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Brussels,£8February1978.
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
Concluding "the'TradeAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople's
RepublicofChina
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COX(78)68final.

RECOMMENDATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
ONTHECONCLUSION OFTHETRiDE
AGREEMENT BETWEENTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
ANDTHEPEOPLE'SREPUBLIC OFCHINA
1.Atitsmeetingheldon22November1977theCounciladopteddirectives
forthenegotiations tobeopenedwiththePeople'sRepublicofChinafor
theconclusionofatradeagreement.Onthebasisofthesedirectives
negotiations tookplacebetweentheCommission saidaChineseDelegation
from30Januaryto3February 1978•
2.TheheadoftheCommission'sDelegation wasSirRoyDenma:xiie
Commission'sDirector-General forEjcternalRelations ;theChinese
Delegation wasledbyMrSunSou-Chang,DirectoroftheThirdDepartment
intheMinistryofForeignTrade.
3*ThenegotiatedFrenchtextoftheTradeAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublicofChinahasalready
beenmadeavailabletotherepresentatives oftheMemberStatesinthe
Article113Committee.
4.TheAgreementexpressestheresultsofthenegotiations betweenthe
CommunityandChineseDelegations.Itconformstothedirectivesadopted
bytheCouncilatitsmeetingheldon22November1977*
TheCommissionconsiders,therefore,thatithasfulfilledthetask
entrustedtoitbytheCouncilandcoxlsequently recommendsthatthe
Councilinitiatetheproceduresforthesignatureandconclusionofthe
AgreementwithChina.
5.Withaviewtotheconclusionandimplementation oftheAgreement,the
Commission forwardsherewithtotheCouncil:
arecommendation foraRegulationconcludingtheTradeAgreementbetween
'theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople'sRepublioofChina.

RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
concluding TheTrade Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the
People 'sRepublic ofChina
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totherecommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas the Trade Agreement negotiated between the European Economic
Community andthePeople 'sRepublic ofChina ,signed inBrussels on
should beconcluded ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
The Trade Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community and
thePeople 'sRepublic ofChina ishereby approved onbehalf ofthe
Community .Thetext oftheAgreement isannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2
ThePresident ofthe Council will proceed tothenegotiation provided
forinArticle 11oftheAgreement .

Article3
TheCommunityshallberepresented ontheJointCommitteeprovidedfor
inArticle9oftheAgreementbyth-sCommission,assistedby
representatives oftheMemberStates.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonvhethirddayfollowingits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshall "bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberState
PoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

TRADEAGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND
THEPEOPLE'SREPUBLIC OFCHINA
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities andtr;?'
GovernmentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina/desiringto
developeconomicrelations andtradebetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andthePeople'sRepublicofChinaonthe
basisofequalityandthemutualadvantageofthetwoContracting
PartiesandtoJp'/©anewimpetustotheirrelations,havedecided
toconcludethisAgreement,thetermsofwhichareasfollows:
ARTICLE 1
ThetwoContracting Partieswillendeavour,withinthe
frameworkoftheirrespectiveexistinglawsandregulations,to
promoteand,intensifytradebetweenthem.
Tothisendtheyconfirmtheirdetermination :
(a)totakeallappropriate measurestocreatefavourable
conditionsfortradebetweenthem;
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(b)todoa>ltheycantoimprovethestructureoftheirtrade
inordertodiversifyitfurther,and
(c)toexamineinaspiritofgoodwillanysuggestions
madebytheotherParty,inparticular intheJoint
Committee,forthepurposeoffacilitating tradebetween
them.(a)
(b)
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ARTICLE2
1.IntheirtraderelationsthetwoContractingPartiesshall
accordeachothermost-favoured-nationtreatmentinallmattersregar­
ding:
<a)customsdutiesandchargesofanykindappliedtotheimport,
export,re-exportortransitofproducts,includingtherules
forthecollectionofsuchdutiesorcharges;
(b)rules,proceduresandformalitiesconcerningcustomsclearance,
transit,warehousing andtranshipment ofproductsimportedor
exported;
(c)taxesandotherinternalchargeslevieddirectlyorindirectly
onproductsorservicesimportedorexported;
<d)administrative formalitiesfortheissueofimportorexport
licences.
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2.Paragraph 1ofthisArticleshallnotapplyto:
(a)advantagesaccordedbyeitherContractingPartytoStateswhich
togetherwithitaremembersofacustomsunionorfreetradearea
advantagesaccordedbyeitherContractingPartytoneighbouring
countriesforthepurposeoffacilitating bordertrade;
£c)measureswhicheitherContractingPartymaytakeinordertomeet
itsobligations underinternational commodityagreements.

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ARTICLE3
ThetwoContracting Partieswillmakeeveryeffortto
fostertheharmonious expansionoftheirreciprocal tradeandto
help,eachbyitsownmeans,toattainabalanceinsuchtrade.
Shouldanevidentimbalancearise,themattermustbe
examinedwithintheJointCommittee sothatmeasures canberecommended
inordertoimprovethesituation.
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ARTICLE4
1. ThePeople'sRepublicofChinawillgivefavourable
consideration toimportsfromtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.To
thisendtheChineseauthoritieswillseetoitthatCommunity
exporters *havethepossibility ofparticipating fullyinopportunities
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fortradewithChina.
2. TheEuropeanEconomicCommunitywillaccordincreasing
liberalisation ofimportsfromthePeople'sRepublicofChina.To
éthisenditwillendeavourprogressively tointroducemeasures
extendingthelistofproductsforwhichimportsfromChinahavebeen
liberalized andtoincreasetheamountsofquotas.Themannerinwhich
thisistobeimplementedwillbeexaminedwithintheJointCommittee.

4.
ARTICLE 5
1. TnetwoContracting Partiesshallprovideeachother
withinformation onanyproblemsthatmayariseintheirtradeand
shallundertakefriendlyconsultations ,withthedesiretopro­
motetrade,forthepurposeofseekingmutuallysatisfactory solutions
tothoseproblems.EachContracting Partywillseethatnoactionis
takenbeforeconsultations areheld.
2. Inanexceptional case,however,wherethesituationdoes
notadmitanydelay,eitherContracting Partymaytakemeasuresbut
mustendeavour asfaraspossibletoundertakefriendlyconsultations
beforedoingso.
3. EachContracting Partywillensurethat,whentakingthe
measuresreferredtoinparagraph 2,thegeneralobjectivesofthe
Agreementarenotprejudiced.
ARTICLE6•
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ThetwoContracting Partiesundertaketopromotevisits
bypersons,groupsanddelegations frombusiness,tradeandindustry,
tofacilitateindustrial andtechnicalexchanges andcontactsconnected
withtradeandtofostertheorganization of.fairsandexhi­
bitionsofmutualinterestandtheprovisionofservicespertaining
tfsreto.Asfaraspossibletheymustgranteachotherfacilities
inconnection withtheaboveactivites.

ARTICLE 7
Trade ingoods andtheprovision ofservices between thetwoContracting
Parties shall beeffected atmarket**related prices andrates .
ARTICLE 8
The Contracting Parties agree that payments fortransactions shall be
made,inaccordance with their respective existing laws andregulations ,
incurrencies oftheMember States oftheCommunity ,Renminbi orany
convertible currency agreed bythetwoparties concerned inthe
transactions .
ARTICLE 9
1.AnEEC-China Joint Committee forTrade shall beset up,comprising
representatives oftheEuropean Economic Community andrepresentatives
ofthePeople 'sRepublic ofChina .
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2.The tasks ofthe Joint Committee shall beasfollows :
-tomonitor andexamine thefunctioning ofthis Agreement ;
-toexamine anyquestions that mayarise intheapplication of
this Agreement ;
-toexamine problems that could hinder thedevelopment oftrade
between the .Parties ;
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-toexamine jr.eans andnewopportunities ofdeveloping trade between
theContracting Parties andother matters relating totheir trade ,
and
rtomake recommendations that may help attain theobjectives of
this Agreement .
3.TheJoint Committee shall meet once ayear ,inBrussels andPeking
alternately .Special meetings maybeconvened bymutual agreement ,
attherequest ofeither Contracting Party .Theoffice ofchairman
ofthe Joint Committee shall beheld byeach ofthe two Contracting
Parties inturn .Where both Parties consider itnecessary ,theJoint
*
Committee maysetupworking par-ies toassist itinitswork .

6.
ARTICLE 10
AsfarastheEuropean Economic Community isconcerned ,
this Agreement shall apply totheterritories inwhich theTreaty
establishing theEuropean Economic Community isapplied /under the
conditions laid down inthat Treaty .
ARTICLE 11
This Agreement shall enter into force onthe first day of
themonth following thedate onwhich theContracting Parties notify
each other that the legal procedures necessary tothis endhave been
completed .Itisconcluded for aperiod offive years .Theperiod of .
validity oftheAgreement shall betacitly extended year byyear pro­
vided that neither Contracting Party gives theother Party written
notice ofdenunciation oftheAgreement sixmonths before itexpires .
However ,theAgreement maybeamended bymutual consent of
thetwoContracting Parties inorder totake account ofnew situations .
Inwitness whereof ,theundersigned ,being duly authorized
forthis purpose ,have signed this Agreement .
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Done atBrussels , 1978 ,intwocopies inthe
Danish ,Dutch ,English ,French ,German ,Italian andChinese languages ,
each text being equally authentic .
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For the Government ofthe For the Council ofthe
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People 'sRepublic ofChina European Communities .
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