ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(75)384
Vol.1975/0152

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenneetdelaCommunautéeuropéennedel'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiésconformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
InaccordancewithCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity(OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocumentsinthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung(EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeitzugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROFEAN CQMMUNÏTÏES
COM(75)384final.
Brussels,18July1975
Proposaifora
DECISION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
todiscontinue invocationofArticleXXXVofGATTvis-a^-visJapan
(submittedtotheCouncillaytheCommission)
COJl(75)384final.

Explanatory statement
Before acceding totheGATT inDecember ,1967 Ireland invoked
Article XXXV inrespect ofJapan infurtherance ofIreland 'sdocireto
conclude abilateral trade agreement with that country •negotiations
foratrade agreement between Ireland andJapan coramencedinMarch ,
1967 andbroke dovai in1-Iay ,1967 asitproved impossible toreach
agreement onasafeguard clause .
ISaking into account that thenegotiation ofatrade agreement isnowa
matter ofoommon commercial policy andfalls within ,thecompetence of
theCommunity itisnolonger possible forIreland topursue theaim
ofnegotiating abilateral trade agreement#
Furthermore theinvocation nolonger hasanypractical effect since
Ireland gives most fa,voured nation treatment toJapan andsince Ireland
does notoperate anyquantitative import restrictions which apply
exclusively toJapan ,
Oilthe other hand adeclaration todiscontinue invocation ofArticle XXX7
would seem appropriate inthecontext ofthepresent international econo­
micrelations ,taking into consideration thefact that among developed
countries only South Africa andAustria ,together with Ireland ,arestill
invoking Article XXXV with respect toJapan ,andthat Austria isinthe
process ofdiscontinuing invocation oftheArtiole#
TheCommission isoftheopinion that The disinvo cation ofArticle XXXV
must also betaken into consideration inthe context ofthecontinuing
multilateral trade negotiations inwhich theCommunity isaiming ata
more flexible application ofsafeguards mechanisms#

Proposalfora
DECISION(EEC)"OFTHE*COUNCIL
todiscontinueinvocationofArticleXXXVofGATTvis-a^-visJapan
T3ECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES "
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
especiallyitsArtiole113
HavingregardtotheCommission^proposal
WhereasthereasonsforwhichArtioleXXXVha3beeninvoked "byIreland
withregardtoJapanarenolongervalid
WhereastheCommunityisaiminginthecontextofthecurrentmultilateral
tradenegotiations atamoreflexibleapplicationofsafeguardsmecanisms
BASEECTDEDASF0LE0ÏÏ3 .::
UniqueArticle
TheCommunitydiscontinues theapplicationofArticleXXXVoftheGeneral
AgreementonTariffsandTradebyIrelandwithregardtoJapan.
IhisdecisionwillbenotifiedbytheCommissiontotheContracting
Partiesof.theGeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade,andwilltakeeffect
thirtydaysafterthisnotification. ,.
DoneatBrussels
PortheCouncil
ThePresident