CELEX: 51973PC2102
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial products, originating in Malta (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                COM(73)2102 final
                                                Brussels , 18 December 1973
                             PROPOSAL FOR A
                    REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
            totally suspending the customs duties on certain
                industrial products , originating in Malta
             ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
 COM(73 ) 2102 final
 ---pagebreak---                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
At its session of k/5 June 1973 the Council agreed that Malta
should , as from 1 January 197 ^, receive treatment no less
favourable than is enjoyed by countries eligible for the
Generalised System of Preferences .
The Commission considers that the most appropriate autonomous
measure in this context , and that best adapted
to Malta 's particular economic situation , would seem to be the
total suspension of the customs    duties on goods covered by the
EEC/Malta Agreement . Further , on account of the Community 's
very low level , in recent years , of importations of goods
originating in Malta , the Commission has refrained from proposing
quantitatives limits (indicative ceilings or tariff quotas ).
Nevertheless , this measure should not cover products in respect
of which the Agreement provides for the opening of/tariff quotas
( textile products falling within tariff heading Nos 55*05 , 56.04 ,
60.05 and 61.01) ; other measures have been proposed separately
for these .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for a
                            REGULATION fEEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
                totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial
                products , originating in Malta
 THE COUNCIL' OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
 Community , and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
 Having regard to the Proposal from the Commission ;
 Whereas by virtue of the Agreement creating an association between the
 Eu'ropean Economic Community and Malta ( 1 ) the Community applies the
 Common Customs Tariff duties , reduced by 70 per cent , to products covered
 by this Agreement ; whereas it seems expedient to bring a provisional
 improvement to this tariff advantage by means of a total suspension of the
 customs duties chargeable on such products ; whereas however this measure cannot
affect the products subject to the tariff quotas provided for in the above mentioned
 agreement ;
''Whereas in order to avoid the danger of distortion , by importations of such
 products , of traditional flows of trade , it is advisable to allow the Commission
 Regulationary powers to reintroduce , at any time , the charging of
 conventional duties in relation to Malta ,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
 1 . From 1   January 1973 until 31 December 1973 the Common Customs Tariff
      duties and the Customs Tariff duties of the new Member States shall be
      totally suspended in respect of products covered by Article 1 of
      Annex I to the Agreement creating an association between the European
      Economic Community and Malta ( 1 ), but excepting products falling within
      tariff headings Nos         56.0^, 60.05 and 61.01 .
                                                                        m m • /• • •
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 61 of 1^.3-1971 .
 ---pagebreak---   Ireland , however , is authorised to charge duties on such products
  equal to the duties which it charges Member States other th^n
  the United Kingdom .
  The benefit of the suspension provided for in paragraph 1 is confined
  to products originating in Malta . The rules of origin are those in
  force for the above-mentioned Agreement at any time .
                                 Article 2
  In order to avoid the danger of distortion , by importations of products
  eligible for the duty suspension provided for in Article 1 , of traditional
  flows of trade , the Commission may at any time by Regulation reintroduce
  the charging of customs duties until the end of the calendar year , at the
  lovel applicable by virtue of Article 1 of Annex I to the Agreement
  mentioned in Article 1 .
                                 Article 3
  This regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 197 ^»
      S i
         This regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
  applicable in all Member States .
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  Done at Brussels ,                                For the Council
                                                    The President