Official Journal of the European Communities

Volume 17 No L 152 8 June 1974

English Edition Legislation

Contents I Acts whose publication is obligatory

* Regulation (EEC) No 1392/74 of the Council of 4 June 1974 amending Regulation (EEC ) Nos 1408/71 and 574/72 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community 1

II Acts whose publication is not obligatory

Commission

74/28 1 /EEC : * Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to postpone raising their customs tariff duties to the level of those of the Common Customs Tariff as regards manufactured tobacco falling within tariff subheadings 24.02 A, B, C and D 10

74/282/EEC : Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are to be reduced 12

74/283/EEC : Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 848/74 14

74/284/EEC : Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74 15

2 ( Continued overleaf)

Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period. The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk . Contents (continued) 74/285/EEC : Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 994/74 16

74/286/EEC : Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 813/74 17

74/287/EEC : * Commission Decision of 8 May 1974 authorizing the Italian Republic to take certain protective measures under Article 108 (3) of the Treaty 18

74/288/EEC : Commission Decision of 10 May 1974 fixing the maximum amout for private storage aid for beef and veal 39 8 . 6 . 74 Offioial Journal of the European Communities No L 152/ 1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATION (EEC) No 1392/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 June 1974 amending Regulation (EEC ) Nos 1408/71 and 574/72 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas certain national laws have been amended since those dates and experience has revealed some gaps in Community rules, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 2, 7 and 51 thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No Article 1 1408/71 (*) of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community, as Regulation ( EEC ) No 1408/71 shall be amended last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2864/72 ( 2 ), as follows : and in particular Articles 95 and 97 thereof ; 1 . The second subparagraph of Article 15 ( 3 ) shall Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No be deleted . 574/72 ( 3 ) of 21 March 1972 fixing the procedures for implementing Regulation (EEC ) No 1408/71 on 2 . Annex II shall be amended as follows : the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within Parts A and B , point 21 . GERMANY — UNITED the Community, as last amended by Regulation KINGDOM : ( EEC ) No 878/73 ( 4 ), and in particular Article 121 The following shall be substituted for thereof ; subparagraph ( a): Having regard to the proposal from the Commission '(a ) Article 3 ( 1 ) and ( 6 ) and Article 7 ( 2 ) to ( 6 ) drawn up after consultation with the Administrative of the Convention on Social Security of Commission on Social Security for Migrant 20 April I960;' Workers ; 3 . Annex III shall be amended as follows : Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ; The following shall be substituted for point I. UNITED KINGDOM : Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and 'I. UNITED KINGDOM Social Committee ; Great Britain Whereas Regulation ( EEC ) Nos 1408/71 and 574/72 entered into force on 1 October 1972 and have been Law of 14 July 1971 on invalidity benefits . applicable in the new Member States since 1 April Northern Ireland 1973 ; Law of 16 July 1971 on invalidity benefits.'

4 . Annex IV shall be amended as follows : (x) OJ No L 149 , 5 . 7. 1971 , p. 2 . (2 ) OJ No L 306 , 31 . 12. 1972, p. 1 (3) OJ No L 74, 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 1 . 1 . In the General scheme column under ITALY (4) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 1 . in the table for BELGIUM : No L 152/2 Official journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

The words 'no concordance' shall be ( a ) if the person concerned has his substituted for the word 'concordance'. domicile or residence in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany ; 2 . In the General scheme ( Group I ), Agricul­ tural scheme ( 2/3 invalidity ) and Miners ' ( b) if the person concerned has his scheme ( 2/3 General invalidity ) columns domicile or residence in the territory under ITALY in the table for FRANCE : of another Member State and at any The words 'no concordance' shall be time previously belonged compul­ substituted for the word 'concordance'. sorily or voluntarily to a German pension insurance scheme ; 3 . In the 'Workers' Invalidity — manual workers' column under ITALY in the table ( c ) if the person concerned is a national for LUXEMBOURG : of another Member State, has his domicile or residence in the territory The words 'no concordance' shall be of a third State and has paid substituted for the word 'concordance'. contributions for German pension insurance for at least sixty months , or was eligible for voluntary in­ surance under the transitional 5 . Annex V shall be amended as follows : provisions previously in force and is not compulsorily or voluntarily 1 . Point B. DENMARK : insured under the legislation of another Member State . The following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph 9 : ' 10 . For the purpose of determining en­ 9 . The Regulation shall not affect Article titlement to benefits in kind pursuant to 51 a ( 2 ) of the manual workers pension Article 22 ( 1 ) ( a ) and Article 31 of the reform law ( ArVNG ) or Article 49 a ( 2 ) Regulation , "member of the family'' of the clerical staff pension reform law shall mean any person regarded as a ( AnVNG), as amended by the pension member of the family under the law reform law of 16 October 1972. The concerning the public health service . persons who, under paragraph 8 ( b ) and ( c), may join voluntary insurance, may 11 . For the purpose of applying Article 12 pay contributions only in respect of ( 2 ) of the Regulation to Danish legis­ periods for which they have not yet lation , invalidity, old age and widows ' paid contributions under the legislation pensions shall be regarded as benefits of another Member State.' of the same kind.'

2 . Point C. GERMANY :

The following paragraphs shall be added 3 . Point E. IRELAND after paragraph 7 :

' 8 . Article 1233 of the insurance code ( a ) The following shall be substituted for ( RVO ) and Article 10 of the clerical paragraph 3 : staff insurance law ( AVG ), as amended by the pension reform law of 16 October 1972 , which govern voluntary insu­ '3 . Workers , unemployed persons, rance under German pension insurance pension claimants and pensioners , schemes , shall apply to nationals of the together with members of their other Member States and to stateless families, referred to in Articles 19 ( 1 ), persons and refugees residing in the 22 ( 1 ) and ( 3 ), 25 ( 1 ) and ( 3 ), 26 ( 1 ), territory of the other Member States , 28a, 29 and 31 of the Regulation, who according to the following rules : are residing or staying in Ireland, shall be entitled free of charge to all medical Where the general conditions are treatment provided for by Irish legis­ fulfilled voluntary contributions to the lation where the cost of this treatment German pension insurance scheme may is payable by the institution of be paid : a Member State other than Ireland.' 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/3

( b) The following paragraph shall be inserted that year of male or female workers , after paragraph 3 : as applicable, shall , notwithstanding Articles 23 ( 1 ) and 68 ( 1 ) of the Regu­ '3 a The members of the family of a lation, be credited to the worker in worker who is subject to the respect of each week of employment legislation of a Member State other completed as a worker under the than Ireland and who satisfies the legislation of another Member State conditions laid down by that legis­ during the relevant income tax year.' lation for entitlement to benefits , account being taken, where appropri­ ate, of Article 18 of the Regulation , shall be entitled free of charge, if they 4 . Point G. LUXEMBOURG : are resident in Ireland, to all medical treatment provided for by Irish The text under this heading shall become legislation . paragraph 1 . The cost of such benefits shall be The following paragraph shall be added after payable by the institution with which the worker is insured . this paragraph : '2 . For the purpose of granting the fixed part However, where the spouse of the of Luxembourg pensions, insurance worker or the person looking after the periods completed under Luxembourg children pursues a professional or legislation by workers not residing in trade activity in Ireland, benefits for Luxembourg territory shall, as from 1 members of the family shall remain October 1972, be treated as periods of payable by the Irish institution to the residence.' extent that entitlement to such benefits is granted solely under the provisions of Irish legislation . 5 . Point I. UNITED KINGDOM :

( c ) The following paragraphs shall be added The following paragraphs shall be added after after paragraph 4 : paragraph 9 : ' 10 . For the purposes of Title III, Chapter '5 . For the purpose of determining 3 of the Regulation, no account shall entitlement to benefits in kind be taken of graduated contributions paid pursuant to Article 22 ( 1 ) ( a ) and by the insured person under United Article 31 of the Regulation, "mem­ Kingdom legislation or of graduated ber of the family" shall mean any retirement benefits payable under that person regarded as a dependant of legislation. The amount of the graduated the worker for the purposes of the benefits shall be added to the amount of Health Acts 1947—1970 . the benefit due under the United King­ dom legislation as determined in accord­ ance with the said chapter. The total of 6 . For the purpose of applying Article 12 these two amounts shall constitute the ( 2 ) of the Regulation to Irish legis­ benefit actually due to the person lation, invalidity, old age and widows' concerned . pensions shall be regarded as benefits of the same kind.' 11 . For the purpose of calculating the earnings for the granting of the earnings-related supplement provided for ( d) The following paragraph shall be added by United Kingdom legislation , in after paragraph 6 : particular for cash benefits in respect of sickness, unemployment benefits and temporary widows' benefits , an amount '7. For the purpose of calculating the equal to the average weekly wage earnings for the granting of the corresponding to the average weekly rate earnings-related benefit payable under of the earnings-related supplement Irish legislation with sickness, maternity which, according to the estimates, is and unemployment benefits, an amount payable to a male or female worker equal to the average weekly wage in respectively during the current benefit No L 152/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

year shall, notwithstanding Articles 23 3 . In Article 45 (2), first line, and ( 3 ), first line : ( 1 ), 47 and 68 ( 1 ) of the Regulation, be credited to the worker in respect of each for 'am' read 'a' week of employment completed as a In Article 45 (2 ) seventh line : worker under the legislation of another Member State during the relevant income for 'bei' read 'be' tax year. In Article 45 ( 3 ), seventh line : for 'ist' read 'is' 12 . For the purpose of determining entitlement to benefits in kind pursuant In Article 45 ( 3 ), eighth line : to Articles 22 ( 1 ) ( a ) and 31 of the for 'stil' read 'still' Regulation , "member of the family" shall mean any person regarded as a In Article 45 ( 3 ),vthirteenth line : dependant within the meaning of the United Kingdom National Insurance Act for 'bedeemed' read 'be deemed' or of its legislation on accidents at work . 4 . In Article 47 (3 ), sixth line : 13 . For the purpose of applying Article 12 the words 'in the territory of another Mem­ ( 2 ) of the Regulation to the legislation ber State as if they were residing' shall be of the United Kingdom, invalidity, old inserted after 'residing' age and widows' pensions shall be regarded as benefits of the same kind . 5 . In Article 57 (2), third line : for 'conditions' read 'condition' 14 . For the purpose of applying the Non­ contributory Social Insurance Benefit and 6 . In Article 58 ( 2), fourth line et seq.; Unemployment Insurance Ordinance ( Gibraltar), any person to whom this the passage : Regulation is applicable shall be deemed to be domiciled in Gibraltar if he resides 'shall determine such average wage or salary in a Member State.' exclusively by reference where appropriate, the average of the standard wages or salaries corresponding to the periods completed under the said legislation' 6 . The English text of the Articles mentioned below shall be replaced by : shall be amended as follows : 'shall take account exclusively of the standard wage or salary or, where appropri­ 1 . In Article 14 ( 1 ) ( b), fifth line , the word 'its ' ate, of the average of the standard wages or shall be inserted before 'own account'. salaries corresponding to the periods completed under the said legislation' 2 . In Article 38 ( 2), third to fifth lines : 7 . In Article 71 ( 1 ) ( a) ( ii), sixth line, a comma 'in an occupation which is subject to a shall be inserted after the word 'employed' special scheme or, where appropriate', shall be substituted for 'in an completion of 8 . In Article 75 ( 1 ) ( a), twelfth line , the words insurance periods shall take account to where 'residing or staying' shall be substituted for appropriate' the words 'staying, residing or situated'

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 shall be amended as follows :

1 . Article 12 (2) shall be deleted .

2. Article 46 (3 ) shall be deleted .

3 . Annex 1 shall be amended as follows : 8 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/5

Point I. UNITED KINGDOM

The following shall be substituted for paragraph 4 :

'4 . Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland , Belfast.'

The following paragraph shall be added after paragraph 4 :

'5 . Director of the Department of Labour and Social Security , Gibraltar.'

4 . Annex 2 shall be amended as follows :

1 . Point C. GERMANY

( a ) Paragraph 1 . Sickness Insurance

( i ) The following shall be inserted before the words ' For the purpose of applying Article 25 ( 1 ) of the Regulation' :

' For the purposes of applying Article 13 ( 2) ( d ) of the Regulation :

( a ) where the person concerned is resident in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany : the competent Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse ( Local General Sickness Fund ) of the place of residence of the person concerned ;

( b ) where the person concerned is resident in the territory of another Member State : Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Bonn (Local General Sickness Fund Bonn), Bonn ;

( c ) where the members of the family of the person concerned were , prior to his being called up or recalled for service in the armed forces , insured with a German institution in accordance with Article 17 ( 1 ) of the Implementing Regula­ tion : the sickness insurance institution with which these members of the family are insured ;'

( ii ) The following shall be substituted for subparagraph ( a ) : '(a ) where the person concerned is insured with an Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse ( Local General Sickness Fund ) or where he is not in­ sured with any sickness insurance institu­ tion : Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse Bonn ( Local General Sickness Fund Bonn), Bonn ;' ( b ) Paragraph 2 . Pension insurance for manual workers, clerical staff and miners : The following shall be substituted for the introductory subparagraph : ' For the determination of claims to benefits and on admission to voluntary insurance during the procedure of awarding benefits , and for the granting of benefits pursuant to the Regulation :'

2 . Point D. FRANCE

( a ) The following shall be substituted for paragraph 2 : ' 2 . For the purpose of applying Article 96 of the Implementing Regulation : No L 152/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

(a) general scheme : Caisse nationale de l'assurance-maladie ( Na­ tional Sickness Insurance Fund), Paris (b) agricultural scheme : Caisse de mutualité sociale agricole (Agricul­ tural Social Insurance Mutual Benefit Fund) (c ) miners' scheme : Caisse autonome nationale de sécurité sociale dans les mines ( National Independent Social Security Fund for Miners), Paris ( d) mariners ' scheme : Etablissement national des invalides de la marine (National Institute for Disabled Mariners), Paris.'

(b) The following shall be substituted for paragraph 4 I ( b ) ( iii) : '(iii) Accidents at work : (aa ) as a general rule : — the employer or the insurer acting in his stead , for accidents occurring before 1 July 1973

"Caisse de mutualité sociale agricole" ( Agricultural Social Insurance Mutual Benefit Fund), for accidents occurring after 30 June 1973 ; ( bb ) for pension increases : — "Caisse des depots et consignations" (Deposit and Consignment Office), Arceuil (94), for accidents occurring before 1 July 1973 , — "Caisse de mutualité sociale agricole" (Agricultural Social Insurance Mutual Benefit Fund), for accidents occurring after 30 June 1973 .'

3 . Point G. LUXEMBOURG

(a) The following shall be substituted for paragraph 1 (a) : '(a ) for the purpose of applying Article 28 (2 ) of the Regulation : "Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie des ouvriers" ( National Sickness Insurance Fund for Manual Workers), Luxembourg.' ( b) The following shall be substituted for paragraph 6 : ' 6 . Death grants For the purpose of applying Article 66 of the Regulation : "Caisse nationale d'assurance-maladie des ouvriers" (National Sickness Insurance Fund for Manual Workers), Luxembourg.'

4 . Point I. UNITED KINGDOM

The following shall be substituted for point 2 :

'2 . Cash benefits :

Great Britain Department of Health and Social Security, London 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/7

Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, Belfast

Gibraltar Department of Labour and Social Security' Gibraltar.'

5 . Annex 3 shall be amended as follows :

1 . Point C. GERMANY :

(a ) Paragraph 1 . Sickness insurance :

(i ) The following words in the right-hand column of subparagraph (a) shall be deleted : 'or, in the absence of such a fund, the competent Landkrankenkasse (Rural Sickness Fund) of the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned' ;

(ii ) In the right-hand column of point 1 (b) the words 'with a "Landwirtschaftliche Krankenkasse" ( Agricultural Sickness Fund)' shall be substituted for the words 'with a "Landkrankenkasse" (Rural Sickness Fund)';

(iii) In the right-hand column of (c) in the German text the word 'Arbeiter' shall be substituted for the word 'Arbeitnehmer'.

( b ) Paragraph 2 . Accident insurance :

The following words in the right-hand column of subparagraph ( a ) shall be deleted : ' or, in the absence of such a fund, the competent "Landkrankenkasse" (Rural Sickness Fund) of the place of residence or place of stay of the person concerned'.

2 . Point I. UNITED KINGDOM

The following shall be substituted for paragraph 2 :

' 2 . Cash benefits :

Great Britain Department of Health and Social Security — Overseas Group, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland — Overseas Branch, Belfast

Gibraltar Department of Labour and Social Security, Gibraltar'

6 . Annex 4 shall be amended as follows :

The following shall be substituted for the text of Point I. UNITED KINGDOM :

I. UNITED KINGDOM Great Britain Department of Health and Social Security Overseas Group, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland — Overseas Branch , Belfast No L 152/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

Gibraltar Department of Health and Social Security Overseas Group , Newcastle-upon-Tyne'

7. Annex 6 shall be amended as follows :

Point C. GERMANY

The following shall be substituted for paragraph 2 :

'2 . Pension insurance for miners ( invalidity, old-age, death ) :

( a ) dealings with Belgium , Denmark , France , Ireland , Luxembourg and the United Kingdom : direct payment ;

( b) dealings with Italy and the Netherlands : payment through the liaison bodies ( joint implementation of Articles 53 to 58 of the implementing Regulation and of the provisions set out in Annex 5 )'

8 . Annex 7 shall be amended as follows :

The following shall be added to point I. UNITED KINGDOM :

' Gibraltar Barclays Bank , Gibraltar'

9 . Annex 9 shall be amended as follows :

Point C. GERMANY

In the right-hand column , subparagraph ( b ) of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be deleted and the lettering of the sub­ paragraphs following adjusted accordingly .

10 . Annex 10 shall be amended as follows :

1 . Point C. GERMANY

The following shall be substituted for paragraph 6 : ' 6 . For the purpose of applying Article 91 ( 2 ) of the implementing Regulation : ( a ) family allowances paid to a person in respect of an orphan : 'Arbeitsamt ( Employment Office ) Niirnberg" ( b) pension supplements for children paid under legal pension insurance schemes : the pension insurance institutions for manual workers , clerical staff and miners , designated as competent institutions in Annex 2 , point C , paragraph 2'

2 . Point I. UNITED KINGDOM

The following shall be substituted for the text concerning Northern Ireland : ' Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland — Overseas Branch , Belfast' 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/9

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 April 1973 , with the exception of :

— Article 1 paragraph 5 ( 4) and Article 2 paragraph 4 ( 1 ) and ( 3 ), paragraph 5 ( 1 ) and paragraph 9 , which shall apply from 1 October 1972 in dealings between the Member States of the Community as originally constituted ;

— Article 1 paragraph 1 and paragraph 5 ( 2 ) and Article 2 paragraph 2, which shall apply from 19 October 1972 in dealings between the Member States of the Commu­ nity as originally constituted ;

— Article 2 paragraph 4 ( 2), which shall apply from 1 July 1973 ;

— Article 1 paragraph 5 ( 3 ) ( d), which shall apply from 6 April 1974.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 4 June 1974.

For the Council

The President

J. ERTL No L 152/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1974 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to postpone raising their customs tariff duties to the level of those of the Common Customs Tariff as regards manufactured tobacco falling within tariff subheadings 24.02 A, B, C and D ( Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (74/281/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the consequences specified above cannot be COMMUNITIES , avoided by means of a general reduction in excise duties on the relevant products since such a re­ duction would have serious implications for Having regard to the Treaty establishing the budgetary revenue ; whereas it can therefore be European Economic Community, and in particular accepted that the Benelux States are faced with Article 26 thereof; special difficulties ;

Having regard to the letter of 11 March 1973 by Whereas the Council has adopted a Directive (2 ) which the Kingdom of Belgium, acting on behalf of on taxes other than turnover taxes affecting the the Benelux countries, requested authorization to consumption of manufactured tobacco whose object postpone raising their customs tariff duties on is the progressive harmonization of existing duties on manufactured tobacco falling within subheading these products ; whereas, although the difficulties 24.02 A, B, C and D ; facing the Benelux countries could be removed by implementation of that Directive, this will not be Whereas , pursuant to the Council Decision of 26 the case during the period from 1 July 1974 to 30 July 1966 ( 1 ), the Benelux States should have applied June 1975 which forms the first stage of the the Common Customs Tariff duties to manufactured harmonization which is the object of the Directive ; tobacco coming from third countries at full rate whereas it is also highly, possible that, at a from 1 July 1968 ; subsequent stage, the Council will make substantial changes to the Common Customs Tariff duties on Whereas , in view of the tax system in force in the the relevant products ; whereas application of a Benelux States , implementation of the Common measure of derogation such as the authorization Customs Tariff duties would have involved a sub­ provided for by Article 26 of the Treaty can be stantial increase in the total tax burden on granted only for a limited period ; whereas the period manufactured tobacco coming from third countries of validity of the authorization granted under Article and would thus have caused a considerable increase 26 should therefore be limited to 30 June 1975 ; in the sales price to consumers ; whereas this would have impeded importation of manufactured tobacco Whereas in view of the nature of the difficulties from third countries to the Benelux States ; faced by the Member States in question, this

(*) OJ No 165 , 21 . 9. 1966, p . 2971 /66 . (2) OJ No L 303 , 31 . 12. 1972 , p. 1 . 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/11

Decision should apply only to products imported postpone raising their customs tariff duties to the from third countries into those Member States for level of those of the Common Customs Tariff for direct consumption ; manufactured tobacco falling within subheadings 24.02 A, B, C and D, imported from third countries Whereas imports of manufactured tobacco covered into the said Member States for direct consumption . by this Decision and imports which may be effected under other authorization do not represent, for the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Article 2 Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, more than 5% of the total value of the imports from third countries in the course of the last year for This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of which statistics are available, Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands .

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Done at Brussels , 8 May 1974. Article 1 For the Commission From 1 July 1974 to 30 June 1975, the Kingdom The President of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are authorized to Francois-Xavier ORTOLI No L 152/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1974 fixing the amount by which the monetary compensatory amounts for beef and veal are to be reduced ( 74/282/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Regulation ( EEC ) No 974/71 to beef meat, ' the COMMUNITIES , Commission shall give notice of the amounts by which the monetary compensatory amounts are to be reduced ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the amounts fixed in accordance with this rule are periodically altered when changes in the Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No tax on imports from third countries make this 974/71 ( 1 ) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture necessary ; following the temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member Whereas the Regulation ( EEC ) No 1695/73 of the States, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No Council of 25 June 1973 ( 7 ) as amended by 3450/73 (2 ); Regulation ( EEC ) No 1824/73 ( 8 ) has determined to what extent the monetary compensatory amounts applicable to beef and veal by reason of the Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No depreciation of a currency may be higher than the 1463/73 ( 3 ) of 30 May 1973 , as to the detailed rules tax on imports from third countries ; for applying the monetary compensatory amounts as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 350/74 ( 4 ), and in particular Article 5 , paragraph 2 thereof ; Whereas , if the system is to operate normally, world market prices should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other, at any given moment, Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 218/74 within a band of 2-25%, at rate of exchange ( 5 ) of 25 January 1974, as last amended by Regu­ based on their effective parity; lation ( EEC ) No 1161/74 (6 ) fixed the monetary compensatory amounts to be applied from the 9 — for other currencies , an exchange rate based on May 1974 ; the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given Whereas these compensatory amounts have been period, in relation to the Community currencies fixed without taking account of Article 4 a (2 ) of referred to in the previous subparagraph ; Regulation (EEC ) No 974/71 which provides that in trade among the Member States and between the Whereas pursuant to the second subparagraph of Member States and third countries the compensatory Article 5 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1463/73 if amounts applicable because of a depreciation of the the monetary compensatory amount for certain currency concerned cannot exceed the tax on imports products has to be reduced by a higher amount in from third countries ; the United Kingdom than in Ireland, the amount of the reduction fixed for the United Kingdom shall Whereas, in order that this rule may be observed, apply to Ireland . Article 5 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1463/73 has stated that for the application of Article 4 a ( 2) of Whereas application of the said criteria results in a fixing of the amounts by which the monetary compensatory amounts are to be reduced at the ( x ) OJ No L 106 , 12 . 5 . 1971 , p. 1 . level appearing in the Annex hereto, (2) OJ No L 353 , 22 . 12 . 1973 , p. 25 . (3 ) OJ No L 146, 4 . 6 . 1973 , p. 1 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 41 , 13 . 1 . 1974 , p. 9 . ( 5 ) OJ No L 24 , 28 . 1 . 1974 , p. 14 . ( 7 ) OJ No L 173 , 28 . 6 . 1973 , p. 1 . (6 ) OJ No L 127 , 9 . 5 . 1974, p. 33 . ( 8 ) OJ No L 185 , 7 . 7 . 1973 , p. 1 . 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/ 13

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 2

This Decision is addressed to all Member States . Article 1

With effect from 9 May 1974 the amounts by which Done at Brussels , 8 May 1974 . the monetary compensatory amounts appearing in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 218/74, as last For the Commission amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1161/74 must be reduced in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation P. J. LARDINOIS ( EEC ) No 1463/73 , are fixed in the Annex hereto . Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Amounts to be deducted from the monetary compensatory amounts

Italv Ireland United Kingdom CCT heading No (Lit/ 100 kg ) ( £/100 kg ) (£/ 100 kg)

— Live weight —■

ex 01.02 A II a ) ( x) 0 0 0 0 ex 01.02 A II a ) ( 2 ) 0 0 0 0 ex 01.02 A II b ) ( 3) 0 0 0 0 ex 01.02 A II b ) ( 4) 0 0 0 0

— Net weight --

02.01 A II a ) 1 aa ) 11 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 1 aa ) 22 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 1 aa ) 33 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 1 bb ) 11 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 1 bb ) 22 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 1 bb ) 33 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 1 cc) 11 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 1 cc) 22 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 2 aa ) 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 2 bb ) 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 2 cc ) 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 2 dd ) 11 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 2 dd ) 22 aaa ) 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 2 dd ) 22 bbb ) ( 5 ) 0 0 0 0 02.01 A II a ) 2 dd ) 22 ccc ) 0 0 0 0 02.06 C I a ) 1 0 0 0 0 02.06 C I a ) 2 0 0 0 0

(*) Calves for fattening weighing less than 80 kg. ( 8 ) Calves other than those referred to in (') above . Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . (3 ) Young male bovine animals for fattening of a minimum weight of 220 kg and a maximum weight of 300 kg. (4) Young male bovine animals other than those referred to in (3 ) above. Entry in this subheading is subject to the conditions to be determined by the competent authorities. ( 6) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down by the competent authorities of the European Communities No L 152/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 848/74 (74/283/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — the objectives of the common organization of COMMUNITIES, the market in rice, namely to balance that market both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; — the economic aspect of the exports ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ Whereas Article 5 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization 3197/73 stipulates that the award is made to the of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act tenderer or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy of Accession (2); equal to or higher than the minimum ;

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the 2737/73 ( 3 ) of 8 October 1973 laying down general present situation on the market for the rice in rules to be applied in the event of the rice market question that the minimum export levy should be being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 ( 2 ) fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of thereof; milled long grained rice to which this minimum applies is 20 000 ; Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/73 ( 4 ) of 23 November 1973 establishing the Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision conditions for the application of the system of are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular ment Committee for Cereals, Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof;

Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on milled long grained rice was issued under HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 848/74 ( 5 ) of 9 April 1974 whereas the notice of invitation to tender (6 ) associated with this Regulation specified Article 1 that the total tonnage for which the export levy could be fixed was approximately 30 000 metric The minimum export levy for milled long grained tons ; rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 8 May 1974 is hereby fixed at 36 units of account Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No per metric ton . 3197/73 allows the Commission , in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; Article 2 whereas, when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must be taken of the criteria set out in This Decision is addressed to the Member States . Article 3 ( 1 ) ( b ) and ( d ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2737/73 , namely : Done at Brussels , 8 May 1974 . 0 OJ No 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . For the Commission ( 3 ) OJ No L 282 , 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 . ( 4) OJ No L 326, 27. 11 . 1973 , p . 10. P. J. LARDINOIS ( 5 ) OJ No L 100 , 10 . 4 . 1974 , p. 12 . ( 6 ) OJ No C 42 , 11 . 4 . 1974, p. 13 . Member of the Commission 8 . 6.74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/15

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of husked long grained rice issued under Regulation (EEC) No 888/74 (74/284/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — the objectives of the common organization of COMMUNITIES , the market in rice, namely to balance that market both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the — the economic aspect of the exports ; European Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ Whereas Article 5 (2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/ EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization 73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or of Accession ( 2 ); higher than the minimum ;

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the 2737/73 ( 3 ) of 8 October 1973 laying down general present situation on the market for the rice in rules to be applied in the event of the rice market question that the minimum export levy should be being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 ( 2 ) fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage thereof; of husked long grained rice to which this minimum applies is 2 300 ; Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 3197/73 ( 4 ) of 23 November 1973 establishing the Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision conditions for the application of the system of tender­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the ing for export levies on rice, and in particular Article Management Committee for Cereals, 5 ( 1 ) thereof;

Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy on husked long grained rice was issued under HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 888/74 ( 5 ) of 16 April 1974, whereas the notice of invitation to Article 1 tender ( 6 ) associated with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for which the export levy The minimum export levy for husked long grained could be fixed was approximately 7 000 metric tons ; rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 8 May 1974 is hereby fixed at 58-9 units of account Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/ per metric ton. 73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas , Article 2 when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must be taken of the criteria set out in Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States . ( 1 ) ( b ) and ( d ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2737/73 , namely : Done at Brussels, 8 May 1974 . O OJ No 174, 31 . 7. 1967, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 . For the Commission (3) OJ No L 282 , 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 . P. J. LARDINOIS ( 5 ) OJ No L 104, 17 . 4 . 1974, p. 13 . ( 6) OJ No C 43 , 17 . 4 . 1974, p. 4 . Member of the Commission No L 152/ 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation ( EEC ) No 994/74 ( 74/285/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — the objectives of the common organization of the COMMUNITIES , market in rice, namely to balance that market both as regards supplies and as regards trade , and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; — the economic aspect of the exports ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ Whereas Article 5 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/ EEC ( x ) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization 73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer of the market in rice, as last amended by the Act or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or of Accession ( 2 ); higher than the minimum ;

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the 2737/73 ( 3 ) of 8 October 1973 laying down general present situation on the market for the rice in rules to be applied in the event of the rice market question that the minimum export levy should be being disturbed, and in particular Article 4 ( 2 ) fixed as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of thereof ; milled long grained rice to which this minimum applies is 2 728 ; Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/73 ( 4 ) of 23 November 1973 establishing the Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision conditions for the application of the system of tender­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ing for export levies on rice, and in particular Article ment Committee for Cereals, 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;

Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : on milled long grained rice was issued under Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 994/74 ( 5 ) of 25 April 1974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to Article 1 tender ( 6 ) associated with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for which the export levy The minimum export levy for milled long grained could be fixed was approximately 7 000 metric tons ; rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 8 May 1974 is hereby fixed at 70 units of account Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/ per metric ton . 73 allows the Commission, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; whereas , Article 2 when this minimum levy is being fixed, account must be taken of the criteria set out in Article This Decision is addressed to the Member States . 3 ( 1 ) ( b ) and ( d ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2737/73 , namely : Done at Brussels , 8 May 1974 . (*) OJ No 174 , 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 . For the Commission ( 3) OJ No L 282, 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 326 , 27 . 11 . 1973 , p. 10 . P. J. LARDINOIS ( 5 ) O I No L 113 , 26. 4 . 1974, p. 37. ( 6) OJ No C 49, 27 . 4 . 1974, p. 31 . Member of the Commission 8 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/17

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1974 fixing the minimum export levy for the invitation to tender for the export of milled long grained rice issued under Regulation ( EEC ) No 813/74 (74/286/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — the objectives of the common organization of the COMMUNITIES , market in rice, namely to balance that market both as regards supplies and as regards trade, and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; — the economic aspect of the exports ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 359/67/ Whereas Article 5 ( 2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/ EEC (*) of 25 July 1967 on the common organization 73 stipulates that the award is made to the tenderer of the market in rice , as last amended by the Act or tenderers whose tenders quote a levy equal to or of Accession ( 2 ); higher than the minimum ;

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the No 2737/73 ( 3 ) of 8 October 1973 laying down present situation on the market for the rice in ques­ general rules to be applied in the event of the rice tion that the minimum export levy should be fixed market being disturbed , and in particular Article 4 ( 2 ) as shown in Article 1 ; whereas the tonnage of milled thereof ; long grained rice to which this minimum applies is 3 000 ; Having regard to Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/73 ( 4 ) of 23 November 1973 establishing Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision the conditions for the application of the system of are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ tendering for export levies on rice, and in particular ment Committee for Cereals , Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;

Whereas an invitation to tender for the export levy HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : on milled long grained rice was issued under Com­ mission Regulation ( EEC ) No 813/74 ( 5 ) of 5 April 1974 ; whereas the notice of invitation to tender ( 6 ) Article 1 associated with this Regulation specified that the total tonnage for which the export levy could be The minimum export levy for milled long grained fixed was approximately 30 000 metric tons ; rice fixed on the basis of tenders submitted for 8 May 1974 is hereby fixed at 60-5 units of account per Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3197/ metric ton . 73 allows the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 359/67/EEC, to fix a minimum export levy ; Article 2 whereas , when this minimum levy is being fixed , account must be taken of the criteria set out in Ar­ This Decision is addressed to the Member States . ticle 3 ( 1 ) ( b ) and ( d) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2737/ 73 , namely : Done at Brussels , 8 May 1974 . C ) OJ No 174, 31 . 7 . 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 . For the Commission ( 3) OJ No L 282 , 9 . 10 . 1973 , p. 13 . ( 4) OJ No L 326, 27 . 11 . 1973 , p . 10 . P. J. LARDINOIS (5) OJ No L 96, 6 . 4. 1974, p. 11 . ( 6) OJ No C 39, 6. 4 . 1974, p. 35 . Member of the Commission No L 152/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1974 authorizing the Italian Republic to take certain protective measures under Article 108 (3 ) of the Treaty ( Only the Italian text is authentic) (74/287/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas on 6 May 1974 the Commission, having COMMUNITIES, examined, pursuant to Article 108 ( 1 ), the state of the Italian economy and the measures taken by Italy, addressed a Recommendation to Italy under Article 108 ( 1 ); Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community, and in particular Article 108 (3 ) thereof ^ Whereas the Council has decided not to provide the mutual assistance recommended by the Commission ; Whereas in recent months the Italian economy has been experiencing a high growth rate and a substan­ tial expansion of consumption ; whereas overall Whereas, however, the state of the Italian economy demand has developed in such a way as to spark off is so serious and measures to remedy it ought to be a major acceleration of the inflationary process, a taken so urgently that the measures recommended to sharp deterioration in the balance of payments and, Italy under Article 108 ( 1 ) of the Treaty will not be consequently, a marked depreciation of the lira ; sufficient for they are not on their own capable of immediately rectifying the Italian balance of payments ; Whereas the situation has lately been growing steadily worse, so that the Italian economy is now Whereas, however, measures whose effect is to hinder facing exceptional circumstances both internally and the free movement of goods would strike at the very externally, with the balance of payments moving foundations of the Community, even if their object unacceptably further into disequilibrium ; is to overcome exceptional economic and monetary difficulties ; whereas recourse should therefore be had solely to measures which, while likely to achieve the Whereas the growing interpenetration of the econo­ desired result, will nevertheless disturb the opera­ mies of the Member States means that the effect of tion of the common market as little as possible ; these difficulties will be felt in all the countries of whereas the application of such measures should be the Community; strictly limited in scope and in duration ;

Whereas Italy should therefore be authorized Whereas by letter dated 29 April 1974 Italy informed temporarily to require an interest-free bank deposit the Commission that it had taken a number of to be lodged when certain goods are imported ; measures to reduce its balance of payments disequilibrium ; Whereas it is necessary to ensure that these measures will be applied flexibly and speedily so as to restrict Whereas these measures include a provision designed Community trade as little as possible ; whereas Italy to restrict the money supply by requiring an interest­ and the Commission should therefore work together free six-month deposit to be lodged in cash with and find appropriate solutions to any difficulties the Bank of Italy ; whereas Article 109 of the Treaty which may arise in the application of these measures ; of Rome was relied upon as grounds for the deposit, which represents 50% of the value of all imported goods , other than raw materials, energy products Whereas in view of the need to redress the external and most capital goods ; financial situation, Italy should be authorized to 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/19

continue, temporarily, the measures taken in July Article 2 1973 by way of derogation from Community obliga­ tions in respect of the free movement of capital ; The Italian Republic shall ensure that the bank deposit certificates provided for in Article 1 are issued automatically and without delay. Whereas the development of the economic situation in Italy should be kept under close review so that Article 3 the measures authorized may be amended or repealed should the circumstances underlying them no longer The Italian Republic shall ensure that the Bank of obtain with respect either to the products covered Italy releases the deposit without formality as soon by them or to the amount or duration of the deposit ; as :

(a) the six-month period expires ; Whereas the overall situation and the practical effects of the Italian measures should be reviewed ( b ) the goods in respect of which the deposit was lodged are re-exported as they are or after repro­ periodically ; cessing.

Article 4 Whereas, for agricultural products subject to a common organization of the market involving strict price support mechanisms and for products processed Should any difficulties arise in implementing the therefrom, the measures authorized run counter to measures hereby authorized, the Italian Republic and the very principles of the common organization ; the Commission shall examine them together. whereas an expiry date for these measures should therefore be fixed without delay ; Article 5

The Italian Republic is temporarily authorized to Whereas in the meantime alternative solutions will require its residents to lodge an interest-free bank be sought with Italy and the other Member States , deposit not exceeding 50% of the value of their it being understood that this joint search cannot be investment transactions in other Member States allowed to prejudice the Commission's right to take covered by Articles 1 and 2 of the Council Directive the decisions which are its responsibility at the of 11 May 1960 (First Directive for the implemen­ appropriate time, tation of Article 67 of the EEC Treaty), as amended by Directive No 63/21/EEC of 18 December 1962 : direct investments, investments in real estate, transfer of the financial resources required for the provision of services, operations in securities .

Article 6 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

The Commission shall ensure that the provisions of this Decision are observed . Article 1 Article 7

1 . The Commission shall keep the economic situa­ The Italian Republic is authorized to require, upon tion in Italy under close review. importation of goods listed in the Annex hereto , a certificate from a competent financial institution attesting that an interest-free six-month deposit has 2 . It reserves the right to amend or repeal this been lodged in cash with the Bank of Italy ; the Decision if its finds that the circumstances underlying amount of the deposit shall not exceed 50% of the its adoption change or that its effects are more cif value of the goods . restrictive than necessary for the attainment of its aims or seriously harm all or part of the Community .

3 . It shall , in particular, review the overall situation The Italian Republic shall publish a list of the finan­ and the effects of the measures authorized by this cial institutions empowered to issue such certificates . Decision before 31 July 1974. No L 152/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

4 . It shall , if necessary, proceed to a second review Article 8 not later than 31 October 1974. This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .

5 . The Commission shall without delay set a time Done at Brussels, 8 May 1974 . limit on the authorization contained in Article 1 in respect of agricultural products subject to a common For the Commission organization of the market involving strict price support mechanisms and for products processed The President therefrom . Francois-Xavier ORT OLI 8.. 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/21

ANNEX

CCT heading Description No

Chapter 1 Live animals

Chapter 2 Meat and edible meat offals

03.01 Fish , fresh ( live or dead), chilled or frozen 03.02 Fish , dried, salted or in brine ; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process : A. Dried , salted or in brine : I. Whole , headless or in pieces : e ) Salmon , salted or in brine II . Fillets : b ) Of salmon , salted or in brine B. Smoked , whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process : II . Salmon C. Livers and roes 03.03 Crustaceans and molluscs , whether in shell or not, fresh ( live or dead), chilled , frozen , salted , in brine or dried ; crustaceans , in shell , simply boiled in water

04.01 Milk and cream , fresh , not concentrated or sweetened 04.02 Milk and cream , preserved , concentrated or sweetened : A. Not containing added sugar : II . Milk and cream , in powder or granules : a ) In immediate packings of a net capacity of 2-5 kg or less and of a fat content , by weight : 1 . Not exceeding 1-5 % 2 . Exceeding 1*5% but not exceeding 27% 3 . Exceeding 27% but not exceeding 29% 4 . Exceeding 29% b ) Other , of a fat content, by weight : 2 . Exceeding 1-5% but not exceeding 27% 3 . Exceeding 27% but not exceeding 29% 4 . Exceeding 29 % III . Milk and cream , other than in powder or granules : B. Containing added sugar

04.03 Butter

04.04 Cheese and curd

04.05 Birds' eggs and egg yolks , fresh , dried or otherwise preserved , sweetened or not : B. Eggs , not in shell ; egg yolks 04.06 Natural honey 04.07 Edible products of animal origin , not elsewhere specified or included

05.01 Human hair , unworked , whether or not washed or scoured ; waste of human hair

06.01 Bulbs , tubers , tuberous roots , corms , crowns and rhizomes , dormant, in growth or in flower 06.02 Other live plants , including trees , shrubs , bushes , roots , cuttings and slips No L 152/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

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06.03 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamen­ tal purposes , fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise pre­ pared : A. Fresh

06.04 Foliage, branches and other parts (other than flowers or buds ) of trees, shrubs, bushes and other plants, and mosses , lichens and grasses, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes , fresh, dried, dyed , bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared

Chapter 7 Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

08.01 Dates, bananas , coconuts , Brazil nuts, cashew nuts , pineapples , avocados, mangoes , guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried , shelled or not 08.02 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried 08.03 Figs, fresh or dried 08.04 Grapes, fresh or dried 08.05 Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 , fresh or dried , shelled or not : A. Almonds B. "Walnuts D. Pistachios E. Pecans F. Areca ( or betel ) and cola G. Other 08.06 Apples, pears and quinces , fresh 08.07 Stone fruit, fresh 08.08 Berries, fresh 08.09 Other fruit, fresh 08.10 Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar 08.11 Fruit provisionally preserved ( for example, by sulphur dioxide gas , in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption 08.12 Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01 , 08.02 , 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 08.13 Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh , frozen , dried , or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions

09.01 Coffee, whether or not roasted or freed of caffeine ; coffee husks and skins ; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion 09.02 Tea

09.03 Maté 09.04 Pepper of the genus 'Piper'; pimento of the genus ' Capsicum' or the genus 'Pimenta'

09.05 Vanilla

09.06 Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers

09.07 Cloves ( whole fruit, cloves and stems ) 09.08 Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms 09.10 Thyme, saffron and bay leaves ; other spices : 8 . 6.74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/23

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09.10 C. Saffron (continued) D. Ginger E. Turmeric (curcuma); fenugreek seed F. Other spices, including the mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to thi« Chapter

10.06 Rice : A. Paddy rice ; husked rice : II . Husked rice B. Semi-milled or wholly milled rice C. Broken rice

Chapter 1 1 Products of the milling industry ; malt and starches ; gluten ; inulin

12.04 Sugar beet, whole or sliced, fresh, dried or powdered ; sugar cane 12.05 Chicory roots , fresh or dried, whole or cut, unroasted 12.06 Hop cones and lupulin 12.08 Locust beans , fresh or dried, whether or not kibbled or ground, but not further prepared ; fruit kernels and other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human food, not falling within any other heading 12.09 Cereal straw and husks , unprepared , or chopped but not otherwise prepared

14.01 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting ( for example , cereal straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed, osier, reeds, rushes , rattans , bamboos, raffia and lime bark ) : B. Cereal straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed ex C. Other, excluding bamboos , reeds and the like, rattans, rushes and the like

15.01 Lard , other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted

Chapter 16 Preparations of meat , of fish , of crustaceans or molluscs

17.04 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa

18.03 Cocoa paste ( in bulk or in block), whether or not defatted 18.04 Cocoa butter ( fat or oil ) 18.05 Cocoa powder, unsweetened 18.06 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa

19.02 Preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes , containing less than 50% by weight of cocoa 19.03 Macaroni , spaghetti and similar products 19.04 Tapioca and sago ; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other starches

19.05 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products ( puffed rice, corn flakes and similar products) 19.06 Communion wafers , empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use , sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products 19.07 Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares , not containing added sugar , honey, eggs, fats , cheese or fruit No L 152/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

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19.08 Pastry , biscuits , cakes and other fine bakers' wares , whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion

Chapter 20 Preparations of vegetables , fruits or other parts of plants

21.01 Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes ; extracts , essences and concentrates thereof

21.02 Extracts , essences or concentrates , of coffee , tea or maté ; preparations with a basis of those extracts , essences or concentrates 21.03 Mustard flour and prepared mustard 21.04 Sauces ; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings 21.05 Soups and broths , in liquid , solid or powder form ; homogenized composite food preparations 21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

Chapter 22 Beverages , spirits and vinegar

25.15 Marble , travertine , ecaussine and other calcareous monumental and building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2-5 or more and alabaster, including such stone not further worked than roughly split , roughly squared or squared by sawing : B. Not further worked than squared by sawing or splitting , of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm

25.16 Granite , porphyry , basalt, sandstone and other monumental and building stone, including such stone not further worked than roughly split, roughly squared or squared by sawing : B. Not further worked than squared by sawing or splitting , of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm : I. Granite , porphyry , syenite , lava , basalt , gneiss , trachyte and other similar hard rocks ; sandstone ex 25.20 Gypsum ; anhydrite ; calcined gypsum , and plasters with a basis of calcium sulphate , whether or not coloured, but not including plasters specially prepared for use in dentistry , excluding gypsum and anhydrite 25.23 Portland cement , ciment fondu , slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements , whether or not coloured or in the form of clinker

28.05 Alkali and alkaline-earth metals ; rare earth metals , yttrium and scandium and intermixtures or interalloys thereof ; mercury : D. Mercury

32.09 Varnishes and lacquers ; distempers ; prepared water pigments of the kind used for finishing leather ; paints and enamels ; pigments in linseed oil , white spirit, spirits of turpentine, varnish or other paint or enamel media ; stamping foils ; dyes or other colouring matter in forms or packings of a kind sold by retail 32.10 Artists', students' and signboard painters' colours , modifying tints, amuse­ ment colours and the like, in tablets , tubes , jars , bottles , pans or in similar forms or packings , including such colours in sets or outfits , with or without brushes , palettes or other accessories

32.13 Writing ink , printing ink and other inks

33.01 Essential oils ( terpeneless or not); concretes and absolutes ; resinoids : A. Essential oils , not terpeneless : I. Of citrus fruit 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/25

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33.01 B. Essential oils , terpeneless : (continued) I. Of citrus fruit 33.04 Mixtures of two or more odoriferous substances ( natural or artificial ) and mixtures ( including alcoholic solutions ) with a basis of one or more of these substances , of a kind used as raw materials in the perfumery, food , drink , or other industries 33.05 Aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils , including such products suitable for medicinal uses 33.06 Perfumery , cosmetics and toilet preparations 34.01 Soap ; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap , in the form of bars , cakes or moulded pieces or shapes , whether or not combined with soap 34.05 Polishes and creams , for footwear , furniture or floors , metal polishes , scouring powders and similar preparations , but excluding prepared waxes falling within heading No 34.04 34.06 Candles , tapers , night-lights and the like 34.07 Modelling pastes ( including those put up for children's amusement and assorted modelling pastes ) ; preparations of a kind known as 'dental wax' or as 'dental impression compounds', in plates , horseshoe shapes , sticks and similar forms

36.05 Pyrotechnic articles ( for example , fireworks , railway fog signals , amorces rain rockets ) 36.08 Other combustible preparations and products

37.01 Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitized , unexposed , of any mater­ ial other than paper, paperboard or cloth

37.02 Film in rolls , sensitized , unexposed , perforated or not

37.03 Sensitized paper , paperboard and cloth , unexposed or exposed but not developed

37.04 Sensitized plates and film , exposed but not developed , negative or positive

37.05 Plates , unperforated film and perforated film ( other than cinematograph film), exposed and developed , negative or positive

37.06 Cinematograph film , exposed and developed , consisting only of sound track , negative or positive

37.07 Other cinematograph film , exposed and developed , whether or not incor­ porating sound track, negative or positive

37.08 Chemical products and flash light materials , of a kind and in a form suitable for use in photography

38.11 Disinfectants , insecticides , fungicides , weed-killers , anti-sprouting products , rat poisons and similar products , put up in forms or packings for sale by retail or as preparations or as articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands , wicks and candles , fly-papers )

39.01 Condensation , polycondensation and polyaddition products , whether or not modified or polymerized, and whether or not linear (for example, phenoplasts , aminoplasts , alkyds , polyallyl esters, and other unsaturated polyester silicones ) : B. Adhesive strips of a width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of which consists of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber No L 152/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 6. 74

CCT heading Description No

39.02 Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, polyethylene, polytetrahaloethylenes , polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives , coumarone-indene resins)

39.03 Regenerated cellulose ; cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate and other cellulose esters , cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose, plasticized or not (for example, collodions , celluloid); vulcanized fibre : A. Adhesive strips of a width not exceeding 10 cm, the coating of which consists of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber B. Other : I. Regenerated cellulose : b ) Other : 1 . Sheets , films or strip , coiled or not, of a thickness of less than 0-75 mm

39.07 Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06

40.06 Unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, including rubber latex, in other forms or states (for example, rods , tubes and profile shapes , solutions and dispersions ) ; articles of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber (for example, coated or impregnated textile thread ; rings and discs ) : B. Other

40.07 Vulcanized rubber thread and cord, whether or not textile covered, and textile thread covered or impregnated with vulcanized rubber

40.08 Plates, sheets, strip , rods and profile shapes , of unhardened vulcanized rubber

40.09 Piping and tubing, of unhardened vulcanized rubber

40.10 Transmission , conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber

40.11 Rubber tyres , tyre cases , interchangeable tyre treads , inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of all kinds

40.12 Hygienic and pharmaceutical articles ( including teats), of unhardened vulcanized rubber, with or without fittings of hardened rubber

40.13 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves), for all purposes, of unhardened vulcanized rubber

40.14 Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber

40.15 Hardened rubber ( ebonite and vulcanite), in bulk , plates , sheets , strip , rods , profile shapes or tubes ; scrap, waste and powder, of hardened rubber

40.16 Articles of hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite )

41.10 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs , in sheets or in rolls

Chapter 42 Articles of leather ; saddlery and harness ; travel goods , handbags and similar containers ; articles of animal gut ( other than silk-worm gut)

Chapter 43 Furskins and artificial fur ; manufactures thereof

44.06 Wood paving blocks 8 . 6.74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/27

CCT heading Description No

44.13 Wood (including blocks , strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring, not assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, centre V-jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or in the like, but not further manufactured 44.15 Plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and similar laminated wood products (including veneered panels and sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry 44.16 Cellular wood panels, whether or not faced with base metal 44.17 'Improved' wood, in sheets, blocks or the like 44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks or the like 44.19 "Wooden headings and mouldings , including moulded skirting and other moulded boards 44.20 Wooden picture frames, photograph frames, mirror frames and the like 44.21 Complete wooden packing cases , boxes , crates, drums and similar packings 44.22 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs, buckets and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, other than staves falling within heading No 44.08 44.23 Builders' carpentry and joinery ( including prefabricated and sectional buildings and assembled parquet flooring panels) 44.24 Household utensils of wood 44.25 Wooden tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom and brush bodies and handles ; boot and shoe lasts and trees , of wood 44.26 Spools , cops , bobbins, sewing thread reels and the like, of turned wood 44.27 Standard lamps, table lamps and other lighting fittings, of wood ; articles of furniture, of wood, not falling within Chapter 94 ; caskets, cigarette boxes, trays , fruit bowls , ornaments and other fancy articles, of wood ; cases for cutlery, for drawing instruments or for violins, and similar recep­ tacles, of wood ; articles of wood for personal use or adornment, of a kind normally carried in the pocket, in the handbag or on the person ; parts of the foregoing articles , of wood 44.28 Other articles of wood

45.02 Natural cork in blocks , plates, sheets or strips (including cubes or square slabs , cut to size for corks or stoppers ) 45.03 Articles of natural cork 45.04 Agglomerated cork ( being cork agglomerated with or without a binding substance ) and articles of agglomerated cork : Chapter 46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto and of other plaiting materials ; basket­ ware and wickerwork

48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets 48.05 Paper and paperboard , corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated , in rolls or sheets : ex B. Other : — Creped household and toilet paper 48.06 Paper and paperboard , ruled , lined or squared, but not otherwise printed , in rolls or sheets 48.07 Paper and paperboard , impregnated, coated , surface-coloured, surface­ decorated or printed ( not being merely ruled , lined or squared and not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets : ex B. Other : — Coated paper and paperboard No L 152/ 28 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

C CT heading Description No

48.11 Wallpaper and lincrusta ; window transparencies of paper

48.12 Floor coverings prepared on a base of paper or of paperboard , whether or not cut to size , with or without a coating of linoleum compound

48.13 Carbon and other copying papers (including duplicator stencils ) and transfer papers , cut to size , whether or not put up in boxes 48.14 Writing blocks , envelopes , letter cards , plain postcards , correspondence cards ; boxes , pouches , wallets and writing compendiums , of paper or paper­ board , containing only an assortment of paper stationery 48.15 Other paper and paperboard , cut to size or shape : A. Adhesive strips of a width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of which consists of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber B. Other

48.16 Boxes , bags and other packing containers , of paper or paperboard 48.17 Box files , letter trays , storage boxes and similar articles , of paper or paper­ board , of a kind commonly used in offices , shops and the like 48.18 Registers , exercise books , note books , memorandum blocks , order books , receipt books , diaries , blotting-pads , binders ( loose-leaf or other), file covers and other stationery of paper or paperboard ; sample and other albums and book covers , of paper or paperboard 48.19 Paper or paperboard labels , whether or not printed or gummed 48.21 Other articles of paper pulp , paper , paperboard or cellulose wadding

49.03 Children's picture books and painting books 49.05 Maps and hydrographie and similar charts of all kinds , including atlases , wall maps and topographical plans , printed ; printed globes ( terrestrial or celestial ) 49.07 Unused postage , revenue and similar stamps of current or new issue in the country to which they are destined ; stamp-impressed paper ; banknotes , stock , share and bond certificates and similar documents of title ; cheque books : A. Postage , revenue and similar stamps C. Other : II . Other

49.08 Transfers (Decalcomanias)

49.09 Picture postcards , Christmas and other picture greeting cards , printed by any process , with or without trimmings

49.10 Calendars of any kind , of paper or paperboard, including calendar blocks

49.11 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs

50.02 Raw silk ( not thrown ) 50.03 Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, silk noils and pulled or garnetted rags ) 50.04 Silk yarn , other than yarn of noil or other waste silk, not put up for retail sale

50.05 Yarn spun from silk waste other than noil , not put up for retail sale 8 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/29

CCT heading Description No

50.06 Yarn spun from noil silk, not put up for retail sale 50.07 Silk yarn and yarn spun from noil or other waste silk , put up for retail sale 50.08 Silkworm gut ; imitation catgut of silk 50.09 Woven fabrics of silk or of waste silk other than noil

50.10 Woven fabrics of noil silk

Chapter 51 Man-made fibres ( continuous )

Chapter 52 Metallized textiles

53.06 Yarn of carded sheep's or lambs' wool ( woollen yarn), not put up for retail sale 53.07 Yarn of combed sheep's or lambs' wool ( worsted yarn), not put up for retail sale 53.08 Yarn of fine animal hair ( carded or combed), not put up for retail sale 53.09 Yarn of horsehair or of other coarse animal hair , not put up for retail sale 53.10 Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool , of horsehair or of other animal hair ( fine or coarse), put up for retail sale 53.11 Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair 53.12 Woven fabrics of coarse animal hair other than horsehair

53.13 Woven fabrics of horsehair

54.03 Flax or ramie yarn , not put up for retail sale 54.04 Flax or ramie yarn, put up for retail sale 54.05 Woven fabrics of flax or of ramie

55.06 Cotton yarn , put up for retail sale 55.07 Cotton gauze 55.08 Terry towelling and similar terry fabrics , of cotton 55.09 Other woven fabrics of cotton

56.02 Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres (discon­ tinuous )

56.05 Yarn of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste), not put up for retail sale

56.06 Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), put up for retail sale

56.07 Woven fabrics of man-made fibres ( discontinuous or waste ) :

57 05 Yarn of true hemp

57.09 Woven fabrics of true hemp

57.10 Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03

57.11 Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres

57.12 Woven fabrics of paper yarn

Chapter 58 Carpets , mats , matting and tapestries ; pile and chenille fabrics ; narrow fabrics ; trimmings ; tulle and other net fabrics ; lace ; embroidery No L 152/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

CCT heading Description No

Chapter 59 Wadding and felt ; twine, cordage, ropes and cables ; special fabrics ; impreg­ nated and coated fabrics ; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use

Chapter 60 Knitted and crocheted goods

Chapter 61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of textile fabric, other than knitted or crocheted goods

Chapter 62 Other made up textile articles

63.01 Clothing, clothing accessories , travelling rugs and blankets, household linen and furnishing articles ( other than articles falling within heading No 58.01 , 58.02 or 58.03), of textile materials , footwear and headgear of any material, showing signs of appreciable wear and imported in bulk or in bales , sacks or similar bulk packing

Section XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas , sunshades , whips, riding-crops and parts thereof ; prepared feathers and articles made therewith ; artificial flowers ; articles of human hair ; fans

Chapter 68 Articles of stone, of plaster, of cement, of asbestos , of mica and of similar materials

Chapter 69 Ceramic products

70.02 Glass of the variety known as 'enamel' glass , in the mass , rods and tubes

70.03 Glass in balls , rods and tubes , unworked (not being optical glass )

70.04 Unworked cast or rolled glass (including flashed or wired glass), whether figured or not, in rectangles

70.05 Unworked drawn or blown glass (including flashed glass), in rectangles

70.06 Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass), in rectangles , surface ground or polished , but not further worked

70.07 Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass ) cut to shape other than rectangular shape, or bent or otherwise worked ( for example, edge worked or engraved), whether or not surface ground or polished ; multiple-walled insulating glass ; leaded lights and the like

70.08 Safety glass consisting of toughened or laminated glass , shaped or not

70.09 Glass mirrors (including rear-view mirrors), unframed, framed or backed

70.10 Carboys , bottles , jars, pots , tubular containers and similar containers , of glass , of a kind commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods ; stoppers and other closures , of glass

70.11 Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes ) for electric lamps, electronic valves or the like

70.12 Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels

70.13 Glassware ( other than articles falling within heading No 70.19 ) of a kind com­ monly used for table, kitchen , toilet or office purposes, for indoor decoration, or for similar uses 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/31

CCT heading Description No

70.14 Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass , not optically worked nor of optical glass 70.15 Clock and watch glasses and similar glasses ( including glass of a kind used for sunglasses but excluding glass suitable for corrective lenses), curved, bent, hollowed and the like ; glass spheres and segments of spheres , of a kind used for the manufacture of clock and watch glasses and the like 70.16 Bricks, tiles , slabs , paving blocks , squares and other articles of pressed or moulded glass , of a kind commonly used in building ; multicellular glass in blocks , slabs , plates , panels and similar forms 70.17 Laboratory, hygienic and pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not gradua­ ted or calibrated ; glass ampoules 70.18 Optical glass and elements of optical glass , other than optically worked elements ; blanks for corrective spectacle lenses 70.19 Glass beads , imitation pearls , imitation precious and semi-precious stones , fragments and chippings , and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares, and articles of glassware made therefrom ; glass cubes and small glass plates , whether or not on a backing , for mosaics and similar decorative purposes ; artificial eyes of glass , including those for toys but excluding those for wear by humans ; ornaments and other fancy articles of lamp­ worked glass ; glass grains ( ballotini ) 70.20 Glass fibre (including wool), yarns, fabrics , and articles made therefrom 70.21 Other articles of glass

71.01 Pearls, unworked or worked , but not mounted , set or strung (except ungraded pearls temporarily strung for convenience of transport) 71.02 Precious and semi-precious stones , unworked , cut or otherwise worked , but not mounted , set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport) : ex A. Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted — Diamonds for uses other than industrial use — Precious and semi-precious stones, other than diamonds B. Other

71.03 Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones , unworked, cut or otherwise worked, but not mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport)

71.12 Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled precious metal

71.13 Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled precious metal, other than goods falling within heading No 71.12

71.14 Other articles of precious metal or rolled precious metal 71.15 Articles consisting of , or incorporating, pearls, precious or semiprecious stones (natural , synthetic or reconstructed )

71.16 I mitation jewellery

72.01 Coin

73.21 Structures and parts of structures ( for example, hangars and other buildings, bridges and bridge-sections , lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs , roofing frameworks , door and window frames , shutters , balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel ; plates , strip , rods , angles , shapes , sections , tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures , of iron or steel No L 152/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

CCT heading Description No

73.22 Reservoirs , tanks , vats and similar containers , for any material ( other than compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 1 , whether or not lined or heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment

73.23 Casks , drums, cans, boxes and similar containers , of sheet or plate iron or steel, of a description commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods

73.24 Containers , of iron or steel , for compressed or liquefied gas

73.25 Stranded wire , cables , cordage, ropes , plaited bands , slings and the like , of iron or steel wire, but excluding insulated electric cables

73.26 Barbed iron or steel wire ; twisted hoop or single flat wire , barbed or not, and loosely twisted double wire , of kinds used for fencing, of iron or steel

73.27 Gauze, cloth, grill , netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials , of iron or steel wire

73.28 Expanded metal , of iron or steel

73.29 Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.30 Anchors and grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.31 Nails , tacks , staples, hook-nails, corrugated nails, spiked cramps, studs , spikes and drawing pins , of iron or steel , whether or not with heads of other materials , but not including such articles with heads of copper

73.32 Bolts and nuts ( including bolt ends and screw studs), whether or not threaded or tapped, and screws ( including screw hooks and screw rings), of iron or steel ; rivets , cotters , cotter-pins , washers and spring washers , of iron or steel

73.33 Needles for hand sewing ( including embroidery), hand carpet needles and hand knitting needles , bodkins, crochet hooks and the like, and embroidery stilettos , of iron or steel

73.34 Pins (excluding hatpins and other ornamental pins and drawing pins), hairpins and curling grips, of iron or steel

73.35 Springs or leaves for springs , of iron or steel

73.36 Stoves (including stoves with subsidiary boilers for central heating), ranges, cookers , grates, fires and other space heaters , gas-rings, plate warmers with burners, wash boilers with grates or other heating elements , and similar equipment of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically operated, and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.37 Boilers (excluding boilers of heading No 84.01 ) and radiators , for central heating, not electrically heated, and parts thereof, of iron or steel ; air heaters and hot air distributors (including those which can also distribute cool or conditioned air), not electrically heated, incorporating a motor­ driven fan or blower, and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.38 Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes , sanitary ware for indoor use, and parts of such articles and ware, of iron or steel

73.39 Iron or steel wool ; pot scourers and scouring and polishing pads , gloves and the like , of iron or steel 8 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/33

CCT heading Description No

73.40 Other articles of iron or steel

74 17 Cooking and heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically operated , and parts thereof, of copper 74.18 Other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes , sanitary ware for indoor use , and parts of such articles and ware , of copper ex 74.19 Other articles of copper , worked

76.08 Structures and parts of structures (for example, hangars and other buildings , bridges and bridge-sections , towers , lattice masts , roofs , roofing frameworks, door and window frames , balustrades , pillars and columns), of aluminium ; plates , rods , angles , shapes , sections , tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures , of aluminium 76.15 Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor use , and parts of such articles and ware , of aluminium 76.16 Other articles of aluminium

79.06 Other articles of zinc

80.06 Other articles of tin

Chapter 82 Tools , implements , cutlery , spoons and forks , of base metal ; parts thereof

83.01 Locks and padlocks (key , combination or electrically operated), and parts thereof , of base metal ; frames incorporating locks , for handbags, trunks or the like, and parts of such frames , of base metal ; keys for any of the foregoing articles , of base metal 83.02 Base metal fittings and mountings of a kind suitable for furniture , doors, staircases , windows , blinds , coachwork, saddlery, trunks , caskets and the like ( including automatic door closers ) ; base metal hat-racks , hat-pegs , brackets and the like 83.03 Safes , strong-boxes , armoured or reinforced strong-rooms, strong-room linings and strong-room doors , and cash and deed boxes and the like, of base metal 83.04 Filing cabinets , racks , sorting boxes , paper trays , paper rests and similar office equipment , of base metal , other than office furniture falling within heading No 94.03 83.05 Fittings for loose-leaf binders , for files or for stationery books , of base metal ; letter clips , paper clips, staples , indexing tags , and similar stationery goods , of base metal 83.06 Statuettes and other ornaments of a kind used indoors , of base metal ex 83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings , of base metal , and parts thereof , of base metal ( excluding switches , electric lamp holders , electric lamps for vehicles , electric battery or magneto lamps , and other articles falling within Chapter 85 except heading No 85.22 : — Non-electric : — Mouth-type lamps — Other , excluding hurricane lamps — Electric — Parts

83.08 Flexible tubing and piping, of base metal 83.09 Clasps , frames with clasps for handbags and the like, buckles , buckle-clasps, hooks , eyes , eyelets , and the like , of base metal , of a kind commonly used for clothing, travel goods , handbags, or other textile or leather goods ; tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets , of base metal No L 152/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

CCT heading Description No

83.10 Beads and spangles , of base metal

83.11 Bells and gongs, non-electric, of base metal , and parts thereof of base metal

83.12 Photograph, picture and similar frames , of base metal ; mirrors of base metal

83.13 Stoppers, crown corks , bottle caps, capsules, bung covers, seals and plombs , case corner-protectors and other packing accessories , of base metal

83.14 Sign-plates , name-plates , numbers , letters and other signs, of base metal

84.02 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading No 84.01 (for example, economizers , superheaters , soot removers , gas recoverers and the like); condensers for vapour engines and power units

84.06 Internal combustion piston engines : B. Outboard motors C. Other engines : I. Spark-ignition engines of a cylinder capacity of : a ) 250 cc or less b) More than 250 cc ex 2 . Other — For propelling vehicles of chapter 87 — More than 250 cc but not more than 1 000 cc — More than 1 000 cc but not more than 1 500 cc — Marine engines — Other II . Compression-ignition engines : D. Parts

84.07 Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and water turbines )

84.09 Mechanically-propelled road rollers

84.10 Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids, whether or not fitted with measuring devices ; liquid elevators of bucket, chain, screw, band and similar kinds

84.11 Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and turbo pumps and compressors , and free-piston generators for gas turbines ) ; fans , blowers and the like

84.12 Air-conditioning machines, self-contained, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity of air

84.13 Furnace burners for liquid fuel ( atomizers), for pulverized solid fuel or for gas ; mechanical stokers, mechanical grates , mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances

84.14 Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens , non-electric :

B. Other

84.15 Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment ( electrical and other) 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/35

CCT heading Description No

84.16 Calendering and similar rolling machines ( other than metal-working and metal-rolling machines and glass-working machines) and cylinders therefor

84.17 Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equipment, whether or not electri­ cally heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, conden­ sing or cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes ; instantaneous or storage water hesters , non-electrical C. Heat-exchange units D. Percolators and other appliances for making coffee and other hot drinks E. Medical and surgical sterilizing apparatus F. Other

84.19 Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers ; machinery for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, boxes , bags or other containers ; other packing or wrapping machinery ; machinery for aerating beverages ; dish-washing machines

84.20 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 eg or better), including weight-operated counting and checking machines ; weighing machine weights of all kinds

84.21 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated ) fot projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders ; fire extinguishers ( charged or not) ; spray guns and similar appliances ; steam or sand-blasting machines and similar jet-proiecting machines

84.22 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, telphers and conveyors ( for example, lifts, hoists , winches , cranes, transporter cranes, jacks , pulley tackle, belt conveyors and teleferics), not being machinery falling within heading No 84.23

84.30 Machinery, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter, of a kind used in the following food or drink industries : bakery, confectionery, chocolate manufacture, macaroni , ravioli or similar cereal food manufacture, the preparation of meat , fish , fruit or vegetables (including mincing or slicing machines), sugar manufacture or brewing

84.31 Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp , paper or paperboard

84.34 Machinery, apparatus and accessories for type-founding or type-setting ; machinery, other than the machine-tools of heading No 84.45 , 84.46 or 84.47 , for preparing or working printing blocks , plates or cylinders ; printing type , impressed flongs and matrices , printing blocks , plates and cylinders ; blocks , plates, cylinders and lithographic stones , prepared for printing purposes (for example, planed , grained or polished )

84.35 Other printing machinery ; machines for uses ancillary to printing

84.39 Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt in the piece or in shapes , including felt-hat making machines and hat-making blocks

84.40 Machinery for washing, cleaning, drying, bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing or coating textile yarns, fabrics or made-up textile articles (inclu­ ding laundry and dry-cleaning machinery) ; fabric folding, reeling or cutting machines ; machines of a kind used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support ; machines of a type used for printing a repetitive design, repetitive words or overall colour on textiles , leather, wallpaper, wrapping paper, linoleum or other materials , and engraved or etched plates , blocks or rollers therefor No L 152/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6 . 74

CCT heading Description No

84.41 Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed sewing machines ; sewing machine needles

84.42 Machinery ( other than sewing machines ) for preparing, tanning or working hides , skins or leather ( including boot and shoe machinery ) 84.43 Converters , ladles , ingot moulds and casting machines , of a kind used in metallurgy and in metal foundries 84.49 Tools for working in the hand , pneumatic or with self-contained non­ electric motor 84.50 Gas-operated welding, brazing, cutting and surface tempering appliances 84.51 Typewriters , other than typewriters incorporating calculating mechanisms ; cheque-writing machines 84.52 Calculating machines ; accounting machines , cash registers , postage-franking machines , ticket-issuing machines and similar machines , incorporating a calculating device 84.54 Other office machines ( for example , hectograph or stencil duplicating machines , addressing machines , coin-sorting machines , coin-counting and wrapping machines , pencil-sharpening machines , perforating and stapling machines ) 84.55 Parts and accessories ( other than covers , carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of a kind falling within heading No 84.51 , 84.52 , 84.53 or 84.54 : A. Address plates B. Parts and accessories for electronic calculating machines falling within subheading 84.52 A ex C. Other : — Of typewriters of subheading 84.51 A — Of non-electronic calculating machines of subheading 84.52 B — Of other machines of subheading 84.52 B — Of machines of heading No 84.54

84.56 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding or mixing earth , stone , ores or other mineral substances , in solid (including powder and paste) form ; machinery for agglomerating, moulding or shaping solid mineral fuels , ceramic paste, unhardened cements , plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form ; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand 84.57 Glass-working machines ( other than machines for working glass in the cold ) ; machines for assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic and similar tubes and valves

84.58 Automatic vending machines ( for example , stamp , cigarette , chocolate and food machines), not being games of skill or chance 84.59 Machines and mechanical appliances , having individual functions , not falling within any other heading of this Chapter : D. Rope or cable-making machinery , including electric wire and cable­ making machines E. Other

84.60 Moulding boxes for metal foundry ; moulds of a type used for metal ( other than ingot moulds), for metal carbides , for glass , for mineral materials (for example, ceramic pastes , concrete or cement ) or for rubber or artificial plastic materials

84.61 Taps , cocks , valves and similar appliances , for pipes , boiler shells , tanks , vats and the like , including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves

84.62 Ball , roller or needle roller bearings 8.6.74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/37

CCT heading Description No

84.63 Transmission shafts , cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft bearings , gears and gearing (including friction gears and gear-boxes and other variable­ speed gears), flywheels , pulleys and pulley blocks , clutches and shaft coup­ lings 84.64 Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material (for example, asbestos , felt and paperboard) or of laminated metal foil ; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints , dissimilar in composition , for engines , pipes, tubes and the like, put up in pouches , envelopes or similar packings

85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators , motors , converters (rotary or static), transformers , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors

85.02 Electro-magnets ; permanent magnets and articles of special materials for permanent magnets , being blanks of such magnets ; electro-magnetic and permanent magnet chucks, clamps , vices and similar work holders ; electro­ magnetic clutches and couplings ; electro-magnetic brakes ; electro-magnetic lifting heads

85.03 Primary cells and primary batteries

85.04 Electric accumulators

85.06 Electro-mechanical domestic appliances , with self-contained electric motor

85.07 Shavers and hair clippers, with self-contained electric motor

85.08 Electrical starting and ignition equipment for internal combustion engines (including ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos , ignition coils , starter motors, sparking plugs and glow plugs); generators ( dynamos and alter­ nators ) and cut-outs for use in conjunction with such engines

85.09 Electrical lighting and signalling equipment and electrical windscreen wipers , defrosters and demisters , for cycles or motor vehicles

85.10 Portable electric battery and magneto lamps , other than lamps falling within heading No 85.09

85.11 Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces , ovens and induction and dielectric heating equipment ; electric welding, brazing and soldering machines and apparatus and similar electric machines and apparatus for cutting

85.12 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters ; electric soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus ; electric hair­ dressing appliances ( for example, hair dryers , hair curlers , curling-tong heaters ) and electric smoothing irons ; electro-thermic domestic appliances ; electric heating resistors , other than those of carbon

85.13 Electrical line telephonic and telegraphic apparatus (including such apparatus for carrier-current line systems )

85.14 Microphones and stands therefor ; loudspeakers ; audio-frequency electric amplifiers

85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers ) and television cameras ; radio navigational-aid apparatus , radar apparatus and radio remote-control apparatus

85.16 Electric traffic-control equipment for railways, roads or inland waterways and equipment used for similar purposes in port installations or upon airfields No L 152/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 74

CCT heading Description No

85.17 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (such as bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar and fire alarms), other than those of heading No 85.09 or 85.16

85.18 Electrical capacitors, fixed or variable

85.19 Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits , for the protection of electrical circuits , or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, lightning arresters , surge suppressors , plugs , lampholders and junction boxes); resistors, fixed or variable (including potentiometers), other than heating resistors ; printed circuits ; switchboards (other than telephone switchboards ) and control panels

85.20 Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps (including infra-red and ultra-violet lamps ) ; arc-lamps ; electrically ignited photographic flash­ bulbs

85.22 Electrical appliances and apparatus, having individual functions , not falling within any other heading of this Chapter

85.23 Insulated (including enamelled or anodized) electric wire, cable, bars, strip and the like (including co-axial cable), whether or not fitted with connectors

85.24 Carbon brushes , arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons , carbon electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical purposes

85.25 Insulators of any material

85.26 Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly, but not including insulators falling within heading No 85.25

Chapter 86 Railway and tramway locomotives , rolling-stock and parts thereof ; railway and tramway track fixtures and fittings ; traffic signalling equipment of all kinds ( not electrically powered )

Chapter 87 Vehicles , other than railway or tramway rolling-stock , and parts thereof

88.04 Parachutes and parts thereof and accessories thereto

88.05 Catapults and similar aircraft launching gear ; ground flying trainers ; parts of any of the foregoing articles

89.01 Ships, boats and other vessels not falling within any of the following headings of this Chapter

89.02 Vessels specially designed for towing (tugs) or pushing other vessels

89.03 Light-vessels , fire-floats, dredgers of all kinds , floating cranes , and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function ; floating docks

Section XVIII Optical , photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical and surgical instruments and apparatus ; clocks and watches ; musical instruments ; sound recorders and reproducers ; television image and sound recorders and reproducers , magnetic ; parts thereof

Section XIX Arms and ammunition ; parts thereof

Section XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Section XXI "Works of art, collectors' pieces , and antiques 8 . 6. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 152/39

COMMISSION DECISION of 10 May 1974 fixing the maximum amount for private storage aid for beef and veal (74/288/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the Management Committee for Beef and COMMUNITIES , Veal has not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) Article 1 No 805/68 ( 1 ) of 27 June 1968 on the common orga­ nization of the market in beef and veal, as last The maximum amount for private storage aid for amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 187/73 ( 2 ), and in the tenders opened by Regulation ( EEC) No 878/74 particular Article 8 ( 2 ) thereof; per 100 kilogrammes of the following meat products shall be as follows : Whereas , by Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 878/ 74 ( 3 ) of 10 April 1974 determining the commence­ ( a) 44-50 u.a . for products falling within subheading ment of measures concerning private storage aid for 02.01 A II a ) 1 bb) 22 of the Common beef and veal , three tenders to determine the amounts Customs Tariff, of private storage aid were opened , in conformity with the provisions of Commission Regulation ( EEC ) ( b ) 52-00 u.a . for products falling within subheading No 275/74 ( 4 ) of 31 January 1974 laying down 02.01 A II a ) 1 bb ) 33 of the Common detailed rules for the grant by tender of private Customs Tariff, storage aid for beef and veal ; whereas Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 275/74 provides that either a maximum amount for aid shall be fixed or a deci­ ( c ) 38-30 u.a . for products falling within subheading sion shall be taken to discontinue the invitation to 02.01 A II a ) 1 cc ) 22 of the Common tender ; Customs Tariff, of which the weight per piece is not below 3 kilogrammes . Whereas , on the basis of the tenders received and in view of, inter alia, the requirements of the fourth subparagraph of Article 4 ( 2 ) of Council Regulation Article 2 ( EEC ) No 989/68 ( 5 ) of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting private storage aid for beef This Decision is addressed to the Member States . and veal , the amount of aid should be fixed for each tender;

Done at Brussels, 10 May 1974 .

(*) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 . For the Commission ( 2 ) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1.973 , p. 23 . (3 ) OT No L 101 , 11 . 4 . 1974, p. 59 . The President ( 4) OJ No L 28 , 1 . 2 . 1974, p. 61 . ( 5 ) OJ No L 169, 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 10 . Fran^ois-Xavier ORTOLI