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COUNCILDECISION
of14October1963
ontheconclusionofaTradeAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theImperialGovernmentofIran
(63/574/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparti­
cularArticles111,114and-228thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof1and2April1963authorizingtheCommissionto
opennegotiationswithIranfortheconclusionofaTradeAgreement;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof30and31May1963bywhichtheCommission
wasgivenafurthermandatetopursuesuchnegotiations ;
HavingregardtothereportbytheCommission ,
HASDECIDED :
Article1
ATradeAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandIran,thetextofwhich
isannexedtothisDecision,concludedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatethepersonsempoweredtosign
theAgreementandtoconferonthemthepowersrequiredinordertobindtheCommunity .
DoneatBrussels,14October1963.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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ANNEX
TradeAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheImperialGovernmentofIran
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANECONOMICCOMMUNITY ,oftheonepart,and
THEIMPERIALGOVERNMENT OFIRAN,oftheotherpart,
DETERMINED toconsolidateandextendtheeconomicandtraderelationsexistingbetweenIranand
theMemberCountriesoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
RECOGNIZING theimportanceoftheharmoniousdevelopmentoftradebetweentheContracting
Parties;
HAVEDECIDEDtoconcludeaTradeAgreementandtothisendhavedesignatedastheir
Plenipotentiaries ;
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY :
MrLeodeBlock,PresidentinOfficeoftheCounciloftheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandUnder-Secretary ofStateforForeignAffairsoftheNetherlands ;
MrWalterHallstein,PresidentoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community;
THEIMPERIALGOVERNMENT OFIRAN:
MrAliNaghiAlikhani,MinisterforEconomicAffairs;
MrKhosrowHedayat,Ambassador,HeadoftheMissionoftheImperialGovernmentof
IrantotheEuropeanCommunities ;
Whohaveagreedasfollows:
Article1
FortheperiodofthisAgreementtheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Communityontheproductslistedinthefollowingtableshallbesuspendedatthelevelsindicated
therein.-
n : ,—:
CCTheading
451«Description Rate
,,58.01ACarpets,carpetingandrugs,ofwooloroffineanimal
hair,knotted 32%withamaximum
of4-5u.a./m2
08.04B
08.12A
ex16.04ADriedgrapes
Driedapricots
Caviar(sturgeonroe)7-2%
7%
24%
ArticleII
TheCommunityundertakestoopeneachyearand,onconditionswhichitshalllaydown,toapportion
amongtheMemberStatesanon-discriminatory tariffquotafordriedgrapes(subheadingNo08.04B)1,
equalto15%byvolumeofannualimportsfromthirdcountriesnotassociatedwiththeCommunity ,
basedonthelatestavailableCommunitystatistics.
ThecustomsdutiestobeappliedineachoftheMemberStatesoftheCommunitytoimportsunderthe
quotashallbecalculatedonthebasisoftheCommonCustomsTariffsuspendedat2%.
ArticleIII
TheImperialGovernmentofIranshallgivesympatheticconsideration ,inthecontextofitspro­
grammesforeconomicdevelopment,toopportunitiesfortheharmoniousexpansionoftradewiththe
CommunityanddeclaresitsreadinesstostudysuchopportunitiesintheJointCommitteeprovidedfor
inArticleIV.
ArticleIV
AJointCommitteeshallbeestablishedconsistingofrepresentatives oftheCommunityandrepresenta­
tivesoftheImperialGovernmentofIran.TheJointCommitteeshallensuretheproperexecutionofthe
-AgreementandshallstudythedevelopmentoftradebetweentheCommunityandIran;itmaysuggest
tothecompetentauthoritiesmeansfortheimprovementthereof.
1.Providedtheseproductsareimportedinpackagesnotexceeding15kg.

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TheJointCommitteeshallmeetonceayear.Extraordinary meetingsmaybecalledbymutualagree­
mentinurgentcasesattherequestofoneoftheContractingParties.
TheChairmanship shallbeheldalternatelybyeachdelegation.
ArticleV
ThisAgreementisconcludedforthreeyears.Itmaybeextendedforperiodsofoneyearbyagreement
betweenthetwoParties.
ArticleVI
ThisAgreementshallentermtoforceon1December1963,corresponding tothetenthdayofAzarin
theyear1342oftheIraniancalendar.
ArticleVII
ThisAgreementisdrawnupintwocopiesintheDutch,French,German,ItalianandPersian
languages,eachofthesetextsbeingequallyauthentic.
In-witnesswhereof,theundersignedPlenipotentiaries havesignedthisAgreement.
DoneatBrusselsonthefourteenthdayofOctoberintheyearonethousandninehundredandsixty­
three,corresponding tothetwenty-second dayofMehreintheyearonethousandthreehundredand
forty-twooftheIraniancalendar.