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Official Journal of the European Communities 73

28.3.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 75/ 7

REGULATION (EEC) No 610/72 OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 March 1972

on the application of the provisions adopted within the framework of the Association es­ tablished between the European Economic Community and Greece relating to the movement of goods in the manufacture of which are used products which come from third countries and are not in free circulation either in the Community or in Greece

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, effect, subject to the following provisions being com­ plied with. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and in particular Article 113 Article 2 thereof; The exporting Member State shall charge a levy on goods obtained or produced as provided in Article 1 , the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; rate of which shall be equal to a percentage of the duties in the Common Customs Tariff which are applicable to Whereas Article 8 of the Agreement establishing an the products used in their manufacture. Association between the European Economic Commu­ nity and Greece laid down the conditions under which As regards goods in the manufacture of which are used the provisions relating to free circulation may apply to products within the province of the European Coal and goods in the manufacture of which are used products which originate in third countries and are not in free cir­ Steel Community , this percentage shall apply to the customs duty in force in the exporting Member State in culation either in the Community or in Greece, whereas respect of products within the province of the European these conditions entail, in particular, the charging of a Coal and Steel Community which are used in the manu­ levy by the State where the goods are manufactured; facture of these goods . whereas the procedure for the charging of such levy is laid down in the Council of Association Decision No 1/ 62; Article 3

The levy charged on goods obtained or produced under Whereas as regards goods obtained in the Community the conditions specified in Article 1 shall be calculated the rate of the levy is to be determined in accordance by reference to the type and value - or where appropriate with Council of Association Decision Nos 5/65 , 2/67, on some other basis of assessment - of the products 3/68, 1/70 and 1/72; imported from countries outside the Association and used in their manufacture, as determined by Customs Whereas it is necessary to adopt the measures for imple­ when those goods were admitted to the customs proce­ menting the Decisions referred to above, dure under which that manufacture took place. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4 TITLE I The relevant date for determining the rate of the levy shall be the date on which the goods referred to above Article 1 were exported. However, when these goods are placed in For the purposes of the Agreement establishing an Asso­ customs warehouses in the Community before being ciation between the European Economic Community exported to Greece, the relevant date for determining the and Greece, goods obtained or produced in the Commu­ rate of the levy shall be the date when these goods were nity in the manufacture of which are used products im­ placed in customs warehouses . ported from a country outside the Association and which were not, within the meaning of that Agreement , in free circulation either in- the Community or in Greece, shall TITLE II be considered as fulfilling the conditions for implementa­ Articles tion of the Athens Agreement relating to the progressive elimination in Greece of customs duties, quantitative As regards goods subject to the provisions of Article 14 restrictions and all other measures having equivalent of the Athens Agreement, the percentage of the duties to

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be applied when determining the rate of the levy referred Article 7 to in Article 2 shall be as follows : Notwithstanding Article 2, no levy shall be charged if the goods obtained or produced in Member States of the - from 1 February 1966 to 14 September 1967 . 30% Community are listed in Annex I to the Association - from 15 September 1967 to 31 December 1968 40% Agreement, as amended in accordance with Article 15 ( 2), Article 16 and Article 20 ( 3), or are listed in Annex - from 1 January 1969 to 30 June 1970 50% II to the Association Agreement but are not listed in - from 1 July 1970 to 31 March 1972 60% Annex III thereto, even if they are included in the list annexed to Protocol No 13 . - from 1 April 1972 70%

A rticle 6 TITLE III Notwithstanding Article 2, no levy shall be charged if A rticle 8 the relevant date falls between 1 November 1962 and 31 January 1966 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1972.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels , 23 March 1972.

For the Council The President J. P. BUECHLER