CELEX: 31974R3051
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3051/74 of the Council of 2 December 1974 on the opening of tariff preferences in the form of a partial suspension of customs duties for jute manufactures originating in India, Thailand and Bangladesh and for coir manufactures originating in India and Sri Lanka

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                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 3051/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 2 December 1974
              on the opening of tariff preferences in the form of a partial suspension of customs
              duties for jute manufactures originating in India, Thailand and Bangladesh and for coir
                                        manufactures originating in India and Sri Lanka
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           on the development of trade relations with Sri Lanka,
                                                                   India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore' annexed
                                                                   to the Act of Accession (3) and laying down special
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       regulations governing trade in these products with
European Economic Community ;
                                                                   the Community ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                   Whereas, as regards Bangladesh, approval procedures
                                                                   are being completed concerning an agreement on an
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the                         indentical basis to that of the Agreement on jute
European Economic Community offered to grant                       between the Community and India ;
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished
products coming from developing countries ; whereas
the preferential treatment proposed in that offer                  Whereas, it is provided, in particular, that the Com­
covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­                 munity shall, autonomously and within the scope
finished industrial products covered by Chapters 25                of its offer on the granting of generalized tariff
to 99 of the Brussels Nomenclature which originate                 preferences for jute and coir manufactures originat­
in developing countries ;                                          ing in India and Bangladesh, partially and by stages
                                                                   suspend the Common Customs Tariff duties relating
                                                                   to these products, and from 1 January 1974 so far
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes                   as India is concerned ;
a clause stating that the Community drew up the
offer on the assumption that all the main
industrialized countries which are members of the                  Whereas, moreover, ad hoc measures are about to
OECD would participate in granting preferences and                 be finally agreed between the Community and Sri
would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,            Lanka in respect of coir manufactures, and between
moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked                the Community and Thailand in respect of jute
out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of                      manufactures ;
a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
wholly or in     part at a later date ; whereas this               Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the
possibility may   be adopted inter alia with a view to             Act of Accession, the generalized tariff preference
remedying any    unfavourable situations which might               scheme became fully applicable in the new Member
arise in the     associated countries following the                States on 1 January 1974 ; whereas, however, Article
implementation of the generalized preference scheme ;              2 (2) of the abovementioned Agreements concerning
                                                                   these products lays down that in Denmark, Ireland
                                                                   and the United Kingdom the tariff adjustments
Whereas, however, as regards jute and coir products,               resulting from the opening of the preferences in
the said offer includes the elimination of customs                 question may be introduced in stages ; whereas it
duties only where special arrangements have been                   also appears appropriate to apply similar provisions
made with the developing exporting countries ;                     in respect of Thailand and Sri Lanka ;
Whereas Agreements between the Community and                       Whereas, therefore, in respect of the products
India on jute ( 1 ) and coir (2 ) manufactures have                covered by Article 1 of this Regulation, the Com­
entered into force ; whereas the said Agreements                   munity should until 31 December 1975 allow imports
refer, in particular, to the 'joint declaration of intent
0 ) OJ No L 82 , 27 . 3 . 1974, p. 11 .
(2) OJ No L 82 , 27. 3 . 1974 , p. 17.                             ( 3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14.
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to be partially free from customs duties in respect                    of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 ( J ) of
of jute manufactures as regards India, Thailand and                    27 June 1968 on the common definition of the
Bangladesh and in respect of coir manufactures as                      concept of the origin of goods,
regards India and Sri Lanka ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                Article 1
                                                                       1 . From 1 January 1975 , the Common Customs
Whereas the benefit of these suspensions should be                     Tariff duties on the products listed hereinafter shall
restricted to the said products originating in India,                  be suspended at the following preferential rates :
Bangladesh, Thailand and Sri Lanka, the concept of
'originating products' being determined in accord­
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14                        I1) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
                   CCT                                                                                     Preferential
                 heading                                     Description                                  rates of duty
                   No                                                                                           %
                  57.06       Yarn of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03                  3-2
                  57.10       Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading
                              No 57.03 :
                              A. Of a width of not more than 150 cm and weighing per m2 :
                                     I. Less than 310 g                                                         8
                                  II . Not less than 310 g but not more than 500 g                              7-6
                                 III. More than 500 g                                                           6
                              B. Of a width of more than 150 cm                                                11
                  58.02       Other carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting, and 'Kelem',
                              'Schumacks' and 'Karamanie' rugs and the like (made up or
                              not) :
                              A. Carpets , carpeting, rugs , mats and matting :
                                 ex I. Coir mats and matting and tufted carpets of other
                                          textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 and of coir                   9-2
                  62.03       Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods :
                              A. Of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 :
                                   II .  Other :
                                         a) Of fabric weighing less than 310 g/m2                               8
                                         b) Of fabric weighing not less than 310 g/m2 but not
                                             more than 500 g/m2                                                 7-6
                                        c) Of fabric weighing more than 500 g/m2                                6
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2. On importation of the said goods into Denmark                 originating products shall be determined in accord­
and the United Kingdom, the duties to be applied                 ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of
shall be those of their customs tariff suspended at              Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
the level of those applied in 1973 . For textile
products falling within heading Nos 57.06 and 57.10,
and subheading 62.03 A II, referred to in paragraph                                      Article 2
1 , Ireland shall align its national customs tariff
duties on the abovementioned preferential rates on               1 . The Commission, in close collaboration with
the dates and according to the timetable fixed in                Member States, shall take all necessary measures to
Article 39 ( 1 ) and (2) of the Act of Accession.                ensure that the foregoing provisions are applied.
3 . The benefit of the suspensions referred to in                2. The Member States shall regularly inform the
Article 1 shall be restricted to products originating            Commission of imports benefiting under the preced­
in India until 31 December 1975 . Products originat­             ing provisions.
ing in Bangladesh and Thailand, except coir mats
and matting and tufted carpets of coir, shall also
benefit from these suspensions . Coir mats and                                           Article 3
matting and tufted carpets of coir originating in Sri
Lanka shall also benefit from these suspensions . For            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
the purposes of this Regulation, the concept of                  1975 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 2 December 1974.
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                   J. SAUVAGNARGUES