CELEX: 31971R2780
Language: en
Date: 1971-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2780/71 of the Council of 20 December 1971 temporarily suspending the autonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff on certain products

1048                               Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 287/22                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               30.12.71
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2780/71 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                of 20 December 1971
                   temporarily suspending the autonomous duties in the Common Customs Tariff
                                                 on certain products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      situation in the relevant sectors, suspension measures
                                                              should be taken only for temporary periods the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  length of which is to be determined by reference to
European Economic Community, and in particular                the interests of Community production ;
Article 28 thereof;
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by
the Commission;                                                                       Article 1
Whereas production in the Community of the                    The Autonomous duties in the Common Customs
products specified in this Regulation is currently
                                                              Tariff for the products listed in the 'tables annexed to
inadequate or non-existent and whereas producers
thus cannot meet the needs of user industries in the          this Regulation shall be suspended at the level
Community ;                                                   indicated in respect of each of them.
Whereas it is in the interest of the Community in             These suspensions shall be valid:
certain cases partially to suspend the autonomous             — from 1 January to 30 June 1972 for the products
duties in the Common Customs Tariff because these                 listed in Table I;
goods are producted in the Community, and in other
cases to effect total suspension ;                            — from 1 January to 31 December 1972 for the
                                                                  products listed in Table II;
Whereas . the Association Council established under           — from 1 January 1972 to 30 June 1973 for the
the Association between the European Economic                     products listed in Table III.
Community and Greece has given its consent in
respect of spirits of turpentine "falling within
sub-heading No 38.07 A ;                                                              Article 2
Whereas cin view of the difficulty of assessing               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
accurately    short-term   trends  in   the economic           1972 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 December 1971 .
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                       M. PEDINI "
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                                                     ANNEX
                                                     TABLE I
          CCT                                                                                Rate of duty
       heading No                                     Description of goods                 ( autonomous)
 ex 38.19 T                    Aqueous suspension of microcapsules containing a dye
                               in its leuco form, of a kind used in the manufacture            Total
                               of copying papers                                           suspension
                                                    TABLE II
          CCT                                                                                Rate of duty
       heading No                                     Description of goods                 (autonomous)
 ex 29.44 C                    Nystatin                                                         Total
                                                                                            suspension
 ex 32.01 D                    Tanning extracts of eucalyptus                                     4%
 ex 38.07 A                     Spirits of turpentine                                             3%
 ex 38.19 D                    Thiophenated sulphonic acids of oils obtained from
                               bituminous minerals, and their salts                             7-5%
 ex 38.19 T                    Amines, not chemically defined, for use in the con­
                                struction of aeroplanes or for use in the maintenance           Total
                               or repair, of aeroplanes3                                    suspension
 ex 39.01 C VII                 Epoxide resins in liquid, paste or powder form, for
                                use in the construction of aeroplanes or for use in the         Total
                               maintenance or repair of aeroplanes3                         suspension
 ex 40.11 B                     New tyre cases for use in the maintenance of aero­              Total
                               planes,3 : Tyre cases of the type 24 X 7-7; 14 PR            suspension
 ex 44.15                       Wood panels, covered on each side with a sheet of               Total
                                aluminium, for use in aeroplanes3                           suspension
 ex 54.03 B I (a)               Unbleached flax yarn (other than yarn of tow) measur­
                                ing per kg 30 000 m or less, for the manufacture of
                                multiple or cabled yarns for the footwear industry or
                                for binding cables                                               2%
 ex 62.05 C                     Emergency chutes and passenger life jackets for the             Total
                                equipment of aeroplanes3                                     suspension
 ex 73.24                       Containers for pressuring aeroplanes3                           Total
                                                                                             suspension
 ex 84.22 D                     Lifting, loading and unloading apparatus, for per­              Total
                                manent fitting to aeroplanes3                                suspension
  ex 88.023 II (c)              Aeroplanes fitted with means of mechanical propulsion,          Total
                                of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg                     suspension
  ex 89.01 B II ( a)            Lifeboats for the equipment of aeroplanes3 .                    Total
            and (b )                                                                         suspension
  ex 89.05                      Floating rescue apparatus for the equipment of aero­            Total
                                planes3                                                      suspension
a This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities ,
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                                                           TABLE III
                  CCT                                                                             Rate of duty
               heading No                                   Description of goods                 (autonomous)
        ex 03.01 B I (e)              Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias), fresh, chilled or           Total
                                      frozen                                                     suspension
        ex 03.01 B I (q)             Pilchards (Sardinops sagax ocellata), fresh, chilled or
                                     frozen , for the canning industry3                               8%
        ex 03.02 A I ( c)             Anchovies (Engraulis spp.), salted or in brine, in bar­
                                      rels or other containers of a net capacity of 10 kg or ^      Total
                                      more                                                       suspension
        ex 03.02 A I (f) .            Coalfish (Gadus virens), salted or in brine, in immediate
                                     packings of a net capacity of 47 kg or more and con­
                                      taining not more than 50 halves of fish                         7%
        ex 07.01 Q II                 Cantarelles                                                     4%
        ex 08.02 A II ( a)           Bitter oranges                                                   8%
                   and (b )
             08.08 C .               Bilberries                                                       4%
        ex 08.09                      Rose hips, fresh                                              Total
                                                                                                suspension
        ex 09.04 B I                 Paprika, ground, for animal feeding3                           Total
                                                                                                suspension
             09.10 C I               Saffron , neither crushed nor ground                            10%
        ex 16.05 A                   Crabs of the .' King' 'Hanasaki' . 'Kegani' and 'Queen'
                                     varieties, simply boiled in water and shelled, whether
                                     or not frozen, for the canning industry, in packings           Total
                                     of a net capacity of 2 kg or more3                         suspension
       ex 16.05 B                    Prawns of the Pandalus platiceros japonicus variety,
                                     simply boiled in water and shelled, whether or not
                                     frozen, for the industrial manufacture of products
                                     falling within heading No 16.95a                                10%
       ex 28.55 A                    Iron phosphides (ferrophosphorus), containing 15%
                                     or more by weight of phosphorus, solely for the manu­
                                     facture of phosphoric steelmaking pig iron or of               Total
                                    steel3
                                                                                                suspension -
       ex 29.01 C I                  Pinenes                                                          8%
       ex 29.01 D VI                 Vinyltoluene                                                     6%
       ex 29.01 D VI                 1 2, 4 5 Tetramethylbenzene (Durol ) .                         Total
           ■  *                                                                                 suspension
       ex 29.02 B                    Hexachlorocyclopentadiene                                      Totál
                                                                                                suspension
       ex 29.03 B II                1-Nitropropane ; 2-Nitropropane                                   8%
       ex 29.04 C I                  1 , 3-Butylene glycol                                            8%
       ex 29.09                     Butylene oxide                                                    7%
       ex 29.13 AI                  isoAmyl methyl ketone                                             7%
       ex 29.13 B I (b )            Refined natural camphor                                         Total
                                                                                                suspension
       ex 29.13 D I "               Dehydroisoandrosterone
                                    (Androst-5-en-3 beta-Ol-17-one)                                   6%
       ex 29.13 D I                 16-alpha-Methylpregnenolone                                       6%
     a This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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         CCT                                                                     Rate of duty
     heading No                             Description of goods                (autonomous)
ex 29.13 F            1 , 4-Naphthaquinone                                          Total
                                                                                suspension
ex 29.13 G II         2, 3-Dichloro-l
                      4-naphth^quinone                                              10%
ex 29.13 G II         Decachlorotetracyclodecanone                                  10%
ex 29.14 A II (c) 4   16, 17-Epoxypregnenolone acetate                               6%
ex 29.14 A II (c) 4   16-alpha-Methyl-l, 4, 9 ( ll)-pregnatriene
                      17-alpha , 21-diol-3 , 20 dione-21 acetate                     9%
ex 29.14 A II (c) 4   16-alpha-Methyl-allopregnane 11-alpha, 17-alpha, 21
                     triol-3, 20 dione-11 paratoluene sulphonate, 21 acetate         9%
ex 29.14 A II (c) 4   16-pregnenolone acetate
                      (3-beta-acetoxypregn-16-en-20-one)                             6%
ex 29.15 A IV (a)     Sebacic acid                                                   3%
   29.16 A III ( a)   Crude calcium tartrate                                       3-5%
ex 29.16 D           3 , 6-endohexahydrophthalic acid and its sodium salt           10%
ex 29.17             Diethyl sulphate                                              Total
                                                                                suspension
   29.25 B II (a)    Ethylphenylmalonylurea and its salts                           11%
ex 29.29              Podophyllinic acid 2-ethylhydrazide                            6%
ex 29.29             Dehydropregnenolone acetate oxime .                             6%
ex 29.31 B            Thio-bio-di sec-amylphenol                                     6%
ex 29.35 Q           Diosgenin and its esters                                      Total
                                                                                suspension
ex 29.35 Q           1 , 4-Diaza(2, 2, 2)bicyclo octane (triethylenediamine)         8%
ex 29.36             4-Aminobenzenesulphonylguanidine                                7%
ex 29.39 C I         Serum gonadotrophin                                           Total
                                                                                suspension
ex 29.39 D II        6-alpha-Methylprednisolone; 21-disoxy-6-alpha-methyl·;
                     9-alpha-fluoro-prednisolone                                     8%
ex 29.39 D II        9-alpha-Fluoro-16 beta methylprednisolone (Beta­
                     methasone), its 21-disodium phosphate and its 17­
                     alpha-valerate                                                  8%
ex 29.39 D II        9-alpha-Fluoro-16-alpha-hydroxyprednisoIone (Triam­
                     cinolone)                                                       8%
ex 29.39 D II        Pregnenolone                                                    6%
ex 29.40             Bromelain                                                     Total
                                                                                suspension
   29.41 A           Digitalis glycosides                                            6%
ex 29.41 D           Pure scilla glycoside                                           6%
ex 29.41 D           Calcium salt of sennoside A and B                               6%
ex 29.41 D           Podophyllotoxin benzylidene-beta-D-glycoside                    6%
ex 29.42 C VII       Alkaloids of ergot or rye, their salts, ethers, esters and
                     other derivatives, other than lysergic acid                     6%
ex 29.42 C VII       Pilocarpine hydrochloride and nitrate                           6%
ex 29.44 C           Cephaloridine, cephalothin and cephalexin                     Total
                                                                                suspension
ex 29.44 C           Erythromycin and its derivatives                              4-5%
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                  CCT                                                                              Rate of duty
               heading No                                   Description of goods                  (autonomous)
        ex 29.44 C                    Gentamycin                                                      Total
                                                                                                  suspension
        ex 30.01 A I                  Bovine livers for organotherapeutic purposes dried and
                                      powdered                                                         5%
        ex 30.01 B                    Anti-tetanus immunoplasma                                      Total
                                                                                                  suspension
        ex 30.01 B                    Extract of suprarenal glands                                   Total
                                                                                                  suspension
       ex 30.01 B                     Intrinsic factor (purified extracts of pyloric mucous
                                     membrane of pigs, dried)                                          5%
       ex 30.01 B                     Bovine-liver extract                                             5%
       ex 32.04 IV                    Dyeing extracts obtained from logwood, yellow woods            Total
                                      and red woods                                               suspension
          , 38.07 B                   Sulphate turpentine; crude dipentene                             3%
            38.07 C                  Wood turpentine and other terpenic solvents of the
                                     distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods ;
                                      sulphite turpentine; pine oil                                    3%
       ex 38.08 C                    Rosin,     hydrogenated,       polymerised,     dimerised or
                                      oxidised                                                         4%
       ex 38.08 C                    Hydroabietyl alcohol, technical                                 Total
                                                                                                  suspension
       ex 38.19 T                    Mixed aldehydes derived from lignin                             Total
                                                                                                  suspension
       ex 38.19 T                    Mixed tertiary mercaptans                                         9%
       ex 38.19 T                    Crude guanine (paste of fish scales and fish waste,
                                     containing mineral oil, of a kind used in the manu­             Total
                                     facture of pearl essence)                                    suspension
       ex 38.19 T                    Crude diosgenin                                                 Total
                                                                                                  suspension
       ex 38.19 T                    Crude bromelain                                                 Total
                                                                                                  suspension
       ex 39.01 C III                Waste from polyéster sheets coated with a tungsten              Total
                                     compound                                                     suspension
       ex 39.01 C III                Film, in rolls, of substrated ethylene glycol poly­
                                     terephthalate, for cinematography or photography
                                     (including radiography)                                           8%
       ex 39.01 C V                  Polyether-urethane elastomers in one of the forms
                                     mentioned in Note 3 (a) and. (b) to Chapter 39                   11%
       ex 39.01 C VII                Polyoxyethylene of a molecular weight of not less
                                     than 4 000 000                                                    8%
       ex 39.02 C III               Polysulphohaloethylenes in one of the forms mentioned
                                     in Note 3 (a) and (b) to Chapter 39                               4%
       ex 39.02 C VIII               Copolymers of vinyl chloride with vinylidene chloride,
                                     containing at least 80% by weight of vinylidene
                                    chloride, in one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (a)
                                     arid (b) to Chapter 39, for the manufacture of fibres,
                                    monofil or strip3                                                  4%
            39.02 XIV (a)           Copolymers of ethyl acrylate with chloroethyl vinyl
                                     ether, in one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (b) to
                                    Chapter 39                                                     ' 12%
                                                                                           O
     * This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
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           CCT                                                                                Rate of duty
        heading No                                     Description of goods '                (autonomous)
      39.03 B V (a) 1            Ethylcellulose, not plasticised                                  4%
  ex 39.03 B V (a) 2             Non-water-soluble ethylhydroxyethylcellulose                     4%
      41.03 B I                 Sheep and lamb skin leather, except leather falling
                                within heading Nos 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08, other, not            Total
                                further prepared than tanned                                suspension
     41.04 B I                  Goat and kid skin leather, except leather falling within
                                heading Nos 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08, other, not further           Total
                                prepared than tanned                                         suspension
  ex 41.05 B 1                  Other leather of reptiles, not further prepared than            Total
                                tanned                                                      suspension
  ex 44.28 C                    Roofing or wall shingles, of coniferous wood                    Total
                                                                                            suspension
      45.02                     Natural cork in blocks, plates sheets or strips (includ­
                                ing cubes or square slabs, cut to size for corks or stop­
                                pers)                                                             4%
  ex 48.01 E                   Japanese paper (special long-fibre paper) for the manu­
                               facture of artificial sausage casing or for the
                               packaging of continuous regenerated textile fibres in            Total
                                the course of their industrial processing3                  suspension
  ex 51.01 A                   Single yarns of polytetrafluoroethylene                          Total
                                                                                            suspension
     51.01 B I                  Hollow-filament yarn of regenerated textile fibres              Total
                                                                                            suspension
  ex 58.01 B                    Carpets, carpeting and rugs, of silk or waste silk other        20%
                               than noil, of which the pile contains at least 85% by        maximum
                                weight of silk or waste silk other than noil                  charge of
                                                                                           4 u.a. per m2
  ex 59.04                     Coir yarn for the manufacture of mats, matting and               Total
                               similar articles                                             suspension
  ex 59.17 D                   Yarn of synthetic fibre (polytetrafluoroethylene),               Total
                               bleached, impregnated, whether or not oiled                  suspension
  ex 81.04 K I                 Sponge titanium ; titanium waste and scrap                       Total
                                                                                           suspension
  ex 81.04 M                   Waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235                     Total
                                                                                           suspension
 ex 84.63                      Shafts, forged and roughly shaped, weighing over 150             Total
                               metric tons each for generators and turbines                suspension
a This suspension is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .