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Document 11957E014
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 1: ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES, ARTICLE 14
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 1: ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES, ARTICLE 14
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 1: ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES, ARTICLE 14
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11957E014
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 1: ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES, ARTICLE 14
++++ ARTICLE 14 1 . FOR EACH PRODUCT , THE BASIC DUTY TO WHICH THE SUCCESSIVE REDUCTIONS SHALL BE APPLIED SHALL BE THE DUTY APPLIED ON 1 JANUARY 1957 . 2 . THE TIMETABLE FOR THE REDUCTIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS : ( A ) DURING THE FIRST STAGE , THE FIRST REDUCTION SHALL BE MADE ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE WHEN THIS TREATY ENTERS INTO FORCE ; THE SECOND REDUCTION , EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER ; THE THIRD REDUCTION , AT THE END OF THE FOURTH YEAR AFTER THE DATE WHEN THIS TREATY ENTERS INTO FORCE ; ( B ) DURING THE SECOND STAGE , A REDUCTION SHALL BE MADE EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER THAT STAGE BEGINS ; A SECOND REDUCTION , EIGHTEEN MONTHS AFTER THE PRECEDING ONE ; A THIRD REDUCTION , ONE YEAR LATER ; ( C ) ANY REMAINING REDUCTIONS SHALL BE MADE DURING THE THIRD STAGE ; THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , DETERMINE THE TIMETABLE THEREFOR BY MEANS OF DIRECTIVES . 3 . AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST REDUCTION , MEMBER STATES SHALL INTRODUCE BETWEEN THEMSELVES A DUTY ON EACH PRODUCT EQUAL TO THE BASIC DUTY MINUS 10 PER CENT . AT THE TIME OF EACH SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION , EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL REDUCE ITS CUSTOMS DUTIES AS A WHOLE IN SUCH MANNER AS TO LOWER BY 10 PER CENT ITS TOTAL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH 4 AND TO REDUCE THE DUTY ON EACH PRODUCT BY AT LEAST 5 PER CENT OF THE BASIC DUTY . IN THE CASE , HOWEVER , OF PRODUCTS ON WHICH THE DUTY IS STILL IN EXCESS OF 30 PER CENT , EACH REDUCTION MUST BE AT LEAST 10 PER CENT OF THE BASIC DUTY . 4 . THE TOTAL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS OF EACH MEMBER STATE , AS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 , SHALL BE CALCULATED BY MULTIPLYING THE VALUE OF ITS IMPORTS FROM OTHER MEMBER STATES DURING 1956 BY THE BASIC DUTIES . 5 . ANY SPECIAL PROBLEMS RAISED IN APPLYING PARAGRAPHS 1 TO 4 SHALL BE SETTLED BY DIRECTIVES ISSUED BY THE COUNCIL ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION . 6 . MEMBER STATES SHALL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON THE MANNER IN WHICH EFFECT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PRECEDING RULES FOR THE REDUCTION OF DUTIES . THEY SHALL ENDEAVOUR TO ENSURE THAT THE REDUCTION MADE IN THE DUTIES ON EACH PRODUCT SHALL AMOUNT : - AT THE END OF THE FIRST STAGE , TO AT LEAST 25 PER CENT OF THE BASIC DUTY ; - AT THE END OF THE SECOND STAGE , TO AT LEAST 50 PER CENT OF THE BASIC DUTY . IF THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THERE IS A RISK THAT THE OBJECTIVES LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 13 , AND THE PERCENTAGES LAID DOWN IN THIS PARAGRAPH , CANNOT BE ATTAINED , IT SHALL MAKE ALL APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MEMBER STATES . 7 . THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE MAY BE AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ASSEMBLY .