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title: "Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 559/73 of the Council of 26 February 1973 amending Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities"
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# Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 559/73 of the Council of 26 February 1973 amending Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of the Council laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities

## Article 1 {#art_1}

Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of 29 February 1968 shall be amended as follows:
The words ‘household allowance’ shall be substituted for ‘head of household allowance’ in Article 3 (3) (a) first indent.

## Article 2 {#art_2}

This Regulation shall into enter force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applicable from 1 July 1972.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 February 1973.
For the Council
The President
E. GLINNE
(1)  OJ No L 56, 4. 3. 1968, p. 8.
(2)  OJ No L 272, 5. 12. 1972, p. 6.