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DECISION OFTHEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHE
MEMBERSTATESOFTHEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY ,
MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL,
of22December1986
establishingthearrangementstobeappliedtoimportsintoSpainandPortugalofproducts
coveredbytheECSCTreatyoriginatinginAustria,Finland,Norway,SwedenorSwitzerland
andcoveredbyAgreementsbetweentheCommunityandthosecountries
(96/660/ECSC)
subheadingex73.13BIVoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
forwhichthebasicdutyshallbe20%.
3.However,ifafter1January1985andbefore1January
1986atariffreductionwasapplied,suchreduceddutyshall
beconsideredasabasicduty.
4.If,during1987,theKingdomofSpainorthe
PortugueseRepublicsuspendsinwholeorinpartthe
customsdutiesapplicabletoproductsimportedfromthe
Communityasconstitutedon31December1985,itshall
alsosuspendorreduce,bythesamepercentage,theduties
applicabletoproductsoriginatingintheEFTAcountries.THEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHE
MEMBERSTATESOFTHEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEEL
COMMUNITY ,MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL,
WhereastheMemberStateshaveconcludedtheTreaty
establishingtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ;
Whereason1January1986theKingdomofSpainandthe
PortugueseRepublicaccededtothatCommunity ;
WhereastheAdditionalProtocolstotheAgreements
concludedbetweentheMemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoal
andSteelCommunityandthatCommunity,ontheonehand,
andtheRepublicofAustria,theRepublicofFinland,the
KingdomofNorwayandtheKingdomofSweden,onthe
other,andalsotheAdditionalProtocolstotheAgreements
concludedbetweentheMemberStatesofthesaid
Community,ontheonehand,andtheSwissConfederation
andtheRepublicofIceland,ontheother,mustbeapproved
byeachContractingPartyinaccordancewithitsown
procedures;
WhereastheproceduresforratifyingtheAdditional
Protocolshavenotyetbeencompletedanditisnecessary
concomitantly andonaunilateralbasistoimplementthe
obligationsresultingfor1987fromthoseProtocols,as
regardscustomsdutiesonimports;whereas,however,such
obligationsdonotexistasfarasIcelandisconcerned;
InagreementwiththeCommission ,Article2
1.IftheKingdomofSpainopenstothirdcountriestariff
quotasactuallyappliedon1January1985,products
originatingintheEFTAcountriesshallbesubjecttothesame
treatmentasproductsimportedfromtheCommunityas
constitutedon31December1985,whilstsuchquotasremain
open.
2.IftheKingdomofSpaindoesnotopenthequotas
referredtoinparagraph1,Spainshallapplytoproducts
importedfromandoriginatingintheEFTAcountriesthe
dutiesappliedintheeventofsuchquotasbeingopened.The
quantitiesorvaluesubjecttothesedutiesshallbelimitedto
theamountsactuallyimportedfromthesecountriesunder
thesamequotasopenedon1January1985.
HAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article3
Theadvaloremchargeof0,4%appliedbythePortuguese
Republictogoodsimportedtemporarily ,reimportedgoods
(excludingcontainers)andgoodsimportedundertheinward
processingarrangements ,characterizedbytherebateof
dutiesleviedontheimportofgoodsusedafterexportofthe
productsobtained('drawback')shallbereducedto0,2%on
1January1987.Article1
1.FortheproductscoveredbytheECSCTreaty
originatinginAustria,Finland,Norway,Swedenand
Switzerland (hereinafterreferredtoastheEFTAcountries)
customsdutiesonimportsintoSpain,includingtheCanary
Islands,CeutaandMelillashallbereducedfrom1January
1987to77,5%ofthebasicduties,andcustomsdutieson
importsintoPortugalshallbereducedfrom1January1987
to80%ofthebasicduties.
2.Thebasicdutiesshallbethedutiesactuallyappliedon
1January1985,exceptforimportsintoPortugalofsheets,
clad,coatedorotherwisesurface-treated ,fallingwithinArticle4
Anyamendmentstotheoriginrulesmadenecessarybythe
accessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
RepublicandadoptedbytheJointCommitteesprovidedfor

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Article6
TheMemberStatesshalltakethemeasuresnecessaryto
implementthisDesision.intheAgreementsbetweentheCommunityandtheEFTA
countriesshallapplytotheproductsreferredtointhis
Decision .
Article5
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntiltheentryintoforceofthe
AdditionalProtocolstotheAgreementsbetweentheMember
StatesoftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityandthat
Community,ontheonehand,andtheEFTAcountries,on
theother,andatthelatestuntil31December1987,
whicheveristheearlier.DoneatBrussels,22December1986.
ThePresident
G.SHAW