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COMMISSION 
OF THE 
EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
General  Secretariat COM(83)  259 final 
Brussels,  17 May 1983 
FOR OFFICIAL  USE  ONLY 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL 
CONCERNING  RELATIONS  BETWEEN  GREECE  AND  PORTUGAL 
COM(83)  259 final 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
This  communication to the Council contains proposals concerning the 
special  transitional arrangements which can be proposed at this stage 
with  regard to' relations between Greece and Portugal in the context 
of Portugal's accession to the European Communities,  with  reference 
to the chapters on which agreement has already been reached in the 
accession  negotiations. 
The "General considerations" section establishes the principles which 
will  apply be.tween Greece and Portugal in the enlargement context; 
the "Proposals" section sets out the measures which  will  need to be 
adopted in the customs unipn and  ECSC  fields between Greece and 
Portugal following Portugal's  accession. 
The Commission is requested to adopt this communication and decide 
that  it be transmitted to the  Council. 

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TO THE COUNCIL 
CONCERNING  RELATIONS  BETWEEN  GREECE  AND  PORTUGAL 
I. GENERAL  CONSIDERATIONS 
1. Up  till  now the question of  what  special transitional arrangements 
should,  if necessary, be adopted for relations between Greece and 
Portugal in the event  that  at the  time  of Portugal's  accession  there 
are still transitional measures or temporary derogations in force 
between Greece and the rest of the Community under the Treaty of 
accession  of Greece has been specifically  left  out'of the negotiations 
for the  accession  of Portugal to the European Communities . 
At the sixth ministerial meeting of the Conference between the Community 
and Portugal on 22 February 1982, it was agreed  that  this question would 
be examined at a  later  stage in the  accession  negotiations. 
Such  examination  .presupposes  the examination of other measures, which 
will therefor-e need to be known, as follows: the transitional measures 
or temporary derogations provided for in the context of Portugal's 
accession,  the provisions still in force at the  time  of Portugal's 
accession  under the Protocol to the EEC-Portugal Agreement and the 
Additional Protocol to the ECSC-Portugal Agreement consequent on the 
accession  of Greece, which  were  signed on 16 March 1982 and, lastly, the 
provisions  of the Transitional Protocol to the EEC-Portugal Agreement, 
which was signed on 27 October 1982. 
2. In 1982 the Community and Portugal succeeded in concluding, either 
completely or as regards the main  part  of the content, ten chapters 
of the negotiations, including those relating to industrial questions; 
accordingly,  it seemed appropriate  that  the Community should "now examine 
the special transitional arrangements to be adopted in the chapters 
concluded  with  regard to relations between Greece and Portugal following 
Portugal's  accession  to the European Communities. 
3. The basic principle is  that,  following Portugal's  accession, 
relations between Greece and Portugal, wi11 be governed by the acts of 
accession.  However, a chapter-by-chapter examination was necessary 
in order to determine  whether,  on the one hand, transitional measures or 
temporary derogations  (either  those still in force between Greece and the 
NB. In this document "the rest of the Community" means in each instance 
pthe Community as at present constituted, less Greece. 
CONF-P/22/82 of 24 March 1982. 

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rest of the Community or those adopted pursuant to the  accession 
negotiations  with  Portugal) or, on the other/ the-Protocols 
concluded  with  Portugal consequent on the  accession  of Greece or 
the Transitional Protocol, call for special transitional arrangements 
between Greece and Portugal from the date of  accession  of Portugal. 
Examination of the ten chapters concluded in the  accession  negotiations 
with  Portugal shows  that  in the case of eight of them there is no 
need for any special transitional arrangements between Gre.ece and 
Portugal.  For th^se chapters the acquis communa'utai re, including 
the two acts of  accession  (those of Greece and Portugal)  will  apply 
in full between Greeoe and Portugal as from the  accession-  of Portugal 
in the same way as they apply between those two countries and the 
other members of the Community. This means  that  if at the  time  of 
Portugal's  accession  Greece is still being accorded a transitional 
measure or temporary derogation vis-a-vis the Community, Portugal 
will  also have to apply  that  measure or derogation in respect of 
Greece  in exactly the same way as the Community. Similarly, Greece 
will  have to apply in respect of Portugal any transitional measures 
or temporary derogations accorded to Portugal by the Community in the 
accession  negotiations. 
In the case of the customs union and  ECSC  chapters, however, special 
transitional arrangements  will  need to be provided for in the act of 
accession  of Portugal for relations between Portugal and Greece, in 
connection  with  certain specific measures which result from the 
Protocols  concluded  with  Portugal consequent on the  accession  of 
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Greece  and are due to expire on 1 January 1986 . 
4. The Commission  will  return in due course to the other chapters 
still under negotiation  with  Portugal. 
Capital movements, transport, regional policy, economic and financial 
questions,  Euratom, external relations, taxation and right of 
establishment. 
In vfew of their temporary nature, the safeguard measures applied at 
Greece's  request are not .dealt  with  in this document. 

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II. PROPOSALS  CONCERNING THE  
CUSTOMS  UNION  AND  ECSC  CHAPTERS 
1. Abolition of customs duties on imports 
(a) Present s^tuatuin^ 
The Act of  Accession  of Greece stipulates  that  any remaining customs duties 
on imports between the Community and Greece shall .be abolished' in accordance 
with  the following timetable: 
on 1 January 1981 each duty^shall be reduced to 90% of the basic duty; 
on 1 January 1982 each duty shall be reduced to 80% of the basic duty; 
the four other reductions of 20% each shall be made on: 
1 January 1983, 
1 January 1984, 
1 January 1985, 
1 January 1986. 
With  regard to relat'ions between Greece and Portugal, customs duties applied 
in respect of.each other by those two countries have already been abolished 
for most industrial products (EEC)  with  the  entry  into force of the Protocol 
to the EEC-Portugal Agreement consequent on the  accession  of Greece (strictly, 
from the  entry  into force on 21 August 1981 of the unilateral measures implementing 
the Protocol). 
However, for certain categories of sensitive products in respect of which 
Greece  will  continue to apply customs duties vis-a-vis the Community until 
1 January 1986, on the basis of the  timetable  for progressive reductions laid 
down in the act of  accession,  and also for certain Portuguese products, a 
progressive  tariff  dismantling  timetable  is laid down in the Protocol. 
This  tariff  dismantling  timetable  is the same for both Greece and Portugal 

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and is identical to the  timetable  referred to above as laid down in the 
Act of  Accession  of Greece for the abolition by Greece of any duties 
applied vis-a-vis the Community . 
In the case of industrial products (EEC), the products which are covered 
by the progressive  tariff  dismantling  timetable  and on which duties are 
applied by Greece vis-a-vis Portugal are those listed in Annex I to the 
Protocol  consequent on the accession of Greece,  while  those on which duties 
are applied by Portugal vis-a-vis Greece are those which are listed in 
Annex  II to the said Protocol, in List B of Annex D to Protocol No 1 to the 
1972 EEC-Portugal Agreement, and in Annexes I and II to the 1976 
EEC-Portugal  Additional Protocol! 
In the case of  ECSC  products, it should be pointed out  that  as the 
EEC-Greece  Association Agreement does not cover  ECSC  products, all 
Greece-Community  reciprocal  tariff  dismantling in respect of such products 
is covered by the Act of  Accession  of Greece. Consequently, all  ECSC 
products  are also covered by a  timetable  for progressive reciprocal  tariff 
dismantling between Greece and Portugal set out in the Protocol to the 
ECSC-PortugaI  Agreement consequent on the accession of Greece. This  tariff 
dismantling  timetable  is the same for both Greece and Portugal and is identical 
to that  laid^down in the Act of  Accession  of Greece for sensitive industrial 
products  and  ECSC  products . 
For both industrial products and  ECSC  products the basic duties are the same 
and are identical to those adopted in the Act of  Accession  of Greece, namely 
the basic duties actually applied on 1 July 1980 . 
Except  of course as regards the  date  of the first  tariff  cuts: 1 January 1981 
in the Act of  Accession  of Greece; in the case of the Protocol, the  date  of 
entry  into force - strictly,  entry  into force of the unilateral implementing 
measures (21 August  1981). 
In addition, the Protocol provides for an exception in respect of pectates 
falling  within  CCT subheading ex  13.03,  for which Greece  will  progressively 
reduce the difference between the basic duty and the customs duty resulting 
from application of the Agreement, in accordance  with  the same  timetable  as 
that  laid down in the Protocol for the other products. 
With  the'exception, in the Protocol consequent'on the accession of Greece, 
for tinder falling  within  heading No  36.08.03  of the Portuguese Customs Tariff 
and matches falling  within  heading No  36.06  of the Portuguese Customs  Tariff/ 
for which the Portuguese basic duties are 36% and 30% ad valorem respectively/ 
and of matches falling  within  heading No  36.06  of the Greek Customs  Tariff, 
for which the Greek basic duty is 17.2% ad valorem. 

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The Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece contains a threshold 
rule (Article 9(2) and the second paragraph of Article 13) to the effect 
that  in no case may products from Greece be imported into Portugal or 
products  originating in Portugal be imported into Greece at rates of 
duty more favourable than those applied to products from the Community of 
Nine.  (There  is no rule of this kind in the  ECSC  Protocol, of course, 
as by the  time  it entered into force customs duties on  ECSC  products 
had already been abolished between the Community and Portugal and the 
timetables for the removat of  tariffs  in respect of ECSC'pr-oducts between 
Greece  and the Community and Greece and Portugal'are identical.) 
It is also agreed  that  if Greece suspends or reduces customs duties on 
products  imported from the Community more rapidly than provided for in the 
timetable  laid down in the Protocol consequent upon the accession of Greece, 
it shall suspend or reduce, by the same percentage, the customs duties on 
products  originating in Portugal. This provision was introduced pursuant to 
Article 27 of the act of  accession,  which stipulates  that  Greece may suspend 
in whole or in  part  the levying of duties on products imported from the Community 
as at present constituted. No similar provision exists regarding Portugal.' 
(b) Commissiop proposal 
b.1. Reductions to be made by Portugal 
Products  covered by the EEC-Portugal Agreement 
The Commission proposed  that  for the purposes of any  tariff  reductions remaining 
to be made concerning products covered by the EEC-Portugal Agreement, the 
timetable  agreed in the Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece should 
be adopted on the  date  of accession at the stage it has reached on  that  date. 

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For the reductions to be made by Portugal vis-a-vis Greece, however, the 
dismantling rules agreed in the  accession  negotiations clash in the case of 
certain products  with  the rules laid down in the Protocol consequent on the 
accession  of Greece. It should be recalled  that  the rules agreed in the 
accession  negotiations provide for progressive  tariff  dismantling over a 
seven-year  period from the date of  accession  of Portugal . 
Hence  the timetable laid down in the Protocol consequent on. the  accession 
of Greece  will  have to be allowed to run its cours.e until the stipulated 
date of expiry (31 December  1985),  account being taken of the application of 
the threshold rule. As Portugal may not accord Greece  treatment  more 
favourable than  that  accorded to the Community, the threshold rule  will 
therefore have to be adopted for the period from the  accession  of Portugal 
to 31 December 1985. 
On that  date the timetable established in the Protocol consequent on the 
accession  of Greece  will  have expired and application of the threshold rule 
will  mean  that  Greece may not receive in respect of any product  treatment 
more favourable than  that  accorded to the Community. The duties applied by 
Portugal vis-a-vis the Community  will  be identical to those applied vis-a-vis 
Greece  and these duties  will  then be progressively reduced in accordance  tn'th 
the remaining"stages of the timetable - which has already been agreed - to 
be set out in the Act of  Accession  of Portugal to the Communities. 
Products  not covered by the EEC-Portugal Agreement 
With  regard to the reductions to be made by Portugal in respect of products 
not Listed in the Protocol consequent on the  accession  of Greece (industrial 
products  falling  within  Chapters 1 to 24 which are not covered by the 1972 
Agreement, products covered by Protocol No 2 to the Agreement for which 
tariffs have been only partially dismantled, and new industries producing 
EEC or ECSC  products), Portugal  will  have to apply in respect of Greece 
The timetable is as follows: 
2 months  after  the date of  accession:  10%, 
1 year  after  the date of  accession:.  10%, 
2 years  after  the date of  accession:  15%, 
3 years  after  the date of  accession:  15%, 
4 years  after  the date of  accession:  10%, 
5 years  after  the date of  accession:  10%, 
6 years  after  the date of  accession:  15%, 
7 years  after  the date of  accession:  15%. 

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the dismantling timetable already agreed in the accession negotiations  with 
Portugal,  taking as a starting point the basic duties already agreed in those 
negotiations. In this way Greece will be treated like the other Member States 
of the Community. 
It should be added  that  in the case of products not listed in the Protocol 
consequent on the accession of Greece, Portugal will have to wait two months, 
as agreed in the accession negotiations, before implementing the  first  tariff 
cuts. 
b.2. Reductions to be made by Greece 
Products  covered by. thie £E^-P^O£t^g£l_A£r£ennen_t_ 
As in the case of the reductions to be made by Portugal, the Commission 
proposes  that  for any  tariff  reductions still to be made the timetable agreed 
in the Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece be adopted on the date 
of accession at the stage it has reached on  that  date. Equally, it is clear 
that  provision will have to be made in the Act of Accession of Portugal for 
adopting the threshold rule  until  31 December 1985. This is because after • 
1 January 1986 there will no longer be any difficulty, as the dismantling 
timetable applied by'Greece in respect of both Portugal and the Community^ 
will have run^its course and Greece will consequently no longer apply any 
customs duties vis-a-vis either Portugal or the Community. 
It will also be necessary,  with  regard to the reductions to be made by Greece, 
to adopt the provision contained in the Protocol to the effect  that  if Greece 
suspends  or reduces customs duties on products imported from the Community more 
rapidly than provided for in the timetable laid down in the Protocol consequent 
on the accession of Greece, it will also suspend or reduce, by the same 
percentage, the customs duties applicable to products originating in Portugal. 

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Products  not covered by the EEC-Portugal Agreement 
With  regard to industrial products falling  within  Chapters 1 to 24 not 
covered by the 1972 Agreement and the products covered by Protocol No 2 
to the Agreement on which  tariffs  have been only partially dismantled, it is 
necessary  to propose  that  Greece apply vis-a-vis Portugal the same dismantling 
timetable  as that  to be applied by the Community under the arrangements 
agreed in the  accession  negotiations  with  Portugal. The basic duties to be 
applied by Greece vis-a-vis Portugal will, as agreed in 'the  accession 
negotiations  with  Portugal, be those applied on a  date  at least  three  months 
prior to the  date  of signature of the Act of  Accession  of Portugal. The basic 
duties to be applied 'by Greece vis-a-vis Portugal  will  be' the duties it 
applies on  that  date  vis-a-vis other non-member countries. 
2. Abolition of charges having equivalent effect to customs duties on imports 
(a) Present situation 
With  regard to charges having equivalent effect to customs duties on imports, 
the Act of  Accession  of Greece provided first of all  that  any charge 
"introduced as from 1 January 1979 in  trade  between the Community as at 
present constituted and Greece shall be abolished on 1 January  1981." 
Charges  already existing are also to be abolished, in accordance  with  the v 
following timetable: 
on 1 January 1981, each charge shall be reduced to 90% of the  rate 
applied on 31 December 1980; 
on 1 January 1982, each charge shall be reduced to 80% of the  rate 
applied on 31 December 1980; 
the four other reductions of 20% each shall be made on: 
1 January 1983, 
1 January 1984, 
1 January 1985, 
1 January 1986. 

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The Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece does not contain any 
provision  regarding charges applied by Portugal. 
With  regard to charges applied by Greece, it distinguishes - like the Act 
of Accession  of Greece - between charges introduced as from 1 January 1979 
and charges existing prior to  that  date. 
Consequently,  all charges having equivalent effect to customs duties introduced 
by Greece as from 1 January 1979 in  trade  between Greece and Portugal are 
abolished.  This rule is also contained, as regards  ECSC  products, in the 
ECSC  Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece. 
In the case of charges applied by Greece vis-a-vis Portugal prior to 1 January 1979, 
for most industrial products they are abolished as from  accession.  It is also 
stipulated,  with  regard to products listed in Annex I to the Protocol and, 
in the  ECSC  Protocol,  with  regard to all  ECSC  products,  that  Greece  will 
progressively abolish charges on products originating in Portugal in accordance' 
with  the same  timetable  as that  adopted in the Act of  Accession  of Greece . 
As established in the Act of  Accession  of Greece, the basic duty for both 
industrial products and  ECSC  products is  that  applied on 31 December  1980? 
It is also agreed  that  if Greece suspends or reduces charges having equivalent 
effect to customs duties on products imported from the Community more rapidly 
than provided for in the  timetable  laid down, it  will  also suspend or reduce, 
by the same percentage, charges applicable to products originating in Portugal. 
In the accession negotiations  with  Portugal, it has been agreed first of all 
that,  as from  accession,  no new charge having equivalent effect to a customs 
duty  will  be introduced in  trade  between the Community and Portugal. 
Except,  of course,  with  regard to the  date  of the first  tariff  cuts: 
1 January 1981 in the Act of  Accession  of Greece; in the case of the Protocol, 
the date  of entry  into force - strictly,  entry  into force of the unilateral 
implementing measures (21 August 198D. 

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Furthermore,  with  regard to the particular question of the import charges 
specified  in Chapter I of the list annexed to Protocol No 5 of the 1972 
Agreement, the Community has noted Portugal's confirmation  (statement  of 
6 June 1980)  that  such charges have been abolished or replaced by internal 
taxes. 
With  regard to charges currently applied by Portugal, it has been agreed 
in the accession negotiations  that  all such charges would be abolished 
as from accession (including the 0.2% ad valorem charge on goods imported 
and re-exported under transit arrangements, for which Portugal had requested 
a transitional measure),  with  the exception of: 
(i) the 0.4% ad valorem charge on goods temporarily imported or reimported 
and goods imported under drawback arrangements; this charge  will  be 
reduced  to 0.2% one year  after  the date of accession and  will  be 
completely abolished two years  after  the date of  accession; 
(ii) the 0.9% ad valorem charge applicable to goods imported for consumption; 
this charge  will  be reduced to 0.6% three years  after  accession,  0.3% 
four years  after  accession and abolished completely five years  after 
accession. 
(b) Commission,proposal 
In the case of charges applied by Portugal vis-a-vis Greece, the Commission 
proposes  the adoption of the provisions agreed in respect of the Community 
in the accession negotiations  with  Portugal. 
Consequently,  as from accession no new charge having equivalent effect to 
a customs duty on imports may be introduced by Portugal vis-a-vis Greece. 
In addition, the Commission proposes  that  the import charges specified in 
Chapter I of the list annexed to Protocol No 5 to the 1972 Agreement be 
abolished  or converted into internal taxes as from  accession. 

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Lastly,  it will  be necessary, generally speaking, to adopt a 
provision  to the effect  that  all charges having equivalent effect 
will  be abolished by Portugal in respect of Greece as from accession 
(including the 0.2% charge) and only the 0.4% and 0.9%  will  be 
abolished  progressively, in accordance  with  the same  timetable  as 
that  agreed in the accession negotiations  with  Portugal. 
With  regard to charges applied by Greece vis-a-vis Portugal, the 
Commission  proposes  that  for any reductions remaining to be made the 
timetable  agreed in the two Protocols consequent on the accession of 
Greece  (EEC and  ECSC)  be adopted, on the  date  of accession at the stage 
it has reached on  that  date. It  will  also be necessary to adopt the 
provision  whereby, if charges having equivalent effect which are 
applicable to products imported from the rest of the Community are 
suspended  or reduced by Greece more rapidly than provided for in 
the timetable  laid down, Greece  will  also suspend or reduce, by the 
same percentage, the charges applicable to products originating in 
PortugaI. 
3. Abolition of customs duties on exports and charges having 
equivalent effect to customs duties on exports 
3» 
(a) Present situation 
The Act of  Accession  of Greece stipulates  that  "customs duties on 
exports and charges having equivalent effect shall be abolished between 
the Community as at present constituted and Greece on 1 January  1981". 
In the Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece, provision is made 
for the charges having equivalent effect to customs duties on exports 
applied by Greece to be abolished in accordance  with  the same  timetable 
as that  laid down for charges on imports (see section 2 above). For 
ECSC  products a similar rule is given in the  ECSC  Protocol consequent 
on the accession of Greece. In neither of these two Protocols is 
there  any question of customs duties on exports applied by Greece. 
Portugal does not apply any customs duties on exports of EEC industrial 
products  or  ECSC  products. 

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With regard to the Portuguese charges having equivalent effect to 
customs duties on exports, it has been agreed in the accession 
negotiations  with  Portugal  that,  first  of all, as  from  accession no 
new charge having equivalent effect to a customs  duty  on exports  will 
be introduced in trade between the Community and Portugal. It has 
further  been agreed  that  Portugal  will  abolish as  from  accession the 
charges having equivalent effect to customs duties on exports, it 
being understood  that  such abolition  will  cover the products listed 
in Chapter II of Protocol No 5 to the 1972 Agreement, concerning 
charges for special purposes in force in Portugal, and also any other 
charge on exports. 
(b) Commission proposal 
With regard to the charges applied by Portugal vis-a-vis Greece, the 
Commission  proposes the adoption of the provisions agreed in respect 
of the Community in the accession negotiations  with  Portugal. 
Consequently, as  from  accession no charge having equivalent effect to 
a customs  duty  on exports may be introduced by Portugal vis-a-vis 
Greece. 
In addition," as  from  accession Portugal  will  abolish the charges having 
equivalent effect to customs duties on exports, such abolition covering 
the products listed in Chapter II of Protocol No 5 to the 1972 Agreement, 
concerning charges for special purposes in force in Portugal, and also 
any other charge on exports. 
Customs  duties on exports applied by Greece in respect of Portugal 
will  have to be abolished as  from  the accession of Portugal- With 
regard to charges applied by Greece vis-a-vis Portugal, the Commission 
proposes  that  for any reductions remaining to be made the timetable 
contained in the two Protocols consequent on the accession of Greece 
(EEC  and  ECSC)  be adopted on the date of accession at the stage it has 
reached on  that  date. 

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4. Abolition of customs duties of a fiscal nature 
(a) Present situation 
As Greece  does not apply any customs duties of a fiscal nature, neither 
the Act of  Accession  of Greece  nor the Protocols consequent on the 
accession  of Greece  (EEC and  ECSC)  deal  with  this matter. 
In the  accession  negotiations  with  Portugal, agreement, has been reached 
on the following solutions regarding customs d.ut'ies of a fiscal nature 
applied  by Portugal vis-a-vis the Community: 
(i) with  regard to products falling within Chapters 25 to 99, 
Portugal  will abolish as from the date of  accession  any customs 
duties of a fiscal nature or the fiscal component of customs 
duties still in existence on  that  date in respect of imports 
from the. Community; 
(ii) with  regard to customs duties of a fiscal nature and fiscal 
components of customs duties in respect of products other than 
those falling within Chapters 25 to 99, it is provided: 
that  the  accession  instruments will contain a provision 
similar  to that  set out in Article 38(2) of the 1972 Acts of 
Accession  (possibility of converting customs duties of a 
fiscal  nature or the fiscal components of such duties into 
internal taxes); 
that  the customs duties of a fiscal nature and the fiscal 
components of customs duties on certain products (s'ee annexed 
list) will be abolished at a 'rate and over a period identical 
to those laid down for intra-Community  tariff  dismantling. 

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(b) Commission proposal 
With  regard to Portugal, the Commission proposes  that  the solutions 
adopted for the abolition vis-a-visthe Community of Portuguese customs 
duties of a fiscal nature should also apply in respect of Greece. 
With  regard to Greece,  there  is obviously no difficulty since it does 
not apply any duties of a fiscal nature in respect of either Portugal 
or the Community. 
5. Alignment on the Common Customs Tariff and ,ori the  ECSC  unified  tariff 
The scope of this document does pot extend to examination of this point^ 
which does not concern relations between Greece and Portugal but only 
relations between Greece and the Community and between Portugal and the 
Community. 
6. Duty-free quotas and ceilings in respect of products falling  within  
Chapters 48 and 49 • 
No difficulty arises in respect of these products, as the quotas and 
ceilings  applied by. Greece vis-a-vis Portugal  will  be abolished from 
1 January 1984 onwards, as  will  the quotas and ceilings applied by the 
Community in the context of EEC-Portugal relations. 
7. Abolition of  quantitative  restrictions on imports 
7.1 Abolition of  quantitative  restrictions on imports applied by Greece 
in respect of 14 products 
(a) Present situation 
Under both the Act of  Accession  of Greece to the Communities and the 
Protocol  consequent on the accession of Greece, Greece was allowed to 
maintain  quantitative  restrictions on 14 products, on the basis of a 
system whereby quotas are to be progressively increased until restrictions 
are abolished on 31 December 1985. • The system of progressively 
increasing quotas is described in Article 36 of the Treaty of  Accession 
of Greece and Article 14 of the Protocol consequent on the accession 
of Greece. The system as applied in respect of the Community or in 
respect of Portugal is identical in each case. 

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Under the rules adopted the minimum  rate  of progressive increase for 
such  quotas is 25% at the beginning of each year for quotas expressed 
in units of account, and 20% at the beginning of each year for quotas 
expressed  in terms of volume.  Such  increases are to be added to each 
quota and the  next  increase calculated on the basis of the  total  thus 
obtained. 
Where a quota is expressed in terms of both volume and value, the quota 
relating to the volume is raised by at least 20% a year-and the quota 
relating to the value by at least 25% a year, the' succeeding quotas 
being calculated each year on the basis of the preceeding quota plus 
the increase. 
However,  with  regard to motor coaches and buses and other vehicles 
falling  with  subheading ex  87.02  A I of the Common Customs  Tariff, 
the quota is to be raised by 20% a year. 
4. Where the Commission establishes by means of a decision  that  imports 
into Greece of a product listed in Annex III have for two consecutive 
years been less than 90% of the quota, Greece must liberalize imports 
of that  product from the present Member States and imports of  that 
product originating in Portugal if the product in question is at  that 
time  liberalized vis-a-vis the Community of Nine. 
(b) Commission proposal 
From 1 January 1986 onwards, exports of the 14 products from the 
Community or Portugal to Greece  will  be free  of quantitative  restrictions 
and the difficulty  will  then disappear. 
If Portugal accedes to the Community before 31 December 1985, however, 
then the question  will  have to be dealt  with  in the act of  accession. 
In this connection it should be pointed out  that  following Portugal's 
accession,  instead of a quota for the rest of the Community and another 
for Portugal  there  would be only one' single quota. The 90% rule 
referred to above  will  have to be interpreted on the basis of this 
Community quota. 

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Adding  the  quotas  for the  rest  of the  Community  and for  Portugal,  the 
basic  quotas  for the  period  1 January  to 31  December  1981,  which  will 
serve  as a  basis  for  calculating  the  quotas  for 1985,  would have been 
as follows: 
CCT 
heading  No Quota  applied  by 
Greece  in respect 
of the  rest  of 
the Community 
(1 January  -
31 December  1981) Quota  applied  by 
Greece  in respect 
of Portugal 
(1 January  -
31 December  1981) Basic  overall 
quota obtained  by 
adding  the two 
quotas 
31.02) 
03) 61 700 t 620 t 62 320 t 
05) 
ex 73.37 249 000 EUA 2 500 EUA 251 500- EUA 
ex 84.01 507 000 EUA 5 000 EUA 512 000 EAU 
84.06 1 398 000 EUA 14 000 EUA 1 412 000 EUA 
84.10 6 865 200 EUA 60 000 EUA 6 925 200 EUA 
84.14 50 000 EUA T 000 EUA 51 000 EUA 
ex 84.20 1 600 000 EUA 16 000 EUA 1 616 000 EUA 
85.01 222 000 EUA 2 200 EUA 224 200 EUA 
85.15 A ex III 30 481 Units 30 990 Units 
7 773 000 EUA 130 000 EUA 7 903 000 EUA . 
85.15 C I ex III 15 000 000 EUA • 125 000 EUA 15 125 000 EUA 
ex 85.23 333 000 EUA 3 300 EUA 336 300 EUA 
87.02 516 Units 523 Units 
10 160 000 EUA 150 000 EUA 10 310 000 EUA 
87.05 49 000 EUA 1 000 EUA 50 000 EUA 
Additional  limitation  expressed  in value terms. 
The level  of any  quotas which  may  still  be in  force  on the  date  of 
accession  will,  of course,  be determined  by  application  at the  date  of 
accession  of the  rules laid down  in Article  36 of the  Treaty  of Accession 
of Greece  and  Article  14 of the  Protocol consequent  on the  accession  of 
Greece. 
With regard  to subheading  85.15 A ex I'll and  heading  No 87.02,  there 
is no  reference  to the  number  of units  in the  quotas  for  Portugal.  The 
number  of units  to be  allocated under  the  overall quota would therefore 
have  to be  calculated  (see  table above). 

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It should be added  that,  under the application of the 90% rule, some 
products may already have been completely liberalized vis-a-vis the 
Community by the  time  of Portugal's  accession.  In  that  event, they 
would also have to be completely liberalized vis-a-vis Portugal. On 
the other hand, application of the 90% rule could result in a product 
being liberalized vis-a-vis Portugal but not vis-a-vis the Community. 
In that  case,  it would be necessary pursuant to the principle whereby 
Portugal may not receive  treatment  more favourable than  that  accorded 
to the Community, to reintroduce a quota in respect of Portugal, or 
rather to include Portugal under an overall quota, for the'rest of the 
Community and Portugal, calculated as if the quota in respect of 
Portugal had not been abolished. 
7.2 Motor vehicles 
(a) Present situation 
The Protocol concerning motor vehicles annexed to the 1979 Supplementary 
Protocol expires on 31 December 1984. It has been agreed in the 
accession  negotiations  with  Portugal  that  the provisions of this 
Protocol concerning motor vehicles  will  be incorporated in the 
instruments of accession of Portugal should such accession take place 
before 31 December 1984. Such incorporation would have no effect after 
that  date. 
The Protocol concerning motor vehicles was accepted by.Greece, though 
without  the insertion in the  text  of any special provisions concerning 
Greece,  as Greek production of the products concerned by the Protocol 
is so small  that  it can be disregarded. Consequently, the Protocol 
consequent on the accession of Greece does not contain any specific 
provision concerning this point. 
(b) Commission proposal 
If Portugal accedes to the Community after 31 December 1984, then 
obviously no special measures need to be taken. If Portugal accedes 
before  that  date, on the other hand, the Commission proposes  that  the 
provisions already agreed in the accession negotiations be adopted 
without  further  change. 

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8. Abolition of quantitative restrictions on exports and measures having  
equivalent effect 
8.1- General arrangements 
(a) Present situation 
The Act of Accession of Greece to the Communities provides for the abolition 
as from  accession of quantitative restrictions on exports and measures having 
equivalent effect. The Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece 
does  not contain any provision on this point. The same applies, as regards 
ECSC  products, to the  ECSC  Protocol consequent on the accession of  Greece. 
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With reference to Portugal, it has been agreed in the accession negotiations 
that  Portugal would not apply any such restrictions in respect of the 
Community at the date of its  accession. 
(b) Commission proposal 
It is proposed  that: 
(i) as  from  the accession of Portugal, Greece shall abolish any quantitative 
restrictions and measures having equivalent effect  that  it applies in 
respect-of Portugal; 
(ii) Portugal  will  adopt in respect of Greece the solution agreed in the 
accession  negotiations vis-a-vis the Community, i.e. it  will  no longer 
apply at the date of its accession any restrictions or measures having 
equivalent effect in respect of  Greece. 
8.2. Quantitative restrictions on exports of scrap 
(a) Present situation 
The Treaty of Accession of Greece stipulates  that  Greece may maintain 
restrictions on exports of scrap to the Community for a period of two 
years  from  1 January 1981 (the system is reciprocal, moreover, and the 
Community can do likewise). From 1 January 1983, therefore, Greece  will 
no longer'be able to apply any restrictions vis-^-vis the Community. 

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The Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece does not contain any 
provision concerning trade in scrap. 
It has also been agreed in the accession negotiations  that  after Portugal's 
accession  restrictions may be maintained on Portuguese exports to the 
Community of Nine for a period of five years and on Community exports to 
Portugal  for a period of three years. 
(b) Commission proposal 
The Commission proposes  that  the arrangements already agreed in the accession 
negotiations  with  Portugal for trade between Portugal and the Community be 
adopted for trade between Portugal and  Greece. 
Portugal  will therefore be able to apply restrictions on exports to Greece 
for a period of five years after  accession,  and Greece will be able to apply 
restrictions vis-a-vis Portugal for three years after  accession. 
9. Abolition of measures having equivalent effect to quantitative restrictions 
9.1. Abolition of import deposits and cash payments in force in Greece 
(a) Present situation 
The Act of Accession of Greece provides for the abolition of import deposits 
and cash payments in force in  Greece,  in accordance  with  the following 
timetable: 
1 January 1981: 25%, 
1 January 1982: 25%, 
1 January 1983: 25%, 
1 January 1984: 25%. 
The same timetable was adopted in the Protocol consequent on the accession 
of Greece and, as regards  ECSC  products, in the  ECSC  Protocol consequent on 
the accession of Greece . 
Except  of course as regards the date of the  first  tariff  cut, which in 
both Protocols is not 1 January 1981 but the date of entry  into  force 
of the Protocol (strictly, the entry  into  force of the unilateral 
implementing measures, i.e. 21 August 1981). 

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(b) Commission proposal 
The Commission considers  that  accession must not affect this timetable. 
If Portugal accedes after 31 December 1983, there will obviously be no 
need  to make provision for any special measures in this chapter. If 
Portugal accedes before 1 January 1984, however, the unexpired portion 
of the timetable laid down in the two Protocols consequent on the 
accession  of Greece will.have to be complied with. 
9.2 Abolition of import and export licences in force in Portugal 
(a) Present situation 
It has been agreed in the accession negotiations  with  Portugal  that  import 
and export licences would be abolished at the end of a transitional period 
of three years.' 
Under  the agreed arrangements, prior registration may remain in force 
for statistical purposes and for a three-year period only. 
Registration,notes will be issued automatically  within  five working days, 
irrespective of the quantity or the nature of the goods. 
Failing  the issue of notes  within  the period referred to above, the goods 
in question could be imported freely. 
The practice of prior inscription of importers will have to be abolished, 
as from accession. 
(b) Commission proposal 
The Commission proposes  that  the solution adopted in the accession 
negotiations, together  with  all the relevant detailed arrangements, be 
adopted by Portugal in respect of Greece. 

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10. Adjustment of monopolies 
(a) Present situation 
The Act of  Accession  of Greece stipulates  that  Greece  will  progressively 
adjust its monopolies from 1 January 1981 so as to ensure  that  by 
31 December 1985 no discrimination regarding the conditions under which 
goods  are procured and marketed exists between nationals of the 
Member States. It is further stipulated  that  from 1 January 1981 • 
exclusive export rights in respect of copper sulphate, saccharin and 
flimsy paper should be abolished. 
In addition, the quotas opened for fertilizers (heading number 31.02 or 
31.01 or subheading 31.05 A I, II or IV of the CCT) constitute 
transitional measures necessary for the abolition of exclusive import 
rights. These quotas are accessible to all importers in Greece and 
products imported under them may not be subject in Greece to exclusive 
marketing rights. 
The Protocol consequent on the  accession  of Greece does not contain 
any provision on this  matter.  (The same applies to the  ECSC  Protocol 
consequent on the  accession  of Greece and in any case  there  are no 
monopolies fn Greece for  ECSC  products).  With  regard to the specific 
case  of fertilizers, however, the Protocol provides  that  as regards 
the quota opened for these products Greece may apply the rules and 
practices relevant to the exercise of exclusive marketing rights. 
In the  accession  negotiations, Portuguese exclusive rights which must 
be adjusted have been identified only in the sectors of petroleum products 
and ethyl alcohol from distillation of  wine  or other  (which.will  be 
dealt  with  in the chapter on agriculture). A very precise system has 
been established for the adjustment of exclusive rights regarding 
petroleum products. 
See draft  summary of  conclusions,  p.25. 

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Commission  proposal 
With regard to Greek monopolies, the exclusive rights in Greece in 
respect of copper sulphate, saccharin and flimsy paper will have to 
be abolished by Greece in respect of Portugal as from Portugal's 
accession. 
With regard to the other Greek monopolies, if Portugal accedes after 
31 December 1985 then obviously no measures will be necessary, as 
Greece  will have to ensure as from Portugal's accession  that  no 
discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured 
and marketed exists.in respect of nationals of Portugal, as in the 
case  of nationals of the other Member States. If Portugal accedes 
before  that  date, as from Portugal's accession Greece will have to 
commence the progressive adjustments of its monopolies in order to 
ensure  that  from 31 December 1985 no discrimination regarding the 
conditions under which goods are procured and marketed exists in respect 
of nationals' of Portugal, as in the  case  of nationals of the other 
Member  States. 
With regard to the Greek monopoly concerning fertilizers, the quota for 
Portugal will have to be added to  that  for the rest of the Community 
in accordance  with  the rules proposed earlier concerning the abolition 
of Greek quantitative restrictions (14 products). The enlarged Community 
quota will have to be open to any importer in Greece and products 
imported under  that  quota may not be subject in Greece to exclusive 
marketing rights. 
With regard to Portuguese monopolies, the Commission proposes  that  the 
system agreed in the accession negotiations in respect of monopolies 
for petroleum products should also apply in respect of Greece and in 
accordance  with  the same detailed arrangements,  with  effect from Portugal's 
accession. 
11. Specific points in the  ECSC  sector 
11.1 Derogation accorded to Greece 
(a) Present situation 
The Act of Accession of Greece (Article 129(2)) provides  that  until 
31 December 1985 the prices charged by undertakings in the present Member 
States  for sales of iron and steel products on the Greek market, reduced 

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to their equivalent at the point chosen for their price list, may not be 
below the prices shown in the price list in question for comparable transactions. 
The ECSC  Protocol consequent on the accession of Greece (Article 8) contains 
an identical provision and this too is valid  until  31 December 1985. 
Provision  already exists, therefore, for ensuring  that  the prices charged 
by Portuguese undertakings for sales of iron and steel products on the 
Greek  market, reduced to their equivalent at the point chosen for their 
price list, do not undercut the prices shown in the price list in question 
for comparable' transactions. 
This  provision applies provided  that  derogations from it are not accorded 
to undertakings in the Member States of the Community of Nine. 
(b) C^omrni_s£ion^p^oposa^ 
The derogation accorded to Greece vis-a-vis Portugal  until  31 December 1985 
should continue to apply  until  that  date, under the same conditions as those 
stipulated in the Protocol consequent on the accession of  Greece. 
11.2.  Derogation from pricing rules and transport conditions 
for Madeira and the Azores 
(a) Present situation 
It has been agreed in the accession negotiations  that  the autonomous regions 
of Madeira and the Azores would be accorded a derogation for seven years from 
the date of accession as regards  pY icing rules and transport" • 
conditions, it being understood  that  this temporary derogation must not under 
any circumstances result in situations ,in which Community producers receive 
treatment less favourable than  that  accorded to producers in non-member 
countries. 
(b) Commission proposal 
The derogation from pricing rules and'transport conditions 
accorded  in respect of Madeira and the Azores would be applied vis-a-vis 
Greece  under the same conditions as vis-a-vis the Community. 

ANNEX 
LIST OF PRODUCTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH CUSTOMS  DUTIES OF A FISCAL NATURE 
OR THE FISCAL COMPONENT  OF CUSTOMS DUTIES WILL  BE PROGRESSIVELY ABOLISHED 
NO OF 
PORTUGUESE 
CUSTOMS  TARIFF DESCRIPTION CUSTOMS  DUTY 
(Esc/Kg) NO OF 
PORTUGUESE 
CUSTOMS  TARIFF FISCAL'  . 
"COMPONENT PROTECTIVE 
COMPONENT 
ex 21.03 Mustard flour 20 -
ex 21.03 Prepared  mustard 7.5 12.5 
ex 22.08 Undenatured ethyl alcohol  of 
a strength  of 80% or  higher: 
01 in containers holding  not 
more than  2 litres  (a) 1.85 12.15 
02- in unspecified 
containers  (a) 2.25 23.75 
ex 24.02 Manufactured tobacco: 
01 Cigars  with  tobacco 
wrapper leaf 200 * 
02 Cigarettes 180 -
03 Cut tobacco 170 — 
(a) Levy  per litre  of pure alcohol.