CELEX: 41973D0155
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council of 25 June 1973 opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and originating in Norway

27. 6. 73                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 171 / 113
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COUNCIL
                                                      DECISION
              OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
              STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY MEETING
                                              WITHIN THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 25 June 1973
              opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and originating
                                                      in Norway
                                                    (73/ 155/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                         HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN
COAL AND STEEL          COMMUNITY,                                                     Article 1
Whereas the Member States have concluded among                 1 . With effect from the date of entry into force of
themselves the Treaty establishing the European Coal           the Agreement between the European Economic
and Steel Community;                                           Community and the Kingdom of Norway and until
                                                               31 December 1973 , the duties applicable in the
                                                               Community as originally constituted and in Ireland
Whereas the Agreement between the European                     to imports of products covered by the European Coal
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway                   and Steel Community and originating in Norway,
will enter into force on 1 July 1973 providing that           with the exception of the product listed in Article 2
the Contracting Parties are notified before that date          (3 ), shall be reduced to 80 % of the basic duty, or
of t ie completion of the procedures necessary to that         levied at the rate of 80 % of the basic duty.
end;
                                                               2 . With effect from 1 January and until 31
Whereas the Agreement between the Member States                December 1974, these duties shall be reduced to 60 %
of the European Coal and Steel Community and the               of the basic duty, or levied at 60 % of the basic duty.
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one
part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part,           3.      During the same period, the United Kingdom
is subject to the approval of each Contracting Party           and Denmark shall refrain from introducing new
in accordance with its own procedures ;                        customs duties on imports of products covered by the
                                                               European Coal and Steel Community and originating
                                                               in Norway.
Anxious to apply autonomously and concomitantly
the tariff reductions laid down in that Agreement ;            4.     The basic duties referred to in this Decision
                                                               shall be those duties actually applied on 1 January
In agreement with the Commission ;                             1972 .
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                         Article 2                               European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
                                                                 Norway shall apply to the products to which this
1 . With effect from the date of entry into force of             Decision refers.
the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Kingdom of Norway until 31
December 1973 , the customs duty on imports into the
Community as originally constituted and into                                           Article 4
Ireland, on the product listed in paragraph 3 ,
originating in Norway, shall be reduced to 95 % of               The Member States shall decide by common accord
the basic duties, or levied at the rate of 95 % of the           on any contingent protective measures suggested by
basic duties .                                                   one or more Member States or by the Commission .
2.     With effect from 1 January and until 31
December 1974 this duty shall be reduced to 90 % of
the basic duty, or levied at 90 % of the basic duty.                                   Article 5
3 . The product referred to in paragraph 1 is the                This Decision shall expire on the entry into force of
following:                                                       the Agreement between the Member States of the
                                                                 European Coal and Steel Community and the
     Brussels
  Nomenclature                   Description                     European Coal and Steel Community of the one part
   heading No                                                    and the Kingdom of Norway of the other part, and at
                                                                 the latest on 31 December 1974 .
   ex 73.02      Ferro-alloys :
                 A. Ferro-manganese :
                     I. containing more than 2 % by
                        weight of carbon (high carbon                                  Article 6
                        ferro-manganese)
                                                                 Member States shall adopt all the measures necessary
                                                                 for the implementation of this Decision.
4.     This product may be subject to a ceiling laid
down in Article 2 of Protocol No 1 to the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Kingdom of Norway.
                                                                 Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1973 .
                         Article 3
                                                                                                    The President
The provisions laying down the rules of origin for
the implementation of the Agreement between the                                                  R. VAN ELSLANDE