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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
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determining thearrangements tobeappliedwithregardtoimports
intoGreeceoriginating inAlgeria,Israel.Malta,
Morocco,Portugal,Syria,TunisiaorTurkey
DRAFTDECISION
oftheRepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesof
theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunitymeetingwithintheCouncil
determining
thearrangements tobeappliedwithregardtoimports
intoGreeceoriginating inAlgeria,Israel,Morocco^Portugal,
Syria,TunisiaorTurkeyofproductscoverredbythatCommunity
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(80)878final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
On11February ,theCouncil andtheRepresentatives oftheGovernments of
theMember States meeting within the Council authorised theCommission to
open negotiations with countries with which "preferential "trade agreements
hadbeen concluded inorder todetermine theadaptations and transitional
measures needed asaresult ofGreek accession .The conclusion of
negotiations with 6EFTA countries ,Cyprus ,Jordan ,Lebanon ,Egypt andSpain
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have already been dealt with inseparate Commission Communication (1).
Algeria ,Morocco ,Syria ,Tunisia .andTurkey have been invited toopen
negotiations ,but asofthis moment ,these countries have not come to
negotiate .
Negotiations areunder waywith Israel ,Malta andPortugal but forthe reasons
setoutbelow ,ithas notbeen possible toconclude negotiations .
Negotiations with Malta were formally opened on12March 1980 .On31July ,
theMaltese Delegation sent aNote Verbale totheCommission stating that
thenegotiation ofaProtocol totake account ofGreek Accession should be
carried outsimultaneously with negotiations relating toaSecond Financial
Protocol andnegotiations concerning the future °ftheEEC-Malta Association
Agreement .Subsequently ,Malta hasbeen unwilling tocontinue thenegotiation
ofaprotocol totake account ofGreek accession .
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Negotiations with Portugal were opened on25April 1980 .Ithas notbeen . v
possible toconclude these negotiations ,largely ,duetothePortuguese position
regarding thePort Wine quota granted bytheCommunity toPortugal .Under the
terms oftheCommission 'snegotiating directives ,such quotas areonly in­
creased totake account oftraditional trade between Greece andPortugal .On
this basis ,thequota should beincreased byaround 250hi.Portugal is
insisting upon anincrease of2,500 hi.ancjconsequently ,negotiations have
not been concluded , i.'
(1)C0M<80)317 ,C0M(80)616 ,C0M<80)717 ,C0M(80 )S2V -

TheCommission hasalready reported indetail onthenegotiations with Israel (1)
andnegotiations arecontinuing .
8yadecision of24July 1980 ,theCouncil andRepresentatives ofthe
Governments oftheMember States meeting within theCouncil authorized
theCommission toopen negotiations with theACPcountries .Negotiations
with these countries were only opened on28November 1980 ,and itis
proposed todeal with these countries ina.separate Communication .
Inaddition ,on16October 1980 ,theCommission made recommendations for a
Council decision toopen negotiations with Yugoslavia (2). Inview ofthe
fact that such adecision hasnot yetbeen taken ,Yugoslavia will also •
bedealt with inaseparate Communication .
Article 119 ofthe Act ofAccession oftheHellenic Republic tothe European
Communities provides that ifprotocols oftransition andadjustment arenot,
for reasons outside the control oftheCommunity oftheHellenic Republic ,
concluded on1.1.1981 ,theCommunity shall take thenecessary measures to
deal with this situation after accession .Inany case ,most favoured nation
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treatment shall beapplied asfrom 1January 1981 bytheHellenic Republic .
Duetothefact that Protocols have notbeen concluded with Algeria ,Israel ,
Malta ,Morocco ,Portugal ,Syria ,Tunisia andTurkey ,theCommission isthus
making proposals todetermine thearrangements tobeapplied bytheHellenic
Republic toimports originating inthese countries from 1.1.1981 inconformity
with Article 119oftheGreek ActofAccession .TheCommission considers that
itisappropriate fortheHellenic Republic toapply most favoured nation
treatment toimports originating inthese countries within theconditions
setout intheGreek ActofAccession .Itishoped that negotiations with
both Israel andPortugal canbeconcluded before theendoftheyear .The
Commission will make newproposals concerning these countries insuch an
eventuality .
These arrangements shall ofcourse bewithout prejudice toArticle 117ofthe
Greek ActofAccession concerning theapplication oftheG.S.P. andshall
only bevalid until theconclusion ofnegotiations with these countries
andtheconsequent implementation ofnewarrangements .
(1)C0M(80)744
(2)COM (80)5-93

PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION DETERMINING THEARRANGEMENTS TO
BEAPPLIEDWITHREGARDTOIMPORTSINTOGREECEORIGINATING INALGERIA,
ISRAEL,MALTA,MOROCCO,PORTUGAL,SYRIA,TUNISIAORTURKEY
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanCommunities,andin
particularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,-
WhereasthesituationenvisagedinArticle119oftheActofAccessionof
theHellenicRepublicexistswithregardtotheAgreements betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunity andAlgeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,
TunisiaandTurkeyrespectively ;whereasunderthesaidArticle119,the
Communityisthereforerequiredtotakethenecessary measurestodealwith
thissituationafteraccession;whereastothatendimportsintoGreece
originating inAlgeria,Israel,Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,Tunisiaor-
Turkeyshouldbemadesuject,pending'theconclusionoftheprotocolsreferred
toinArticle118,oftheActofAccession,tothegeneralrulesgoverning
Greece'simportsofgoodsoriginating inthirdcountries,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :--
Article 1
Asfrom1January1981importsintoGreeceoriginating inAlgeria,Israel,
Malta,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,TunisiaorTurkeyshallbesubjecttothe
tarifftreatmentappliedto-thirdcountriesenjoyingmost-favoured-nation
treatment ,andtothecommonrulesforimportsinaccordance withtheActof
AccessionoftheHellenicRepublic,jnparticularArticle31andArticle115'-
thereof.

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Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

DRAFT
DecisionoftheRepresentatives oftheGovernments ofthe
MemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunitymeeting
withintheCounciI
determiningthearrangements tobeappliedwithregardtoimports
intoGreeceoriginating inAlgeria,Israel,Morocco,Portugal, ;
Syria,TunisiaorTurkeyofproductscoveredbythatCommunity
THEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS0£THEMEMBERSTATESOFTHEEUROPEAN
COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL,
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
/
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community,
Whereasprotocolstodeterminethetransitional measuresandadaptations
neededtotakeaccountofGreece'saccessionhavenotbeenconcludedin
respectoftheAgreementsbetweentheMemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoal
andSteelCommunityandthatCommunityoftheonepart,andAlgeria,Israel,
Morocco,Portugal,Syria,TunisiaandTurkeyrespectively oftheotherpart;
whereasitisthereforenecessarytotakemeasurestpdealwiththissituation
afteraccession;whereastothisendimportsintoGreeceofproductscovered
bytheEC5CTreatyandoriginating inoneoftheabove-mentioned co-contractirig •
countriesshouldbemadesubject,pendingtheconclusionof.suchprotocols,
totherulesgoverningGreece'simportsofgoodsoriginating inthird
countries, #■
HAVEDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
AsfromJanuary1981importsintoGreeceofproductscoveredbytheECSC
Treatyandoriginating'in Algeria,Israel,Morocco,Portugal,Syria,Tunisia
orTurkeyshallbesubjecttotherulesgoverningimportsoriginatingin
thirdcountriesinaccordancewiththeActofAccessionoftheHellenic
Republic,inparticularArticle32thereof.

Article 2
TheMemberStatesandtheCommission shalltakethemeasuresnecessaryto
implementthisDecision.
DoneatBrussels,
ThePresidentoftheCounc
FortheCommission