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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)151 final
Brussels ,28April 1977 * )
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RECOMMENDATION FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
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authorising theCommission tonegotiate agreements fortheamendment
ofcertain agreements between theESC andcertain non-member countries
inorder toadapt thetariff specifications
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(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(77 )151final
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CommissionCommunication totheCouncil
AmendmentcfcertainEECagreementswithnon-membercountriesinor-jorto
adaptthetariffspecifications .
TheMemberStatesoftheCommunity,,sixoftheEFTAcountries
(Austria,Finland,Norway,Portugal,SwedenandSwitzerland)aswellas
Cyprus,Greece,SpainandTurkeyarecontractingpartiestotheConvention
ontheNomenclature fortheClassification ofGoodsinCustomsTariffs(known
astheBrusselsNomenclature ortheCCCNomenclature).Theyhavetherebyunder
takentoapplythisnomenclature intheircustomstariffs.
2.Witheffectfrom1January1978certainamendmentsfalltobemade
tothenomenclature inquestion.ThetariffsoftheStatesconcernedwill
thereforebeamended.TheagreementsconcludedbytheEECwith'thosecountrijs
r1containlistsofproductsbasedonthenomenclature Ofthecustomstariffs
inforceatthetimewhentheagreementsweresigned.FromVJanuary'1978
thelistswillnolongercorrespondtothecustomstariffswhichwillhave
beenamended.Inordertobringtheselistsintoline,theagreementsthem­
selvesmustbeamended. ''
3.""Theplannedamendments donotaffecttheprotocolsrelativetothe
definitionoftheconceptof"originatingproducts"andmethodsofadminis­
trativecooperation,whichwillbeadaptedbythebodiesadministering the
agreements,withtheexception,however,ofListsAandBannexedtothe
ProtocolstotheEEC-SpainandEEC-Cyprusagreementsrelativetothedefini­
tionoftheconceptof"originatingproducts"andmethodsofadministra­
tivecooperation,whichareconcernedinthepresentprocedure.
4.AlthoughIcelandandMaltaarenotcontractingpartiestothe'
Nomenclature Convention andhavenotthereforeundertakentofollowthat
nomenclaturestrictly,theynevertheless applyitandwillveryprobably ..
amendtheirtariffsinthesamewayasthecontractingparties.Inpractice,
theirsituationcanthereforebetreatedinthesamewayasthat.ofthe
otherco-contracting States.

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5.AmendmentssimilartothosereferredtoaboveareI
bemadeinthefairlynearfuture.Theproceduretobe
tionsfollowedbyanexchangeoflettersformallyamendiftp*Jtf.
seemsrelativelycumbersomeinthelightoftheaitytob*
mereadaptationofthetextswithoutchangeofsubstance. ''
fairlylongtimelapsesforcertainofthecountries
larAustria,whereaparliamentary procedureisrequire.>S
6.Inordertosimplify,forthefuture,theproifetjilwm'
theCommissionsuggeststotheCouncilthattheJointComtoi;t^e^s
ciationCouncils/>sappropriate,beempoweredtoadapttMttfjMfg
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agreementswhenthecustomstariffsofthecontractingport^t*'
Suchaprocedurealreadyexistsunderthea§ree«w^^-:i»if^1|®i^^Jf' .7,«.'•l'WI*»
Egypt,Israel,Jordan,Lebanon,Morocco,SyriaandTu«1sffy.
byaprovisioncontainedinthoseagreements.Itisforthis•
thoseagreementsarenotincludedinthismandate.
7.Inshort,inordertoamendtheagreementsreferred
graph1aboveonthebasisoftheCustomsCooperation Council4£-ùt
whichmustbeappliedasfrom1January1978,andinorderto.*«***£% !'•
agreementssothattheJointCommittees andAssociation Councils !
'*';;c"•weredinthefuturetoadaptthetarifflistsintheagreements'i
customstariffsareamended,theCommissionrecommendsthatthe
authoriseittonegotiatewiththeStatesconcerned.
8.Accordinglytherecommendation containedinAnnex
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RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
authorisingtheCommissiontonegotiateagreementsfortheamendmentof,
certainagreementsbetweentheEECandcertainnon-membercountriesir.
ordertoadaptthetariffspecifications .
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES;' r'''"U:"'
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HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,• ,
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Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission
Whereas,followingtherecommendation oftheCustomsCooperationCouncil,
itisnecessarytoadaptthetariffspecificationsinthe'agreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofAustria,the
RepublicofCyprus,theRepublicofFinland,Greece,theRepublicof
Iceland,Malta,theKingdomofNorway,thePortugueseRepublic;Spain,
'theKingdomofSweden,theSwissConfederation andTurkey;'";■>
WhereasListsAandBannexedtotheProtocolsrelativetothedefinition
oftheconceptof"originatingproducts"andmethodsofadministrative coo­
peration,whichformformanintegralpartoftheAgreementsbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandCyprusandbetweentheEuropean'Economic
CommunityandSpain,shouldbeadapted;;
WhereastheaboveAgreementsshouldbeamendedinordertoprovideforV
simplifiedprocedureforadaptingthetarifflistsintheeventoffurther
amendmentstothetariffsofthecontractingparties;

HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS
Solearticle
TheCommissionisherelyauthorisedtonegotiateagreementswiththeRepublic
ofAustria,theRepublicofCyprus,theRepublicofFinland,Greece,the,
RepublicofIceland,Malta,theKingdomofNorway,thePortugueseRepublic,,.
Spain,theKingdomofSweden,theSwissConfederation andTurkey.Itshall
conductthesenegotiations inconsultation withthespecialcommitteepro**
videdforinArticle113andinaccordance withthedirectivescontainedin
theAnnexhereto. ,
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FortheCouncil

Ann-jx *'*
AmendmentofcertainEECagreements
withnon-member countries
ThetariffamendmentswillbethosearisingfromtheRecommendation
oftheCustomsCooperation CouncilfortheamendmentoftheNomenclature for
theClassification ofGoodsinCustomsTariffs.
Inparticular,theamendmentstoListsAand8annexedtothe
Protocolsrelativetothedefinitionoftheconceptof"originatingproducts"
andmethodsofadministrative cooperation whichformanintegralpartofthe
EEC-SpainandEEC-CyprusAgreements,willbethoserequired,asaconsequence
oftheabovementionedRecommendation ,inordertoneutralizetheeffects
whichthatRecommendation couldhaveonthedefinitionoftheconceptof
originatingproducts.
Inaddition,thefollowingprovisionwillbeinsertedintothe
Agreements :
"Intheeventofamendmentstothenomenclature ofthecustoms
tariffsofthecontractingpartiesinrespectofproductsreferredtoin
theAgreement,theJointCommittee^/_/theCouncilofAssociation^?
mayadaptthetariffnomenclature ofthoseproductstothesaidamendments
havingdueregardtotheprincipleofthemaintenanceoftherealadvanta­
gesresultingfromthisAgreement". <