31974R0555

9 . 3 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 67/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION ( EEC) No 555 /74 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 March 1974 totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial products originating in Malta

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 1 of Annex I thereto, with the exception of products COMMUNITIES, falling within heading Nos 55.05, 56.04, 60.05 and 61.01 . Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 Ireland, however, shall be authorized to apply to such thereof ; products duties equal to those which it applies to Member States other than the United Kingdom. Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 2. The suspension referred to in paragraph 1 shall Whereas, by virtue of the Agreement (J) establishing an Association between the European Economic apply solely to products originating in Malta. The rules of origin shall be those in force at the time as Community and Malta, the Community applies the regards the implementation of the above Agreement. Common Customs Tariff duties, reduced by 70 % , to products covered by this Agreement ; whereas it seems The rule whereby the condition requiring sufficient advisable provisionally to increase this tariff advantage processing is waived in respect of products originating by means of the total suspension of the customs in the Community as originally constituted shall not, duties applicable to such products ; whereas, however, however, apply in the case of the abovementioned this measure cannot affect the products subject to the products when they undergo in Malta only insufficient tariff quotas provided for in the abovementioned working or processing as defined in items 1 to 6 of Agreement ; list A, annexed to the Protocol to the aforesaid Agree­ ment . Whereas, in order to avoid the danger of disrupting traditional patterns of trade by imports of such Article 2 products, provision should be made to enable the In order to avoid disrupting traditional trade patterns Commission to reintroduce at any time, by means of a by imports of products benefiting from the duty Regulation, the levying of conventional duties in suspension provided for in Article 1 , the Commission respect of Malta, may, by means of a Regulation, reintroduce the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : levying of customs duties at any time up to the end of the calendar year, at the level applicable in pursuance Article 1 of Article 1 of Annex I to the aforesaid Agreement. 1 . Until 31 December 1974, the Common Customs Article 3 Tariff duties and the customs tariff duties of the new The suspension of customs duties laid down in this Member States shall be totally suspended in respect of Regulation shall be introduced for 1974 . products falling within Chapters 25 et seq of the Common Customs Tariff covered by the Agreement This Regulation shall enter into force on the thirtieth establishing an Association between the European day following its publication in the Official Journal Economic Community and Malta, pursuant to Article of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1974. For the Council The President W. SCHEEL

(!) OJ No L 61 , 14. 3 . 1971 , p . 3 .