S.I. No. 324/1975 - Imposition of Duties (No. 223) (Footwear) Order, 1975.

S.I. No. 324 of 1975.

IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (NO. 223) (FOOTWEAR) ORDER, 1975.

The Government, pursuant to a Decision of the Commission of the European Communities dated the 22nd day of December, 1975, and addressed to the Government, and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Imposition of Duties Act, 1957 (No. 7 of 1957), and section 22 of the Finance Act, 1962 (No. 15 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Imposition of Duties (No. 223) (Footwear) Order, 1975.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1976.

3. The Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for the matter in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth columns of the Schedule thereto at tariff heading number 64.02A of "23.5%", "23.5%", "17.3%", "9%" and "9%", respectively.

4. The duty of customs on goods mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to the said Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972, at tariff heading number 64.02A and produced or manufactured in and consigned from Member States of the European Economic Community other than the United Kingdom shall be charged at the rate of an amount equal to 18.5 per cent. of the value of the goods in lieu of the rate chargeable thereon immediately before the 1st day of January, 1976.

5. The Imposition of Duties (No. 220) (Footwear) Order, 1975 ( S.I. No. 157 of 1975 ), is hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 30th day of December, 1975

LIAM MAC COSGAIR,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to increase with effect from 1st January, 1976, the customs duties on footwear subject to duty at Tariff heading number 64.02A.