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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Recommendation for aCouncil Decision
Concerning thenegotiation ofalegal instrument enabling
theEuropean Economic Community tobecome aContracting
Party totheEuropean Agreement ontheExchange ofBlood -
Grouping Reagents .
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM178 )755 final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheEuropeanAgreementontheExchangeofBlood–GroupingReagents,open
tosignaturebythemembercountriesoftheCouncilofEuropeon14May
1962,wassignedorratifiedbytheMemberStatesbetween1962and1970.
ThisAgreementwasdrawnupinaspiritofEuropeansolidarityandis
inspiredbyhighlyhumanitarian motives,whichredoundtothecreditof.
thesignatories .
Thisapart,itshouldbenotedthatArticle5oftheAgreementrequires
ContractingPartiestotakeallnecessarymeasurestoexemptfromall
importdutiestheblood-grouping reagentsplacedattheirdisposalbythe
otherParties.ThismeansinpracticethattheMemberStatesforgothe
application ofCCTduties(12%)ontheseproducts,whichcurrentlycome
undersubheading30.05oftheTariff.
As,inparticular,responsibility fortariffmattersnowlieswiththe
CommunityandnolongerwiththeMemberStates,itisdesirablethat
theCommunityshouldconcludetheAgreementindependently oftheMember.
States,inrespectofArticle5.
However,asaccessiontotheEuropeanAgreementontheExchangeofBlood-
GroupingReagentsisopenonlytomemberstatesoftheCouncilofEurope,
provisionshouldbemadeforalegalinstrumentenablingtheCommunity
itselftobecomeaContractingPartytotheAgreement.

TheCommissionthereforerecommendstotheCouncilthatitbeauthorized
underArticle113oftheTreatytonegotiatealegalinstrumentenabling
theEuropeanEconomicCommunitytoconclude,independently oftheMember
States,theEuropeanAgreementontheExchangeofBlood-Grouping Reagents
ThetextofArticle -5oftheAgreementisannexedtothisdraftCouncil
decision.

Recommendation
foraCouncildecisiononthenegotiationofa
LegalinstrumentenablingtheEuropeanEconomic
CommunitytobecomeaContracting Partytothe
EuropeanAgreementontheExchangeofBlood-
GroupingReagents
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
inparticularArticle113thereof,
Havingregardtotherecommendation oftheCommission,
WhereastheEuropeanAgreement ontheExchangeofBlood-Grouping Reagents
drawnupontheinitiativeoftheCouncilofEuropeaimstopromotemutual
assistance betweentheMembercountriesofthatorganization insupplying
oneanotherwiththereagentsinquestion;
Whereasoneoftheconditions necessaryforachievingeffectivemutual
assistance,isexemptionofthesaidreagentsfromcustomsduties,as
providedforinArticle5oftheabovementionedAgreement;
WhereastheAgreement wassignedbyalltheMemberStatesoftheCommunity
between1962and1970;whereassincethattimetheCommunityhasin
particulartakenoverresponsibility fortariffmattersfromtheMember "
States;whereasitisthereforedesirablethattheCommunityshould
concludetheAgreementindependently oftheMemberStates,inrespect
ofArticle5thereof, ~

HASDECIDEDasfollows
SoleArticle
TheCommissionisherebyauthorizedtoconduct,withinthe
frameworkoftheCouncilofEurope,negotiations fortheinclusioninthe
EuropeanAgreement ontheExchangeofBlood-Grouping Reagentsofalegal
instrument enablingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunitytobecomeaContracting
*
PartytothatAgreement.
TheCommissionshallconductthenegotiations withtheSpecial
CommitteeprovidedforinArticle113,whichshallassisttheCommission
.inthistask.
DoneatBrussels,
BytheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX
Article5
TheContractingPartiesshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresto
exeriptfromallimportdutiestheblood-grouping reagentsplacedattheir
disposalbytheotherParties.
Theyshallalsotakeallnecessarymeasurestoprovideforthe
speedydeliveryofthesesubstances,bythemostdirectroute/tothecon­
signeesreferredtoinArticle3ofthisAgreement.