31974R3246

24 . 12 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 346/ 29

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3246/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 December 1974 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 3499/73 authorizing the United Kingdom to suspend temporarily customs duties on certain flax and flax tow imported from other Member States

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN on trade between the Member States ; whereas this COMMUNITIES, request by the United Kingdom should therefore be granted ; Having regard to the Treaty (') on the Accession of new Member States to the European Economic Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Community and to the European Atomic Energy are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, ment Committee for Flax and Hemp , and in particular Article 59 (4) of the Act annexed thereto ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas by virtue of Article 59 (4) of the Act the Article 1 United Kingdom has by Regulation (EEC) No 3499/73 (2) of 21 December 1973, as amended by In Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3499/73 the date Regulation ( EEC) No 1 465/74 (3), been authorized to '31 December 1974' is replaced by '31 December suspend until 31 December 1974 customs duties on 1975 '. hackled or otherwise processed but not spun flax and flax tow imported from other Member States ; Article 2

Whereas the United Kingdom has applied for an This Regulation shall enter into force on the day extension until 31 December 1975 of this suspension ; following its publication in the Official Journal of whereas this suspension will have a favourable effect the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1974 . For the Commission The President

Frangois-Xavier ORTOLI

(>) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (2) OJ No L 357, 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 47 . (3 ) OJ No L 156, 13 . 6 . 1974, p. 10 .