31973R3555

29 . 12 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 361 /47­

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3555 / 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 December 1973 authorizing the United Kingdom to suspend in part the customs duty applicable to hothouse grapes imported from other Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN United Kingdom request should therefore be COMMUNITIES , accepted ; Having regard to the Treaty (') on the Accession of Whereas the Management Committee for Fruit and new Member States to the European Economic Vegetables has not delivered an opinion within the Community and the European Atomic Energy time limit set by its Chairman, Community, signed on 22 January 1972, and in parti­ cular Article 59 (4) of the Act annexed thereto ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 59 (4) of the Act provides that, with regard to products subject to the common organiza­ Article 1 tion of markets , the new Member States may be autho­ The Government of the United Kingdom is hereby rized to suspend, wholly or in part, the customs duties authorized to suspend from 1 July to 31 January, at applicable to products imported from other Member the level applicable to table grapes grown in the open, States ; the customs duty on hothouse table grapes falling Whereas the British Government has requested author­ within subheading No 08.04 A I of the Common ization for such a partial suspension for the period 1 Customs Tariff imported from other Member States. July to 31 January in respect of hothouse table grapes falling within tariff subheading No 08.04 A I ; Article 2 Whereas such a suspension will have a favourable This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January effect on trade between Member States ; whereas the 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 ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .