31973R3550

29 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 361 / 37

REGULATION (EEC) No 3550/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 December 1973 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 844/73 on air transport costs to be included in the value for customs purposes

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas consequently Commission Regulation (EEC) COMMUNITIES , No 844/73 (3) of 22 December 1972 amending Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1769/68 of 6 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European November 1968 on air transport costs to be included Economic Community ; in the value for customs purposes can be applied only Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No from 1 July 1977, 803/68 (^ of 27 June 1968 on the valuation of goods for customs purposes, and in particular Articles 6, 8 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and 17 thereof ; Article 1 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3456/73 of 17 December 1973 amending Council Regulation (EEC) Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 844/73 No 1496/68 (2) of 27 September 1968 on the defini­ is hereby amended by the substitution of '1 July 1977' tion of the customs territory of the Community for '1 January 1974'. provides that, until 30 June 1977, the customs terri­ tory to be taken into consideration for the purposes of Article 2 establishing the value for customs purposes of goods imported from third countries shall continue to be This Regulation shall enter into force on the day that defined by provisions in force in the Community following its publication in the Official Journal of and in the new Member States on 31 December 1972 ; the European Communities.

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 ORTOLI

(») OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 6 . (2) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 93, 9 . 4. 1973, p. 1 .