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COMMISSION OFTHEEUS.OPEAN COMMUNITIE
COM(73)824final
Brussels,24May1973
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
concerning
thenegotiationofadditionalprotocolstothe
EEC-Austria,EEC-Iceland,EEC-Portugal ,
EEC-SwedenandEEC–Switzerland Agreements
i
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)824final

Explanatory memorandum
1.Theagreements negotiated with thenon–applicant EFTA States ,asthey were
known atthetime ,were drafted ontheassumption ofNorway 'saccession to
the Community .
Thedecision oftheNorwegian Government not toratify theTreaty ofAccession
poses twotypes ofproblem with regard totheagreements with theother
EFTA States .
(a)AsNorway hasnotbecome amember oftheCommunity ,certain provisions
intheAgreements nolonger correspond toreality ;
(b)Anagreement with Norway ofthesame type wassigned
onMay14,1973 Alltheagreements with the
other EFTA States have apoint ofcontact inArticle 2ofProtocol No3
concerning therules oforigin .Inview ofthecircumstances atthe
outset ,Norway wasnotmentioned inthefirst subparagraph ofparagraph 1
ofthat Article ,whereas mention ofthat country isessential sothat the
rules oforigin mayoperate ,including Norway inthesystem .
2.Toremedy this situation ,theAgreements inquestion should beamended ,by
means ofanadditional protocol ,affixed totheagreements already in
force .
TheCommission recommends theCouncil toauthorize asquickly aspossible onthe
opening ofthese negotiations ,inparticular with aview toavoiding any
difficulty which mig^it arise intheoperation oftherules oforigin

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TheCommission points outthat theco-contracting States were informed in
December 1972 ofthesituation and .agreed that thematter should hesettled
atthesame time asnegotiations were completed between theEECandNorway .

RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
inparticularArticle113thereof:
1)HavingregardtotheEEC– Agreement x
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission ;
HASDECIDED:
SoleArticle
TheCommissionisauthorizedtoopennegotiations with
withaviewtoamendingbyanadditionalprotocoltheEEC­
(1)Agreement x'inaccordancewiththeguidelinesgivenintheAnnex.
TheCommissioniri.llbeassistedinthesenegotiations bythespecial
committeesetupunderArticle113oftheTreaty.1)
7TT–■
v'TheRepublicofAustria
theRepublicofIceland
thePortugueseRepublic
theSwissConfederation
theKingdomofSweden.

Annex
Thepurposeoftheadditionalprotocolis:
(a)toaddNorwaytothefirstsubparagraphofArticle2ofProtocolNo3
andtomakethenecessarymodifications ,totheotherArticlesof-that
Protocoloritsannexes
(b)toremove,wherenecessary,fromthetextoftheagreementsandtheir
annexesexpressreferencestoNorwayasaMemberStateoftheCommunity;
(c)tomalcethefollowingmodificationstoarticle5(3)ofthe
Agreement:
-1stparagraph andProtocolsnrs.1and2n
-2ndparagraph andProtocolsnrs.1and2"
NB:Atthetimeofthenegotiationsitwillbespecifiedthatthelevelofthe
ceilingstobeestablishedfor1974underArticle3(p*2)ofProtocolNo1
willcorrespondtotheannualbasisdecidedbytheCouncil(internal
documentNo1161of11July1972),lesstheaverageamountofimportsby
Norwaybetween1$68and1971fromeachofthecountriesinquestion.