18. 1.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 17/7 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation on trade arrangements between Greenland and the 
European Economic Community 
COM(84) 716 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 December 1984) 
(85/C 17/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Articles 43 and 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament ('), 
Whereas, when the signature took place in Brussels 
on 13 March 1984 of the Treaty (2) amending the 
Treaties establishing the Communities so that they 
cease to apply to the territory of Greenland, it was 
agreed that, if the procedures for ratification of that 
Treaty had not been completed by 1 January 1985, 
the Council would adopt interim measures which 
would correspond as far as possible with the 
provisions laid down for the new relationship between 
Greenland and the European Economic Community; 
Whereas under the terms of that Treaty it is specified 
that on ceasing to belong to the European Economic 
Community Greenland shall be added to the list of 
overseas countries and territories contained in Annex 
IV to the EEC Treaty and that the rules governing 
the association of the overseas countries and 
territories with the EEC as defined in part four of the 
EEC Treaty shall apply to that territory, subject to 
the specific provisions for Greenland set out in the 
Protocol annexed to the Treaty introducing special 
arrangements for Greenland; 
Whereas under the terms of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No ... of ... amending Regulation (EEC) No 
2151/84 on the customs territory of the 
Community (l), Greenland was excluded from the 
customs territory of the Community, 
(l) OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 1. Whereas, until the entry into force of the Treaty 
amending the Treaties establishing the Communities 
so that they cease to apply to the territory of 
Greenland, trade arrangements should be established 
on an interim basis, similar to those applied in trade 
with the overseas countries and territories, which is at 
present governed by Council Decision 80/1186/EEC 
of 16 December 1980 on the association of the 
overseas countries and territories with the European 
Economic Community (2), as last amended by 
Decision 81/880/EEC (J), and by Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 435/80 of 18 February 1980 on the 
arrangements applicable to agricultural products and 
certain goods resulting from the processing of agri­
cultural products originating in the African, 
Caribbean, and Pacific States or in the overseas 
countries and territories (4), as last amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2247/84 (5); 
Whereas the arrangements regarding fishery products 
are the subject of supplementary provisions, contained 
in Council Regulation (EEC) No ... of ... laying 
down certain specific measures in connection with the 
special arrangements on fisheries applicable to 
Greenland, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. Products originating in Greenland shall be 
admitted for import into the Community in 
accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of 
Decision 80/1186/EEC or any corresponding 
provisions that may replace them, subject to any 
O OJ No L 361, 31. 12. 1980, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 326, 13. 11. 1981, p. 31. 
0) OJ No L 55, 28. 2. 1980, p. 4. 
(5) OJNoL206, 2. 8. 1984, p. 1. 
No C 17/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 1. 85 
decisions, regarding products subject to the common 
organisation of the market in fishery products, which 
may be taken on the basis of Regulation (EEC) 
No... in order to ensure compliance with the 
conditions laid down in the Protocol annexed to the 
Treaty introducing special arrangements for 
Greenland, annexed to the Treaty amending the 
Treaties establishing the Communities so that they 
cease to apply to the territory of Greenland. 
2. Imports of the products referred to in Article 3 (2) 
of Decision 80/1186/EEC shall be effected in 
accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 
435/80 or with any Regulation that may replace it. 
3. For the purposes of applying this Article, the 
concept of originating products and the methods of 
administrative cooperation related there to shall be 
those defined in Annex II to Decision 80/1186/EEC. 
Article 2 
1. Goods accompanied by an internal Community 
transit document or a document equivalent to an 
internal Community transit document or a document 
T2M issued before 1 January 1985 shall be admitted 
for import into the Community by virtue of this 
Regulation on the basis of that documentation, until 
30 June 1985. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas, when the signature took place in Brussels 
on 13 March 1984 of the Treaty amending the 
Treaties establishing the European Communities as 
regards Greenland, the representatives of the Member 
States' Governments declared that if the procedures 2. The provisions of this Regulation may be 
applied to goods which comply with the provisions of 
Article 1 (3) and which on 1 January 1985 are either 
in transit or are in the Community or in Greenland in 
temporary storage, in bonded warehouses or in free 
zones, subject to submission to the customs auth­
orities of the importing State within four months of 
that date of a certificate EUR. 1 endorsed 
retrospectively by the competent authorities of 
Greenland. 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1985 until the entry into 
force of the arrangements laid down by the Treaty 
amending the Treaties establishing the Communities 
so that they cease to apply to the territory of 
Greenland. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
for ratification of that Treaty had not been completed 
by 1 January 1985, the Council would adopt interim 
measures which would correspond as far as possible 
with the provisions laid down for the new relationship 
between Greenland and the European Economic 
Communities; 
Whereas under the terms of that Treaty it is specified 
that on ceasing to belong to the European Economic 
Community Greenland shall be added to the list of 
overseas countries and territories contained in Annex 
IV of the EEC Treaty; whereas the rules governing 
the association with the EEC of the overseas 
countries and territories as defined in the fourth part 
of the EEC Treaty shall apply to that territory, 
subject to the provisions particular to Greenland in 
the Protocol on the special arrangements applicable 
to Greenland annexed to the Treaty; 
Whereas it is necessary for that purpose to amend 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 of 23 July Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 on the 
customs territory of the Community 
COM(84) 723 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 December 1984) 
(85/C 17/05)