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RAADETS AFGOERELSE

af 15 . oktober 1968

om indgaaelse af en aftale med Australien i henhold til artikel XXVIII , stk . 5 , i GATT

( 68/362/EOEF )

RAADET FOR DE EUROPAEISKE FAELLESSKABER HAR -

under henvisning til traktaten om oprettelse af Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab , saerlig artikel 111 , 114 og 128 ,

under henvisning til den faelles toldtarif for De europaeiske Faellesskaber ,

under henvisning til Raadets afgoerelse af 5 . december 1961 ,

under henvisning til beretning fra Kommissionen , og

ud fra foelgende betragtninger :

Australien har i henhold til bestemmelserne i artikel XXVIII , stk . 5 , i Den almindelige Overenskomst om Told og Udenrigshandel tilkendegivet sit oenske om at indlede tilbagetagelse af koncessioner vedroerende Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab ; denne tilbagetagelse har vaeret genstand for forhandlinger om kompensation ;

de koncessioner , der tilbydes af Australien som kompensation for tidligere koncessioner , er tilfredsstillende -

VEDTAGET FOELGENDE AFGOERELSE :

Artikel 1

Det europaeiske Faellesskab har med Australien indgaaet en aftale i henhold til artikel XXVIII , stk . 5 , i Den almindelige Overenskomst om Told og Udenrigshandel , og hvortil tekst foreligger som bilag til denne afgoerelse .

Artikel 2

Indgaaelsen af denne aftale skal meddeles til de kontraherende parter i Den almindelige Overenskomst om told og udenrigshandel .

Udfaerdiget i Luxembourg , den 15 . oktober 1968 .

Paa Raadets vegne

G . SEDATI

Formand

Uofficiel oversaettelse

( BILAG )

FORHANDLINGER I HENHOLD TIL ARTIKEL XXVIII - 1968

LISTE I - AUSTRALIEN

Australiens delegation og delegationen for Kommissionen for De europaeiske Faellesskaber har afsluttet forhandlingerne om aendring eller tilbagetagelse af de koncessioner , der er fastsat i liste I , som det fremgaar af vedlagte tabel .

For delegationen for Kommissionen for De europaeiske Faellesskaber ...

For Australiens delegation ...

27 . marts 1968 .

Results of negotiations with the European Economic Community under Article XXVIII for the modification or withdrawal of concessions in the Schedule of Australia

CHANGES IN SCHEDULE I - AUSTRALIA

A . CONCEESSIONS TO BE WITHDRAWN

Tariff item No * Description of products * Concession in existing schedule *

* * Bound general rate * Bound margin of preference *

105 ( AA ) * Piece-goods , viz : * * *

diam . * Piece-goods , knitted or lockstitched , in tubular form or otherwise ( except Piece-goods enumerated in item 208 ( D ) ( 2 ) ) of any material except when wholly of wool : * * *

( 2 ) * Other : * * *

( a ) * Wholly of artificial silk * * *

* per lb * 3 /- * 1/9d *

* or ad val . * 30 % * 12 1/2 % *

* whichever rate returns the higher duty * * *

( b ) * Not being wholly of artificial silk * * *

* per lb * 3 /- * 1/9d *

* or ad val . * 30 % * 12 1/2 % *

* whichever rate returns the higher duty * * *

( E ) ( 2 ) dian . * Lace for attire ; lace flouncings ; millinery nets ; dress nets ; veilings ; embroideries in the piece ; tucked linens or cottons * * *

* ad val . * 17 1/2 % * 12 1/2 % *

281 * Drugs and chemicals , viz : * * *

( B ) ( 2 ) ( b ) * Hyposulfite of soda , hypochlorite of soda , carbonate of magnesia n.e.i . * * *

* ad val . * 30 % * 17 1/2 % *

320 ( C ) ( 1 ) * Sensitized cinematograph film , unexposed : * * *

( b ) * Otherwise : * * *

( 2 ) * Over 16 millimetres in width per lineal foot * 1d * Nil *

384 ( A ) ( 1 ) * Photographic and X-ray dry plates and flat films , sensitized ( not including photographic plates enumerated in sub-item ( B ) * * *

* per square foot * 6d * 3d *

* or ad val . * 27 1/2 % * 15 % *

* whichever rate returns the higher duty * * *

384 ( A ) ( 2 ) * Photographic sensitized films n.e.i . * * *

* per square foot * 7 1/2d * 3 1/2d *

* or ad val . * 27 1/2 % * 15 % *

* whichever rate returns the higher duty * * *

384 ( A ) ( 3 ) * Photographic sensitized papers and cards also linen and other sensitized materials , n.e.i . ; postcards ( sensitized with or without letterpress ) * * *

* per square foot * 1d * 1/2d *

* or ad val . * 27 1/2 % * 15 % *

* whichever rate returns the higher duty * * *

dian . Withdrawal in part only . Bindings to France retained on specifications enumerated in Part F .

D . NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING SCHEDULE

Tariff item No * Description of products * Rates of duty at present in force * Concession *

* * General * ef . * Bound general rate * Bound margin of preference *

ex 37.03 * Sensitized paper , paperboard and cloth , unexposed or exposed but not developed ; but not including the following : * 27 1/2 or dollars 0-008 per sq ft ( mainly ) * * * *

* Papers and fabrics of a kind used in the production of heliographic prints , blueprints and like prints * * 12 1/2 % or dollars 0-004 per sq ft ( mainly ) * * *

* ad val . * * * 27 1/2 % * 15 % *

58.09 * Tulle and other net fabrics ( other than woven , knitted or crocheted fabrics ) , figured ; hand or mechanically made lace , in the piece , in strips or in motifs * * * * *

* ad val . * 17 1/2 % ( mainly ) * 5 % * 10 % * 10 % *

E . CONCESSIONS HAVING GENERAL APPLICATION ( i.e . NO INITIAL NEGOTIATOR )

Tariff item No * Description of products * Concession *

* * Bound general rate * Bound margin of preference *

28.42 * Carbonates and percarbonates ; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate * * 10 % *

37.01 * Photographic plates and film in the flat , sensitized , unexposed , of any material other than paper , paperboard or cloth * * *

* ad val . * 27 1/2 % * 15 % *

ex 37.02 * Film in rolls , sensitized , unexposed , perforated or not ; but not including the following : * * *

* - Cinematograph film , as prescribed by by-law * * *

* - Perforated film not greater than 16 millimetres in width * * *

* ad val . * 27 1/2 % * 15 % *

ex 37.04 * Sensitized plates and film , exposed but not developed , negative or positive : but not including the following : * * *

* - Perforated film * * 10 % *

37.08 * Chemical products and flash-light materials , of a kind and in a form suitable for use in photography * * 12 1/2 % *

F . CONCESSIONS TO FRANCE RETAINED FROM PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS

Tariff item No * Description of products * Concession *

* * Bound general rate * Bound margin of preference *

ex 58.08 * Millinery nets , dress nets and veilings * * *

* ad val . * 17 1/2 % * 12 1/2 % *

58.10 * Embroidery in the piece , in strips or in motifs * * *

58.10.100 * Without visible backeground * * *

* ad val . * 17 1/2 % * 12 1/2 % *

58.10.900 * Other * * *

* ad val . * 17 1/2 % * 12 1/2 % *

60.01 * Knitted or crocheted fabric , not clastic or rubberized * * *

ex 60.01.990 * - Other not being wholly of wool or wholly of man-made fibres * * *

* per lb * dollars 0-30 * dollars 0-175 *

* or ad val . * 30 % * 12 1/2 % *

* whichever rate returns the higher duty * *