S.I. No. 85/1977:

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES) (PROVISIONAL DUTY ON REFRIGERATORS) ORDER, 1977.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (DUMPING AND SUBSIDIES) (PROVISIONAL DUTY ON REFRIGERATORS) ORDER, 1977.

WHEREAS during an investigation by An Coimisiún Dumpála under section 7 of the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 (No. 11 of 1968), in relation to goods of the kind specified in Article 2 of the Order following, that Commission recommended to the Minister for Industry and Commerce that a provisional duty at the rates specified in the said Article 2 be imposed for a period of six months on goods of the kind aforesaid:

NOW, I, Justin Keating, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 of the said Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Act, 1968 , hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) (Provisional Duty on Refrigerators) Order, 1977.

2. (1) A Provisional duty at the rates specified in paragraph (2) of this Article shall be charged, levied and paid on goods of the following description that are imported into the State between the 25th day of March 1977 and 24th day of September 1977, that is to say, on domestic electrical refrigerators the storage volume of the food compartment of which exceeds 3 cubic feet and does not exceed 12 cubic feet which are classified at tariff code numbers 8415-043 or 8415-047 in the Schedule to the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ), and which originate in the U.S.S.R. or are exported from the U.S.S.R.

(2) The duty imposed by this Order shall be at the following rates, that is to say,

(a) in the case of a domestic electrical refrigerator the storage volume of the food storage compartment of which exceeds 3 cubic feet but does not exceed 6 cubic feet, at the rate of £16.00 per refrigerator, and

(b) in the case of a domestic electrical refrigerator the storage volume of the food storage compartment of which exceeds 6 cubic feet but does not exceed 12 cubic feet, at the rate of £11.00 per refrigerator.

3. For the purposes of this Order, the country of origin of goods shall be determined in accordance with the rules of origin contained in Council Regulation (EEC) 802/68* of the 27th day of June, 1968.

*OJ No. LI48. 28/6, 1968, p.1.

4. For the purposes of this Order, the internal capacity of the types of refrigerator specified in Article 2 of this Order shall be determined in accordance with the standards prescribed by the International Organisation of Standardisation.

5. The duty imposed by this Order is hereby placed under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of March, 1977.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and

Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the imposition for a period of six months of provisional duties on Russian refrigerators, of £16 each where the storage capacity is 3 to 6 cubic feet and £11 each where storage capacity is 6 to 12 cubic feet.