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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
. COM(73)1853Final
Brussels.6November1973
DRAFTDECISION
OPTHEREPRESENTATIVES OPGOVERNMENTS OPTIEMEMBER
STATESOPTHEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY MEETING
WITHINTHECOUNCIL
openingtariffpreferencesforproductscovered "bythat
CommunityandoriginatinginFinland
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CQM(73)1853Pinal

DRAFT DU !CISIOIT
OFTHE REPRESENTATIVES OFTHE GOVERNMENTS OFTHE MSSCBT-TR
STATES OFTHEEUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY MEETING
WITHIN THE COUNCIL
opening tariff preferences forproducts covered "bythat Community
andoriginating inFinland
THE REPRESENTATIVES OFTHE GOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBER STATES OFTHE
EUROPEAN COAL ANDSTEEL COMMUNITY ,
Whereas .theMember States have concluded among themselves theTreaty
establishing theEuropean Coal andSteel Community ;
Whereas theAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
theRepublic ofFinland will enter into force on
providing that theContracting Parties arenotified before that date
ofthecompletion oftheprocedures necessary tothat end ;
Whereas theAgreement between theMember States oftheEuropean Coal
andSteel Community andtheEuropean Coal andSteel Community ,ofthe
onepart ,andtheRepublic ofFinland ,oftheother part ,issubject
totheapproval ofeach Contracting Party inaccordance with itsown
procedures ;
Anxious toapply autonomously andconcomitantly thetariff reductions
laid down inthat Agreement ;
Inagreement with theCommission ; . '

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HAVE EECIBED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
1«With effect from thedate ofentry into force oftheAgreement
"between theEuropean Economic Community and theRepublic ofFinland
anduntil 31December 1974 »"theduties applicable intheCommunity
asoriginally constituted andinIreland toimports ofproducts
covered bytheEuropean Coal andSteel Community andoriginating in
Finland ,shall bereduced to60%ofthebasic duty ,orlevied atthe
rate of60$ofthebasic duty .
2.During thesame period ,theUnited Kingdom andDenmark shall
refrain from introducing newcustoms duties onimports ofproducts
covered bytheEuropean Coal andSteel Community andoriginating in
Finland .
3.Thebasic duties referred tointhis Decision shall bethose
duties actually applied on1January 1972 .
Article 2
Theprovisions laying down therules oforigin fortheimplementation
oftheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Republic ofFinland shall apply totheproducts towhich this Decision
refers .
Article 3
TheMember States shall decide byconmon accord onanycontingent
protective measures suggested byoneormore Member States orbythe
Commission .

Article 4
TheDecision shall expire ontheentry into force oftheAgreement
between theMember States oftheEuropean Coal andSteel Community and
theEuropean Coal andSteel Community ofthe onepart and theRepublic
ofFinland oftheother part ,andatthelatest on31December 1974 *
Article 5
Member States shall adopt allthemeasures necessary fortheimplementation
ofthis Decision ,,
Done at
The President