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COUNCIL
DECISION
OFTHEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBERSTATES
OFTHEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY ,
MEETINGINCOUNCIL
of24June1975
openingtariffpreferencesforproductswithintheprovinceofthatCommunityoriginating
intheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesandintheoverseascountriesandterritories
associatedwiththeCommunity
(75/371/ECSC)
THEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS
OFTHEMEMBERSTATESOFTHEEUROPEAN
COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY MEETING IN
COUNCIL ,
WhereastheMemberStateshaveconcludedwith
eachothertheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCoal
andSteelCommunity ;
WhereastheAgreementonproductswithinthe
provinceoftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,
hereinaftercalledthe'Agreement',betweenthe
MemberStatesofthatCommunityandtheAfrican,
CaribbeanandPacificStates,hereinaftercalledthe
'ACPStates',wassignedon28February1975atthe
sametimeastheACP-EECLomeconventionand
whereasthatAgreementisbeingsubmittedfor
ratification;
WhereaswhentheAgreementwassigned,the
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,itsMemberStates
andtheACPStatesagreedinanexchangeofletters
toapplyautonomously from1July1975certain
provisionsoftheconventionrelatingtotradein
goods;
Desiringtoapplylikewiseautonomously and
concurrentlythetariffsuspensionscontainedinthe
Agreement;WhereasaCouncilRegulationisenvisagedtodefine
theinterimarrangementsfortradewiththeoverseas
countriesandterritoriesassociatedwiththeEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;whereasitwillnot
applytoproductswithintheprovinceoftheEuro­
peanCoalandSteelCommunity ,andwhereasthe
association'sarrangements shouldneverthelessbe
extendedtotheseproducts;
Whereas,untiltherulesoforiginwhichwillbelaid
downbytheabovementioned Regulationenterinto
force,therulesoforiginlaiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No1598/75shouldbeappliedtoproducts
importedfromthe'countriesandterritories'
mutatismutandiswithproductsimportedfromthe
ACPStates,andwhereasthereaftertherulesoforigin
laiddownbytheRegulationontheinterimarrange­
mentsfortradewiththe'countriesandterritories'
shouldbeapplied;
InagreementwiththeCommission ,
HAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
From1July1975,thedutiesapplicableinthe
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entryintoforceofthatRegulation,itsprovisions
onoriginshallapplytoproductsimportedfromthe
said'countriesandterritories'.provinceoftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,
originatingintheACPStateslistedinAnnexIorin
the'overseascountriesandterritories'listedin
AnnexII,andchargeshavingequivalenteffect,or
thelevyingofsuchdutiesandcharges,shallbe
suspended.Thetreatmentappliedtosuchproducts
maynotbemorefavourablethanthataccordedby
theMemberStatesamongthemselves.
Forpurposesoftheimplementation ofthefirst
subparagraph ,accountshallnotbetakenofresidual
customsdutiesandchargeshavingequivalenteffect
arisingfromtheapplicationofArticles32and36
oftheActofAccession.Article3
TheMemberStatesshalldecidebymutualagreement
onanysafeguardmeasuressuggestedbyoneormore
MemberStatesorbytheCommission .
Article4
ThisDecisionshallremainapplicableuntiltheentry
intoforceoftheAgreementandatthelatestuntil
29February1976.
Wherenecessary,therepresentatives ofthe
GovernmentsoftheMemberStatesoftheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity,meetinginCouncil,may
decidetokeepthisDecisioninforcebeyondthat
dateanduntiltheentryintoforceoftheAgreement
aforesaid.
Article5
TheMemberStatesshalltakeallthemeasures
necessaryfortheimplementation ofthisDecision.
DoneatLuxembourg ,24June1975.Article2
Theprovisionsdefiningtherulesoforiginprovided
forinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1598/75(x)of
24June1975ontheadvanceimplementation of
certainprovisionsoftheACP-EECLoméconvention
relatingtotradeingoodsshallapplytoproducts
referredtoinArticle1importedfromtheACP
States.
Theyshallapplymutatismutandistoproducts
referredtoinArticle1importedfromthe'countries
andterritories'untiltheentryintoforceofthe
CouncilRegulationontheinterimarrangementsfor
tradewiththe'countriesandterritories'.Afterthe
ThePresident
G.FITZGERALD (*)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.

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ANNEXI
ListofStatesreferredtoinArticle1,firstsubparagraph
Bahamas Liberia
Barbados MalagasyRepublic
Botswana Malawi
Burundi Mali
Cameroon Mauritania
CentralAfricanRepublic Mauritius
Chad Niger
People'sRepublicoftheCongo Nigeria
Dahomey Rwanda
EquatorialGuinea Senegal
Ethiopia SierraLeone
Fiji Somali
Gabon Sudan
Gambia Swaziland
Ghana Tanzania
Grenada Togo
Guinea Tonga
GuineaBissau TrinidadandTobago
Guyana Uganda
IvoryCoast UpperVolta
Jamaica WesternSamoa
Kenya Zaire '
Lesotho Zambia

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ANNEXII
Listofthe'countriesandterritories'referredtoinArticle1,firstsubparagraph
1.OverseascountriesoftheKingdomoftheNetherlands :
—Surinam,
—TheNetherlandsAntilles(Aruba,Bonaire,Cura9aoandStMartin,Saba,StEustatius)
2.OverseasterritoriesoftheFrenchRepublic:
—SaintPierreandMiquelon,
—TheComoroArchipelago ,
—TheTerritoryoftheAfarsandIssas,
—NewCaledoniaandDependencies ,
—WallisandFutunaIslands,
—FrenchPolynesia,
—FrenchSouthernandAntarcticTerritories .
3.OverseascountriesandterritoriesoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIre­
land:
—Belize,
—Brunei,
—AssociatedStatesintheCaribbean :Antigua,Dominica,StLucia,StVincent,
StChristopher,NevisandAnguilla,
—CaymanIslands,
—FalklandIslandsandDependencies ,
—GilbertandElliceIslands,
—BritishSolomonIslands,
—TurksandCaicosIslands,
—BritishVirginIslands,
—Montserrat,
—Pitcairn,
—StHelenaandDependencies ,
—TheSeychelles,
—BritishAntarcticTerritory,
—BritishIndianOceanTerritory.
4.Anglo-French Condominium oftheNewHebrides.