31973R0177

No L 25 /4 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 1 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 177/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 23 January 1973 authorizing the new Member States to take over national subdivisions for certain agricultural products within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, give rise to the maintenance of national subdivisions by the new Member States and that, in the fruit and vegetables sector, the system of correcting Having regard to the Treaty establishing the compensatory amounts in keeping with the incidence European Economic Community ; of customs duty permits the maintenance of national subdivisions within the Common Customs Tariff Having regard to the Treaty concerning the nomenclature ; whereas, moreover, provision should Accession of new Member States to the European be made for such authorization for a limited period Economic Community and to the European Atomic in respect of certain products in the beef and veal Energy Community (1), signed at Brussels on 22 sector ; January 1972, and in particular Article 60 (3 ) of the Act (2) annexed to it; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas in accordance with the terms of the first subparagraph of Article 60 (3 ) of the said Act the Article 1 new Member States shall apply the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature by 1 February 1973 at In respect of agricultural products covered by a the latest, in respect of agricultural products covered common organization of the market in the fisheries by a common organization of the market; whereas, sector and in the fruit and vegetables sector, and, however, pursuant to the second subparagraph of until 31 December 1973 , in respect of products of the Article 60 (3 ) the new Member States may be beef and veal sector for which no compensatory authorized to take over existing national subdivisions amount is laid down, the new Member States shall be within the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature in authorized to take over, within the Common order to carry out progressive moves towards Customs Tariff nomenclature, such national alignment with the Common Customs Tariff or the subdivisions as are indispensable for carrying out the elimination of duties in the Community to the extent progressive moves towards alignment with that Tariff that no difficulties arise in the application of the or the elimination of duties in the Community under Community rules ; the conditions laid down in the said Act.

Whereas, for the products which come under the common organization of the market in fisheries, and Article 2 fruit and vegetables, such authorization is justified and does not create any difficulties, taking into account the fact that, in the fisheries sector, the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February products covered by compensatory amounts do not 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1973 .

For the Council The President

L. TINDEMANS

(x ) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.