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COMMISSION OFTHEEIROPEANCOMMUNITTES
COM(74)274Final
Brussels,6March1974
RECOMMANDATION FORA
COUNCILDECISION
authorising theCommissiontoopennegotiations withaviewtoamending
theAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
RepublicofFinland
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COIï(74)274Final

Expl-\naiory lîcraoranflrra
(1)TheAgreements negotiated with theEFTA States known atthetime
asthenon–applicant EFTA States were drawn upontheassumption
ofNorway 'saccession totheCommunity .
TheNorwegian Government 'sdecision nottoratify theAccession
Treaty hasgiven rise totwocategories ofproblems inrelation
totheAgreements with theother EFTA Stater :,
(a)AsNorway failed to "become amember oftheCommunity eerbain
provisions inthose Agreements nolonger correspond tothe
facts­
(b)Asimilar type ofAgreement wassigned with Norway on
14May 1973 .
TheAgreements with theother EFTA States share acommon point
inArticle 2ofProtocol No.3,which concerns rules oforigin .
Because oftheinitial circumstances ,there isnomention of
Norway inthefirst subparagraph ofParagraph 1,ofthat Article ,
whereas such areference isessential for thefunctioning ofthe
rules oforigin with Norway included inthesystem .
(2)Toremedy this situation theCouncil authorised theCommission
on16July 1973 toopen negotiations with aview todrawing up
anadditional Protocol totheAgreements already inforce
(EEC-Austria ,EEC-Iceland ,EEC-Portugal ,E3C-Sweden ,EEC-Switzerland ).
These negotio /tions areproceeding .

Inthemeantime ,theAgreement between theEECandFinland ,signed
on4October 1973 ,entered into force on1January 1974 *An
additional Protocol forthat Agreement must therefore also "be
provided for .
For this reason theCommission requests theCouncil toauthorise
theopening ofnegotiations with Finland inorder todraw up
such aProtocol .TheCommission points outthat Finland was
informed ofthesituation inDecember 1972 andagreed tothis
procedure .

RECOmiEIÎDATION POR A
COUNCIL DECISION
authorising theCommission
toopen negotiations with aview toamending the
Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic ofFinland
THE COUHCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN CCIEiUNITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ;
Having regard totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheRepublic ofFinland signed inBrussels on4October 1973 J
Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ;
'•/hare asthenon-accession ofNorway totheEuropean Communities makes
itnecessary toadapt theabove Agreement ,
HAS ESCII3ED :
Sole Article
TheCommission ishereby authorised toopen negotiations with the
Republic ofFinland with aview toamending byanadditional Protocol
theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andtheRepublic
ofFinland inaccordance with theguidelines given intheAnnex .
TheCommission shall beassisted inthese negotiations bytheSpecial
Committee setuptinder Article 113oftheTreaty .
Done atBrussels ,on.
For the Council
The Président

AÎTÎT2X
ThepurposeoftheadditionalProtocolis:
(a)toaddNorwaytothefirstsubparagraphofArticle2(l)of
ProtocolITo.3andtomaketheconsequential amendmentstothe
otherArticlesandtotheAnnexesofthatProtocol;
(b)toremovefromthetextoftheAgreementanyreferencestoNorway
asaMemberStateoftheCommunity;
(c)tomakethefollowingamendmentstoArticle5(3)oftheAgreement:
-firstsub-paragraph"...andProtocols ITo.1and2"
–secondsub-paragraph"...andProtocols ITo.1and2n