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COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GeneralSecretariatCOM(79)279 final
Brussels,16th May1979
FOROFFICIAI USEONLY
Sixth Commission communication tothe Council
on
drawing upthe instruments of
Greece 'saccession tothe Communities
inthe framework oftheAccession Negotiations with Greece
Preliminary draft texts ofTitle VI:
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
ofPart four of
the "Act"concerning theconditions ofGreece 's
Accession andtheAdjustments tothe
Treaties
C0M(79 )279 final

Intheframeworkoftheprocedureagreedforestablishing the
instrumentsofGreece'saccessiontotheCommunities ,theCommission
has"beenaskedtodrawupfortheCouncilthepreliminarydrafttexts
concerningtheseinstruments onthebasisofthestructureadoptedat
thetimeofthelastenlargement.
Withthisinview,theCommissionsubmitteditsfirstcommunica­
tiontotheCouncilon5March1979(COM(79)93final),containing
thepreliminarydrafttextsoftheprovisionsofpartsone,two,
threeandfiveofadraftactconcerningtheconditionsofGreece's
accessionandtheadjustmentstotheTreatiestobemadeinconnection
withitsaccession.
Inthiscommunication ,theCommissionissubmittingtothe
CouncilthepreliminarydrafttextsoftheprovisionsofTitleVI
onFIM1TCIALPROVISIOITSj theseprovisionsaretobeincludedin
thefourthpartoftheactofaccession,whichdealswithtransitional
measures.«
*

FOURTHPART
TRANSITIONAL MEASURES
TITLEVI
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

FIMÎTCIAL PROVISIOÎTS
Article(a;
TheDecisionof21AprilI97Oonthereplacementoffinancial
contributions fromMemberStatesbytheCommunities'ownresources,
hereinafterreferredtoasthe"Decisionof21April1970",shall
beapplied,accountbeingtakenofthefollowingprovisions#
Article (b)
Therevenuedesignatedas"agricultural levies"whichisreferred
toinArticle2(a)oftheDecisionof21AprilI97Oshallinclude
therevenuefromanycompensatory amountleviedonimportsunderArticles
/~47_7an(iZ~55_7>andthefixedcomponentsappliedbyGreecetoimports
Tinder-Article£~6l7.
Article(c)
l)Inthefirstfiveyearsfollowingaccession,therevenuedesignated
'as"customsduties"whicfiisreferredto"inArticle2"'(-b)of'the
Decisionof21April1970shallcomprisethecustomsdutieswhich
wouldbeleviedbyGreeceintradewithnon-memberStatesifit
immediatelyappliedtheratesresultingfromtheCommonCustoms
TariffandthereducedratesresultingfromtheCommunity'spre­
ferentialagreementsthatareinforceorthegeneralized systemof
preferences .
TheGreekauthoritiesshallcalculatethesecustomsdutiesmonthly
onthebasisofthecustomsdeclarations forthemonthconcerned.
ThisamountshallbemadeavailabletotheCommissionatthelatest
bythetwentiethdayofthesecondmonthfollowingthemonthto
whichthedeclarations refer.

-2-
2)Prom1January1986thetotalamountofthecustomsdutiescollected
shallhedueinfull.
l)Theamountofdutiesrecordedundertheheadofownresourcesaccruing
fromvalueaddedtaxor,whereappropriate ,ofthefinancialcontri­
butions "basedonthegrossnationalproductpursuanttoArticle4(0
to(5)oftheDecisionof21April1970shallbedueinfullasfrom
accession.
However,theCommunityshallrefundtoGreece,inthemonthfollowing
thatinwhichitismadeavailabletotheCommission,aproportionof
theamountreferredtointheparagraphaboveasfollows:Article(d)
-70%
-50%
-30/o
-20%
-10%in1981
in1982
in1983
in1984
in1985