31975R1539

19 . 6 . 75 No L 157/ 1 Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EEC) No 1539/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 16 June 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas whilst awaiting the results of these negotia­ COMMUNITIES, tions, it is in the Community's interest to prolong, for a period of six months, the application of these duties, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28 and 113 thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Article 1 Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 950 /68 ( J ) of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff, as last The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 shall be amended by Regulation (EEC) No 823/75 (2), lays amended as follows : down that the duty applicable to unwrought lead, other, of subheading 78.01 A II and to unwrought 1 . At subheading 78.01 A II, the following shall be zinc of subheading 79.01 A up to 30 June 1975 at the substituted for footnote (b) : latest shall be 4-5 % with a minimum of 1-1 units of '(b) Up to 31 December 1975 at the latest the duty account and a maximum of 1-32 units of account per applicable shall be 4-5 % with a minimum of 100 kg net weight ; 1-1 units of account and a maximum of 1-32 units of account per 100 kg net weight.' Whereas, however, the duties applicable to these two subheadings are bound under the General Agreement 2. At subheading 79.01 A, the following shall be on Tariffs and Trade at a level of 1-32 units of account substituted for footnote (a) : per 100 kg net weight ; '(a) Up to 31 December 1975 at the latest the duty Whereas negotiations under Article XXVIII ( 1 ) of the applicable shall be 4-5 % with a minimum of 1-1 units of account and a maximum of 1-32 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are proceeding with a view to these duties being units of account per 100 kg net weight.' unbound ; whereas such negotiations will in all proba­ bility not be concluded by 30 June 1975, the date on Article 2 which the currently applicable duties will cease to have effect ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1975.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 1975 . For the Council

The President R. RYAN

(') OJ No L 172, 22. 7 . 1968 , p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 79 , 28 . 3 . 1975, p . 3 .