31974R2921

No L 315/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 11 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2921 /74 OF THE COUNCIL of 18 November 1974

totally suspending the customs duties on certain industrial products originating in Malta

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Chapters 25 et seq . of the Common Customs Tariff covered by the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Malta, pursuant to Article 1 of Annex I thereto, with pean Economic Community, and in particular Article the exception of products falling within heading 113 thereof ; Nos 55.05 , 56.04, 60.05 and 61.01 .

Ireland, however, shall be authorized to apply to Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; such products duties equal to those which it applies to Member States other than the United Kingdom. Whereas, by virtue of the Agreement ( x ) establishing an association between the European Economic 2. The suspension referred to in paragraph 1 shall Community and Malta, the Community applies apply solely to products originating in Malta. The the Common Customs Tariff duties, reduced by 70% , rules of origin shall be those in force at the time to products covered by this Agreement ; whereas it as regards the implementation of the above Agree­ ment . seems advisable provisionally to increase this tariff advantage by means of the total suspension of the The rule whereby the condition requiring sufficient customs duties applicable to such products ; whereas, processing is waived in respect of products originating however, this measure cannot affect the products in the Community as originally constituted shall not, subject to the tariff quotas provided for in the however, apply in the case of the abovementioned abovementioned Agreement ; products when they undergo in Malta only insufficient working or processing as defined in items Whereas, in order to avoid the danger of disrupting 1 to 6 of list A, annexed to the Protocol to the traditional patterns of trade by imports of such aforesaid Agreement. products, provision should be made to enable the Commission to reintroduce at any time, by means of Article 2 a Regulation, the levying of conventional duties in In order to avoid disrupting traditional trade patterns respect of Malta, by imports of products benefiting from the duty suspension provided for in Article 1 , the Commission HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : may, by means of a Regulation, reintroduce the levy­ ing of customs duties at any time up to the end of Article 1 the calendar year at the level applicable in pursuance of Article 1 of Annex I to the aforesaid Agreement. 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1975 , the Article 3 Common Customs Tariff duties and the customs tariff duties of the new Member States shall be totally This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January suspended in respect of products falling within 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels , 18 November 1974 . For the Council

The President Ch . BONNET

H O ] No L 61 , 14 . 3 . 1971 , p. 3 .