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COMMISSION OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 78 final 
Brussels,  22 February  1983 
Draft for a Decision 
ASSOCIATION  COUNCIL EEC/TURKEY 
replacing  the unit of account  by the ECU in  Decision  No 5/72 on  methods  of 
administrative cooperation  for implementation  of Articles  2 and 3 of the 
Additional Protocol  to the  Ankara Agreement 
Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
on the application  of Decision  of the  EEC-Turkey  Association 
Council replacing  the unit of account  by the ECU in  Decision  No 5/72 on 
methods of administrative cooperation  for implementation  of Articles  2 
and 3 of the  Additional Protocol  to the  Ankara Agreement 
(submitted  to the  Council by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 78 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
I. The  EEC-Turkey  C:;-*?ütr C?rp?r:firr. Cr-nittee has  prepared  a draft 
decision  to be apprcved by the ".esociation CounciL before the 
1st May 1983. The  draft  de cis ion is to modi f y the provisior.s of 
'.:h i ch a rsovement certificate A.TR. 1 or A.TR. 2 ',s  nr.r.czzszcry  for 
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purposes.  The revisions are: 
1» To express the amount in ECU instead of in UA. 
2. To aLign this amount  with  that  actually used in other 
mediterranean agreements, viz. 325  ECUs  . If this amount 
should  be modified in the framework of those agreements at 
time of adoption of this proposal by the Association CounciL 
the Committee has agreed to retain this new amount. 
3. In order to simplify the work of the customs Administrations in 
the Community to adopt the method used in other mediterranean 
Agreements  for conversion of the ECU to national currencies. 
- the method is as foLLows: 
a) the equivalent value of the ECU in national currency is 
stabilized  for a period of two years; 
b) the equivalent value of the ECU in national currency is 
established  on the  first  working day of October during 
the year before this period of two years; 
c) In order to give to the customs administrations time 
to issue appropriate instructions to their services, the 
entry  into  force of the new amount occurs on the 1st May 
of the next year. 
The draft  decision received a favourable opinion from the 
Customs  Cooperation Committee. 
II. To ensure the execution by the Community of this decision of the 
Association  Council it is necessary to adoot the attached proposed 
Regulation  pursuent to Article 113 of the EEC Treaty. 

Draft  for a Decision of the 
ASSOCIATION  COUNCIL  EEC/TURKEY 
replacing the  unit  of account by the Ecu in Decision No 5/72 on methods 
of administrative cooperation for impLementation of Articles 2 and 3 of 
the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement 
THE ASSOCIATION  COUNCIL 
Having regard to the Agreement establishing an Association between the 
European  Economie Community and Turkey, 
Having regard to the Additional Protocol to the said Agreement and, in 
particular, Article 4  thereof, 
Whereas  the  unit  of account used in Article 10(a) of Decision No 5/72 
of the Association Council on methods of administrative cooperation 
for implernentation of Articles 2 and 3 of the Additional Protocol to 
the Ankara Agreement as last amended by Decision No 1/78 of the 
Association  Council is no longer suited to the present international 
monetary situation, and it is therefore necessary to adopt a new value 
for the purpose of determining the amount below which it is not 
necessary  to produce a movement certificate A.TR. 1 or A.TR. 3 in 
respect of dutiable objects accompanying travellers or forming  part 
of their luggage, provided they are not objects intended for commercial 
purposes; 
,0J L 59, 5.3.1973, p. 73. 
OJ L 253, 15.9.1978, p. 2. 

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Whereas  the European Communities introduced the ECU on 1 January 1981; 
Whereas  the ECU should be used as a common basic  unit,; 
Whereas,  for reasons of administrative simplification,  that  unit  must 
remain unchanged for periods of at least two years; 
Whersac  the  provicicr.c  of Article 10(a) of Decision No 5/72 must be 
supplemented accordingly, 
HAD  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
Decision  No 5/72 of the Association Council is hereby amended as follows: 
1. In Article 10(a), the amount "200 units of account" replaced 
by "325 ECU". 
2. The following paragraphs are . added to Article 10(a): 
"Up to and including 30 April 1985, the value of the ECU in national 
currency in a given country shall be the value calculated as at 1 October 
1982. 
For each successive period of two years thereafter it shall be the 
equivalent in  that  national currency of the ECU as at the  first 
working day in October in the year immediately preceding  that  two-
year  period. 
The ECU is composed of the sum of specified amounts of the 
currencies of the Member States as set out in Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 3180/78. 
On the  entry  in force of this Decision such amounts are as follows: 
0.828 German marks 0.14 Luxembourg francs 
0.0885 pounds sterling 0.217 Danish kroner 
1.15 French francs 0.00759  Irish  pounds 
109 Italian  lire 
0.286  Dutch guilders 
3.66 Belgian francs 

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The amount in the national currency of the exporting State equivalent to 
the amount expressed in this Article shall be fixed by the exporting 
State and communicated to the Customs Cooperation Committee no later 
than one month prior to its entry  into  force. 
When this amount is more than the corresponding amount fixed by the 
importing State, the importing State shall accept it if the goods 
are invoiced in the currency of the exporting State. 
If the goods are invoiced in the currency of another Member State of 
the Community, the importing State shall recognize the amount notified 
by the State concerned." 
Article  2 
This  Decision shall enter  into  force on  1 May  1983. 
Done  at Brussels,  For the Association Council 
The President 

ProposaL  for a 
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC) 
on the  application  of  Decision of the  EEC-Turkey 
Association Council  replacina  the  unit  of  account  by the  ECU  -jn  Decision  No 5/72 on  methods 
of administrative cooperation  for  impLementation  of 
Articles  2 and 3 of the  Additional Protocol  to the 
Ankara  Agreement 
THE COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard  tc the  Treaty establishing  the  Europesr. Economie CG.?,r.".oTiity, 
and in  particular Article  113  thereof, 
Having regard  to the  proposal  from  the  Commission, 
Whereas  Council Regulation  (EEC) No  428/73  of 5  February  1973 on the  application 
of DecisionsNo  5/72 and No 4/72 of the  Association Council  set up  under 
the Agreement establishing  an  Association between  the  European Economie 
1 2 Community  and  Turkey,  as  last amended  by  Regulation  (EEC) No  2152/78  , 
J _ 4-1  . —  4. . . J.l , 4. I- ~ -  , *  <  r- -f.  • •. ' -
, i l wl.w w w rwiiiit-y v. è i C lliiJ I.IIUUJ w- I  UUIIIIIIIOV.iai.tVC  UUUfJC I O L I Ui I 
L3id deur.  by  Decision  No 5/72 for  methods  of  cdmir.istrative cüoperatiün 
for impLementation  of  Articles  2 and 3 of the  Additional Protocol  to 
the abovementioned Agreement; 
Whereas  these methods have been amended  by  Decision  No /83 of the 
EEC-Turkey  Association Council,  and it is  therefore necessary  to  ensure 
the impLementation  of  this Decision  in the  Community, 
UK A,r.ODTCri  TUTC  DCftll! «TlflM. IIMV  rlwwi  it.*, 111*0  i\uuuLn  l lUil. 
'OJ No L 59,  5.3.1973,  p. 73. 
^OJ No L 253,  15.9.1978,  p. 1 

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Article 1 
Decision No /83 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council  < 
shall apply in the Community. 
The text  of the Decision is annexed to  this  Regulation. 
Article  2 
This Regulation shall enter  into  force on 1 May 1983. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its  entirety  and directly applicable 
in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels  For the Council 
The President