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COUNCIL
DECISION
OFTHEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBER
STATESOFTHEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY MEETING
WITHINTHECOUNCIL
of25June1973
openingtariffpreferencesforproductscoveredbythatCommunityandoriginating
inNorway
(73/155/ECSC)
HAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1THEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS
OFTHEMEMBERSTATESOFTHEEUROPEAN
COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY ,
WhereastheMemberStateshaveconcludedamong
themselvestheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCoal
andSteelCommunity ;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheKingdomofNorway
willenterintoforceon1July1973providingthat
theContractingPartiesarenotifiedbeforethatdate
oftiecompletionoftheproceduresnecessarytothat
end;
WhereastheAgreementbetweentheMemberStates
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,oftheone
part,andtheKingdomofNorway,oftheotherpart,
issubjecttotheapprovalofeachContractingParty
inaccordancewithitsownprocedures ;
Anxioustoapplyautonomously andconcomitantly
thetariffreductionslaiddowninthatAgreement ;1.Witheffectfromthedateofentryintoforceof
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheKingdomofNorwayanduntil
31December1973,thedutiesapplicableinthe
CommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandinIreland
toimportsofproductscoveredbytheEuropeanCoal
andSteelCommunityandoriginatinginNorway,
withtheexceptionoftheproductlistedinArticle2
(3),shallbereducedto80%ofthebasicduty,or
leviedattherateof80%ofthebasicduty.
2.Witheffectfrom1Januaryanduntil31
December1974,thesedutiesshallbereducedto60%
ofthebasicduty,orleviedat60%ofthebasicduty.
3.Duringthesameperiod,theUnitedKingdom
andDenmarkshallrefrainfromintroducingnew
customsdutiesonimportsofproductscoveredbythe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityandoriginating
inNorway.
4.ThebasicdutiesreferredtointhisDecision
shallbethosedutiesactuallyappliedon1January
1972. InagreementwiththeCommission ;

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Article2 EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheKingdomof
Norwayshallapplytotheproductstowhichthis
Decisionrefers.
Article41.Witheffectfromthedateofentryintoforceof
theAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheKingdomofNorwayuntil31
December1973,thecustomsdutyonimportsintothe
Community asoriginallyconstitutedandinto
Ireland,ontheproductlistedinparagraph3,
originatinginNorway,shallbereducedto95%of
thebasicduties,orleviedattherateof95%ofthe
basicduties.
2.Witheffectfrom1Januaryanduntil31
December1974thisdutyshallbereducedto90%of
thebasicduty,orleviedat90%ofthebasicduty.TheMemberStatesshalldecidebycommonaccord
onanycontingentprotectivemeasuressuggestedby
oneormoreMemberStatesorbytheCommission .
Article5
3.Theproductreferredtoinparagraph1isthe
following:ThisDecisionshallexpireontheentryintoforceof
theAgreementbetweentheMemberStatesofthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityoftheonepart
andtheKingdomofNorwayoftheotherpart,andat
thelateston31December1974.Brussels
Nomenclature
headingNoDescription
ex73.02Ferro-alloys :
A.Ferro-manganese :
I.containingmorethan2%by
weightofcarbon(highcarbon
ferro-manganese )Article6
MemberStatesshalladoptallthemeasuresnecessary
fortheimplementation ofthisDecision.
4.Thisproductmaybesubjecttoaceilinglaid
downinArticle2ofProtocolNo1totheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
KingdomofNorway.
Article3DoneatLuxembourg ,25June1973.
ThePresident
R.VANELSLANDETheprovisionslayingdowntherulesoforiginfor
theimplementation oftheAgreementbetweenthe