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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(75)144final
Brussels,8april1975
RECOMMENDATION foracoureilDECISION
concerningthenegotiation ofalegalinstrument
permittingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityto"become
aContractingPartytoaEuropeanAgreement
ontheExchangeofTissus-typing Reagents
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CCK(75)144final

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The attention oftheCommission has recently been drawn tothe
fact that aEuropean Agreement ontheExchange ofTissue-typing
Reagents wasopen tosignature tothemember countries oftheCouncil
ofEurope on1?September 197^»
This agreement ,created inaspirit ofEuropean solidarity ,
isthelogical outcome ofother agreements prepared under theaegis
oftheCouncil of .Europe with .thesame objectives (l).There is
provision ,inter alia ,inArticle 5thereof ,for each Contracting
Party to .take all necessary jneasure ^toexempt from all import
charges thetissue-typing reagents placed attheir disposal bythe
other Parties .Such procedure stems from highly humanitarian motives
which are most laudable .
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Independently from these considerations ,itshould be
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noted that Article 5ofthis Agreement includes .customs
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provisions which are the exclusive province oftheCommunity ,
since taepurport istorenounce byconventional means theapplication
ofthecustoms duties ofthecommon customs tariff (12%)onproducts
atpresent falling within theheading 30.05 ofthis tariff .
However ,Article 113 oftheEEC Treaty lays down that only
theCommunity iscompetent toconclude the part oftheAgreement
which includes customs regulations .
Tothis end ,itisdesirable that theCommunity should conclude
theAgreement inquestion independently from theMember States ,in
order todeal with Article 5thereof .
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(l)-European Agreement ontheExchange ofTherapeutic Substances
ofHuman Origin -signed inParis in195$
-European Agreement ontheExchange ofReagents forDetermining
Blood Groups -signed inStrasburg in1962 .

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Itmust ,however -,beemphasised that atthepresent time the
European Agreement ontheExchange ofTissue-typing Reagents isonly
open for theaccession oftheMember States oftheCouncil ofEurope .
Thus itisneciessary forprovision tobemade foralegal
instrument which will also permit theCommunity tobecome aCon­
tracting Party tothe Agreement .
For this purpose theCommission recommends totheCouncil ,
pursuant toArticle 11JoftheEECTreaty ,toauthorise ittonegotiate
alegal ,instrument which ,will permit the ;European Economic Community
toconclude ,independently from theMember States ,theEuropean .
Agreement ontheExchange ofTissue-typing .
The text ofArticle 5oftheAgreement isshown ,inannex to
this draft Council Decision .

Recommendation for aCouncil Decision
concerning thenegotiation ofalegal "instrument
permitting theEuropean Economic Community tobe­
come aContracting Party toaEuropean Agreement
ontheExchange ofTissue-typing Reagents
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITES , ...■•■■
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic ''
Community ,andinparticular Article 113 thereof ,.
Having regard totheRecommendation ofthe Commission ,
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Whereas theEuropean Agreement ontheExchange ofTissue-typing
Reagents ,prepared attheinitiative oftheCouncil ofEurope ,aims
atestablishing mutuel assistance between member countries ofthat
organization with aview tothereciprocal supply ofthese reagents ;
Whereas one ofthenecessary oonditions forobtaining aneffective
system ofmutual assistance lies inallowing these reagents in
question tobenefit from exemption from customs duties ,aslaid
down inArticle 5ofthis Agreement ;
Whereas thegranting ofexemption from customs duties byconventional
means must take into account requirements which arewithin thepro­
vince ofthecustoms union ,and inparticular the existance ofthe
common customs tariff ;whereas any derogation from the common
customs tariff comes within theexclusive competence oftheCommunity

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whereas ,therefore ,itproves necessary fortheCommunity toconclude
this Agreement ,independently from theMember States ,inorder to
deal with Article 5thereof , v
HAS DECIBED ÀSFOLLOWS :
Sole Article
TheCommission shall beauthorised toconduct negotiations before
theCouncil ofEurope ,inorder tohave inserted intheEuropean
Agreement ontheExchange ofTissue-typing Reagents ,alegal instru­
ment permitting theEuropean Economic Community tobecome aContrac­
ting Party tothe said Agreement ..... .
TheCommission shall conduct these negotiations with theSpecial
Committee ,forwhich provision ismade inArticle 113 ,which shall ,
assist itinthis task .
Done atBrussels
For the Council
, The President

ANNEX
"Artide 5
1.TheContracting Parties shall take allnecessary measures to
exempt from all import duties thetissue-tying reagents placed
attheir disposal bytheother Parties .
2.They shall also take allnecessary measures toprovide for the
speedy delivery ofthese substances ,bythemost direct route ,
totheconsignees referred toinArticle 3ofthis Agreement ."