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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(72)1419final
Brussels,17November1972
SECONDCOMMUNICATION SUBMITTED BYTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCILONTECHNICAL
ADAPTATION 'SOPCOMMUNITY LEGISLATION WHICHHAVENOTYETBEENFORMULATED
Proposalfora
REGULATION OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)No1025/70establishing commonrulesforimports
fromthirdcountries
Proposalfora
DIRECTIVE OPTHECOUNCIL
amendingDirectiveNo71/307/EEContheapproximation ofthelawsofthe
MemberStatesrelatingtotextilenames
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
CCM(72)1419final

SECOND COMMUNICATION SUBMITTED BYTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL ON
TECHNICAL ADAPTATIONS OFCOMMUNITY LEGISLATION WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN
FORMULATED
I
INTRODUCTION
1. TheCommission hereby submits totheCouncil asecond communi­
cation"' "onthe .technical adaptation ofCommunity legislation tothesitu­
ation oftheenlarged Community .This report deals with thetechnical
adaptations ofsecondary legislation which have not yet been formulated
and which are specified inthelist inAnnex IItothe Act ofAccession .
These technical adaptations will beimplemented inaccordance with the
procedure laid down inArticle 153 ofthe said Act .
II
TECHNICAL ADAPTATIONS OFTHE LEGAL ACTS SPECIFIED INTHE LIST INANNEX II
TOTHE ACT OFACCESSION
The legal acts inquestion relate tothe following sectors :
(a) Commercial Polic y
Council Regulation (EEC)No1025/70of25May1970 establiah -
ing common rules forimports from third countries . (OJNoL12*+,
8June 1970 ,p-6.).
2. Atthe time oftheaccession negotiations itwasagreed to
solve theproblem caused bythedeletion ofreference toGibraltar in
Annex IIbyensuring that Gibraltar enjoys the same treatment with
regard totheCommunity 'simport liberalization system asitdid
before accession .
TheCommission proposes totheCouncil that afootnote beadded
toAnnex IItoRegulation No1025/70totheeffect that with regard to
theCommunity 'simport liberalization system Gibraltar shall beinthe
same position asthe countries and territories listed inthat Annex
(seeAnnex Itothis document ).
••«/•••
Thefirst communication ontechnical adaptations ye^formulated
wassubmitted bytheCommission totheCouncil on18August 1972
(Doc .NoCOM (72)1009 final ).

(b) Technical barriers
Council Directive No71/507/EECof26July 1971 on .theapproximation
ofthelaws oftheMember States relating totextile names (OJNoLl85 »
16August 1971j P»16.).
Atthetime ofthenegotiations itwasagreed that theDanish
equivalents oftheterms inArticle 5(1 )ofthis Directive were tobe
added thereto and that "Hibiscus species "was tobeadded totheAnnex
tothis Directive .
5. Theamendments specified inAnnex IItothis report are
proposed following contacts between theCommission ,experts from the
Member States and experts from the future Member States .

ANNEX I
Proposal for aRegulation oftheCouncil amending
Regulation (EEC )No1025/70establishing common rules forimports from
third countries
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ;
Having regard totheTreaty concerning theaccession oftheKingdom
ofDenmark ,Ireland ,theKingdom ofNorway and theUnited Kingdom
ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland totheEuropean Economic Community
and totheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ;
Having regard totheAct concerning theConditions ofAccession and the
Adjustments tothe Treaties ,andinparticular Articles 30and153
thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas Annex IIofCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1025/70of25May1970
establishing common rules for imports from third countries must be
amended insuch away astoensure that Gibraltar isinthesame
position with regard totheCommunity 'simport liberalization system
asitwasbefore accession ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Sole Article
Onthedate ofentry into force oftheTreaty concerning theaccession
oftheKingdom ofDenmark ,Ireland ,theKingdom ofNorway and the
United Kingdom ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland totheEuropean
Economic Community and totheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,a
footnote shall beadded toAnnex IItoCouncil Regulation No1025/70
asfollows :
*••/•••
OJNoL12k,8June 1970 ,p.6.Proposal for aRegulation
Regulation (EEC )No1025/70
third countries

DM98/72-E
"Withregardtotheimportliberalization systemprovidedfor
bythisRegulation ,Gibraltarshallbeinthesameposition
asthecountriesandterritorieslistedinthisAnnex." ,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicabl
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 19--•
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

'ANNEzII
ProposalforaDirective oftheCouncil,amendingDirective '
No71/307/EEContheapproximation ofthelawsoftheMemberStates
relatingtotextile ,names
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN(IMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyconcerningtheaccessionoftheKingdom
ofDenmark,Ireland,theKingdomofNorwayandtheUnitedKingdomof
GreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtotheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheActconcerningtheConditionsofAccessionand
theAdjustments totheTreaties,andinparticularArticles30and
153thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheDanishequivalentsofthetermsinArticle5(1)of
CouncilDirectiveNo71/507/EECof26July1971ontheapproximation
ofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtotextilenames^"mustbe
addedthereto;andwhereasthefibre"Hibiscusspecies"mustbeadded
totheAnnextothatDirective ;
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article1
OnthedateofentryintoforceoftheTreatyconcerningtheaccession
oftheKingdomofDenmark,Ireland,theKingdomofNorwayandthe
UnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,the
followingtermshallbeaddedafterthefifthindentofArticle5(1)
ofDirective No71/307/EEC:
-"Nyklippetuld".
•••/••«
*^"0JNoL185,16August1971»P*16.

r-2-*
ThefoliovdngentryshallbeaddedtoAnnexI:
"Nos Naine Fibredescription
l^a Hibiscus FibreobtainedfromHibiscus
speciesotherthanHibiscus
cannabinus "
ThefollowingentryshallbeaddedtoAnnexII:
"FibreNo Fibres . Percentages
Ufa Hibiscus r17.00":
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrusselst 19–*
FortheCouncil
ThePresident