title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia for the supply of common wheat as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 1139
Vol. 1973/0204
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Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
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Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                            COM(73)1139 final
                                                            Brussels , 11 July 1973
                      RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                  on the conclusion of an agreement "between the
                       European Economic Community and the
                      Republic of Tunisia for the supply of
                             common wheat as food aid
                   (submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  COMC73 ) 1139 final
 ---pagebreak---                                       - 1 -
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Earopean Economic Community ,
 and. in particular Articles 113 , 114 and 228 thereof ;
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
provisional application of the 1971 Pood Aid Convention ; whereas that
Convention has been applicable since 1 July 1971 j
Whereas the Republic of Tunisia , by its letter of 27 October 1971 » kas
requested food aid ;
IJhereas in view of the cereal supply situation in the Republic of Tunisia
that country should be accorded , by way of gift , 25 000 metric tons of common
wheat under the Community Pood Aid Programme for 1971/72 ;
                                    Article 1
On behalf cf the European Economic Community an agreement , the text whereof
is annexed hereto , shall be concluded between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Tunisia for the supply of common wheat as food aid .
                                    Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate those who are
to sign the agreement and to confer on them the requisite powers to bind the
Community .
Done at Brussels ,           19 ...                          For the Council
                                                              The President
 ---pagebreak---                               AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAF ECONOMIC COMBIUUITT -AM) THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA
                 COITCERUIEG THE SUPPLY AS FOOD AID
                           OF COMMON WHEAT
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 1 -
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                                        on the one part .
THE GOVEfUMEMT OP THE REPUBLIC OP TUNISIA ,
                                                        on the other part ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as
their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPE/LET COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE REPUBLIC OP TUNISIA :
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                    • • •/• « •
 ---pagebreak---                                       ARTICLE I
 As a part of its Pood Aid Programme (Cereals ) for 1971/72 , the European Economic
 Community shall supply the Republic of Tunisia , hereinafter referred to as the
 "recipient country", with 25 000 metric tons of . common wheat .
                                     ARTICLE II
 Deliveries will be made in "bulk , fob to Community ports .
                                     ARTICLE III
 The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community and
 of the recipient country relating to delivery and the taking of delivery are
 defined in the Annex , which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                                     ARTICLE IV
The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the product from ports of shipment to places of
destination .
It undertakes to exercise the greatest possible care to ensure that the
tendering arrangements for the transport by sea are not prejudicial to the
free play of fair competition . Any problems arising in this connection shall
be the subject of consultations under Article IX of the present Agreement .
                                     ARTICLE V
The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur
poses of consumption and to apply , for the sale of the product on its market ,
the prices normally charged on that market for products of comparable quality .
 ---pagebreak--- The proceeds from this sale , less the cost of sea transport , insurance and the
normal cost of selling the product on the recipient country 's market , will
be paid into &, special account and allocated to the financing of one or . more
developeiaent schemes which have already "been proposed "by the recipient country
and approved by the European Economic Community .
                                         ARTICLE VI
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement - in such, -a - way - as to
avoid           prejudice to the normal structure of domestic production and interna
tional trade . To this end they shall take any measures required to ensure that
aid supplies are in addition to , and do not replace , business transactions which
r . < >7 rci-..50Jiably "be expected in the absence of such supplies . In particular , the
recipient country undertakes to import commercially from whatever source between
1 July 1973 a^id 30 June 1974 a minimum quantity of ( 85 000)metric tons of cereals .
                                         ARTICLE VII
The recipient country shall take any measures required to prevent :
( i ) The re-export of the product received as aid and of products and by-products
        resulting from such supplies f
 ( ii ) The export , commercially or otherwise , within six months of the last delivery 5
        either of th& product obtained locally and of the same nature 'as the' product
        received as aid or of any products or by-products resulting from it .
                                         ARTICLE VIII
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community how
this Agreement is being implemented . To this end it shall provide the Commission
of the European Communities with the following informations
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 3 -
 (i )   Not later than thirty days after the unloading of each cargo s ports
        and dates of arrival of the vessel j nature , quantity end quality of
        the products unloaded ? date bn which unloading was completed ;
(ii )   Every three Months until the quantities received as aid have "been
        fully useds quantities sold , how they have been sold , selling prices ;
        normal selling costs on the recipient country 's market ;
(iii )  On 15 January every year until- the special account has "been fully
        usedi
        (a ) State of this account (incomings and outgoings ) on 31 December
             of the proceding year ;
        (b ) Progress achieved in the project or projects , with an indication
             of the total amount of financing undertaken at that stage .
                                    ARTICLE IX
At the request of either of . them , the Contracting Parties shall consult each
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                    ARTICLE X
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , English , French ,
German and Italian languages , each of these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---                       AlfflEX TO ARTICLE III OF THE AGREEMENT
                                      Article 1
Delivery shaU.be effected and risks shall pass from the European Economic
Community to the recipient country at the moment at which^the goods have
been placed in the ship T s hold at the jpoi*t of shipment .
The recipient country shall bear all costs subsequent to delivery of the goods ,
including costs of stowage and , where appropriate , of trimming and bagging.
Any demurrage costs or' dispatch at the port of shipment shall be a charge on
or for the benefit of the European Economic Community and shall be determined
before the vessel sails . The rates and detailed arrangements relating thereto
laid down in the contract between the recipient country and the carrier must
have been agreed upon in advance by the recipient country and the authorised
agent of the European Economic Community referred to in Article 9 »
                                      Article 2
The European Economic Community shall notify the recipient country in good
time of the port or ports of shipment , the quantities to be delivered at each
port , the period within which loading must begin , and the daily loading rate .
The European Economic Community must be prepared to load the goods on the date
resulting from the instructions in Article 8 , whereon the vessel should be ready
for loading.
                                      Article 4
On delivery of the goods , a loterance of 5 % less than the quantity to be supplied
in accordance with Article 1 of the Agreement is permitted .
 ---pagebreak--- Once the goods are on board the vessel , the European Economic Community shall
notify the recipient country of the date of loading, and the quantity ?nd
quality of the goods as recorded on loading.
                                    Article 6
The recipient country shall supply the European Economic Community , within the
period referred to in Article 2 , with a vessel of dimensions corresponding to
the normal loading potential of the port of shipment .
Should it prove impossible for the vessel to begin loading within the period
referred to in Article 2 and should the recipient country not have notified
the European Economic Community of this fact in writing at the latest by the
date on which the vessel should be ready for loading in accordance with Article 8 ,
the goods shall be at the disposal of the European Economic Community .
Whatever the circumstances , the goods shall be held at the expense , risk and
peril of the> recipient country .    ,
                                                                                !
                                    Article 7
Should the recipient country fail to provide a vessel of suitable tonnage or
if the quantity made available for loading on a vessel of suitable tonnage
cannot be put on board in its entirety because of circumstances beyond the
control of the European Economic Community, the balance shall be loaded onto
the next vessel under the conditions laid down in this annex .
In this  event , until the date of loading of this balance or until the recipient
country gives notice in writing that it gives up this balance , the goods shall be
hold at the expense , risk and peril of the recipient country .
The recipient country must notify the European Economic Community within a period
of a maximum of 30 days from the beginning of loading of the shipment to which
these goods should have belonged , of the date on which loading of this balance
is due to begin or of its renunciation of this balance .                     /
 ---pagebreak---                                          - 3 -
If this obligation" is- not respected, the European Economic Community may consider
that it has discharged its commitment to the recipient country under Article 1
of the Agreement .
                                        Article 8
The recipient -country shall name, for the European Economic Community the vessel
that is to ship the goods at least 10 clear days' pcrior to ±h.& "©s-tiaarted.dat e .
of arrival of the vessel in port or , where possible , 20 clear days prior to
this date , and shall at the same time indicate how soon after that date the
vessel will he ready for loading .
The --&C.7 ni ent ooxmtry shall .Insert in the charter party a clause requiring
th© captain to inform the European Economic Community at least 72 hours in
advance of the vessel 's estimated date of arrival in port .
To implement the provisions of this annex , the European Economic Community
shall appoint an authorised agent , whose name and address shall "be made known
in good time to the recipient country .
The recipient country shall nominate a receiving agent in each port of shipment ,
whose nane and address shall "be made known to the European Economic Community
before the Agreement is implemented .


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY AGREEMENT ON CONCERTED DISCIPLINES BETWEEN SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY CONCERNING IMPORTS OF CHEESE INTO SPAIN


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on the extension of the temporary agreement on concerted disciplines between Spain and the European Economic Community concerning imports of cheese into Spain (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (82) 876
Vol. 1982/0268
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concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                    COM ( 82 ) 876 final
                                                    Brussels , 6 January 1983
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                             Recommendation for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
         on the extension of the temporary agreement on concerted
         disciplines between Spain and the European Economic Community
         concerning imports of cheese into Spain
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(82 ) 876 final
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       U**     S T&
                                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . Paragraph 9 of the temporary agreement of 6 July 1982 on concerted disciplines
    concerning imports of cheese into Spain specified that the Joint Committee ,
    set up under the Agreement , would meet in the second half of 1982 to decide
    whether , and under what conditions , the Agreement should be extended .
2 . At the consultations which took place on 11 November between Spanish and
    Community delegations , it was deemed appropriate to extend the Agreement
    for one year . Agreement was also reached concerning the quantities of
    imports of cheese into Spain from the Community on the basis of which import
    licences would be granted by the Spanish authorities in 1983 .
    These quantities , which in total exceed by 4.7 % the level of imports set
    for 1982 , have been determined with a view to ensuring optimum utilization of
    the licences granted for each group of cheeses through the transfer of cer
    tain quantities not used in previous years to other groups of cheeses .
3 . The Article 113 Committee , which met on 11 November in Geneva , expressed a
    favourable opinion concerning the outcome described above .
 ---pagebreak---                             RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
           on the extension of the temporary agreement on concerted disciplines
                between Spain and the European Economic Community concerning
                                imports of cheese into Spain
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , in
particular Article 113 thereof ,
having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
whereas Spain , invoking Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade ( GATT ), has taken safeguard measures against imports of cheese of which
the European Economic Community is the principal supplier ;
whereas the Commission has entered into negotiations with Spain under Article
XIX of the GATT ; whereas it has reached an agreement with that country con
cerning imports of Community cheese into Spain in 1983 ; whereas that Agreement
is considered satisfactory ,
HAS DECIDED AS    FOLLOWS :
                                          Article 1
The Agreement between the European Economic Community and Spain , in the form
of . agreed minutes , is hereby approved on behalf of the Community .
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     (2)
                                      Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person
empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community .
Done at Brussels .                              For the Counci I
                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   ANNEX
                                AGREED       MINUTES
1 . At the conclusion of the consultations held on 11 November 1982 under para
    graph 9 of the temporary agreement on concerted disciplines between Spain
    and the European Economic Community concerning imports of cheese into Spain ,
    the Spanish and EEC delegations have arrived at the following arrangements ,
    subject to approval by their respective authorities .
2 . The temporary agreement of 6 July 1982 on concerted disciplines between
    Spain and the European Economic Community concerning imports of cheese
    into Spain shall be extended for one year .
3 . The quantities of imports of cheese into Spain from the Community which , in
    1983 , shall be used for the granting of import authorizations on an orderly
    and regular basis by the Spanish authorities , shall be fixed as set out in
    the annex to these agreed minutes .
A. The year 1982 , as referred to in Articles 2 , 3 , 8 and 9 , shall accordingly
    be replaced by 1983 .
                                                 Geneva , 11 November 1982
For the Spanish Delegation ,                     For the Delegation of the
                                                 Commission of the European
                                                 Communi t i es ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       annex
                          QUANTITIES OF IMPORTS OF CHEESE INTO SPAIN
                                  FROM THE COMMUNITY IN 1983
                                                                 Tonnes
A. Emmentaler ( whole or in pieces )                               1,150
B. Blue-veined cheese :
   - Roquefort                                                        60
   - Other                                                         1,850
C. Processed cheese                                                  525
D. Asiago , Provolone , Grana Padano ,
   Parmigiano Reggiano                                               150
E. Cheddar                                                           100
F. Gouda , Edam ( round )                                          3,400
G. Havarti 60 %                                                      950
H. Saint-Nectaire , Saint-Paulin , Taleggio                          140
I. Soft cheese                                                       625
J. Other cheeses , excluding Edam , in rectangular
   shape and in loaf shape other than of a net
   weight of 2 kg or more and 5 kg or less                         1,000
                                                                   9,950


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF A PROTOCOL ON FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Lebanon for the supply of common wheat as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 1535
Vol. 1973/0267
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Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         COM(73)1535 final
                                                         Brussels , 12 September 1973
                           RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                             COUNCIL DECISION
         on the conclusion of an agreement "between the European
         Economic Community and the Republic of Lebanon for the
                    supply of common wheat as food aid
               ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
 COM(73 ) 1535 final
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 1 -
THIS COUNCIL OF THE EQROrJM COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Eoonomio Community ,
and in partioular Artioles 113 » 114           228 thereof ;
                                       »
Having regard to the Rooommendation from the Commission }
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for pro
visional application o'f the 1971 Food Aid Convention } whereas that Convention
has "been applicable since 1 July 1971 ;
Whereas the Republic of Lebanon , by its letter of 25 August . 1972 , has requested
food aid ;
1-Jhereas in view of the cereal supply situation in the Lebanon that country
should be accorded , by way of gift , 5 , 000 metric tons of common wheat under
the Community Pood Aid Programme for 1972/73 } .
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                      Article 1
On behalf of the European Economio Community the Agreement , the text whereof
is annexed hereto , is hereby ooncluded, between the European Economio Community
                                                                                t
and the Republio of Lebanon for the supply of common wheat as food aid. •
                                       Article 2
The President of the Counoil is hereby authorized to designate the persons
                                                             s
                                                               >
empowered to sign the Agreement and to oonfer oh them the necessary powers
to bind the Community .       '             •
                           •         •
Done at Brussels ,           19 ** ••                            For the Counoil
                                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak---                 AGREMENT
BETWE3H THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
      AHD THE REPUBLIC OP LEBAITOK"
 COMJERSTIMx THE SUPPLY OP COMMON WHEAT
             . AS POOD AID
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      1
                                                     on the one hand .
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE REPUBLIC OP LEBANON,
                                                     on "the other hand ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE REPUBLIC OP LEBANON:
WHO HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article I
As a part of its Food Aid Programme (cereals ) for 1972/73 , the European
Economic Community , hereinafter referred to as the "Community", shall supply
the Republic of Lebanon , hereinafter referred to as the "recipient country ",
with 5,000 metric tons of common wheat *
                                Article II
                       *
Deliveries will be made in bulk fob to Community ports .
                                Article III
The obligations and responsibilities of the Community and of the recipient
country relating to delivery and the taking of delivery respectively axe          -
defined in the Annex , which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                                Article IV
The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the product from ports of shipment to places of
destination .
It undertakes to exercise the greatest possible care to ensure that the
tendering arrangements for the transport by sea are not prejudicial to the
free play of fair competition . Any problems arising in this connection shall
be the subject of consultations under Article IX of the present Agreement .
                                Article V
The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur
poses of consumption ajid' to apply , for the sale of the product on its market ,
the prices normally charged on that market for products of comparable quality .
The proceeds from this sale , less the cost of sea transport , insurance of such
transport and the normal cost of selling the product on the recipient country * s
market , will be paid into a special account at the Central Bank of that country
and allocated to the financing of one or more development schemes which shall
have been proposed by the recipient country and approved by the Community.
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article VI
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in suoh a way
as to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of domestic production and
international trade . To this end"they shall take any measures required to
ensure that aid supplies are in addition to , and do not replace , commercial
transactions which might reasonably "be expected in the absence of such supplies .
In particular , the recipient country undertakes to import commercially from
whatever source between 1 July 1973 and 30 June 1974 a minimum quantity of
             metric tons of oomrnon wheat or its equivalent in floir of common wheat
                                   Article VII
The recipient country shall take all appropriate measures to prevent :
– the re-export of the product received as aid and of products and by-products
   resulting from such supplies ; •
- the export , commercially or otherwise , id. thin six months of the last delivery ,
   either of the product obtained locally and of the same nature as the product
   received as aid or of any products or by-products resulting from it .
                                   Article VIII
The recipient country undertakes to inform the Community how this Agreement
is being implemented . To this end it shall provide the Commission of the
European Communities with the following information :
(i )    Not later than thirty days after the unloading, of each cargo :
                                                        . –    • >'"!• .
        ports and dates of arrival of the vessel ; nature , quantity and
        quality of the products unloaded ; date on which unloading
                                                             r
                                                                         was completed ;
(ii )   Every three months until ^he quantities received a,s aid have been fully
        used : quantities sold , how they have been sold , selling prices ; normal
        selling oosts on the recipient country 's market ;
(iii ) On 15 January every year'until the special account has been fully used :
        (a) State of this account ( lodgements and withdrawals ) on 31 December
             of the preceding year ;
        (b ) Progress achieved in the project or projeots , with an indication
             of the total amount of financing carried out at that stage .             /
 ---pagebreak---                               Article IX   •
At the request of either of them , the Contracting Parties shall oonsult each
                          ' *
other on any questions' concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                              Article X
This Agreement shall he drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Ihitch , English ,
French , German and Italian languages , each of these texts "being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---                   AMEX TO ARTICLE III OP THE AGREEMENT
                                Article 1
Delivery shall be effected and risks shall pass from the European Economic
Community to the recipient country at the moment at which the goods have "been
placed in the ship 's hold at the port of shipment .
The recipient country shall hear all co-sts subsequent to delivery of the goods ,
including costs of stowage and , where appropriate , of trimming and bagging .
Any demurrage costs or dispatch at the port of shipment shall be a charge on
or for the benefit of the European Economio Community and shall be determined
before the vessel sails . The rates and detailed arrangements relating thereto
laid down in the contract between the recipient country and the carrier must
have been agreed upon in advance by the recipient country and the authorized
agent of the European Community referred to in Article 9 *
                                 Article 2
The European Economic Community shall notify the recipient country m good
time of the port or ports of shipment , the quantities to be delivered at each
port , the period within which loading must begin , and the daily loading rate .
                                                                       . r
                                 Article 3
The European Economic Community must be prepared to load the goods in the
date resulting from the instruction in Article 8 , whereon the vessel should
be ready for loading .                                 '>       _
                                                                            Λ
                         *            -
                                 Article A
                                                            x •
On delivery of the goods , a tolerance of 5 $-less than "the quantity to be
supplied in accordance with Article 1 of the Agreement is permitted .
                                 Article *5
         «
Once the goods are on board the vessel , the European Economio Community shall
notify the recipient country of the date of loading , and the quantity and
quality of the goods as recorded in loading .
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 6'
The recipient country shall supply the European Eoonomio Community , within
the period referred to in Article 2 , with a vessel of dimensions corresponding
to the normal loading potential of the port of shipment .
Should it prove impossible for the vessel to "begin loading within the period
referred to in Article 2 and should the recipient country not have notified
the European Economic Community of this fact in writing at the latest "by the
date on which the vessel should be ready for loading in accordance with
Article 8 , the goods shall be at the disposal of the European Economic Community .
Whatever the circumstances , the goods shall be held at the expense , risk and
peril of the recipient country .
                                  Article 7
Should the recipient country fail to provide a vessel of suitable tonnage or
if the quantity made available for loading on a vessel of suitable tonnage
cannot be put on board in its entirety because of circumstances beyond the
control of the European Economio Community , the balance shall be loaded onto (
the next vessel under the conditions laid down in this annex .
In this event , -until the date of loading of this balance or until the recipient
country gives notioe in writing that it gives up this balance , the go&ds shall
be held at the expense , risk and peril of the recipient country .
The recipient country must notify the European Eoonomio Community within a
period of a maximum of 30 days from the beginning of goading of the shipment
                                                                           *
to which these goods shpuld have belonged , of the date on whioh loading of
this balanoe is due to begin or of its renunoiation of t£is balance ..
If this obligation is not r'espeoted , the European Economio Community may
consider that it has discharged its commitment to the recipient country
under Article 1 of the Agreement .
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 3 -
                               Article 8
The recipient country' shall name for the European Economic Community the
vessel that is to ship the goods at least . 10 clear days prior to the
estimated date of arrival of the vessel in port , or where possible , 20 clear
days prior to this date , and shall at the same time indicate how soon after
that date the vessel will he ready for loading .
The recipient country shg.ll insert in the charter party a clause requiring
the captain to inform the European Economic Community at least 72 hours in
advance of the vessel 's estimated date of arrival in port .
                              Article 9
To implement the provisions of this annex , the European Economic Community
shall appoint an authorized 'agent , whose name and address shall "be made known
in good time to the recipient country .
The recipient country shall nominate a receiving agent in each port of ship
ment , whose name and address shall be made known to the European Economic
Community before the Agreement is implemented .


RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE CONCLUSION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND CONCERNING THE GRANTING OF RECIPROCAL TARIFF CONCESSIONS FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republic of Somalia on the supply of food aid in the form of common wheat and rice (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
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DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 1138
Vol. 1973/0204
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Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
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27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
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Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
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(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak---  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(73)1138 final
                                                       Brussels , 7 July 1973
                              RECOMMENDATION FOR A.
                                COUNCIL DECISION
        concluding an agreement between the European Economic Community
        and the Democratic Republic of Somalia on the supply of food aid
                      in the form of common wheat and rice
                 ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(73 ) 1138 final
 ---pagebreak---    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
  Having regard to "the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  and in particular Articles 113 . 114 a**d 228 thereof ,
                                                                 1
  Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ,
  Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a declaration of pro
  visional application of the Pood Aid Convention of 1971 ; and whereas that
  Convention has "been effeotive since 1 July 1971 ;
  Whereas "by letter of 2 February 1972 the Democratic Republic of Somalia
  submitted a request for food aid ;
  Whereas in view of the supply position for oereals in the Democratic Republic c
  Somalia this country should be granted 10,000 metric tons of common wheat and
  5,000 metric tons of rice as a gift under the 1971/1972 Community Food Aid
  Programme :
                                                                              ν
• HAS DECIDED THAT :
                                   Article 1
  On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement is hereby concluded _
  between the European Economic Community and the Democratic Republio o:T Somalia
  concerning the supply of food aid in the form of common wheat , the text of
  which Agreement is annexed to this decision .
                                   Article 2
                                                                              *
  The President of the Counpil is hereby authorized to designate the persons
  empowered to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the^ powers necessary
  to commit the Community . •                                                     •
  Done at Brussels ,                                         For the Council
                                  "          '                The President
 ---pagebreak---                            AGREEMEMT
           EETWEEHT THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMtlUluTY
           Aim THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OP SOMALIA
ON THE SUPPLY OP POOD AID IN THE FORM OP COMMON WHEAT AND RICE
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                                       on "the one hand .
THE GOVERMENT OP THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OP SOMALIA ,
                                                       on "the other hand ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :                   '      1
THE GOVERNMENT OP THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OP SOMALIA :
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article T
As a part of its Pood Aid Programme (cereals ) for 1971/ 1972 , the European
Eoonomio Community shall supply the Democratic Republic of Somalia , herein
after referred to as the "recipient country", with 10,000 metric tons of
common wheat and 5»000 metric tons of rice .
                                 Article II                    •  •
Deliveries will he made cif to ports of unloading in the recipient country
in new jute sacks of a net weight of 50 kg .
                                 Article III
The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community and
of the recipient country relating to delivery and the talcing of delivery are
defined in the Annex which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                                 Article IV
The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the product from ports of unloading to places of'
destination .
                                 Article V
The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for pur- * . • •
                                                                        T
pose3 of consumption and to apply , for the sale of the product on its market ,
the prices normally charged on that market for products of comparable quality .
The proceeds from this sale , less the normal cost of selling the product on the
recipient country 's market , will be paid into a special account in the Central
Bank and allocated to the financing of one or more development projects which
have already been proposed by the recipient country and approved by the Euro
 "                                                         *             *
pean Economic Community.
                                 Article VI
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such a way as to
avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of domestic production and interna
tional trade . To this end they shall take any measures required to ensure that
aid supplies are in addition to , and do not replace , business transactions which
 ---pagebreak--- might reasonably be expected in "the absence of such supplies . In particular ,
the recipient country undertakes to import commercially from whatever source
between 1 July 1973 and' 2,6 June 1974 a minimum quantity of 22,000 metric tons
of cereals .
                                   Article VII
The recipient country shall take any measures required to prevent :
(i )   The re-export of' the product received as aid and of products and
       by-products resulting from such supplies ;
(ii ) The export , commercially or otherwise , within six months of the last
       delivery , either of the product obtained locally and of the same nature
       as the product received as aid or of any products or by-produots resulting
       from it .
                                   Article VIII
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
how this Agreement is being implemented . To this end it shall provide the
                                                                                x. ,
Commission of the European Communities with the following information :
(i )   Not later than thirty days after the unloading of each cargo : ports
       and dates of arrival of the vessel } nature , quantity and quality of
       the products unloaded ; date on which unloading was completed ;
( ii ) Every three months until the quantities received as aid have been fully
       used : quantities sold , how they have been sold , selling prioes ; normal
       selling oosts on the recipient country 's market ;          ' .'
                                                            •»
(iii.) On 15 January every year until the speoial account ha& been fully used :
                             •              ».                     »
       (a
        • -
           ) State of . this acoount (- incomings and outgoings \on' 31 Deoember
                                                                             '
                                                                                of
             the preceding year ;    -                          .
                                                                                1
       (b ) Progress achieved on the projeot or projects .
                                   Article IX    :
At the request of either of them , the Contracting Parties shall consult each
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement .
                                   Article X
This Agreement is drawn up in duplioate in the Danish , Dutch, English , French ,
German and Italian languages , . each of these texts being equally authentio . .
 ---pagebreak---          ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE III OP THE AGREEMENT
                                Article 1
Delivery shall "be effected and. risks shall pass from the European Economic'
Community to the recipient country at the moment when the goods axe actually
removed from the ship 's hold at the port of unloading . The recipient country
 shall hear all costs subsequent to delivery of the goods , including unloading
costs ( such as unstowing , hoisting and reception and any lighterage costs ).
Any demurrage costs or dispatch money at the port of unloading shall he a .
charge on or for the benefit of the recipient country . The rates and detailed
arrangements relating thereto laid down in the contract between the authorized
agent of the Community referred to in Article 5 and. the carrier must have been
agreed upon in advance by the authorized agent and the receiving agent of the
recipient country referred to in Article 5 «
                                Article 2
The European Economic Community shall , as soon as possible after the goods
                                                                             ν .
have been loaded , notify the recipient country of the ship 's name , the date
of loading , the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded at time of loading
and the port of unloading .
                                Article 3
The European Economic Community shall inform the recipient country of the
vessel 's expected date of arrival at the port of unloading at least ten clear
days before that date .                                      •   '
                                                       •i
The European Economio Community shall insert in the oh'arter" party a clause
requiring the captain to inform the recipient country at least 72 hours in
                .·                        -                τ   ·
advance of the vessel 's estimated date of arrival in port'.
                                Article 4
On delivery of the goods , a tolerance shall be allowed of 5 5° less than the
quantity to be supplied under Article 1 of the Agreement .
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article 5
                        »' ' '•
To implement the provisions of this Annex , the. European Economio Community
shall appoint an authorized agent , whose name and address shall "be made known
to the recipient country in good time .
The recipient country shall appoint a receiving agent in each port of unloading ,
whose name and address, shall he made known to the European Economic Community
before the Agreement is implemented .


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the acceptance of a draft Additional Protocol to the Agreement on the temporary importation, free of duty, of medical, surgical and laboratory equipment for use on free loan in hospitals and other medical institutions for purposes of diagnosis or treatment (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
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DE LA COMMISSION
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COM (82) 192
Vol. 1982/0060
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(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
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concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
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27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
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Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak---    COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(82)192 final
                                                      Brussels, 16 April 1982
                               Recommendation for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
    concerning the acceptance of a draft Additional Protocol to the
    Agreement on the temporary importation, free of duty , of medical ,
    surgical and laboratory equipment for use on free loan in hospi
    tals and other medical institutions for purposes of diagnosis or
                                     treatment
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                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )"      <^\/
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    COM ( 82 ) 192 final
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                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
By its Decision of 25 June 1979 , the Council author " :d the
 Commission to conduct , within the Council of Europe,      ~otiations
with a view to adding a protocol to the Agreement on t i      temporary
 importation, free duty/ of medical , surgical and laboratory equipment
for use on free loan in hospitals and other medical institutions for
purposes of diagnosis or treatment so that the European Economic
Community could become a Contracting Party to that Agreement .
The grounds for this decision comprised the fact that the Agreement
 in question lays down that each Contracting Party which has
sufficient stocks for its own needs will make medical , surgical
and laboratory equipment available on free Loan to such other
 Contracting Parties as may , in exceptional circumstances , have
urgent need of it , such equipment having to be subsequently
 returned, and the fact that Article 2 Lays down the length of
the period of temporary importation and stipulates the benef iciairies
of these Arrangements ,
 In practice , this means that the Member States are waiving the
 application of Common Customs Tariff duties on the equipment
 in question .                              j
                                           I
 The Secretariat of the Council of Europe will submit this draft
 Additional Protocol for approval by the Committee of Ministers
 of that organization provided the draft has received the prior
 approval of the EEC Council of Ministers .   It would like to be
 able to . submit the draft at a meeting to be held in May this year .
 Once the addition of this Protocol has been decided on by the
 Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe , the European
 Community may become a Contracting Party to the Agreement .
 Consequent ly, the Commission recommends that the Council accept
 the draft Additional Protocol to the Agreement on the temporary
 importation, free of duty, of medical , surgical and laboratory
 equipment for use on free loan in hospitals and other medical
 institutions for purposes of diagnosis or treatment and that
 it authorize the Commission to inform the Secretariat cf the
 Council of Europe of such acceptance ( Annex I ).
 ---pagebreak--- As soon as this Additional Protocol has been adopted by the
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe ( probably in
the second half of 1984 ), the Commission will recommend that
the Council of Ministers of the Community should approve, on
behalf of the Community, the Agreement on the temporary impor
tation, free of duty, of medical^surgical and laboratory
equipment for use on free loan in hospitals and other medical
institutions for purposes of diagnosis or treatment .
 ---pagebreak---                                                             ANNEX    I
                      Recommendation for a
                        COUNCIL DECISION
              concerning the acceptance of a draft
Additional Protocol to the Agreement on the temporary importat • hi,
free of duty, of medical , surgical and laboratory equipment for use
on free loan in hospitals and other medical institutions for
purposes of diagnosis or treatment
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Agreement on the temporary importation, free of duty , of
medical , surgical and laboratory equipment for use on free loan in
hospitals and other medical institutions for purposes of diagnosis
or treatment , which was drawn up on the initiative of the Council
of Europe , is designed to make it easier for Member States of that
organization to import medical , surgical and laboratory equipment
loaned in exceptional circumstances by other Member States , on
condition that the said equipment is re-exported;
Whereas one of the conditions necessary to ensure this cooperation,
which aims to satisfy the most urgent needs of the people of the
Member States concerned, is to allow this equipment temporary exemption
from import duties and import taxes , on condition that it is required
for hospitals and other medical institutions , as provided for in
Articles 1 and 2 of the Agreement ;
Whereas any decision to grant temporary exemption from customs duties
under an agreement must take account of the requirements peculiar to
the Customs Union and in particular of the existence of the Common
Customs Tariff ;
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       2.
Whereas any derogation from the Common Customs Tariff , whether by
ciniLateral measures or by treaty , is the sole responsibility of the
Community ;
Whereas the Secretariat of the Council of Europe has proposed that an
Additional Protocol be added to the Agreement in question to enable the
European Economic Community to become a Contracting Party to that
Agreement so that it may exercise its powers in that field ;
Whereas the draft Additional Protocol meets the requirements of the
European Economic Community ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS
 ---pagebreak---                                 Article    1
The draft Additional Protocol to the Agreement on the tempore;":*'
importation,, free of duty , of medical , surgical and laboratory
equipment for use on free loan in hospitals and other medical
institutions for purposes of diagnosis or treatment , as proposed
by the Secretariat of the Council of Europe , is hereby approved on
behalf of the Community .
The text of the said draft Additional Protocol is annexed to this
Decision .
                               Article   2
The Commission shall inform the Secretariat of the Council of
Europe of the approval     by the Community of the draft Protocol
referred to in Article 1 .
Done at Brussels ,
                                           For the Council
                                             The President
 ---pagebreak--- ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ON THE TEMPORARY IMPORTATION ,,
 FREE OF DUTY /, OF MEDICAL , SURGICAL AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR
USE ON FREE LOAN IN HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS FOR
PURPOSES OF DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT .
The Member States of the Council of Europe , Contracting Parties to
the Agreement of 28 April 1960 on the temporary importation, free
of duty, of medical , surgical and laboratory equipment for use on
free loan in hospitals and other medical institutions for purposes
of diagnosis or treatment ( hereinafter referred to as " the Agreement "),
Having regard to     Articles 1 and 2 of the said Agreement , which lay
down that this type of equipment may , under certain conditions , be
temporarily imported free of duty ,
Whereas so far as the Member States of the European Economic
Community are concerned, the granting of such an exemption must in
particular take account of the existence of the Common Customs
Tariff set up . by those States ; whereas any derogation from the
Common Customs Tariff falls within the competence of the European
Community , which possesses the necessary powers in this respect by
virtue of the Treaty which established it ;
Whereas , for the purposes of implementation of Articles 1 and 2
of the Agreement , it is therefore necessary for the European
Economic Community to be able to become a Contracting Party to
the Agreement ,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                              Article   1
The European Economic Community may become a Contracting Pi i y to the
Agreement by signing it .   In respect of the Community, the Agreement
                                                 I
shall enter into force on the first day of the month following Lhe date
of such signature .                              1
                             Article   2
1 . This Additional Protocol is open to acceptance by the Contracting
    Parties to the Agreement .  It shall enter into force on the first
    day of the month following the date on which the last Contracting
    Party deposits its instrument of acceptance with the Secretary
    General of the Council of Europe .
2 . This Additional Protocol shall however enter into force at the
    end of a period of two years from the date on which it becomes
    open to acceptance, unless any Contracting Party communicates
    an objection to its entry into force .  In that event , the first
    paragraph of this Article shall be applied .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          6.
                               Article   3
  From the date of its entry into foce , this Additional Protocol shall
 form an integral part of the Agreement . From that date , no State may
 become a Contracting Party to the Agreement without at the same time
 becoming a Contracting Party to the Additional Protocol .
                             Article   4
 The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall notify the Member
 States of the Council of Europe , any State having accededto the
 Agreement and the European Economic Community of any acceptance or
 objection under Article 2 and of the date of entry into force of
 this Additional Protocol in accordance with Article    2.
 The Secretaray General shall also notify the European Economic
 Community of any act , notification or communication relating to
 the Agreement .
Done at Strasbourg , this                         , in English and
French , both texts being equally authentic , in a single original which
shall be deposited in the archives of the Council of Europe .
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit
certified copies to each member State of the Council of Europe, to any
State invited to accede to the Agreement and to the European Economic
Community .


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE ACCEPTANCE, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, OF THREE ANNEXES TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SIMPLIFICATION AND HARMONIZATION OF CUSTOMS PROCEDURES


title: Recommendation for a decision, of the Council authorizing the opening of negotiations and consultations in GATT concerning the variation of tariff concessions in respect of unwrought lead, other, and unwrought zinc. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 1937
Vol. 1974/0312
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européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
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concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak---                                                        сошшгатш
                                                      COM(74)1937 final
                                                      Brussels , 22 November 1974
               Recommendation for a decision, of the Council
   authorizing the opening of negotiations and consultations in GATT
                concerning the Variation of tariff concessions in
              respect of unwrought lead , other , and unwrought zinc.
               (submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
0011(74) 1937 final
 ---pagebreak--- Fxplanatory Mémorandum
           During the XXrV":6 negotiations and. the 1962-63 '-Dillon Round"
under the snspices of the GATT , the Community bound the duty of 1.32 u.c. /lOO kg.
for unwrought lead , other ( tariff position 78 . 01 A II ) and for unwrought zinc
( tariff position 79»01 A ).
           Protocols number 14 and 15 anne::ed to the Treaty of             stipulate
that unwrought lead , other and unwrought zinc will , v;ith effect from 1 January ,
1974 » be subject to a duty of 4»5 7" with a minimum charge of 1.1 u.c. /lOO kg.
Since 1 January , 1974 "the above^duty is suspended and the duty which is applied
is 4.5 % with a R'.inimim charge of 1.1 u.c. /lOO kg and a maximum charge of
1.32 u.c« /l00 kg., the reason.for this being to repsect the Community 's GATT
obligations . The suspension is limited to 31 June , 1975 a"t "the latest .
           With a view to regularising this situation and given that the
conditions exist for settling the tariff problem , the Commission recommends
tc tho Council , under Article 113 paragraph 3 of the Treaty of Rome , the autho
risation of negotiations in accordance vdth Article XXVII paragraph' 1 ' of the
General Agreement to alter the duty of 1.32 u.c. /lOO kg. for unwrought lead,
other and unwrought zinc .
           The Special Article 113 Committee has expressed support for these
negotiations and will assist the Commission in the consideration of any
compensation which may be necessary to bring them to a succesful conclusion.
           The Commission submits to the Council the annexed draft recommen
dation for a decision .
 ---pagebreak---         Recommendation for a Decision of the Council authorizing the
        opening of negotiations and consultations in GATT oonceming
        the variation of tariff oonoessions in respeot.of unwrought
        lead, other , and unwrought zinc
  THE COUNCIL OP THE HJROPEM COMMJNITIES ,
  HAVING regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  and in particular Article 113 ?
  HAVING regard to the Recommendation of the Commission ;
  WHEREAS during the 1962–63 tariff negotiations in the framework of the GATT,
  the Community "bound a customs duty of 1.32 u.a./lOO kg. for unwrought lead,
  other (CCT subheading No 78.01 A II) and for unwrought zinc (OCT subheading
  No 79.01 A); whereas these bindings are included in the European Economic
  Community's list (list LXXII ~ EEC) annexed to the General Agreement on
: Tariffs and Trade ;
  Whereas to this end tariff negotiations or consultations should be undertaken
  with the contracting parties of the GATT possessing rights with regard to
  these concessions under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement ;.
  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                    Sole Article
  The Commission hereby is authorized to open tariff negotiations or consultations
  with the contracting parties possessing rights by virtue of the provisions of
  Article XXVIII of the General Agreement with a view to varying the duty of
  1.32 u.a./lOO kg . relating to unwrought lead , other , and unwrought zinc (subheadiw
  Nos . 78-.01 A II and 79*01 A respectively of the Common Customs Tariff)


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Dahomey for the supply of cereals as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 1448
Vol. 1974/0234
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
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concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(74 ) 1448 final
                                                     Brussels . 16 September 1974
                            RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                             COUNCIL DECISION
          on the conclusion of an agreement "between the European
          Economic Community and the Republic of Dahomey for the
                       supply of cereals as food aid
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM(74 ) 1448 final
 ---pagebreak---  TUB COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
Having regard, to the Treaty ctablishing the European Economic Community j
 and in particular Articles 113 , 114 and 228 , thereof }
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission }
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a Declaration for
provisional application of the 1971 Food Aid Convention ; whereas that
Convention has been applicable since 1 July 1971 ;
Vihereas the Republic of Dahomey          , by its letter of » 5 October 1973
has requested food aids
V/hereas in view of the cereal supply situation in Dahomey that country
should be accorded , by way of gift , 4.000 metric tons of soft wheat under the
Community Food Aid Programme for 1973/74 }
DECIDES :
                              Article   1
On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement , the text    whereof
is annexed hereto , shall be concluded between the European Economic Commun ity
and the Republic of Dahomey for supply of soft wheat as food aid .
                              Article   2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate those who
are to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the requisite powers to
bind the Community .                                                  *
                                                          t
Done at Brussels ,                19
                                                    For the Council
                                                     The Président
 ---pagebreak---                AGREEMENT
     * *
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE   REPUBLIC OF DAHOMEY       ON
THE SUPPLY OF FOOD AID IN THE FORM OF
CEREALS .                     : .
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                            of the one part ,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC . OF DAHOMEY
                                           of the other part ,
                                                        *
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have
designate , as their plenipotentiaries t
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
                                                     t
THE GOVERNEMENT OF THE REI\-j3LIC OF DAHOMEY }
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                           ARTICLE      I
The European Economic Community shall supply by way of gift to the
Republic of Dahomey (hereafter referred to as "the recipient country ") a
quantity of 4 000 metric tons of soft "wheat under the Community 's food aid
programme in cereals for 1973/74 *
                        . ARTICLE      II
Deliveries will be made in new jute sacs with a net weight of 50 kg each
FOB in accordance with the details laid down in the Annex which forms an
integral part Of the present Agreement .
                                    »
                          ARTICLE      III
The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
                                                         ».
transport and insurance of the products from point of delivery to places
of destination .
It undertakes to  exercise the greatest care to ensure that the tendering
arrangements for  sea transport do not prejudice the free play of fair
competition . Any problems arising in this connection shall be the subject
of consultations  under Article VIII of the present Agreement .
                                  i   ■
                          ARTICLE       IV
The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for
purposes of consumption and to apply f for the sale of the product on its
market t the prices normally charged on that market for products of
comparable quality . The proceeds from this sale shall be paid into a
special account with the Central Bank or a Bank under public controle and
allocated to the financing of one or more development projects under
arrangements which have been agreed in advance between the recipient country
and the European Economic Community *
 ---pagebreak---                               ARTICLE   V
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such a way
as to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of national production
and international trade . To this end they shall take any measures required
to ensure that supplies as aid are in addition to and do not replace business
transactions which might reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies
In particular , the recipient country undertakes to import commercially from
whatever source between 1 July 1974 and 30 June 1975 a minimum quanity of
14*700 metric tons of soft wheat or its equivalent in flour of soft wheat .
                                                                   I
                              ARTICLE   VI
The recipient country shall take all steps required to prevent :
( i ) the re-export of the product received as aid and also of any products
         and by-products resulting therefrom }
( ii ) the export , commercially or otherwise , within a period of six months
         commencing from the final delivery , either of any product procured
         locally of the same nature as that received as aid , or of any products
         and by-products resulting therefrom .
                                                            «
                                                          A
                              ARTICLE   VII
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
of how this Agreement is implemented . To this end it shall provide the
Commission of the European Communities with the following details :
    ( i ) Immediately after the unloading of each cargo i ports' and dates of
          arrival of vessel ; nature , quantity and any observations as to the
         'quality of the products unloaded ; date on which unloading was
          completed ; costs of sea transport and of insurance relating thereto ;
  ( ii ) Every three months until the quantities received as aid have been
          fully used j quantities sold ; manner of sale ; actual selling prices ;
          normal selling costs on the recipient country 's market ; costs of
          insurance and of transport if applicable from the port of unloading
          to the places of destination ;
 ---pagebreak---  ( iii ) On 15 January every year until the special account has been fully
           expended :
           a) Summary of the account ( incomings and outgoings ) to 31 December
              of the previous year ;
          b ) Stage of progress of the project or projects , indicating the
              total resources expended to that stage *
                              , ARTICLE   VIII
The Contracting Parties shall at the request of either consul x each other
on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement *
        •'1                          »
                                ARTICLE   IX
                                 «
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , English ,
French1,- German and Italian languages , each of these texts having equal force *
 ---pagebreak---                           Oonarn.1 provisions
                                Article 1
  Delivery shall be effected, and risks shall pass form the European Economic
  Community , hereinafter referred to as the EEC , to the recipient country at
  the moment at which the goods are put down at the point of exportation
  named by the Commission of the European Communities at the berth specified
  by the recipient country or its agent referred to in Article 3 and under the
 terms specified in the following articles . Without prejudice to Articles 8 and
; 9,the EEC shall bear all costs up to delivery and the recipient country those
 beyond delivery .                            "
                              Articlè   2
  On delivery a tolerance of 5 $ less than the quantity of the product to be
  supplied in accordance with article I of the Agreement shall be admissible .
                                                           0
                              Article   3
 The EEC shall appoint an agent to implement the provisions of the present
  Annex - or for each consignment – whose name and address it shall make
  known to the recipient country immediately following his appointment .
  The recipient country shall appoint an agent in the port or ports of ship
  ment , whose name and address it shall make known to the EEC with all
  despatch and if possible before the appointment of agent of the EEC .
                              Article   4
                              '   1                            à
  Before implementing the procedures for appointing the agent of the EEC
  referred to in Article 3 » "the Commission of the European Communities and
  the recipient country shall jointly establish the period during which
  delivery must begin *
                Obligations of the European Economic Community
                              Article   5                '
  Should the EEC not be in a position to carry out delivery on the date and
  ( if applicable ) on the schedule as provided in Article 7 « all costs
  arising for the recipient Country - for example demurrage void freight
  and dead freight - shall be borne by the EEC *
 ---pagebreak--- The charges and the arrangements relating to demurrage laid down in the
contract between the recipient country and the carrier must have been
agreed in advance by the recipient country and the agent of the EEC .
The other costs referred to in the first paragraph shall only be refunded
by the EEC if they have been paid by the recipient country with the approval
of the EEC .     .
                                Article  6
Should it prove impossible for the EEC to supply all or part of the goods
on the date and within the time-limits provided for in Article, 7 and without
            o
prejudice to the provisions of Article 5 » a new date and a new time-limit
shall be agreed between the agents of the EEC and of the recipient country
for the delivery of all the goods . or of the undelivered part thereof .
                   Obligations of the récipient country
                                                          »
                                Article  7
After contacting the EEC , the recipient country shall procure one or more
vessels to transport all the quantities provided for in- Article 1 of the
Agreement , of dimensions corresponding to the normal capacity of the port of
shipment ; these vessels must be ready for loading on a date falling within
the period referred to in Article 4 »
The agent of the recipient country shall inform the EEC of this date
immedately on learning it , and also that jfor commencement of delivery ,
if possible twenty days in advance and in any case ten days before the date
for commencement of delivery .                                            •
He shall establish with the agent of the EEC the schedule to which delivery
shall take place .
                                Article  8
Should the recipient country be unable to begin loading on the date provided
for in Article f , paragraph 1 , the agent of the recipient country shall
inform the agent of the EEC without delay .
 ---pagebreak---   In this event a new date for the commencement of delivery and ( if applicable )
  a new schedule could be agreed between the agents of the EEC and of the
  recipient country . The costs arising from this delay shall in all cases
  except force majeure be borne by the recipient country .
  Should the new date provided for in paragraph 2 be more than 30 clear days
 after the date for loading provided for in Article 7 » paragraph 1 , the EEC
 may dispose of the goods without prejudice to its commitment under Article 1
 of this Agreement .
                         »"          Article 9
 If the quantity made available for loading on a vessel cannot be put on
 board in its entirety , the recipient country shall inform the EEC as soon
 as possible and no later than fifteen clear days after loading has been
 completed whether it intends to accept or to renounce the balance .
 In the former case the provisions of Article 8 , paragraphs 2 and 3 , shall
 apply : to the balance , if delivery has not yet taken place .
 In the latter case the EEC may consider that it has discharged its commitment
                                                          0
 to the recipient country under Article 1 of this Agreement and shall bear
 the costs resulting from such renunciation .
 In any event after the expiry of an interval of fifteen clear days and in
 the absence of any notice on the part of the recipient country , the renun
 ciation shall be deemed to have taken place .
                                   1 Article 10
Upon delivery of the goods , the recipient covin try shall hand to the
agent of the EEC a certificate of acceptance stating the port of shipment ,
date of acceptance , the nature and quantity of the goods accepted and
including any comments on the quality of the goods . and send a copy thereof
to the Commission of the European Communities *


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to negotiate agreements for the amendment of certain agreements between the EEC and certain non-member countries in order to adapt the tariff specifications (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (77) 151
Vol. 1977/0055
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                           COM(77)151 final
                                           Brussels , 28 April 1977 *        )
          ■  ■                         >     • ■ ■   "      "         :   ,
                       RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                               /               ■   >
        authorising the Commission to negotiate agreements for the amendment
        of certain agreements between the ESC and certain non-member countries
                   in order to adapt the tariff specifications
                                           χ           -  /
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COM(77 ) 151 final
                                                 /
                                        \
 ---pagebreak---                 Commission Communication to the Council
 Amendment cf certain EEC agreements with non-member countries in or-jor to
 adapt the tariff specifications .
           The Member States of the Community ,, six of the EFTA countries
( Austria, Finland , Norway , Portugal , Sweden and Switzer land)as well as
Cyprus , Greece , Spain and Turkey are contracting parties to the Convention
on the Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariff s(known
as the Brussels Nomenclature or the CCC Nomenclature ). They have thereby under
taken to apply this nomenclature in their customs tariffs .
2.         With effect from 1 January 1978 certain amendments fall to be made
to the nomenclature in question . The tariffs of the States concerned will
therefore be amended . The agreements concluded by the EEC with' those countrijs
                                                               r  1
contain lists of products based on the nomenclature Of the customs tariffs
in force at the time when the agreements were signed . From V January' 1978
the lists will no longer correspond to the customs tariffs which will have
been amended . In order to bring these lists into line , the agreements them
selves must be amended .                             ''
3 ."    " The planned amendments do not affect the protocols relative to the
definition of the concept of " originating products " and methods of adminis
trative cooperation , which will be adapted by the bodies administering the
agreements , with the exception , however , of Lists A and B annexed to the
Protocols to the EEC-Spain and EEC-Cyprus agreements relative to the defini
tion of the concept of " originating products " and methods of administra
tive cooperation , which are concerned in the present procedure .
4.         Although Iceland and Malta are not contracting parties to the'
Nomenclature Convention and have not therefore undertaken to follow that
nomenclature strictly , they nevertheless apply it and will very probably ..
amend their tariffs in the same way as the contracting parties . In practice ,
their situation can therefore be treated in the same way as that .of the
other co-contracting States .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           •      vJ> - F. V,v;«.fl
                                                                                * >· ι
                              - 2 -
 5.         Amendments similar to those referred to above are I
be made in the fairly near future . The procedure to be
 tions followed by an exchange of letters formally amendiftp *Jtf .
 seems relatively cumbersome in the light of the aity to b*
 mere adaptation of the texts without change of substance .                                                                     '
 fairly long time lapses for certain of the countries
 lar Austria, where a parliamentary procedure is require .            >S
6.          In order to simplify , for the future , the proifetjilwm '
the Commission suggests to the Council that the Joint Comtoi; t^e^s
ciation Councils />s appropriate , be empowered to adapt tMt tfjMfg
                                                                 ■■ ■: ■         v:>*
agreements when the customs tariffs of the contracting port^t*'
            Such a procedure already exists under the a§ree«w^^-:i»if^1|®i^^Jf'. 7,«.'
                                                                              • l' WI*»
Egypt , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Morocco , Syria and Tu«1 s f fy.
by a provision contained in those agreements . It is for this •
those agreements are not included in this mandate .
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7.          In short , in order to amend the agreements referred
graph 1 above on the basis of the Customs Cooperation Council
which must be applied as from 1 January 1978, and in order to. *«***£ %                                                        ! '•
agreements so that the Joint Committees and Association Councils!
                                                                         ' * ' ; ;c "•
wered in the future to adapt the tariff lists in the agreements 'i                                            ΜΗΗ*«£?.;
customs tariffs are amended , the Commission recommends that the
authorise it to negotiate with the States concerned .
8.          Accordingly the recommendation contained    in Αηηβχ
                                                   ίηβά ίη Annex Χ ·19
to the Council .
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 ---pagebreak---                         RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
    authorising the Commission to negotiate agreements for the amendment of,
    certain agreements between the EEC and certain non-member countries ir.
                 order to adapt the tariff specifications .
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES;'         r' '              "          U:" '
                                                                         iir ;: r ,i r \   •„ •. J.
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,,
   and in particular Article 113 thereof ,    •                                          ,
                                                            Î , ! . r-
  Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission
  Whereas , following the recommendation of the Customs Cooperation Council ,
  it is necessary to adapt the tariff specif icat ions in the 'agreement
  between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria , the
  Republic of Cyprus , the Republic of Finland , Greece , the Republic of
  Iceland , Malta, the Kingdom of Norway , the Portuguese Republic; Spain,
' the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swiss Confederation and Turkey; ' " ; ■ >
  Whereas Lists A and B annexed to the Protocols relative to the definition
  of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative coo
 peration, which form form an integral part of the Agreements between the
 European Economic Community and Cyprus and between the European 'Economic
 Community and Spain, should be adapted; ;
 Whereas the above Agreements should be amended in order to provide for V
 simplified procedure for adapting the tariff lists in the event of further
 amendments to the tariffs of the contracting parties;
 ---pagebreak---  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS
 Sole article
 The Commission is herely authorised to negotiate agreements with the Republic
of Austria , the Republic of Cyprus , the Republic of Finland , Greece , the ,
Republic of Iceland , Malta , the Kingdom of Norway , the Portuguese Republic ,, .
Spain , the Kingdom of Sweden , the Swiss Confederation and Turkey . It shall
conduct these negotiations in consultation with the special committee pro**
vided for in Article 113 and in accordance with the directives contained in
the Annex hereto .                  - :*   ■ f    >•                  ;•! . Dr " " r\n
                                                                                , >
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Done at       . ...                            • , i    • ,. .
                                                   For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                       Ann-jx * '*
                    Amendment of certain EEC agreements
                         with non-member countries
           The tariff amendments   will be those arising from the Recommendation
of the Customs Cooperation Council for the amendment of the Nomenclature for
the Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs .
           In particular , the amendments to Lists A and 8 annexed to the
Protocols relative to the definition of the concept of "originating products "
and methods of administrative cooperation which form an integral part of the
EEC-Spain and EEC-Cyprus Agreements , will be those required , as a consequence
of the above mentioned Recommendation , in order to neutralize the effects
which that Recommendation could have on the definition of the concept of
originating products .
           In addition , the following provision will be inserted into the
Agreements :
           " In the event of amendments to the nomenclature of the customs
tariffs of the contracting parties in respect of products referred to in
the Agreement ,      the Joint Committee^/ _/ the Council of Association^?
may adapt the tariff nomenclature of those products to the said amendments
having due regard to the principle of the maintenance of the real advanta
ges resulting from this Agreement ".                <