CELEX: 31975R1958
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1958/75 of the Council of 30 July 1975 extending certain transitional measures for rum, arrack and tafia in relation with certain overseas countries and territories

31 . 7. 75                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 201 /73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 1958/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                            of 30 July 1975
               extending certain transitional measures for rum, arrack and tafia in relation with certain
                                                   overseas countries and territories
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas Regulation ( EEC) No 1957/75 ( 6), which
COMMUNITIES ,                                                          enters into force on 1 August 1975 , lays down
                                                                       interim trade arrangements with the overseas
                                                                       countries and territories associated with the European
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     Economic Community similar to those laid down for
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article                     products originating in the ACP States ; whereas
 136 thereof;                                                          Article 1 of this Regulation provides that certain
                                                                       products originating in the overseas countries and
 Having regard to the Act of Accession ( x ), and in
                                                                       territories shall be imported into the Community free
                                                                       of customs duties and charges having equivalent
 particular Article 119 ( 3 ) thereof ;
                                                                       effect ; whereas, however, the abovementioned
                                                                       Regulation provides for the adoption of a special
Having regard to the Opinion of the Commission ;                       Regulation for products falling within subheading
                                                                       22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff;
 Whereas, with a view to the advance implementation
 of Article 2 ( 1 ) of the ACP-EEC Lomé convention                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 115 (3 ) of the Act of
 and Protocol 7 thereto, which was announced by the                    Accession the Council, by Decision No 75/462/
Community when that convention was signed , the                        EEC (7 ) maintained in force the arrangements
Council , by Regulation ( EEC) No 1600/75 (2 ),                        provided for in Articles 109 ( 1 ), 114 and 119 ( 1 ) of
opened a duty-free Community tariff quota for                          that Act ;
products falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the
Common Customs Tariff ( rum , arrack and tafia )                        Whereas, pursuant to Article 119 of the Act of
originating in the ACP States ; whereas special import                 Accession, the arrangements resulting from Decision
arrangements should therefore be made for these                        No 70/549/EEC shall not apply in relations between
 products when they originate in the overseas                          the new Member States and the overseas countries
 countries and territories ;                                            and territories ;
Whereas Council Decision No 70/549/EEC ( 3 ) of                         Whereas the import arrangements for the products
29 September 1970 on the association of the overseas                   falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common
countries and territories with the European Economic                    Customs Tariff ( rum, arrack and tafia) originating
Community, expired on 31 January 1975 ; whereas,                       in the overseas countries       and territories are   not
 under Decision No 75/89/EEC (4 ), Decision No 70/                     covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1957/75 ; whereas
 549/EEC and its Annexes, and the provisions                           the Council has agreed to adopt texts laying down
 adopted for their implementation continue to apply                     these arrangements by 30 November 1975 ; whereas,
 beyond 31 January 1975 until the entry into force of                  pending this decision, the status quo should be
 the provisions which are to replace this Decision or                   maintained for imports of these products,
 until 31 July 1975 , whichever is the earlier ; whereas ,
 however, Council Decision No 75/463 /EEC ( 5 ) of
 22 July 1975 on the extension of certain transitional                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 measures in relations with certain overseas countries
 and territories, maintains in force Decision No 70/
 549/EEC provided that no new provisions relating to                                            Article 1
 the same fields have entered              into  force   or  until
 31 July 1976, whichever is the earlier ;                               The products falling within subheading 22.09 C I of
                                                                        the Common Customs Tariff (rum, arrack and tafia)
                                                                        originating in the overseas countries and territories
                                                                        listed in Annex I shall be subject :
 O    OJ  No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
 (2)  OJ  No L 166 , 28 . 6 . 1975 , p. 81 .
 (3)  OJ  No L 282 , 28 . 12 . 1970 , p . 83 .
 (4 ) OJ  No L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1975 , p. 9 .                              (6) See page 5 of this Official Journal .
 (5)  See page 77 of this Official Journal .                            (7) See page 76 of this Official journal .
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( a) when imported into the Member States of the               tafia) originating in the overseas countries and
     Community as originally constituted, to the               territories listed in Annex II shall be subject to the
     arrangements resulting from Decision No 70/549/           arrangements provided for in Article 119 (2), second
     EEC and from Article 119 (2 ), third subparagraph,        and third subparagraphs, of the Act of Accession .
     of the Act of Accession ;
(b ) when imported into the new Member States, to
                                                                                       Article 3
     the arrangements provided for in Article 119 (2),
     first and third subparagraphs, of the Act of
     Accession .                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
                                                               1975 .
                        Article 2
                                                               It shall continue to apply until the entry into force
The products falling within subheading 22.09 C I of            of the new provisions relating to the same fields or
the Common Customs Tariff (rum, arrack and                     until 29 February 1976, whichever is the earlier.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 30 July 1975 .
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                       M. RUMOR
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                                                        ANNEX 1
                        List of the overseas countries and territories referred to in Article 1
           1 . Overseas countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands :
                — Surinam ,
                — The Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St Martin, Saba, St Eustatius).
           2 . Overseas territories of the French Republic :
                — Saint Pierre and Miquelon,
                — The Comoro Archipelago ,
                — The Territory of the Afars and Issas ,
                — New Caledonia and dependencies ,
                — Wallis and Futuna Islands ,
                — French Polynesia ,
                — French Southern and Antarctic Territories .
                                                        ANNEX 11
                         List of the overseas countries and territories referred to in Article 2
            1 . Overseas countries and territories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire­
                land :
                — Belize ,
                — Brunei ,
                — Associated States in the Caribbean : Antigua, Dominica , St Lucia , St Vincent, St Christopher,
                    Nevis and Anguilla ,
                — Cayman Islands ,
                — Falkland Islands and Dependencies ,
                — Gilbert and Ellice Islands ,
                — British Solomon Islands ,
                — Turks and Caicos Islands ,
                 — British Virgin Islands,
                 — Montserrat ,
                 — Pitcairn ,
                 — St Helena and Dependencies ,
                 — The Seychelles ,
                 — British Antarctic Territory ,
                 — British Indian Ocean Territory .
             2. Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides .