Regulation (EEC) No 3539/73 of the Council of 18 December 1973 on the rate of import charges collected on small non-commercial consignments of agricultural products and goods coming under Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69

• CELEX: Regulation (EEC) No 3539/73
• Articles: 2

Article 1

1. In the case of small non-commercial consignments referred to in Section II B (2) of the preliminary provisions of the Common Customs Tariff, appearing in Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68, the flat rate charge referred to in paragraph 1 of the said Section II B shall be collected in place of the import charges as laid down within the framework of the common agricultural policy and of those provided for in relation to goods in Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69.

2. When the same transaction is liable to the collection of several different charges, the flat rate charge referred to in paragraph 1 is collected for the whole of the charges.

3. However, paragraph 1 shall not apply when the addressee requests, prior to the imposition on such goods and agricultural products of the said flat rate charges, that they be subjected to the appropriate import charges.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1973.

For the Council

The President

J. CHRISTENSEN (1)OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 5. (2)OJ No L 172, 22.7.1968, p. 1. (3)OJ No L 233, 21.8.1973, p. 10. (4)OJ No L 141, 12.6.1969, p. 1. (5)OJ No L 151, 7.6.1973, p. 1.