31973R3546

29 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 361 / 31

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3546 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 December 1973 authorizing the United Kingdom to suspend temporarily and totally the customs duties on dried asparagus, celery and onions imported from other Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES , are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the Acces­ sion of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community , signed on 22 January 1972, and in parti­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : cular Article 59 (4) of the Act annexed thereto ,

Whereas Article 59 (4) of the Act provides that in respect of products covered by a common organiza­ Article 1 tion of the market, the new Member States may be authorized to suspend in whole or in part the customs The Government of the United Kingdom shall be duties on products imported from other Member authorized from 1 January to 31 December 1974 to States ; suspend totally the customs duties on imports from other Member States of dried asparagus, celery and Whereas the Government of the United Kingdom has onions of heading No ex 07.04 of the Common applied for the full suspension of the customs duties Customs Tariff. on dried asparagus, celery and onions of heading No ex 07.04 of the Common Customs Tariff for the period from 1 January to 31 December 1974 ; Article 2 Whereas trade between Member States will benefit from this suspension and whereas the request of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January United Kingdom should therefore be granted ; 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973 . For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLl

(■) OJ No L 73 , 22. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .