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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theCommission totakepartinthenegotiations forthe
accession ofThailandtotheGeneralAgreement onTariffs andTrade
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
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THAILAND 'SACCESSION TOTHEGATT
1.On25January 1982,Thailand submitted anapplication forfull
accession totheGeneral Agreement pursuant toArticleXXXIII
thereof.AsThailand'saimwastoaccederapidlytotheGATT,
attheGATTCouncilmeetinginFebruary aworkingpartywas
setuptoexamine^Thailand 'sgeneralcommercial policy (itmet
forthefirsttimeon19and20April),anditwasarranged that
theworkingparty'sreportwouldbeapproved attheGATTCouncil
meetingtobeheldinJulyorSeptember .OnceThailand isa
memberoftheGATTitwillacquire GATTnegotiating rightsfor
Communitytariffconcessions ,eitherasaprincipal supplier
countryorasapartyhavingasubstantial interest .
2.Inviewoftheimportance ofmaniocinThailand'stotalexports
(1)totheEEC,particular emphasiswillbelaidonthisproduct
inthebilateral accession negotiations .Thisquestion isin
factbeingsettledindependently oftheGATTbyabilateral
agreement whichtheCommission negotiated inaccordance with
thedirectives adopted bytheCouncil on16December 1980.In
ordertoensureconsistency withthesedirectives ,itisimportant
thattheaccession negotiations tobeheldinGenevashouldnot
clashwiththeCouncil'sobjectives .Inparticular ,theCommission
shouldseetoitthat,throughtheinterplay ofvarious GATT .
provisions ,Thailand doesnotinfactacquire moreextensive
negotiating rightsthanthoseresulting fromtheabovement ioned
directives .
(1)1980:TotalEECimportsfromThailand :1.233million ECU
Importsofmanioc :500million ECU(=40%)

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3.Inviewoftheabove,andgiventheratherLimitedperiodof
timeforThailand'saccessiontotheGATT,theCommissionproposes
thattheCouncilauthorizeittoenterintonegotiations with
ThailandconcerningitsaccessiontotheGeneralAgreement.

RECOMMENDATION FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
anthnri »ina thw Commission totake
partin the negotiations forthe accession ofThailand tothe
General Agreement onTariffs and Trade
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing the European Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard tothe ,Recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas Thailand hassubmitted anapplication foraccession to
theGeneral Agreement onTariffs .andTrade ,
Whereas this request should begiven afavourable response ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
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The Commission ishereby authorized totake part inthenegotiations
forThailand 'saccession totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade .
The Commission shall conduct thenegotiations inconsultation with the
Special Committee provided for inArticle 113oftheTreaty ,which
will assist .itinthis task .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President