31976R1749

22. 7. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 196/3

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1749/ 76 of 20 July 1976 amending Regulation ( EEC) No 3015/75 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for raw or unmanufactured flue­ cured Virginia type tobacco originating in developing countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European From 1 August 1976, the Community tariff quota of Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 38 000 metric tons opened in the Community for thereof, imports of raw or unmanufactured flue-cured Virginia Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , type tobacco falling within tariff subheading ex 24.01 B shall be extended to include raw or unmanufactured Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ tobacco of the same type falling within subheading ex ment ('), 24.01 A I of the Common Customs Tariff.

Whereas under the system of generalized tariff prefer­ Within this tariff quota the customs duty for tobacco ences a Community tariff quota was opened by Regu­ falling within subheading ex 24.01 A I shall be lation ( EEC) No 301 5/75 (2) for the period 1 January suspended at 7 % with a maximum charge of 45 units to 31 December 1976 for raw or unmanufactured flue­ of account per 100 kilogrammes net weight. cured Virginia type tobacco falling within subheading ex 24.01 B of the Common Customs Tariff ; Article 2 The allocation among Member States of the Commu­ Whereas a positive response should be made to nity tariff quota referred to in Article 1 and the other Ireland's request for the inclusion in this contingent provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 3015/75 shall of raw or unmanufactured flue-cured Virginia type tobacco of a value of not less than 280 units of remain unchanged, in particular those of the second and third subparagraphs of Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof with account per 100 kilogrammes net weight falling respect to the duties mentioned in Article 1 . within subheading ex 24.01 A I of the Common Customs Tariff, in accordance with the allocation esta­ Article 3 blished among Member States, applying a different quota rate, namely 7 % with a maximum charge of 45 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August units of account per 100 kilogrammes net weight, 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels , 20 July 1976 .

For the Council

The President

M. van der STOEL

(') Opinion delivered on 9 July 1976, not yet published in the Official Journal . (2) OJ No L 310, 29 . 11 . 1975, p . 159 .