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COUNCILDECISION
of3March1970
ontheconclusionofanAgreementwithCanadanegotiatedunderArticleII(5)ofGATT
(70/179/EEC)
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles113,
114and228thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof5DecemberTheAgreementnegotiatedwithCanadaunderArticleII
(5)oftheGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTradeis
concludedonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nity;thetextoftheAgreementisannexedtothisDeci­
sion.1961;
Articled
TheContractingPartiestotheGeneralAgreementon
TariffsandTradeshallbenotifiedoftheconclusionof
thisAgreement .HavingregardtothereportfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheGovernmentofCanadahas,throughatariff
reclassification ,modifiedthescopeofaconcessionaf­
fectingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ;whereas
thatmodificationhasbeenthesubjectofnegotiationsfor
compensatory adjustmentunderArticleII(5)ofthe
GeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade;
WhereastheconcessionsofferedbyCanadaincompen­
sationforthemodifiedconcessionaresatisfactory,DoneatBrussels,3March1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
Ch.HEGER
ANNEX .
ARTICLEII:5NEGOTIATIONS -1969
SCHEDULE V-CANADA
TheDelegationsoftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities andCanadahaveconcludednego­
tiationsunderArticle11:5forcompensatory adjustmentinconnectionwiththeimpairmentofthe
concessiononflashgunsinScheduleVresultingfromthedecisionoftheTariffBoardof17May1965
ontheclassificationofelectronicflashapparatus.
FortheDelegationoftheCommission FortheDelegationofCanada
oftheEuropeanCommunities
Geneva,Switzerland
25August1969

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Compensation negotiatedwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunityasadjustmentunderArticle11:5forthe
impairmentoftheconcessiononflashgunsinthescheduleoftheGovernmentofCanadaresultingfromthe
DecisionoftheTariffBoardof17May196S
NEWCONCESSIONS NOTINEXISTINGSCHEDULE
Tariffitem
NoDescriptionofproductsRatesofduty
tobebound
43130-1 Engineers',surveyors'ordraftsmen'sprecisioninstruments
andapparatus,namely:
Alidades;
Altazimuths ;
Aneroidbarometers ;
Boards,militarysketching;
Clinometers ;
Compasses ;
Crossstaffheads;
Curves,adjustable,irregular,railroadandship;
Curvimeters ;
Dippingneedles;
Distancemeasuringapparatususinglight,radioorsound
waves;
Draftinginstrumentsofallkinds;
Draftingmachines;
Gyroconverters ;
Heliographs ;
Integrators ;
Levels;
Liners,section;
Meters,portableforhydraulicengineering ;
Pantographs ;
Parallelrules;
Parallelrulingattachments ;
Pedometersandpaceomete /r;
Planetables,militaryandtopographic ;
Planimeters· ;
Poles,ranging;
Prisms,angle;
Protractors ;
Rods,levelling;
Scales,flatandtriangular;
Sextants;
Sliderules;
Splines;
Straightedges;
Subtensebars;
Tacheometers;
Tallyingmachines,pocket;
Teesquares;
Telemeters ;
Theodolites ;
Transits;
Traversingtargets;

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Tariffitem
NoDescriptionofproductsRatesofduty
tobebound
43130-1
(cont'd)Trianglesofalltypes;
Parts,attachments ,tripods,baseplatesandfittedcasesfor
alltheforegoing 5%
46200-2 Electronicflashapparatusdesignedtobehandheldor
mountedonhandcameras,includingself-contained battery­
operatedpowersuppliesforusetherewith;partsofthe
foregoing 10%