The Customs Duties (Spain and Portugal) (Revocation) Order 1988

Made: 20th July 1988

Laid before the House of Commons: 20th July 1988

Coming into force: 10th August 1988

The Treasury, by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 5(2) and (3) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State, hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Customs Duties (Spain and Portugal) (Revocation) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 10th August 1988.

2

The Customs Duties (Spain and Portugal) Order 1987[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

Signed

Tony Durant — Mark Lennox-Boyd — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 20th July 1988

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Customs Duties (Spain and Portugal) Order 1987. The Order is replaced by the Customs Duties (Spain) Order 1988 and the Customs Duties (Portugal) Order 1988 which provide for the reductions in the customs duties charged on the importation of goods into the United Kingdom from Spain and Portugal respectively pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 839/88 (O.J. No. L87 31.3.1988, p.1.).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68; section 1(2) was amended by the European Communities (Spanish and Portuguese Accession) Act 1985 (c. 75) and section 5(3) and Schedule 2 by the Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (c. 3), section 19 and Schedule 2, paragraphs 3 and 5.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1987/2183.