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S.I. No. 61/1976 - European Communities (Surveillance of Footwear Imports) Regulations, 1976.

S.I. No. 61 of 1976.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SURVEILLANCE OF FOOTWEAR IMPORTS) REGULATIONS, 1976.

WHEREAS the State has been authorised under the Decision of the Commission of the European Economic Communities dated 22nd December, 1975 (No. 76/176/EEC) to take certain protective measures (the conditions and details of which the Commission has determined under that Decision):

I, JUSTIN KEATING, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the power conferred on me by Section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Surveillance of footwear Imports) Regulations, 1976, and shall come into operation on 16th day of March, 1976.

2. (1) In these Regulations "the Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to a tariff heading number shall be taken to be a reference to that tariff heading number in the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972, ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ).

3. (1) These Regulations apply to the goods specified at a tariff heading number mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations, but do not apply to goods which:—

( a ) form part of a parcel being imported by parcel post, the value of which does not exceed £25, or

( b ) are shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to be designed, constructed and intended solely for use for scientific, medical or surgical purposes.

(2) The particulars stated in column (2) of the Schedule to these Regulations are inserted solely to facilitate identification of the goods referred to at the tariff heading number mentioned in column (1) of that Schedule opposite the insertion in column (2), and, accordingly, nothing contained in column (2) shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of any provision of these Regulations (including the mention of the tariff heading number in column (1)).

4. The importation into the State of any goods to which these Regulations apply shall be subject to the production by the importer of an import authorisation issued by the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

5. The European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Clothing and Footwear Imports) Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 116 of 1975 ), are hereby amended by the deletion from column (1) of the Schedule of "64.01" and "64.02B" and from column (2) of the Schedule of the material opposite "64.01" and 64.02B".

6. The European Communities (Surveillance of Certain Footwear Imports), Regulations, 1975 ( S.I. No. 115 of 1975 ), are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

Tariff Heading

(1)

Short Description of goods

(2)

64.01

Footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or artificial plastic material.

64.02

Footwear with outer soles of leather or composition leather; footwear ( other than footwear falling within heading No. 64.01) with outer soles of rubber or artificial plastic material.

64.03

Footwear with outer soles of wood or cork.

64.04

Footwear with outer soles of other materials.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 10th day of March, 1976.

JUSTIN KEATING,

Minister for Industry and

Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is to enable the Minister for Industry and Commerce to impose a system of surveillance on imports into Ireland of all footwear.