and nature                                        A rticle 4
 of importations carried out under the exemption ;
                                                                      This Decision shall come into effect from 15 Tune
Whereas      the  other     Member        States   have   been        1976 .
consulted as laid down in Article 2 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1410/74,                                                                            Article 5
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                      This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
                           Article 1                                  Done at Brussels, 17 June 1976.
 1 . The provision for admission free of import
                                                                                                For the Commission
duties, under Article 1 ( 1 ) of the Commission Deci­
sion of 14 May 1976, shall be extended until 15 July                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
 1976 for all goods imported for free circulation by
State organization or by organizations approved by the                                     Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 150 , 7. 6 . 1974, p . 4 .
(^) OJ No L 131 , 20 . 5 . 1976, p . 19 .