CELEX: 31973R3509
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3509/73 of the Council of 18 December 1973 on the opening of tariff preferences in the form of a partial suspension of customs duties for products made from jute and coir originating in India and products made from jute originating in Bangladesh

No L 358/ 130                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            28 . 12. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3509/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 18 December 1973
              on the opening of tariff preferences in the form of a partial suspension of customs duties
             for products made from jute and coir originating in India and products made from jute
                                                  originating in Bangladesh
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         Whereas, as regards Bangladesh, negotiations are
                                                                  taking place to conclude an agreement on an iden­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                tical basis to that of the Agreement between the Com­
pean Economic Community;                                          munity and India ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               Whereas, it is provided, in particular, that the Com­
                                                                  mission should, autonomously and within the scope
                                                                  of its offer on the granting of generalized tariff pre­
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the Euro­                  ferences for products made from jute and coir origin­
pean Economic Community offered to grant tariff                   ating in India and Bangladesh, partially and by
preferences on finished and semi-finished products                stages suspend out Common Customs Tariff duties
coming from developing countries ; whereas the pre­               relating to these products from 1 January 1974 ;
ferential treatment proposed in that offer covers,
generally speaking, all finished and semi-finished
industrial products covered by Chapters 25 to 99 of               Whereas, in accordance with Protocol No 23 to the
the Brussels Nomenclature which originate in devel­               Act of Accession, the generalized tariff preference
oping countries ;                                                  scheme will be fully applicable in the new Member
                                                                  states from 1 January 1974; whereas, however,
                                                                  Article 2 (2) of the abovdmentioned Agreements con­
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes                  cerning these products lays down that in Denmark,
a clause stating that the Community drew up the                   Ireland and the United Kingdom the tariff adjust­
offer on the assumption that all the main industrial­             ments resulting from the opening of the preferences
ized countries which are members of the OECD would                in question may be introduced gradually ;
participate in granting preferences and would make
similar efforts in this direction ; whereas, moreover,            Whereas, therefore, in respect of the products cov­
it is evident from the conclusions worked out in
                                                                  ered by Article 1 of this Regulation, the Community
UNCTAD that this offer, while being of a temporary                 should until 31 December 1974 allow imports to be
nature, does not constitute a binding commitment                  partially free from customs duties in respect of pro­
and, in particular, may be withdrawn wholly or in                 ducts made from jute and coir as regards India and,
part at a later date ; whereas this possibility may               in respect of products made from jute as regards
be adopted inter alia with a view to remedying any                Bangladesh until 30 June 1974 ;
unfavourable situations which might arise in the
associated countries following the implementation of
the generalized preference scheme ;                               Whereas the benefit of these suspensions should be
                                                                   granted to the said products originating in India and
                                                                   Bangladesh; whereas, to this end, the provisions con­
Whereas, however, as regards jute and coir products,               cerning the definition of the concept of originating
the said offer includes the elimination of customs                 products should be applied to tariff preferences
duties only where special arrangements have been                   granted by the Community to the products from
made with the developing exporting countries ;                     developing countries for the period from 1 January
                                                                   until 31 December 1974,
Whereas an Agreement has just been concluded
between the Community and India concerning pro­
 ducts made from jute and coir; whereas the said
Agreement refers, in particular, to the 'J°int Declar­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ation of Intent on the development of trade relations
with Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and
 Singapore' contained in the Act of Accession ( 1 ) and                                    Article 1
 laying down special regulations governing trade in
 these products with the Community;                                1 . From 1 January 1974, the Common Customs
                                                                   Tariff duties on the products listed hereafter shall
                                                                   be suspended preferentially at the rates shown in
 (x) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                             respect thereof:
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                   CCT
                                                                                                           Rate
                 heading                                  Description
                    No                                                                                   of duty
                ex 57.06     Jute yarn                                                                      4-8
                ex 57.10      Woven fabrics of jute :
                             A. Of a width of not more than 150 cm and weighing per m2 :
                                    I. Less than 310 g                                                     12
                                  II. Not less than 310 g but not more than 500 g                         11-4
                                 III. More than 500 g                                                       9
                             B. Of a width more than 150 cm                                               13-2
                    58.02     Other carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting, and 'Kellem',
                              'Schumacks' and 'Karamanie' rugs and the like (made up or
                              not):
                             A. Carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting :
                                 ex I. Coir mats and matting                                               13-8
                    62.03     Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods :
                              ex A. Of jute :
                                       II. Other :
                                           a) Of fabric weighing less than 310 g/m2                        12
                                           b) Of fabric weighing not less than 310 g/m2 but                11-4
                                              not more  than 500 g/m2
                                           c) Of fabric weighing more than 500 g/m2                       . 9
2. On imports of the said goods into Denmark and                    down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3614/73
the United Kingdom, the duties to be applied shall                  (*) applicable to products benefiting from tariff pre­
be those of their customs tariff suspended at the                   ferences granted by the Community to developing
level of those applied in 1973 . For jute textile pro­              countries for the period from 1 January until 31
ducts falling within heading Nos ex 57.06, ex 57.10                 December 1974.
and 62.03 ex A II referred to in paragraph 1 , Ireland                                        Article 2
shall align its national customs tariff duties on the
abovementioned preferential rates on the dates and                  1 . The Commission, in close collaboration with
in the order fixed in Article 39 ( 1 ) and (2) of the Act           Member States, shall take all necessary measures to
of Accession.                                                       ensure that the foregoing provisions are applied.
3 . The benefit of the suspensions referred to in Ar­               2. The Member States shall regularly inform the
ticle 1 shall be reserved for products originating in               Commission of imports benefiting under the pre­
India until 31 December 1974. The products orig­                    ceding provisions.
inating in Bangladesh, except coir mats and matting,                                          Article 3
shall also benefit from these suspensions, until 30
June 1974. For the purposes of this Regulation the                  This Regulation         shall enter into     force  on    1
 concept of originating products shall be that laid                 January 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 December 1973 .
                                                                                           For the Council
                                                                                             The President
                                                                                          J. CHRISTENSffN
                                                                    (1) See p. 132 of this Official Journal.