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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)128 final
Brussels-18March1982
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheconclusionoftheagreementsresultingfromthenegotiations and
consultations underArticleXXIV§6oftheGATTbetweentheEuropean
Communities andArgentinaofthefirstpartandtheEuropeanCommunities
andUruguayoftheotherpart
.
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)/Ν/O
C0M(82)128final

CjOv^AAl-T)
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Inaccordancewiththeauthorization itreceivedfromtheCouncilon28April1981,
theCommission,attherequestofArgentinaandUruguay,initiatednegotiations
andconsultations withthosecountriesunderArticleXXIV§6oftheGATT.
Thesenegotiations andconsultations havegivenrisetosatisfactory agreements.
«

SUMMARY
Recommendation foraCouncilDecisionontheconclusionofagreementsbetween
ArgentinaandUruguayoftheonepartandtheEuropeanCommunities oftheother
partconcerningthetariffconcessions whichtheCommunitiesgranttoArgentina
andUruguayforhigh-quality beefandveal.
Theseconcessionsrepresentthecompensation which,,,inaccordancewiththeGATT,
theCommunities oweArgentinaandUruguayforthewithdrawal ,.following
Greece'saccessiontotheEuropeanCommunities,ofthetariffconcessions
previously boundbyGreeceundertheGATT»

CONCLUSION OFANAGREEMENT RESULTING FROMTHENEGOTIATIONS ANDCONSULTATIONS
BETWEENARGENTINA ANDURUGUAYOFTHEONEPARTANDTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
OFTHEOTHERPARTUNDERARTICLEXXJV§6OFTHEGATT
(Commission Communication totheCouncil)
TheCommissionistransmitting totheCouncil:
~areportontheoutcomeofthenegotiations anc!consultations between
ArgentinaandUruguayoftheonepartandtheCommissionoftheEuropean
Communitiesoftheotherpart,underArticleXXIV§6oftheGATT(annexA)
-adraftagreementintheformofanagreedminute(annexB);
TheCommission recommendsthattheCouncilapprovethisagreement.
Itpresentstothatendadrcftdecisionontheconclusionofthesgreeriu.-vt
(annexC).

AiVN'EXA
REPORT
onthenegotiations andconsultations betweenArgentinaaridUruguayofthe
onepartandtheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities oftheotherpart
underArticleXXIV§6oftheGATT,,followingtheaccessionoftheHellenic
RepublictotheEuropeanCommunities .,

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1.FollowingGreece'saccessiontotheEuropeanCommunities,thelatterwere
requiredtoholdnegotiations underArticleXXIVI6ofthe6ATTinorderto
compensatetheContractingPartiesfortheinjurycausedtothembythe
substitution oftheCommunities' bounddutiesfortheGreekcustomsduties
boundunderGATT.
IntheletterswhichArgentinaandUruguaysenttotheDirector-General of
GATTon28May1981and2April1981respectively,thesetwocountries
requestedtheopeningofnegotiations andconsultations withtheCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
i
2.SinceforbothArgentinaandUruguaytnebenefitsanddisadvantages inthe
industrialproductssectoroffsetoneanotheralmostentirely,thenegotiations
focussdsolelyontheinjurywhichthesetwocountrieshadsufferedinthe
agricultural sector.
FrozenbeefandvealaccountedformostofGreece'stotalimportsfromthose
twocountries;ArgentinawasGreece'sprincipalsupplierofthoseproductsand
thereforeholdsnegotiatingrights,andUruguayhasasubstantialinterestand
thereforehasarighttoconsultations underArticleXXVIIi.
I
ThecustomsdutyboundbyGreeceforthoseproductsbeforeitsaccessionto
theCommunitywas20%advalorem.Theimportchargelaiddownin.SheCCtfor
thatcategoryofmeatisacustomsd.utyof20%advaloremboundunderGATT
plusavariablelevywhichisnotboundunderGATT.Theapplication ofthe
levy,whichhasahighadvaloremincidence,hasvirtuallyputanendto
exportsfromthosecountriestoGreece.Borthatreason,thetwocountries
haveclearlyindicatedthatonlythebeefandvealsectorcouldprovide
satisfactory compensation .
Itisalsotobenotedthat,inviewofthestructureofthesetwoccuhtries *
exportstotheCommunityandthesensitivity ofcertainothersectors,there
waspractically nopossibilityofprovidingcompensation forArgentinaand
Uruguayinothersectors.
k

Inthesenegotiations rtheonlywaytomeettnerequestsofArgentinaand
Uruguayandpreventothercountriesvis-a-viswhichtheCommunityhasnoLegal
obligations frombenefitingfromanyconcessionsgrantedwastoincreasethe
"specialcuts"quotaforanlythosequalitiessuppliedbyArgentinaandUruguay.
.Followingaseriesofdiscussions ,,inwhichtheMemberStates(Article113
Committee)assistedfagreementwasfinallyreachedwiththesetwocountries,
providingforthefollowing :
-a7500tincreaseinArgentina'spresentquotainrespectofthequality
suppliedbythatcountry(seeArticle1aofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
N°263/81); i
-a1300tincreaseinUruguay'squotainrespectofthequalitysupplied
bythatcountry(seeArticle1cofCommissionRegulation (EEC)N°263/81).
Accountwastakeninfixingtheabovementioned quantitiesofthecredit
(thoughmarginal)resultingfromthetariffreductionsonotherproducts.
TheCommissionconsidersthatasatisfactory balancedagreementhasbeen
reachedfortheCommunities andforArgentinaandUruguay.
ItthereforeproposesthattheCounciladopttheattachedagreedminutes
(seeAnnexB). i

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AGREEDMINUTE
OUTCOMEOFTHENEGOTIATIONS ANDCONSULTATIONS UNDERARTICLEXXIV§6OF
THEGATTBETWEENTHEDELEGATION OFTHEREPUBLIC OFURUGUAYANDTHEDELE
GATIONOFTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
TheDelegationofthqRepublicofUruguayandtheDelegationsoftheCommission
pftheEuropeanCommqnities haveagreedonthefollowing :
*
J.Theconcessionspreviouslygrantedby:
J
~theEuropeanEconomicCommunity (SchedulesLXXII-EuropeanEconomic
*.Community-and[LXXIIbis-MemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
τ #
f.Community-);j' .
v-theHellenicRepublic(ScheduleXXV),
*
I
iareherebywithdrawnandreplacedbyconcessionsgrantedbytheEuropean
CommuntiesofTen.Apartfromthemodifications listedbelow,theconcessions
areidenticaltothoseatpresentsetoutinSchedulesLXXII(European
EconomicCommunity)anLXXIIbis(MemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community).
TheCommunitiesnevertheless reservetherighttomodifytheselistsonthe
basisoftheoutcomeofthenegotiations and/orconsultations under
ArticleXXIV§6withotherContractingParties.
2.TheCommunityundertakestomodifytheglobalannualtariffquotasubject
toa20%customsdutywithoutlevyforhigh-quality meatofbovineanimals
(CCTex02.01AIDsothatthequantityof1000tatpresentpermittedfor
meatcorresponding tothefollowingspecifications :
"specialorgood-quality beefcutsobtainedfromexclusivelypasture-
grazedanimalsagedbetween22and24months,havingtwopermanentincisors
andpresentingaslaughterliveweightnotexceeding460kilograms,referred
toas"specialboxedbeef"cutsofwhichmaybeartheletters"sc"(special
cuts)"
israisedto2300t.

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Theyagreedtosubmitthisagreementforapprovaltoytheirrespective
authorities .
FortheDelegationofthe
RepublicofUruguay,FortheDelegation ofthe
Commission of'theEuropean
Communities,

ANNEXB
AGREEDMINUTE
OUTCOMEOFTHENEGOTIATIONS ANDCONSULTATIONS UNDERARTICLEXXIV§6OF
THEGATTBETWEENTHEDELEGATION OFTHEARGENTINE REPUBLIC ANDTHEDELE­
GATIONOFTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
TheDelegationoftheArgentineRepublicandtheDelegationof,theCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunities haveagreedonthefollowing' :
1.Theconcessionspreviouslygrantedby:
-theEuropeanEconomicCommunity(SchedulesLXXIJ.-EuropeanEconomic
Community-andLXXIIbis-MemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community-);
-theHellenicRepublic(ScheduleXXV),
areherebywithdrawnandreplacedbyconcessionsgrantedbytheEuropean
CommuntiesofTen„Apartfromthemodifications listedbelow,,theconcessions
areidenticaltothoseatpresentsetoutinSchedulesLXXII(European
EconomicCommunity)anLXXIIbis(MemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community).
TheCommunitiesnevertheless reserwetherighttomodifytheselistsonthe
basisoftheoutcomeofthenegotiations and/orconsultations under
ArticleXXIV§6withotherContractingParties.
2„TheCommunityundertakestomodifytheglobalannualtariffquotasubject
toa20Xcustomsdutywithoutlevyforhigh-ciuality meatofbovineanimals
(CCTex02„01All)sothatthequantityof5000tatpresentpermittedfor
meatcorrespond !rigtothefollowingspecifications j
"specialorgood-quality beefcutsobtainedfromexclusivelypasture-
grazedanimalsagedbetween22and24months,havingtwopermanentincisors
andpresenting aslsughterUveweightnotexceeding460kilograms,referred
toas"specialboxedbeef"tutsofwhichmaybeartheletters"se"(special
cuts)"
israisedto12500t.

Theyagreedtosubmitthisagreement -forapprovalbyth&irrespective
authorities .
FortheDelegationsofthe
ArgentineRepublic,FortheDelegationofthe
CommissionoftheEuropean
Communities.

ANNEXC
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
ontheconclusionoftheagreementsresultingfromthenegotiations and
consultations underArticleXXIV§6oftheGATTbetweentheEuropean
Communities andArgentinaofthefirstpartandtheEuropeanCommunities
andUruguayoftheotherpart
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle113thereof.
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission,
Whereasinaccordance withtheauthorization whichitreceivedfromtheCouncil
on28April1981,theCommissioninitiatednegotiations withArgentinaand
UruguayunderArticleXXIV§6oftheGATTfollowingGreece'saccessiontothe
EuropeanCommunities andwhereasanacceptableagreementswerereached,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
Theagreements intheformofagreedminutesbetweentheEuropeanCommunities
andArgentinaandbetweentheEuropeanCommunities andUruguayrespectively
areherebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
ThetextoftheseagreementsisannexedtothisDecision *
Arttcle2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatetheperson
empoweredtosigntheagreementsinordertobindtheCommunity.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil,
ThePresident,