Any charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty on imports the rate of which on 31 December 1972 is higher than that actually applied on 1 January 1972 shall be reduced to the latter rate on 1 January 1973.
Gach muirear ar chomhéifeacht le dleacht chustam ar allmhairí arbh airde a rata, an 31 Nollaig 1972, ná mar a chuirfear chun feidhme iarbhír an 1 Eanáir 1972, déanfar, ar an 1 Eanáir 1973, é a thabhairt anuas go dti an rata deiridh sin.