CELEX: 41973D0407
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-10 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community meeting within the Council of 10 December 1973 opening tariff preferences for covered by that Community and originating in Finland

No L 352/ 32                       Official Journal of the European Communities                             21 . 12 . 73
                                                           II
                                      (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                   COUNCIL
              DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE
              MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
                                       MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL
                                                of 10 December 1973
              opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and orig­
                                                  inating in Finland
                                                     (73/407/ ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF                       3.     The basic duties referred to in this Decision
THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL                          shall be those duties actually applied on 1 January
AND STEEL COMMUNITY,                                            1972 .
Whereas the Member States have concluded among
themselves the Treaty establishing the European Coal                                   Article 2
and Steel Community ;
                                                                The provisions laying down the rules of origin for the
Whereas the Agreement between the European                      implementation of the Agreement between the Euro­
Economic Community and the Republic of Finland                  pean Economic Community and the Republic of
will enter into force on 1 January 1974 ;                       Finland shall apply to the products to which this Deci­
Whereas the Agreement between the Member States                 sion refers .
of the European Coal and Steel Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,                                    Article 3
and the Republic of Finland, of the other part, is
subject to the approval of each Contracting Party in            The Member States shall decide by common accord
accordance with its own procedures ;                            on any contingent protective measures suggested by
Anxious to apply autonomously and concomitantly                 one or more Member States or by the Commission .
the tariff reductions laid down in that Agreement ;
                                                                                       Article 4
In agreement with the Commission ,
                                                               This Decision shall expire on the entry into force of
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                the Agreement between the Member States of the
                        Article 1                               European Coal and Steel Community and the Euro­
1.    With effect from the date of entry into force of          pean Coal and Steel Community of the one part and
the Agreement between the European Economic                     the Republic of Finland of the other part, and at the
                                                                latest on 31 December 1974 .
Community and the Republic of Finland and until 31
December 1974, the duties applicable in the Commu­
nity as originally constituted and in Ireland to imports                               Article 5
of products covered by the European Coal and Steel
Community and originating in Finland, shall be                  Member States shall adopt all the measures necessary
reduced to 60 % of the basic duty, or levied at the rate        for the implementation of this Decision .
of 60 % of the basic duty.
2.    During the same period, the United Kingdom                Done at Brussels, 10 December 1973 .
and Denmark shall refrain from introducing new
customs duties on imports of products covered by the                                          The President
European Coal and Steel Community and originating
in Finland .                                                                                 I. N0RGAARD