CELEX: 51978PC0253
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Date: 1978-06-12
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the procedure for amending the tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(78)253 final.
                                                   Brussels , 12 June 1978
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                                 Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )  ,
       on the procedure for amending the tariff nomenclature used,
                         for agricultural products
              ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(78) 253 final .
 ---pagebreak---                    Explanatory Memorandum
The aim of this proposal is to simplify the procedure in those cases where
basic Regulations establishing a common market organization must be amended
as a consequence of amendments in the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff
or when the nomenclature used in such Regulations must be amended .
The amendments to be made in the basic Regulations concern references to
subheadings or descriptions of products and are of purely technical nature .
The proposal would allow such amendments to be made in accordance with the
Management Committee procedure .
As regards products covered by Regulation ( EEC ) Nr . 827 / 68 for which no
Management Committee exists , the Management Committee for oils and fats is
designated as competent for the purposes of the proposed measures .      It is not
considered appropriate to designate different Committees dealing with
assimilated products , because the task of the proposed Committee will be of
a purely technical nature .
Since the proposal is based on Article A3 of the Treaty , the European
Parliament must be consulted .
There are no financial repercussions on the Community budget .
 ---pagebreak---                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( SEC )
        on the procedure for amending the tariff nomenclature used
                           for agricultural products
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Artiole 43 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) NO 827/68 of 28 June 1968 on the
common organization of the market in certain products listed in Annex II to
the Treaty 1 , as last
                  -         . - -
                        amended by _Regulation
                                          . .  /  –\
                                               (EEC      –– y#*
                                                    ) No 2560/77–2
                                                                   1 and in parti­
cular Article 6 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas the tariff nomenclature for agricultural products is based on the
nomenclature of the Customs Cooperation Council ; whereas nomenclatures are
instruments which need to be adjusted regularly , in the light of experience
 in order to ensure their uniform application ; whereas it is also necessary
to ensure that the tariff nomenclature is at all times a suitable means of
 implementing the common agricultural policy ; whereas , therefore , the said
nomenclature requires frequent amendment , and whereas , although such amend­
ments do not affect customs duties , in certain cases they have to be introd­
uced by Regulations based on Article 43 of the Treaty ;
Whereas in many Council Regulations the tariff nomenclature is used as a means
 of distinguishing between different categories of goods and of describing
 produots ;
 Whereas amendments to the nomenclature may necessitate amendments to the text
 of these Regulations ;
• OJ No L 151 , 30.6.1968 , p. 16 .
 20J No L 303, 28.11.1977 , P. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas *the existing procedures do not always allow the Regulations involved
to "be amended, sufficiently rapidly ; whereas it should therefore "be possible
for such amendments to "be made in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 38 of Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22 September 1966 on
the establishment of a common organization of the market in oils and fats t
as last amended "by Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 , or the corresponding
provisions of the other Regulations on common organizations of the markets for
agricultural products ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION s
                                                                                 ♦
                                Sole Article
1.   Without prejudice to existing provisions , the Commission may , in accordance
     with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
     and the corresponding articles of the other Regulations on common organi­
     zations of the markets , amend the nomenclature of the Common Customs
     Tariff applicable to agricultural products covered by a common organization
     of the market , and also the text of other Council Regulations when such
     amendments are the consequence of amendments to the said nonienol ature .
2 . For the purposes of this Regulation , the Committee established by Article
     37 of Regulation No 136/66 /EEC is hereby designated as competent in respect
     of products covered by Regulation (EEC ) No 827/68.
 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States *
Done at Brussels ,
 30J No L 172, 30.9.1966 , p. 3025/66.