CELEX: 31975R1539
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1539/75 of the Council of 16 June 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff

19 . 6. 75                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 157/ 1
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                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1539/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 16 June 1975
                  amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas whilst awaiting the results of these negotia­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        tions, it is in the Community's interest to prolong, for
                                                                    a period of six months, the application of these duties,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28
and 113 thereof ;                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 ( J) of
28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff, as last                  The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 shall be
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 823/75 (2), lays                     amended as follows :
down that the duty applicable to unwrought lead,
other, of subheading 78.01 A II and to unwrought                    1 . At subheading 78.01 A II, the following shall be
zinc of subheading 79.01 A up to 30 June 1975 at the                    substituted for footnote (b) :
latest shall be 4-5 % with a minimum of 1-1 units of                    '(b) Up to 31 December 1975 at the latest the duty
account and a maximum of 1-32 units of account per                           applicable shall be 4-5 % with a minimum of
100 kg net weight ;                                                          1-1 units of account and a maximum of 1-32
Whereas, however, the duties applicable to these two
                                                                             units of account per 100 kg net weight.'
subheadings are bound under the General Agreement                   2. At subheading 79.01 A, the following shall be
on Tariffs and Trade at a level of 1-32 units of account
                                                                        substituted for footnote (a) :
per 100 kg net weight ;
                                                                        '(a) Up to 31 December 1975 at the latest the duty
Whereas negotiations under Article XXVIII ( 1 ) of the                       applicable shall be 4-5 % with a minimum of
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are                                   1-1 units of account and a maximum of 1-32
proceeding with a view to these duties being                                 units of account per 100 kg net weight.'
unbound ; whereas such negotiations will in all proba­
bility not be concluded by 30 June 1975, the date on                                         Article 2
which the currently applicable duties will cease to
have effect ;                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1975.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 1975 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                      R. RYAN
(') OJ No L 172, 22. 7 . 1968 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 79 , 28 . 3 . 1975, p . 3 .