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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)192 final
Brussels ,16April 1982
Recommendation for a
COUNCIL DECISION
concerning theacceptance ofadraft Additional Protocol tothe
Agreement onthetemporary importation ,free ofduty ,ofmedical ,
surgical andlaboratory equipment foruseonfree loan inhospi­
tals andother medical institutions forpurposes ofdiagnosis or
treatment
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ByitsDecisionof25June1979,theCouncilauthor":dthe
Commissiontoconduct,withintheCouncilofEurope,~otiations
withaviewtoaddingaprotocoltotheAgreementontitemporary
importation,freeduty/ofmedical,surgicalandlaboratoryequipment
foruseonfreeloaninhospitalsandothermedicalinstitutions for
purposesofdiagnosisortreatmentsothattheEuropeanEconomic
CommunitycouldbecomeaContracting PartytothatAgreement.
ThegroundsforthisdecisioncomprisedthefactthattheAgreement
inquestionlaysdownthateachContracting Partywhichhas
sufficientstocksforitsownneedswillmakemedical,surgical
andlaboratoryequipmentavailableonfreeLoantosuchother
ContractingPartiesasmay,inexceptional circumstances ,have
urgentneedofit,suchequipmenthavingtobesubsequently
returned,andthefactthatArticle2Laysdownthelengthof
theperiodoftemporaryimportation andstipulatesthebeneficiairies
oftheseArrangements ,
Inpractice,thismeansthattheMemberStatesarewaivingthe
application ofCommonCustomsTariffdutiesontheequipment
inquestion. j
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TheSecretariat oftheCouncilofEuropewillsubmitthisdraft
AdditionalProtocolforapprovalbytheCommitteeofMinisters
ofthatorganization providedthedrafthasreceivedtheprior
approvaloftheEECCouncilofMinisters.Itwouldliketobe
ableto.submitthedraftatameetingtobeheldinMaythisyear.
OncetheadditionofthisProtocolhasbeendecidedonbythe
CommitteeofMinistersoftheCouncilofEurope,theEuropean
CommunitymaybecomeaContractingPartytotheAgreement.
Consequently,theCommissionrecommendsthattheCouncilaccept
thedraftAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementonthetemporary
importation,freeofduty,ofmedical,surgicalandlaboratory
equipmentforuseonfreeloaninhospitalsandothermedical
institutions forpurposesofdiagnosisortreatmentandthat
itauthorizetheCommissiontoinformtheSecretariat cfthe
CouncilofEuropeofsuchacceptance (AnnexI).

AssoonasthisAdditional Protocolhasbeenadoptedbythe
CommitteeofMinistersoftheCouncilofEurope(probablyin
thesecondhalfof1984),theCommissionwillrecommendthat
theCouncilofMinistersoftheCommunityshouldapprove,on
behalfoftheCommunity,theAgreement onthetemporary impor­
tation,freeofduty,ofmedical^surgical andlaboratory
equipmentforuseonfreeloaninhospitals andothermedical
institutions forpurposesofdiagnosisortreatment.

ANNEXI
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concerningtheacceptanceofadraft
AdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementonthetemporaryimportat •hi,
freeofduty,ofmedical,surgicalandlaboratoryequipmentforuse
onfreeloaninhospitalsandothermedicalinstitutions for
purposesofdiagnosisortreatment
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereastheAgreementonthetemporaryimportation,freeofduty,of
medical,surgicalandlaboratoryequipmentforuseonfreeloanin
hospitalsandothermedicalinstitutions forpurposesofdiagnosis
ortreatment,whichwasdrawnupontheinitiativeoftheCouncil
ofEurope,isdesignedtomakeiteasierforMemberStatesofthat
organization toimportmedical,surgicalandlaboratoryequipment
loanedinexceptional circumstances byotherMemberStates,on
conditionthatthesaidequipmentisre-exported;
Whereasoneoftheconditionsnecessarytoensurethiscooperation,
whichaimstosatisfythemosturgentneedsofthepeopleofthe
MemberStatesconcerned,istoallowthisequipmenttemporaryexemption
fromimportdutiesandimporttaxes,onconditionthatitisrequired
forhospitalsandothermedicalinstitutions,asprovidedforin
Articles 1and2oftheAgreement;
Whereasanydecisiontogranttemporaryexemptionfromcustomsduties
underanagreementmusttakeaccountoftherequirements peculiarto
theCustomsUnionandinparticularoftheexistenceoftheCommon
CustomsTariff;

2.
Whereasanyderogation fromtheCommonCustomsTariff,whetherby
ciniLateral measuresorbytreaty,isthesoleresponsibility ofthe
Community;
WhereastheSecretariat oftheCouncilofEuropehasproposedthatan
Additional ProtocolbeaddedtotheAgreementinquestiontoenablethe
EuropeanEconomicCommunitytobecomeaContracting Partytothat
Agreement sothatitmayexerciseitspowersinthatfield;
WhereasthedraftAdditional Protocolmeetstherequirements ofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS

Article 1
ThedraftAdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementonthetempore;":*'
importation ,,freeofduty,ofmedical,surgicalandlaboratory
equipmentforuseonfreeloaninhospitalsandothermedical
institutions forpurposesofdiagnosisortreatment,asproposed
bytheSecretariat oftheCouncilofEurope,isherebyapprovedon
behalfoftheCommunity.
ThetextofthesaiddraftAdditionalProtocolisannexedtothis
Decision.
Article 2
TheCommissionshallinformtheSecretariat oftheCouncilof
Europeoftheapproval bytheCommunityofthedraftProtocol
referredtoinArticle 1.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLTOTHEAGREEMENT ONTHETEMPORARY IMPORTATION ,,
FREEOFDUTY/,OFMEDICAL,SURGICAL ANDLABORATORY EQUIPMENT FOR
USEONFREELOANINHOSPITALS ANDOTHERMEDICALINSTITUTIONS FOR
PURPOSES OFDIAGNOSIS ORTREATMENT.
TheMemberStatesoftheCouncilofEurope,ContractingPartiesto
theAgreementof28April1960onthetemporaryimportation,free
ofduty,ofmedical,surgicalandlaboratoryequipmentforuseon
freeloaninhospitalsandothermedicalinstitutions forpurposes
ofdiagnosisortreatment (hereinafterreferredtoas"theAgreement"),
HavingregardtoArticles 1and2ofthesaidAgreement,whichlay
downthatthistypeofequipment may,undercertainconditions,be
temporarily importedfreeofduty,
WhereassofarastheMemberStatesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Communityareconcerned,thegrantingofsuchanexemptionmustin
particulartakeaccountoftheexistenceoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffsetup.bythoseStates;whereasanyderogation fromthe
CommonCustomsTarifffallswithinthecompetenceoftheEuropean
Community,whichpossessesthenecessarypowersinthisrespectby
virtueoftheTreatywhichestablishedit;
Whereas,forthepurposesofimplementation ofArticles 1and2
oftheAgreement,itisthereforenecessaryfortheEuropean
EconomicCommunitytobeabletobecomeaContractingPartyto
theAgreement,
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:

Article 1
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunity maybecomeaContracting Piiytothe
Agreementbysigningit.InrespectoftheCommunity,theAgreement
I
shallenterintoforceonthefirstdayofthemonthfollowing Lhedate
ofsuchsignature. 1
Article 2
1.ThisAdditionalProtocolisopentoacceptance bytheContracting
PartiestotheAgreement.Itshallenterintoforceonthefirst
dayofthemonthfollowingthedateonwhichthelastContracting
Partydepositsitsinstrumentofacceptance withtheSecretary
GeneraloftheCouncilofEurope.
2.ThisAdditional Protocolshallhoweverenterintoforceatthe
endofaperiodoftwoyearsfromthedateonwhichitbecomes
opentoacceptance,unlessanyContracting Partycommunicates
anobjectiontoitsentryintoforce.Inthatevent,thefirst
paragraphofthisArticleshallbeapplied.

6.
Article3
Fromthedateofitsentryintofoce,thisAdditionalProtocolshall
formanintegralpartoftheAgreement.Fromthatdate,noStatemay
becomeaContracting PartytotheAgreementwithoutatthesametime
becomingaContracting PartytotheAdditionalProtocol.
Article 4
TheSecretaryGeneraloftheCouncilofEuropeshallnotifytheMember
StatesoftheCouncilofEurope,anyStatehavingaccededtothe
AgreementandtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityofanyacceptanceor
objectionunderArticle2andofthedateofentryintoforceof
thisAdditionalProtocolinaccordance withArticle2.
TheSecretarayGeneralshallalsonotifytheEuropeanEconomic
Communityofanyact,notification orcommunication relatingto
theAgreement.
DoneatStrasbourg,this ,inEnglishand
French,bothtextsbeingequallyauthentic,inasingleoriginalwhich
shallbedepositedinthearchivesoftheCouncilofEurope.
TheSecretaryGeneraloftheCouncilofEuropeshalltransmit
certifiedcopiestoeachmemberStateoftheCouncilofEurope,toany
StateinvitedtoaccedetotheAgreementandtotheEuropeanEconomic
Community.