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Document 11957E023
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 2: SETTING UP OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF, ARTICLE 23
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 2: SETTING UP OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF, ARTICLE 23
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 2: SETTING UP OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF, ARTICLE 23
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11957E023
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS, CHAPTER 1: THE CUSTOMS UNION, SECTION 2: SETTING UP OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF, ARTICLE 23
++++ ARTICLE 23 1 . FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRESSIVE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , MEMBER STATES SHALL AMEND THEIR TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO THIRD COUNTRIES AS FOLLOWS : ( A ) IN THE CASE OF TARIFF HEADINGS ON WHICH THE DUTIES APPLIED IN PRACTICE ON 1 JANUARY 1957 DO NOT DIFFER BY MORE THAN 15 PER CENT IN EITHER DIRECTION FROM THE DUTIES IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE LATTER DUTIES SHALL BE APPLIED AT THE END OF THE FOURTH YEAR AFTER THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS TREATY ; ( B ) IN ANY OTHER CASE , EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL , AS FROM THE SAME DATE , APPLY A DUTY REDUCING BY 30 PER CENT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DUTY APPLIED IN PRACTICE ON 1 JANUARY 1957 AND THE DUTY IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; ( C ) AT THE END OF THE SECOND STAGE THIS DIFFERENCE SHALL AGAIN BE REDUCED BY 30 PER CENT ; ( D ) IN THE CASE OF TARIFF HEADINGS FOR WHICH THE DUTIES IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE FIRST STAGE , EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL , WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE COUNCIL'S ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 20 , APPLY SUCH DUTIES AS WOULD RESULT FROM APPLICATION OF THE RULES CONTAINED IN THIS PARAGRAPH . 2 . WHERE A MEMBER STATE HAS BEEN GRANTED AN AUTHORISATION UNDER ARTICLE 17 ( 4 ) , IT NEED NOT , FOR AS LONG AS THAT AUTHORISATION REMAINS VALID , APPLY THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS TO THE TARIFF HEADINGS TO WHICH THE AUTHORISATION APPLIES . WHEN SUCH AUTHORISATION EXPIRES , THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED SHALL APPLY SUCH DUTY AS WOULD HAVE RESULTED FROM APPLICATION OF THE RULES CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 1 . 3 . THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF SHALL BE APPLIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY THE END OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AT THE LATEST .