CELEX: 31975R3007
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3007/75 of the Council of 17 November 1975 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 3007/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 17 November 1975
              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,                           Whereas the Agreements concluded between the
                                                                   Community and India on jute (2) and coir (3 )
                                                                   manufactures expire on 31 December 1975 ; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       negotiations must therefore be started in good time
European Economic Community ;                                      for the implementation of special arrangements
                                                                   proposed in the abovementioned offer made to
                                                                   UNCTAD ; whereas the terms involved are those
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                which the Community intends to negotiate with the
                                                                   country in question and there is now reason to
                                                                   believe that it might be useful to consider extending
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       the preferential tariff scheme in force at least for
Parliament (1 );                                                   the first six months of 1976 ; whereas it also seems
                                                                   advisable to apply the same scheme in respect of
                                                                   Bangladesh whose situation is substantially the same
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the                         as that described above, but exclusively for jute
European Economic Community offered to grant                       products ; whereas in view of the ad hoc measures
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished                   agreed between the Community and Sri Lanka in
products coming from developing countries ; whereas                respect of coir manufactures and between the Com­
the preferential treatment proposed in that offer                  munity and Thailand in respect of jute manufactures,
covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­                 the present preferential tariff scheme may also be
finished industrial products covered by Chapters 25                applied in respect of these two countries ;
to 99 of the Brussels Nomenclature which originate
in developing countries ;                                          Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the
                                                                   Act of Accession (4) the generalized tariff preference
                                                                   scheme became fully applicable in the new Member
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes                   States on 1 January 1974;
a clause stating that the Community drew up the
offer on the assumption that all the main                          Whereas, therefore, in respect of the products
industrialized countries which are members of the                  covered by Article 1 of this Regulation, the Com­
OECD would participate in granting preferences and                  munity should until 30 June 1976 allow imports
would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,            to be partially free from customs duties in respect
moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked                of jute manufactures as regards India, Thailand and
out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of                      Bangladesh and in respect of coir manufactures as
a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding                   regards India and Sri Lanka ;
commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
wholly or in part at a later date ; whereas this                   Whereas the benefit of these suspensions should be
possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to               restricted to the said products originating in India,
remedying any unfavourable situations which might                  Bangladesh, Thailand and Sri Lanka, the concept of
arise in the ACP States following the implementation               'originating products' being determined in accord­
of the generalized preference scheme ;                             ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of
                                                                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (5) of
                                                                   27 June 1968 on the common definition of the
Whereas, however, as regards jute and coir products,
the said offer includes the elimination of customs                  concept of the origin of goods,
duties only where special arrangements have been
made with the developing exporting countries ;                      (2) OJ No  L 82, 27. 3. 1974, p. 11 .
                                                                    (3) OJ No  L 82, 27. 3. 1974, p. 17.
                                                                    (4) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 (!) OJ No C 257, 10. 11 . 1975, p. 30.                             (5) OJ No  L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 1 .
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               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                              Article 1
                1 . From 1 January until 30 June 1976 the Common Customs Tariff duties on the
               products listed hereinafter shall be suspended at the following preferential rates :
                     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
                                     ex II. Carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting, of
                                             jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No
                                              57.03                                                             0
                  ex 59.04        Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, plaited or not, of jute
                                  or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03                          0
                     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
 2. On importation of the said goods into Denmark                         matting and tufted carpets of coir, shall also benefit
 and the United Kingdom, the duties to be applied                        from these suspensions. Coir mats and matting and
 shall be those of their customs tariff suspended at                     tufted carpets of coir originating in Sri Lanka shall
 the level of those applied in 1973 . For textile                         also benefit from the suspensions. For the purposes
 products falling within heading Nos 57.06 and 57.10,                    of this Regulation, the concept of 'originating
 and subheading 62.03 A II, referred to in paragraph                      products' shall be determined in accordance with the
 1 , Ireland shall align its national customs tariff                     procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation
 duties on the abovementioned preferential rates on                       (EEC) No 802/68 .
 the dates and according to the timetable fixed in
 Article 39 ( 1 ) and (2) of the Act of Accession.
                                                                                                 Article 2
 3 . The benefit of the suspensions referred to in
 Article 1 shall be restricted to products originating                    1 . The Commission, in close collaboration with
 in India until 30 June 1976. Products originating in                     Member States, shall take all necessary measures to
 Bangladesh and Thailand, except coir mats and                            ensure that the foregoing provisions are applied.
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2. The Member States shall regulary inform the                                    Article 3
Commission of imports benefiting under the preced­          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
ing provisions.                                             1976.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                  E. COLOMBO