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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)371 final
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
concerningtheconclusionoftheProtocolfor
theaccessionofColombiatotheGeneralAgree­
mentonTariffsandTrade
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)371final

\.rcJ-:ivs/toryt>\cz'or■"nd'ÀjJis
1» J.nthefrmewoxkofth*M7B,th®Republic ofCol^'-Vbia rjuV.raitv.edaa
application for definitive accession totbaGAT?. Its K'iSf tariff cffer
waspresented asacontribution for its accession .Tbis offer covered
4.1$ ofimports froia theEEC .
2. During bilateral negotiations with th9Community Colombia proposed
anumber offurther concessions totheCommunity toimprove itsinitial
offer ,increasing thecover rate foritsimports from thiEECfrom 4*1$
to5*4
3. Despite this slight improvement Colombians offer for its
accession totheGAIT isstill notregarded asvery satisfactory bythe
Community .
However ,inview ofColombia 'slevel ofdevelopment andthe
difficulties encountered bytheindustrialized countries intheinter­
national economic context with thedeveloping countries ingeneral the
Community considered that Colombia 'slatest tariff offers should be
accepted .
On5November 1979 »after obtaining afavourable opinion from the
Article 113Committee ,theCommission initialled theresults ofthe
*bilateral tariff negotiations with Colombia inthecontext ofthe
latter's accession tothe GATT .
4. TheColombian Congress hasrecently ratified itscountry 's
aooession totheGAIT .Itistherefore necessary fortheCommunity to
approve the accession .
Tothis end ,theCommission proposes theattached draft deoision
tothe Counoil .

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PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL DECISION
concerning theconclusion ofthe .Protocol for the
accession ofColombia totheGeneral Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas theRepublic ofColombia has entered into negotiations with the
European Economio Community andwith theother Contracting Parties tothe
General Agreement onTariffs andTrade with aview toitsaccession tothat
General Agreement ;
Whereas theoutoome ofthese negotiations isacceptable totheCommunity ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS t
Article 1
TheProtocol fortheacoession ofColombia totheGeneral Agreement on
Tariffs andTrade ishereby approved onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic
Community .
The text ofthe Protocol isannexed tothis Decision .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate theperson
empowered tosign theProtocol inorder tobind theCommunity .
Done atBrussels .

.AHBEX
PROTOCOL FORTHEACCESSION OfCOLOMBIA .
TOTHEGENERAL ACREEMSKT ONTARIFFS MB TRADE
TheGovernments vhioh .areContracting Parties totheGeneral Agreement on .
Tariffs andTrade (hereinafter referred toas"Contracting Parties "and
"theGeneral Agreement ",respectively ),TheEuropean Economic Community and
theGovernment ofColombia (hereinafter referred toas"Colombia ),
Having regard totheresults ofthenegotiations directed towards the
accession ofColombia totheGeneral Agreement ,
Have through their representatives agreed asfollows t
•, ■ Part One -General
1.Colombia shall ,upon entry into force ofthis Protocol pursuant to
paragraph 6,become aContracting Party totheGeneral Agreement ,as
defined inArticle XXXII thereof ,andshall apply ,toContracting Parties
provisionally andsub-ject tothis Protocol : M
a)Parts J,IIIandIVoftheGeneral Agreement ,and
b)Part IIoftheGeneral Agreement tothefullest ,extent not
inconsistent with itslegislation existing onthedate ofthis
Protocol . . -
Theobligations incorporated inparagraph 1ofArtiole 1byreference to
Article IIIandthose incorporated inparagraph 2(b)ofArticle IIby
referenoe toArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement shall beconsidered as
falling within Part IIforthepurpose ofthis paragraph .
2.a)Theprovisions oftheGeneral Agreement tobeapplied toCon-
trating Parties byColombia shall ,except asotherwise provided inthis
Protoool ,betheprovisions contained inthetext' annexed totheFinal Act
ofthesecond session ofthePreparatory Committee oftheUnited Nations
Conference onTrade andEmployment ,asrectified ,'amended orotherwise
modified bysuoh instruments asmayhave become effective onthedayon ^
which Colombia becomes aContracting Party .

b)Ineach case inwhich Article V(6),Article VIl(4)(d )and
Artiole X(3)(c )oftheGeneral Agreement refer tothedate ofthat Agree­
ment ,theapplicable date inrespeot ofColombia shall bethedate ofthis
Protocol .
Part Two –Schedule
3.Theschedule intheAnnex shall ,upon theentry into force ofthis
Protocol ,become aschedule totheGeneral Agreement relating toColombia .
4.a)Ineach case inwhich Article Il(l )oftheGeneral Agreement refers
tothedate ofthat Agreement ,theapplicable date inrespect ofeach pro­
duct which isthesubject ofaconcession provided for intheschedule
annexed tothis Protocol shall bethe date ofthis Protocol .
b)Forthepurpose ofthereference inArticle Il(6)(a )oftheGeneral
Agreement tothedate ofthat Agreement ,theapplicable date inrespect of
the sohedule annexed tothis Protocol shall bethe date ofthis Protocol .
Part Three -Final Provisions
5.This Protocol shall bedeposited with theDirector-General tothe
Contracting Parties .Itshall beopen forsignature byColombia until
31December 1980 .Itshall also beopen forsignature byContracting
Parties andbytheEuropean Economic Community .
6.This Protocol shall enter into force onthe30th dayfollowing theday
upon which itshall have been signed byColombia .
7.Colombia ,having become aContracting Party totheGeneral Agreement
pursuant toparagraph 1ofthis Protocol ,mayaccede totheGeneral Agree­
ment upon theapplicable terms ofthis Protocol bydeposit ofaninstru­
ment ofaccession with the Director-General .Such accession shall take
effeot onthedayonwhich theGeneral Agreement enters into force pursuant
toArticle XXVI oronthe30th dayfollowing the ,eayofthedeposit ofthe
instrument ofaccession ,whichever isthelater .Accession totheGeneral
Agreement pursuant tothis paragraph shall ,forthepurposes of
Artiole XXXIl(2 )ofthat Agreement ,beregarded asacceptance oftheAgree­
ment pursuant toArticle XXVI(4)thereof .

8.Colombia maywithdraw itaprovisional application oftheGeneral
Agreement prior toitsaccession thereto pursuant toparagraph 7andsuch
withdrawal shall take effect onthe60th dayfollowing thedayonwhich
written notice thereof isreceived byti^eDirector-General .
9*TheDirector-General shall promptly furnish acertified copy ofthis
Protocol andanotification ofeach signature thereto ,pursuant topara­
graph 5,toeach Contracting Party ,totheEuropean Economic Community ,to
Colombia and toeaoh government which shall have acceded provisionally to
theGeneral Agreement .
♦
10*This Protocol shall beregistered inaccordance with theprovisions of
Article 102 ofthe Charter oftheUnited Nations .
Done atGeneva this twenty-eighth dayofNovember onethousand nine hundred
andseventy-nine ,inasingle copy ,intheEnglish ,French andSpanish
languages ,except asotherwise specified with respect totheschedule
annexed hereto ,allthree texts being authentio .

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