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Document 11992E015

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
PART THREE : COMMUNITY POLICIES
TITLE I : FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
CHAPTER I: THE CUSTOMS UNION
SECTION 1 : ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
ARTICLE 15

/* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

OJ C 224, 31.8.1992, p. 13 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT)

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11992E015

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART THREE : COMMUNITY POLICIES - TITLE I : FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS - CHAPTER I: THE CUSTOMS UNION - SECTION 1 : ELIMINATION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN MEMBER STATES - ARTICLE 15 /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0013


Article 15

1. Irrespective of the provisions of Article 14, any Member State may, in the course of the transitional period, suspend in whole or in part the collection of duties applied by it to products imported from other Member States. It shall inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.

2. The Member States declare their readiness to reduce customs duties against the other Member States more rapidly than is provided for in Article 14 if their general economic situation and the situation of the economic sector concerned so permit.

To this end, the Commission shall make recommendations to the Member States concerned.

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