CELEX: 31975R3329
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3329/75 of the Council of 18 December 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories

No L 329 /6                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              23 . 12. 75
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3329/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 18 December 1975
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 on the arrangements applicable to agri­
               cultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul­
               tural products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
                                           overseas countries and territories
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     between the Community as originally constituted and
COMMUNITIES,                                                    the new Member States ; whereas appropriate provi­
                                                                sion should be made to enable measures to be taken
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           in cases where there is a danger of deflection of trade,
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
and 1 1 3 thereof ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                                    Article 1
ment (');
                                                                Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 is
Whereas Article 19 of Council Regulation (EEC) No               amended to read as follows :
1599/75 (2) of 24 June 1975 on the arrangements
applicable to agricultural products and certain goods               'The products referred to in Regulations (EEC) No
resulting from the processing of agricultural products              234/68 , (EEC) No 827/68 , (EEC) No 1308 /70,
originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific                   (EEC) No 1696/71 , (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EEC)
States or in the overseas countries and territories, lays           No 1067/74 shall be imported free of customs
down that the products referred to in Regulation                    duties.'
(EEC) No 234/68 are to be imported free of customs
duties, with the exception of products falling within
heading No 06.03 or 06.04 of the Common Customs                                         Article 2
Tariff ;
                                                                Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 is
Whereas the exemption of those products from                    amended to read as follows :
customs duties was deferred until it was possible to
settle the problems relating to the unification of the              'The reductions provided for by this Regulation
import arrangements applied by each Member State                    shall be calculated by reference to :
with regard to third countries in respect of live trees
and other plants ; bulbs, roots and the like ; cut                  — the variable components of levies where the
flowers and ornamental foliage ;                                         levies contain such components,
                                                                    — the levies in other cases,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3328 /75 (3) has esta­
blished common import arrangements ; whereas,                        applicable to imports from third countries into the
consequently, products falling within heading No                     Community as originally constituted.
06.03 or 06.04 and originating in the African, Carib­
bean and Pacific States or the overseas countries and
                                                                     However, during the period of application of acces­
territories should be exempted from customs duties ;                 sion compensatory amounts in trade between the
                                                                     Community as originally constituted and the new
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 lays down, in                    Member States, measures to prevent deflections of
 respect of the products subject to levies or variable               trade shall be take in accordance with the proce­
 components, total or partial exemption from such                    dure referred to in Article 23, if this proves neces­
 charges ; whereas deflections of trade should be                    sary.'
 prevented during the period of application of acces­
 sion compensatory amounts in trade in those products
                                                                                         Article 3
 (') Opinion delivered on 15. 12. 1975 (not yet published in
     the Official Journal).
(2) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6. 1975, p. 67.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 (3) See page 4 of this Official Journal.                        1976 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 18 December 1975.
                                                                     For the Council
                                                                       The President
                                                                         M. TOROS