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AGREEMENT

IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF THE SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES FOLLOWING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , OF THE ONE PART , AND THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA , OF THE OTHER PART

( 83/413/ECSC )

LETTER NO 1

SIR ,

DURING NEGOTIATIONS WHICH TOOK PLACE ON 22 JUNE 1983 ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF THE SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR PRODUCTS IN THE COAL AND STEEL SECTOR FOLLOWING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , OF THE ONE PART , AND THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA , OF THE OTHER PART , AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON THE FOLLOWING :

1 . AS FROM 1 APRIL 1983 , THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , OF THE ONE PART , AND THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA , OF THE OTHER PART , FOR PRODUCTS SUBJECT , UNDER THE SAID AGREEMENT , TO A COMMUNITY TARIFF CEILING , AND FOR THE OTHER PRODUCTS LISTED AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN ANNEX A TO THE DECISION ON THE APPLICATION OF THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES TO CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , THE EUR 1 MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE PROVIDED FOR IN PROTOCOL 3 TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT IS THE ONLY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE GRANTING OF TARIFF PREFERENCE .

2 . THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 :

- WHICH COULD BE EXPORTED BEFORE 1 APRIL 1983 ACCOMPANIED BY A FORM A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN

AND

- WHICH WERE ON 1 APRIL 1983 IN TRANSIT OR WERE IN TEMPORARY STORAGE , IN BONDED WAREHOUSES OR IN FREE ZONES IN THE COMMUNITY OR IN YUGOSLAVIA ,

MAY BE ALLOWED TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT IF THEY ORIGINATE IN YUGOSLAVIA WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROTOCOL 3 TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND PROVIDED THAT , WITHIN A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS FROM 1 APRIL 1983 , AN EUR 1 CERTIFICATE ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF YUGOSLAVIA IS PRODUCED TO THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES IN THE COMMUNITY .

THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY MUTATIS MUTANDIS TO ANY PRODUCT WHICH MAY BE PUT IN A SIMILAR SITUATION BY A CHANGE EITHER IN THE SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES OR IN THE AGREEMENT .

3 . THE PROBLEM OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS IN 1983 FOR ECSC PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN YUGOSLAVIA IS RESOLVED IN THE DECLARATION ANNEXED TO THIS LETTER .

I SHOULD BE OBLIGED IF YOU WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER AND CONFIRM YOUR AUTHORITIES' AGREEMENT WITH ITS CONTENTS .

PLEASE ACCEPT , SIR , THE ASSURANCE OF MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION .

CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY

NIKOS DIMADIS

ANNEX

DECLARATION ON THE APPLICATION IN 1983 OF THE PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ECSC PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN YUGOSLAVIA

1 . IT IS AGREED THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE REIMPOSED FOR 1983 IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF THE ECSC AGREEMENT AS SOON AS :

- THE QUANTITIES OF ECSC PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO CEILINGS OR TARIFF QUOTAS AND ADMITTED INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM 1 JANUARY 1983 TO 31 MARCH 1983 , UNDER THE SCHEME OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES ,

- PLUS THE QUANTITIES OF PRODUCTS WHICH , FROM 1 APRIL 1983 , THE DATE ON WHICH THE ECSC AGREEMENT ENTERS INTO FORCE , TO 31 DECEMBER 1983 , FALL UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE ABOVEMENTIONED AGREEMENT , APPLICABLE PRO RATA TEMPORIS ,

HAVE REACHED THE ANNUAL CEILINGS LAID DOWN IN THE AGREEMENT .

2 . WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON THOSE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST INDENT OF POINT 1 MAY NOT BE RE-INTRODUCED UNTIL THE ANNUAL CEILING LAID DOWN IN THE ECSC AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED .

LETTER NO 2

SIR ,

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF TODAY'S DATE ESTABLISHING CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF THE SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES FOLLOWING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , OF THE ONE PART , AND THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA , OF THE OTHER PART .

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO CONFIRM MY AUTHORITIES' AGREEMENT WITH ITS CONTENTS .

PLEASE ACCEPT , SIR , THE ASSURANCE OF MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION .

CHAIRMAN OF THE DELEGATION OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

BORA RAFAJLOVSKI