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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)476 final
Brussels,29July1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC?
ontheapplication ofDecisionNo./80oftheEEC-Austria,Finland
Norway,Portugal,Sweden,Switzerland (1)JointCommitteeamendingProtocol
No3concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof'originating products' and
methodsofadministrative cooperation totakeaccountoftheaccessionof
theHellenicRepublictotheCommunity
DRAFT
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISION
amendingProtocolNo3concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof"origi­
natingproducts"andmethodsofadministrative cooperation totakeaccount
oftheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictotheCommunity
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
ontheapplication ofDecision No./80oftheEEC-Iceland Joint
CommitteeamendingProtocol No3concerning thedefinitionoftheconcept
of'originating products' andmethodsofadministrative cooperation to
takeaccountoftheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictothe
Community
DRAFT
JOINTCOMMITTEE DECISION
amendingProtocolNo3concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptoforigi­
natingproducts"andmethodsofadministrative cooperation totakeaccount
oftheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictotheCommunity
COM(80)476final^
\•..■■■■■V..

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Theadhesion ofGreece toCheCommunity hasnecessitated thenegotiation
ofadditional Protocols totheEEC-EFTA Agreements and theECSC-EFTA
Agreements .These additional Protocols direct theJoint Committees to
adopt thechanges necessary totheorigin rules contained inProtocol
No3to .theEEC-EFTA Agreements .
Twosorts ofchanges -arenecessary
V permanefit changes,' to'take ,forexample ,cognisance ofGreek aSan\
official language oftheConmunity ,and -V
9
- transitional arrangements totake account ofthefact that theEFTA
countries will have adifferent rate ofduty forECSC products
applicable toGreece andtherest oftheCommunity until 1January
1986 .
Thetransitional arrangements ,which were agreed with alltheEFTA ,
countries except Austria ,atthetime theAdditional Protocols were
negotiated 'consist ofmeasures designed toavoid deflection of"Greek "
goods viatherest oftheCommunity totheEFTA .countries ,orviathe
EFTA countries totherest oftheCommunity soastoavoid paying the
duties applicable toGreece .
/ i
These measures consist ofaclause saying that duty is .chargeable according
totheplace ofissue ofthedocument certifying origin andaclause
stipulating that such documents canonly beissued intheCommunity of
Nine orinanEFTA country if"Greek ",goods areconcerned ifthese goods
have paid theduties applicable inintra-community trade orGreek-EFTA
trade respectively .
Theattached draft model Joint Commit teeDecisions are suggested asthe
common Community position inthevarious EEC-EFTA Joint Committees ..,The
Iceland version isslightly different fortechnical reasons . _
Forreasons ofsimplicity andclarity amodel draft Council Regulation
applying theJoint Committee Decisions intheCommunity have been included .

L
''OUNCII ,T,ivjiXATION (EEC )No. /8Q
of
•ontheapplication c. sion No. /80oftheEEC- (1)Joint Committee
ι
amending Protocol \v.2oncer mng thedefinition oftheconcept of'originating
products' andmethods of :oministrative cooperation totake account ofthe •accession
oftheHellenic Republic ..othe 1Community ' /
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,andin
particular Article 113thereof , • ■- .
Having Regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
•Whereas theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and . (2)(?)
wassigned on . (4)andentered into force on (5);
Whereas theAgreement between theMember States oftheEuropean Coal andSteel
Community andtheEuropean Coal andSteel Community ontheonehand and '(2)(3)
ontheother hand wassigned on (4)andentered into force on (5);
Whereas ,byvirtue ofArticles (6)respectively oftheProtocols ,which form
.-integral parts oftheabove Agreements totheaforesaid Agreements consequent
4
ontheaccession oftheHellenic Republic totheCommunity ,theEEC- (1)
Joint Committee hasadopted Decision No /80amending Protocol Mo3totake
account oftheaccessionof theHellenic Republic totheCommunity ;
(1)Austria ,Finland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland
(2)TheRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic of'Finland ,TheKingdom ofNorway ,.
thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation
(3)Austria ,Sweden ,Switzerland OJNoL300of31.12.1972
Finland ;OJNoL320of23.11.1973
.Norway :OJNoI.17.'of27.6.1973 ' ' . •■ '
Portugal :OJioL301'of 31.12.1972
(4)Austria ,Portugal ,Beelen ,Switzerland :22July 1972
Norway :14May 197.S '/ .
Finland ,:5Oe--.cb <.IS73
(5.)Austria ,Portu-j^l Swe -len ,Switzerland :1January 1973
Norway :1-.;!/ 1 •"
Finland ;1Janua.' . ' ,
(6)Finland ,Newsy , • .:liand 9
•SwiLzT.cJ.anc -10n- ■ '
J;uí:' r..a/P.JÍ. ■- ..or .kaovirJw ^ ,

)
Wnereas itis ary ipply this Decision intheCommunity ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : .
Article 1
1»
/
Foftheapplication oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
(1),Joint Committee Decision No. /80shall beapplied in
theCommunity .
Thetext oftheDecision isannexed tothis Regulation .
t
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1981 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President
(1)TheRepublic' ofAustria ,theRepublic ofFinland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,
thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation

JOINT COMMITTEE ..DECISION No /80Of 1980
amending Protocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of"originating
products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation totake account ofthe
accession oftheHellenic Republic totheCommunity
JOINT COMMITTEE :
Having regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
(1)signed inBrussels on (2);
Having regard totheProtocol totheaforesaid Agreement consequent onthe
Accession oftheHellenic Republic totheCommunity and inparticular Article
*thereof ; /
Having regard totheAgreement between theMember States oftheEuropean Coal
and Steel Community and theEuropean Coal andSteel Community ontheone hand
and (1)ontheother hand *signed inBrussels on (2);
Having regard ,totheAdditional Protocol tothis latter Agreement consequent
tothe accession oftheHellenic Republic ,totheCommunity and inparticular
Article "i+"thereof ;
Whereas Protocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of "originating
products "andmethods ofadministrative cooperation needs amending consequent
upon Greek accession ,totheEuropean Communities both inrespect oftechnical
amendments andtransitional arrangements tocorrectly .impl en-ant thetrade ,
regime contained intrieProtocols consequent ontheaccession oftheHellenic
Republic totheCommunity
(1)theRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic -ofFinland ,theKir-gdcm ofNorway ,
thePortuguese Republic ,the .Kingdom ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation ,
(2),Austria ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland .:22July 1972
Norway ;14May 1973 ' .
Finland :4October 1973 ■
Finland ,Norway ,Sweden
Switzerland
Austria ,Portugal
Finland ,Norway ,Sweden
Switzerland
Austria ,Portug ?.'11
10
/notknown /
9
8
/not known /

Whereas thetransitional arrangements should ensure the correct implementation
ofthis trade regime between the Community asconstituted before theaccession
ofGreece (hereinafter referred toastheCommunity ofNine )andthe Hellenic
Republic ontheonehand and (1)ontheother hand , .<
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1'•; . ^-
1.Article 9(5 )isamended bythe insertion' of :MEKAOØEN EKTQNYZTEPQN " -
afterthephrase "UDSTEDT EFTERFØLGENDE ".
2.Article 9(6 )isamended bytheinsertion oftheword :"AWTTrPA(DO ,V'' .
after the word "DUPLICATE ",
3.Article 13(5 )isamended bytheinsertion ofthephrase :n£irrA .ouoTeu |j£vn
61a&iKacrf a" - -
after thephrase "Vereenvoudigde procedure ".
4.Article 24(2 )isamended bythe insertion ofanew ,indent "Greece "
after the indent "Ireland ". , ■
5.Article 25(1 )(b)(1 )and (C)areamended bytheinsertion ofthephrase ■
"Ireland ,orfrom Greece "instead ofthephrase "orfrom Ireland ". ' _
6.Article 25(2 )isamended bytheinsertion ofthephrase :"EOAPMOTH AF'SPOY 25.1
■ »
after thephrase "ART .25.1.OPFYLDT ".. ■'*
IneRepublic ofAustria ,,theRepublic ofFinland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,
thePortuguese Republic ,theKingdom ofSweden ,theSwiss Confederation .

Article 2(!)
1.Article 23(1 )isamended bytheaddition ofanewsubparagraph asfollows :
"However ,drawback ofcustoms duty orbenefit from anexemption from customs
duty ofwhatever kind shall notbeafforded toanyoriginating products
covered bytheECSC - (2)Agreement coming from Greece whether -these
products areused inthemanufacturing ofproducts intheCommunity of
Nine orin (2)orre-exported inthesame state from these territories
with anEUR.l certificate orform EUR„2 issued orcompleted intheCommunity
ofNine orin (2)."
2,Article 25isamended bytheaddition ofaparagraph 5asfollows :
(3)
"Where byvirtue ofArticle 3 oftheAdditional Protocol totheECSC­
(2)Agreement ,adifferent tariff treatment isreserved forimports
into (2)from Greece ortheCommunity ofNine thespecial treatment
reserved forGreece shall apply toallproducts originating intheCommunity
accompanied byamovement certificate EUR,1 issued inoraform EUR .2made
out inGreece ."
3.Explanatory Note 8ofAnnex Iisamended bytheaddition ofthe following
after the first subparagraph :
"For thepurposes ofArticle 23 (1)theexpression used inthe second subpara­
graph ''exemption ofcustoms duty ofwhatever kind "also means inthecase of
goods re-exported ,inthesame state theapplication oftheregimes applicable
tofree ports ,customs warehouses ortransit through (2)ortheCommu­
nity enroute foranother destination andanyother regime where customs
duty isonly charged iftheaooc 'sare retained forhome use ."
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on1January 1981 .
Done atBrussels , For the Joint Committee
The President
(1)Article 2shall app :yuntil 3'iDecember 1986 ,.
(2)Austria ,Finland ,Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland .
(3)Austria andPer .. -hot known 7

(
JOINT DECLARATION (tobeadopted byet.ch Joint Committee ):
"Tnecontracting parties declare that thetransitional measures adopted
byJoint Committee Decision No /80toProtocol No3totake account
■oftheaccession oftheHellenic Republic totheCommunity shall beexamined ,
/
andifnecessary revised ,attherequest ofeither partner ,ifexperience has
shown that themeasures adopted have notbeen sufficient toprevent signi­
ficant deflection oftrade inrelation tothetransitional trade provisions
adopted intheadditional Protocol totheECSC-. ^Agreement ".
(1)Austria ,Finland , Norway ,Portugal ,Sweden ,Switzerland

i
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )Mo. /80
of
ontheapplication ofDecision No, /8QoftheEEC-Iceland Joint .Committee
amending Protocol No3concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of'originating
products' andmethods ofadministrative cooperation totake -account oftheaccession
oftheHellenic Republic totheCommunity
TH2 ]COUNCIL OF .THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ..
Havipg regard to "theTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,andin
particular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theAgreement between theEuropean PJconomic Community and theRepublic of
Iceland (1)wassigned ,on22July 1972 andentered into force on1January 1973 ;
Whereas theAgreement between theMember States oftheEuropean Coal and Steel
Community aridtheEuropean Coal andSteel Community ontheonehand and theRepublic
ofIceland (2)ontheother hand was signed ori22July 1972 andentered into force on
1April 1973 ;
Whereas byvirtue ofArticle 12 _ oftheProtocol ,which forms an
integral part' ofthe Agreement ,tothe -former Agreement ,consequent .
ontheaccession oftheHellenic Republic tothe Corarnunity ,theEEC-Iceland
Joint Committee hasadopted Decision No /80amending Protocol No3to .take
account oftheadhesion oftheHellenic Republic tothe Consrinjnity ;
(1)OJNoL301,
(2)dl ->12„1972 ,p.2

Whereas itisnecessary toapply this Decision intheCommunity ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : *
Article 1
For theapplication oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
Iceland , Joint Committee Decision No. /80shall beapplied in
theCommunity .-.v-
Thetext oftheDecision isannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2 / .
' ■[
This Regulation shall enter into force on1January 1981 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

• .-L->
/
JOINTCO^IT-'EE^iOCCIS10*» /30of 19B0
amendingProtocolto3concerningthedefinition'oftheconceptof"originating
products"andiretnocsofadiri3.ni.3trstivecooperation ,totakeaccountofthe
accession°ftheHellenicRepublictotheCommunity.
THEJOINTCOf'iMITTEi ;:
HavingregardtotheAgreementbetween ,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepubliccfIceland(1)signedinBrusselson22July1972;
HavingregardtotheProtocoltotheaforesaidAgreementconsequent onthe
AccessionoftheHellenicRepublictotheCommunityandinparticularArticle
10thereof:
t ,
HavingregardtotheAgreement 'betweentheMerrberStatesoftheEuropean .Coal
andSteelCommunityandthe?JuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityononehandand
theRepublicofIcelandontheotherpart(.2),signedinBrusselson22July1972;
HavingregardtotheAdditionalProtocoltothislatterAgreementconsequent
totheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictotheCommunityandinparticular
Article3thereof;
WhereasProtocolNo3concerningthedefinitionoftheconceptof"originating
products"andmethodsofadninistrativecooperation needsamendj.*.igconsequent
uponGreekaccessiontotheEuropeanOoiruiunities bothinrespectoftechnical
amendments andtransitional arrangements tocorrectlyixiplerr-«?<xthetrade
regimecontainedintheProtocol •consequent ontheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheCommunity ..
(1)0JNoL301,.31,12,1972,p.2
(2)

Whereas anytransitional arrangements should ensure thecorrect implementation
of'the trade regime between the Community asconstituted before the accession
ofGreece (hereinafter referred toastheCommunity ofNine )andtheHellenic
Republic ontheonehand and theRepublic ofIceland onthe^other hand ,
HASDECIDED AS'FOLLOWS : . ':
Article 1
1.Article 9(5)isamended bytheinsertion of :"EKAO0EN EKTQNY£TEPQN n
after thephrase "UDSTEDT EFTERF0LGENDE ".
2.-Article 9(6 )isamended bythe insertion 6ftheword :"ANTirPAOO "
after theword "DUPLICATE ". . v
3.Article 13(5 )isamended bythe .insertion ofthephrase :"JorXouoreuufivn
6ia6i Kaafa "
after -thephrase "Vereenvoudigde procedure ". .•
■4."-Article 24(2 )isamended bythe insertion ofanew indent "Greece " :
after the indent "Ireland ". .
5.Article 25(1)(b)(1 )and (C)areamended bytheinsertion ofthephrase
"Ireland ,orfrom Greece "instead ofthephrase "orfrom Ireland ".
6.Article 25(2 )isamended bythe insertion ofthephrase :"EOAPMQTH AP0POY 25
after thephrase "ARt.25.1 OPFYLDT ". ■:

Article 2(1)
1.Article23(1)isamendedbytheadditionofanewsubparagraph asfollows:
"However,drawback -ofcustomsduty-orbenefitfromanexemption fromcustoms
dutyofwhateverkindshallnotbeaffordedtoanyoriginating products
coveredbytheECSC-Iceland Agreement comingfromGreecewhetherthese
productsareusedinthemanufacturing ofproductsintheCommunity .of
NineorinIcelandorre-exported'inthesamestatefromtheseterritories
withanEUR.1certificate orformEUR.2issuedorcompletedintheCommunity
ofNineorinIceland".
2.Article25isamendedbytheadditionofaparagraph 5asfollows:.
/
"Wherebyvirtueofanexchangeofletterscarriedoutinaccordance with
Article3oftheAdditional ProtocoltotheECSC-Iceland Agreement,a
differenttarifftreatmentisintroducedforimportsintoIcelandfrom-
GreeceortheCommunityofNine-thespecialtreatmentreservedforGreece
shallapplytoaltproductsoriginating intheCommunity accompanied by
amovementcertificate EUR.1issuedinoraformEUR.2madeoutinGreece.
3.Explanatory Note-8ofAnnexIisamendedbytheadditionofthefollowing
afterthe1stsub-paragraph :
"ForthepurposesofArticle23(1)theexpression usedinthe2ndSub­
.paragraph"exemptionofcustomsdutyofwhateverkind"alsomean.sin
thecaseofgoodsre-exported inthesamestatetheapplication ofthe
regimesapplicable tofreeports,customswarehouses ortransitthrough
Iceland 'ortheCommunity enrouteforanotherdestination andany
otherregimewherecustomsdutyisonlychargedifthegoodsare
retainedforhomeuse."
Article3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon1January1981.
DoneatBrussels,1980
FortheJointCommittee
< ThePresident
(1)Article2shallatplyuntil31December1986.

JOINT DSCXA'Ic .riOiv '■v-obeadopted by .i-ha Joint Committee ):
"Thecontracting parties declare that thetransitional measures adopted
byJoint Committee Decision No /80toProtocol No3totake account
oftheaccession oftheHellenic Republic totheCommunity shall beexamined ,
andifnecessary revised ,attherequest ofeither partner ,ifexperience has
shown that themeasures adopted have notbeen sufficient toprevent signi­
ficant deflection oftrade inrelation toanytransitional trade provisions
adopted inaccordance with theadditional Protocol totheECSC-Iceland Agreement "