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DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 
embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal from the Commission to the 
Council for a Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72 on notifying the Commission of 
investment projects of interest to the Community in the petroleum, natural gas and electricity 
sectors 
The European Parliament, 
— Having regard to the proposal from the Commission to the Council, 
— Having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 213 of the EEC Treaty (Document 
C3-155/89), 
— Having regard to the report of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology and the 
opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy and the 
Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights (Document A3-44/90), 
1. Approves the Commission proposal subject to Parliament's amendments and in accordance with 
the vote thereon; 
2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by the 
Parliament; 
3. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the 
Commission's proposal; 
4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. 
Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Protocol for the Accession of Tunisia 
to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
COM(90) 242 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 15 June 1990) 
(90/C 187/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 113 thereof, 
Whereas Tunisia entered into negotiations with the European Economic Community and the other 
Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade with a view to its accession to the 
General Agreement; 
Whereas the results of these negotiations are acceptable to the Community, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Protocol of Accession of Tunisia to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is hereby 
approved on behalf of the European Economic Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to 
this Decision. 
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Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered to sign the 
Protocol in order to bind the Community. 
PROTOCOL FOR THE ACCESSION OF TUNISIA TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 
TARIFFS AND TRADE 
The governments which are Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
(hereinafter referred to as 'Contracting Parties' and 'the General Agreement', respectively), the 
European Economic Community and the Government of Tunisia (hereinafter referred to as 
'Tunisia'), 
HAVING REGARD to the results of the negotiations directed towards the accession of Tunisia to the 
General Agreement, 
HAVE through their representatives agreed as follows: 
PARTI 
General 
1. Tunisia shall, upon entry into force of this Protocol pursuant to paragraph 6, become a 
Contracting Party to the General Agreement, as defined in Article XXXII thereof, and shall 
apply to Contracting Parties provisionally and subject to this Protocol: 
(a) Parts I, III and IV of the General Agreement; and 
(b) Part II of the General Agreement to the fullest extent not inconsistent with its legislation 
existing on the date of this Protocol. 
The obligations incorporated in paragraph 1 of Article I by reference to Article III and those 
incorporated in paragraph 2 (b) of Article II by reference to Article VI of the General Agreement 
shall be considered as falling within Part II for the purpose of this paragraph. 
2. (a) The provisions of the General Agreement to be applied to contracting Parties by Tunisia 
shall, except as otherwise provided in this Protocol, be the provisions contained in the text 
annexed to the Final Act of the second session of the Preparatory Committee of the United 
Nations Conference on Trade and Employment, as rectified, amended or otherwise 
modified by such instruments as may have become effective on the day on which Tunisia 
becomes a Contracting Party. 
(b) In each case in which paragraph 6 of Article V, subparagraph 4 (d) of Article VII, and 
subparagraph 3 (c) of Article X of the General Agreement refer to the date of that 
Agreement, the applicable date in respect of Tunisia shall be the date of this Protocol. 
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PART II 
Schedule 
3. The schedule in the Annex shall, upon the entry into force of this Protocol, become a Schedule to 
the General Agreement relating to Tunisia. 
4. (a) In each case in which paragraph 1 of Article II of the General Agreement refers to the date of 
the Agreement, the applicable date in respect of each product which is the subject of a 
concession provided for in the Schedule annexed to this Protocol shall be the date of this 
Protocol. 
b) For the purpose of the reference in paragraph 6 (a) of Article II of the General Agreement to 
the date of that Agreement, the applicable date in respect of the Schedule annexed to this 
Protocol shall be the date of this Protocol. 
PART III 
Final provisions 
5. This Protocol shall be deposited with the Director-General to the Contracting Parties. It shall be 
open for signature by Tunisia until 30 March 1990. It shall also be open for signature by 
Contracting Parties and by the European Economic Community. 
6. This Protocol shall enter into force on the 30th day following the day upon which it shall have 
been signed by Tunisia. 
7. Tunisia having become a Contracting Party to the General Agreement pursuant to paragraph 1 
of the Protocol, may accede to the General Agreement under the applicable terms of this Protocol 
by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Director-General. Such accession shall take 
effect on the day on which the General Agreement enters into force pursuant to Article XXVI or 
on the 30th day following the day of the deposit of the instrument of accession, whichever is the 
later. Accession to the General Agreement pursuant to this paragraph shall, for the purposes of 
paragraph 2 of Article XXXII of that Agreement, be regarded as acceptance of that Agreement 
pursuant to paragraph 4 of Article XXVI thereof. 
8. Tunisia may withdraw its provisional application of the General Agreement prior to its accession 
thereto pursuant to paragraph 7 and such withdrawal shall take effect on the 60th day following 
the day on which written notice thereof is received by the Director-General. 
9. The Director-General shall promptly furnish a certified copy of this Protocol and a notification 
of each signature thereto, pursuant to paragraph 5, to each Contracting Party, to the European 
Economic Community, to Tunisia and to each government which shall have acceded 
provisionally to the General Agreement. 
10. This Protocol shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter 
of the United Nations. 
Done at Geneva this twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and ninety in a single copy, in 
the English, French and Spanish languages, except as otherwise specified with respect to the Schedule 
annexed hereto, each text being authentic. 
ANNEX 
SCHEDULE LXXXIII — TUNISIA 
(The schedule may be consulted in the GATT Secretariat in Geneva)