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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels.26March1975
RECOMMENDATION FORA
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheconclusionofanInterimAgreement "betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandGreececonseuqnetonthe
accessionofnewMemberStatestotheCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
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fl
Following tothe authorisation oftheCouncil given
onthe25march 1975 f "theCommission andGreece
negotiated the 26march 1975 anInterim Agree­
ment consequent ontheaccession ofnewMember States to
the Community .
Since both Parties approved thedraft ofanInterim
Agreement ,theCommission submits totheCouncil :
-arecommandation foraregulation oftheCouncil onthe
conclusion ofanInterim Agreement between theEuropean
Economic Community andTurkey consequent ontheaccession
ofnewMember States totheCommunity (Annex I)
–thetext oftheInterim Agreement® (Annex II)
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A/ÊrX
RECOMTTOTDATION ,FORA
REGULATION C'SEC )07TH1?!COUNCIL ''
V
*
ontheconclusion ofanInterim Agreement "between the
Eavopcan "Economic Community and Greece consequent onthe
accession ofnow IIember States totheCommunity
THECOUNCIL 01?THEEUROPEAN COMIUITITIES ,
>Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economio
Community ,andinparticular Article 113thereof j
Ilnving regard totheRecommendation oftheCommission }
"..liereao theCommunity andGreece have negotiated aProtocol
laying down theadjustments totheAssociation Agreement between
theEuropean Economic Community andGreece consequent 'onthe
accession ofnew .Member States tothe' .Community J. r
!Jheros,s ,ponding theentry into force ofthat Protocol ,itis
desirable toimplement assoon aspossible "bymeans ofan
Interim Agreement cex-tain provisions ofthat Protoool
concerning trade }
HAS ADOPTED TFIIS REGULATION :
Article 1
TheInterim Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andGreece ,the te:;t ofwhich isannexed hereto ,isoonoludod
onbehalf ofthoCommunity#
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil shall issue thenotification that
theprocedures necessary fortheentry into force ofthat
1Agreement have been completed •
•••/•••1
Thedate oftheentry into force oftheInterim
Agreement will bepublished intho "Official
Journal oftheEuropean Communities ". '

Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
thatofitspublicationinthe"OfficialJournalofthoEuropean
Communities".
ThisRegulationisbindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
Doneat
FortheCoùncil
ïhoPrésident

/VNJ
INTERIMAGRE0ŒNT
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandGreececoncerrnent
ontheAccessionofnewMemberStatestotheCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
oftheonepart,
and.
THEGOVERNMENT OPTHEHELLENICREPUBLIC,:.
oftheotherpart, \
WhereastheadjustmentstotheAgreementestablishing anAssociation
"betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandGreece,hereinafter
calledthe"Association Agreement",whicharenecessaryconsequent
ontheAccessiontotheCommunityoftheKingdomofDenmark,Ireland'
andtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,
hereinaftercalledthe"newMemberStates1*,werelaiddowninan
AdditionalProtocolsignedatFrusselson j
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceofthislatterProtocol,
certainofitsprovisionsrelatingtotradeshouldbeputintoforce
assoonaspossiblebymeansofaninterimagreement ;'
(
HAVEDECIDEDtoconcludethisAgreementandtothisendhavedesier.ed
astheirPlenipotentiaries :
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES '
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEHELLENIC REPUBLIC
WHO,havingexchangedtheirFullPowers,foundingoodanddueform.
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:
Article1
TheprovisionsoftheAssociation Agreement
_J'shall,insofarastheyrelatetotrade,
applytothenewMemberStatesandGreece,saveasotherwiseprovided
•inArticles2to45ofthisAgreement. ■

Article 2
1»During theperiod ending on31Deooraber 1977 »"tho«ewMember States
shall apply toCreece thereductions incustoms duties andcharges having
equivalent effect provided forintheAgreement ofAssociation ,atthesane
rates anddates asthey adopt for tlieelimination ofcustoms duties and ■
charges having equivalent effect inregard totheCommunity asoriginally
constituted , ■ } ... 1 '■ • i'
. • * ... ■ .• ^ *
Therates ofauty onthebasis ofwhich thenewMember States apply
such reductions toGreece shall "bethose actually inforce on1January 1972 .
2*Subject totheeffect to "begiven bytheCommunity toArticle 3?(5 )
oftheActconcerning theconditions ofAocession andtheAdjustments to
theTreaties ,attached totheTreaty bfAcoession ,inrespect ofthe
specific duties orthespecifio part ofthemixed duties ofthecustoms
tariffs ofIreland andtheUnited Kingdon ,theprovisions ofparagraph 1
shall "beapplied "byrounding tothefourth plaoe ofdecimals . ...
Article 3
1.Inthecase ofcustoms duties comprising aprotective element
andafiscal element ,theprovisions ofArticle 2shall apply to
the protective element .
2.Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom shall replace customs duties of
afiscal nature orthefiscal element ofsuch duties byaninternal
tax ,inaccordance with Article 38oftheActannexed totheTreaty
ofAccession andshall apply toGreece thesame treatment asthey
apply tothe other Member States . .
Article
Thequantitative restrictions inforce inIreland .fortheproducts
listed inAnnax Ishall boabolished' asregards Greece notlater than
onthedatos provided forinProtocols 'tfbs .6and7ofth3'Aci annexed
tothe'Iraaty ofAccession inaccordance with procedures tobedetermined
bytheCounoil ofAssociation ^aocoUnt being taken oftheabove mentioned
Protocols .. . * ' : '
Artide 5
Theeffective date fortheimplementation ofArticle 37(2a)and (b)of *
theAgreement ofAssociation -"bythenew :Member States asragarcis agri­
cultural products notlisted i.rAnnex IIItotheAgreement chall be
1January 1972 .
TheAssociation Council cantake every measure toharmonise the
different levels ofcustoms duties arising from theregulation mentioned
'intheprevious paragraph . .

•ArticleG
,nl.:FortheproductsofCommonCustoms.TariffheadingN°22.05,thenew
;Ifember.States'shallopenannualimporttariffquotasforthebenefitof
Greeceequaltothe-tjuantitieasetoutbelowandtothedutioi;appliedby
thoseMemberStateson1January1975toimportsfromtheCommunityas
"Originallyconstituted :
„- UnitedKingdom 6.000hl
•"'y.''4«vv?;''Denmark 500hl
•;'•».O''-1.•l"'•ireland 500hl•
•Thearrangementslaiddownintheprecedingparagraphshallbeappli­
cablein1975and1976. ' •
Theycouldbereviewedbeforetheendof1975,shouldsuohrevisionappear
usefulinthelightofdevelopmentsinthewinesectorandofprogressmade
inharmonizingagriculturalpoliciesinthatsector.'
Artide7-
TheCommunityshall,beforetheendofthefirstyearaftertheentry
intoforcoofthisftqreerriint,conuaunicatetoGreecetiiaprovisions
relatingtothespecialarrangements whicharethesubjectofProtocol
No5annexedtotheAgreementofAssociation andwhicharereferredtoin
Artiole113oftheActconcerningtheConditionsofAccessionandtho
AdjustmentstotheTreaties,annexedtotheTreatyofAccession.
ArticleS
1.DuringtheperiodreferredtoinArtiole2(l),Greeceshallreduoe
inregardtothenewMemberStatesthedifferences betweenthocr.isto:ns
dutiesandchargeshavingequivalenteffectwhiohGreeceappliesto
thirdcountriesandthosewhichGreeceapplies,inpursuanceoftho'
AgreementofAssociation,totheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted,at
thesameratesanddate3asthenewMemberStatesadoptfortheelimination
ofcustomsdutiesandchargeshavingequivalenteffectinrogardtothe
..Conmunityasoriginallyconstituted.
2.Inthecaseofmodificationofthetimetableandrhythiaforthe
eliminationofcustomsandtaxosoftheequivalenteffectappliedbytha
newI'.oraborStatesinrespeotoftheCommunityinitsoriginalcomposition,
theAssociationCounciltakesthenocessarymeasurestotakeaccountof
thismodification .
3.However,theCouncilofAssociationmayadoptappropriatemeasures
withaviewtomakingthoreductionstobeappliedbyCroeoeiarogardto
thenowMemberStatescoincidewiththetimetableprescribedbythe
AgreementofAssociation.

;-Artio lg9 ~6r
%
-• .
1»Imports from -theCommunity forthepurposes ofArticle 18(2)and(5o),
Artiole 23(lb ),andArtiole 26oftheAgreement ofAeaooiation shall
include those effected byGreece ,during thoperiod inquestion ,from the
nev ;Member States « .• *
However ,theapplication ofthis rule shall notlead totheremoval of
products from theconsolidation lists notified byGreece under Article
23(3 )oftheAgreement . . • . •
2.Thevolume ofCommunity imports from third countries inrespect of
which theCommunity mayopen .tariff quotas under Protocol ITo»10(3b )Association .
annexed totheAgreemeirrj^Tfaall include such imports effected bythenew
Member States from third countries .
Article 10
Intheexchange ofgoods between thenewMember States andGreece ,theprovisions
ofart7oftheAssociation Agreement apply only togoods exported froma new
member State orfrom Greece onorafter the••••• (date ofthesignature ofthe
present agreement ).
Article -47
Asregards goods obtained orproduced intheoriginal Member States
oftheCommunity orinGreece ,inthemanufacture ofwhich there entered
products from anewMember State that were not .infree circulation
either intheoriginal Member States orinGreece ,theCouncil of
Association maymake their admission tothe •arrangements
provided for "bytheAgreement ofAssociation subject tothecharging of
alevy intheexporting country solong esduties andchanges having
equivalent effect governing trade between thenewMember States andGreece
remain different from those applied intrade between theoriginal Member
States and Greece .
'- » - •>
Theprovisions ofArticle 8oftheAgreement ofAssociation shall be
applied mutatis s..

'ArticleAX
TheCouncil ofAssociation shall detezsdne themethod '|
cooperation fortheimplementation ofArticles 7and8-intheexchange ofgoods betweei
fh"cSnmmity inrespect ,,Jftetxe-Oo-anity
trade . -, –
A
ArtirieAi
•Eofore theendofthefirst yea?after theentry into force ofthis
0<jrceT>}tnfc.j theConsnunity andGreece may,asregards trade between thenew
Member States andGreece ,exercise theoption provided forinArticle 10(4)
oftheAgreement ofAssociation ,with regard' toanydisparities ineasterns
duties resulting frcra theapplication bythenewlumber States ofthe
transitional provisions oftheTreaty ofAccession inrespect ofcuston3
duties . ..
Article AH <
1*Until 31December 1977 ,ifinanewMember State difficulties arise 1
which areserious andliable topersist ,inanysector oftheeconomy orwhich
...could bring about serious deterioration intheeconomics situation of .aregion ,
theCommunity mayadopt safeguard measures inorder torectify thesituation .
2»'Inthesame circumstances Greece mayadopt safeguard measures inrespect
ofone or'more newMember States . '
*
er
3.Themeasures taken under paragraphs 1and2mayinvolve derogations from
therules oftheAgreement establishing anAssociation between theEECand
..Greece ,tosuoh anextent andforsuch periods asarestrictly necessary in
..j.vorder toattain theobjectives referred tointhosa paragraphs *
«<4*/Priority shall begiven tosuch treasures aswill least disturb thefunctioning
ofthe Association . . •
*■
..5»Themeasures taken andthemanncir inwhich they aretobeputinto effect ,"
shall benotified forthwith totheCouncil ofAssociation .Cousul t<itiorismay
Vrtl ^*.*4+VN-5V*VtAP 41 *.P xl .-– ■_i. .«
beheld within the Council ofAssociation onthemeasures adopted .b.
"1.

1,ThisAgreementshallapply,inthemannerlaiddownintheTreaty
establishing theEuropeanEconomicComnmnity,totheEuropeanterritories
oftheKingdomofBelgium,theKingdonofDenmark,theFederalKepublic
ofGermany,theFrenchRepublic,Ireland,theItalianRopubliCjthe
GrandDuchyofLuxembourg,theKingdonoftheNetherlands andtheUnited
KingdomofGreatBritainandnorthernIreland,andtotheotherEuropean
territories whoseexternalrelationsareadministered by£.Member.State,.
andtotheterritoryoftheRepublicofGreece#
2.inoAgreementshallalsoapplytotheterritorieslistedinthefirst
subparagraphofarticle227(2)oftheTreatyestablishingtheCommunity
concerningthefieldsofthepresentAgreementcorrespondingtothoselis^ei
inthesamesubparagraph .
Thsconditionsforapplyingtothose•territoriestheprovisionsofthis
Agreementrelatingtootherfieldsshalltedecidedatalaterdateby
agreementbetweentheContractingParties.
Article46
second
'i'iasAgreemer.tshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayofthe/monthlollowm^
theda,y•onwhichtheContractingPartiesnotifyeachotherthattheprocedures
necessarytothisendhavebeencompleted.
itshallbeapplicableuni;iltheentryintoforceoftheAdditiojir.l t~.otonol
oruntil31December1976whicheveristheearlier.
-.b'romthatdateitshallbetacitlyextendedforperiodsofoneyear,unless
oneoitheContractingPartiesexpressesitsdisagreement onermonthcioreits
rjdate#
Λτ+Ιοΐβί%
ThisAgreementisdraxnupintwooopieaintheDanish,Dutch,English,.
French,German,ItalianandGreeklanguages,eachofthesetexts
beinsrantheirtio. ; '

AîiNi'lXI
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Comroori
CustomsTariff
headingl\f°"Description
■ex60.03,
ex60.04I...,
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T\ijhtaandstockingsotherthanknee-len/jthstockings
entirely'ormainlymadeofsilkorman-madefibres,of
avalueofnobmorethaniC2.'j0perdozenpairs.
ex73.35 laminatedsprin-'pofi:-crior
steel,foruseaspartsofvehicles,and
leavesforthesesprinta.
ex85.03D|Sparkingplug'saridmetalcomponentparts j
•: .I
..ex96.01,j
;ex95.02 '|Brushesandbroomsofavalueofnotlessthan
£1.50perdozen
<■ *
*
I
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Privatecarsandcommercialvehiclesmentionned in
Protocol7oftheActofadhesion

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diesesIntcriins.il'kommcn rrseut./ •-
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thisInterimAgreement.•
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présentaccordintérimaire.
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