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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)820final
Brussels,5December1980
Draft
DECISION
oftheRepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesof
theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunitymeetingwithintheCouncil,
openingtariffpreferences inGreeceforproductscoveredbythat
Community andoriginating inAustria,Finland,Norway,Swedenand
Switzerland
(submitted -totiieCouncil bytheCommission )
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COMC80)820final

Explanatory memorandum
Theadditional protocols totheFree Trade Agreements signed between
the ECSC and the EFTA States inorder totake account ofthe Greek
accession ,provide forafirst tariff reduction byGreece forECSC
products on1January 1981 .However ,these ECSC protocols have tobe
ratified bythenational parliaments before formally entering into
force .These ratification procedures will notbecompleted before
1January 1981 . -
Inorder toassure that the intended tariff reductions can nonetheless
becarried out ,therepresentatives oftheMember States oftheECSC
meeting within theCouncil will have todecide theadoption ofthene­
cessary autonomous Community measures .
TheEFTA States will have toassure reciprocity byadopting analogous
autonomous measures . . -
Thepresent proposition does notinclude Iceland ,asthat Agreement does
notprovide fortheabolition oftariffs bytheCommunity because Iceland
isnoproducer .
Thepresent decision must betaken before 1January 1981 .Greece would
apply itasfrom that date onthebasis ofArticle 1,paragraph 1ofthe
Treaty ofAccession .

Draft
-DECISION
ofthe Representatives ofthe Governments oftheMember States
oftheEuropean Coal andSteel Community meeting within the Coun­
cil ,opening tariff preferences inGreece forproducts covered by
that Community andoriginating inAustria ,Finland ,Norway ,Sweden
and Switzerland
THE KEPEESEITTATI V2S CFTHE GOVERNMENTS CPTHE MEMBER STATES OPTHE EUROPEAN
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , - -
Whereas theMember States have conoluded among themselves theTreaty
establishing theEuropean Coal and Steel Community }
Whereas Greece will accede tothis Community on 1January 1981 ;
\
Whereas theadditional protocols totheAgreements concluded between the
European Economic Community andtheRepublic ofAustria ,theRepublic of
Finland ,theKingdom ofNorway ,theKingdom ofSweden andtheSwiss Con–'
federation will enter into force on1January 1981 ?
Whereas theadditional protocols totheAgreements concluded between the
Member States oftheEuropean Coal andSteel Community andtheEuropean
Coal andSteel Community oftheonepart andtheRepublic ofAustria ,the
Republic ofFinland ,the Kirigdom ofNorway andtheKingdom ofSweden of
theother part ,aswell astheadditional protocol totheAgreement con­
cluded between theMember States oftheEuropean Coal andSteel Community
andtheSwiss Confederation aresubject totheapproval ofeach Contracting
Party inaccordance with its ownprocedure :

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Anxious toapply autonomously andconcomitantly thetariff reductions on
imports andthereductions ofother import charges laid down inthese
/ • .additional protocols : ,
'
Inagreement with the Commission .
HAVE DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
/ •.
1.With effect from 1January anduntil 31December 1981 ,theduties
applicable inGreece onimports ofproducts covered "bytheEuropean
Coal andSteel Community andoriginating inAustria ,Finland ,Norway ,
Sweden andSwitzerland shall bereduced to90$ofthebasic duty ,or
levied attherate of90%ofthebasic duty .Thebasic duties referred
toshall bethose duties actually applied by "Greece on
1July 1980 .
Thecharges having equivalent effect tocustoms duties onimports
applied byGreece toimports from thecountries mentioned
inthepreceding paragraph ,shall bereduced to90%ofthebasic rate
orlevied attherate of90$ofthebasic rate .Thebasic rates referred
toshall bethose rates actually applied byGreece on
31December I98O .
2.All charges having equivalent effect tocustoms duties onimports
introduced asfrom 1January 1979 incommerce between Greece andthe
countries Listed inparagraph 1shall beeliminated on1January
1981 .
3.If,inthecourse oftheyear 1981 ,Greece suspends or
,reduces duties orcharges having equivalent effect onproducts imported -
from theCommunity ofNine more quickly than under thetimetable
fixed bytheActofAccession ,Greece shall also suspend orreduce ,to -
thesame level ,theduties orcharges ofequivalent effect applicable
toproducts originating inthecountries listed inparagraph 1.
•••/• ••

Article2
1.TheimportdepositsandcashpaymentsinforceinGreeceon31December
1980withregardtoimportsofproductsoriginatinginthecountries
listedinArticle1(1),,shall bereducedby25%witheffectfrom
1January1981.
2.If,inrespectoftheCommunityofNine,Greecereduces,-
inthecourseoftheyear1981,theimportdeposits
andcashpaymentsbyahigherratethanthatsetoutinparagraph1,the
HellenicRepublicshallmakethesamereductionwithregardtoimports
originatinginthecountrieslistedinArticle1(1).
Article3
Themodifications oftheoriginruleswhichhavebecomenecessaryowingto
theaccessionoftheHellenicRepublictotheEuropeanCommunities andwhich
wereintroduced bytheJointCommitteesprovidedforintheAgreementsbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthecountrieslistedinArticle1(1),and
comeintoforceon1January1981,shallbeapplicabletotheproductsto
whichthisDecisionrefers.
Article4
TheMemberStatesshalldecidebymutualagreementonanycontingentprotective
measuressuggestedbyoneormoreMemberStatesortheCommission.
Article5
ThisDecisionshallexpireontheentryintoforceoftheadditionalproto­
colstotheAgreementsbetweentheMemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoaland
SteelCommunityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityoftheonepart,
andthecountrieslistedinArticle1(1)oftheotherpart,andatthelatest
on31December1981.

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Article 6
Member States shall adopt allthemeasures necessary for theimplementation
ofthis Decision .
Done atBrussels , 1980
The President .