CELEX: 31974R2921
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2921/74 of the Council of 18 November 1974 totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial products originating in Malta

No L 315/24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 11 . 74
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 2921/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 18 November 1974
               totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial products originating in Malta
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           Chapters 25 et seq. of the Common Customs Tariff
                                                                     covered by the Agreement establishing an association
                                                                    between the European Economic Community and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  Malta, pursuant to Article 1 of Annex I thereto, with
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article                  the exception of products falling within heading
 113 thereof;                                                       Nos 55.05, 56.04, 60.05 and 61.01 .
                                                                    Ireland, however, shall be authorized to apply to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 such products duties equal to those which it applies
                                                                    to Member States other than the United Kingdom.
Whereas, by virtue of the Agreement ( x ) establishing
an association between the European Economic                        2. The suspension referred to in paragraph 1 shall
 Community and Malta, the Community applies                         apply solely to products originating in Malta. The
the Common Customs Tariff duties, reduced by 70% ,                  rules of origin shall be those in force at the time
to products covered by this Agreement ; whereas it                   as regards the implementation of the above Agree­
seems advisable provisionally to increase this tariff               ment .
advantage by means of the total suspension of the                   The rule whereby the condition requiring sufficient
customs duties applicable to such products ; whereas,               processing is waived in respect of products originating
however, this measure cannot affect the products                    in the Community as originally constituted shall not,
subject to the tariff quotas provided for in the                    however, apply in the case of the abovementioned
abovementioned Agreement ;                                          products when they undergo in Malta only
                                                                   insufficient working or processing as defined in items
Whereas, in order to avoid the danger of disrupting                 1 to 6 of list A, annexed to the Protocol to the
traditional patterns of trade by imports of such                   aforesaid Agreement.
products, provision should be made to enable the
Commission to reintroduce at any time, by means of                                         Article 2
a Regulation, the levying of conventional duties in
respect of Malta,                                                  In order to avoid disrupting traditional trade patterns
                                                                    by imports of products benefiting from the duty
                                                                   suspension provided for in Article 1 , the Commission
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                      may, by means of a Regulation, reintroduce the levy­
                                                                   ing of customs duties at any time up to the end of
                          Article 1                                 the calendar year at the level applicable in pursuance
                                                                   of Article 1 of Annex I to the aforesaid Agreement.
1 . From 1 January to           31     December    1975 , the
Common Customs Tariff duties and the customs                                               Article 3
tariff duties of the new Member States shall be totally            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
suspended in respect of products falling within                    1975 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its "entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 November 1974 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                         Ch . BONNET
H O ] No L 61 , 14 . 3 . 1971 , p. 3 .