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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)197 final
Brussels,22April1982
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
approving adraftAdditional ,protocol theEuropeanAgreement
ontheExchangeofBlood-Grouping Reagents
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ByitsDecisionof253une1979theCouncilauthorizedtheCommissionto
conductnegotiationswithintheframeworkoftheCouncilofEuropewi'ththe
objectofaddingtotheEuropeanAgreementontheExchangeofBlood-
GroupingReagentsaProtocolwhichwouldenabletheEuropeanEconomic
CommunitytobecomeaContractingPartytothisAgreement.
BehindthisDecisionwasthefactthatArticle5(1)oftheEuropean
AgreementontheExchangeofBlood-Grouping Reagentsspecifiesthat'The
ContractingPartiesshalltakeallthenecessarymeasurestoexemptfrom
allimportdutiestheblood-grouping reagentsputattheirdisposalbythe
otherParties'.OnlytheCommunityiscompetenttograntderogationsfrom
theapplicationofCommonCustomsTariffduties-
Negotiations betweentheCommissionandtheSecretariat-General ofthe
CouncilofEuropehaveresultedinadraftAdditionalProtocolwhichhas
beenconceivedasanintegralpartoftheAgreementandwhichwillenable
theEuropeanEconomicCommunitytobecomeaContractingPartytothe
Agreementbysigningit.
OnceithasreceivedthepriorapprovaloftheCouncilofMinistersofthe
EEC,theSecretariat-General oftheCouncilofEuropewillsubmitthisdraft
AdditionalProtocoltotheCommitteeofMinistersofthatbody.Itwould
liketobeabletodosoduringameetingtobeheldinMayofthisyear.
WhentheCommitteeofMinistersoftheCouncilofEuropehasdecidedto
addthisProtocoltotheAgreement,theEuropeanCommunitywillbeable
tobecomeaContractingPartytothelatter.

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Consequently ,theCommissionrecommenustheCounciltoapprovethedraft
AdditionalProtocoltotheEuropeanAgreementontheExchangeofBlood-
GroupingReagentsandtoauthorizetheCommission tonotifythe
Secretariat-General oftheCouncilofEuropeofsuchacceptance (Annex1).
WhenthisAdditionalProtocolhasbeenadoptedbytheCommittee of
MinistersoftheCouncilofEurope(probablyduringthesecondhalfof1984),
theCommission willrecommendtheCouncilofMinistersoftheCommunity
toaccedeonthelatter'sbehalftotheEuropeanAgreementontheExchange
ofBlood-Grouping Reagents.

ANNEXI
Recommendation
foraCouncilDecision
approvingadraft
AdditionalProtocoltotheEuropeanAgreement
ontheExchangeofBlood-Grouping Reagents.
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community ,
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle5(1)oftheEuropeanAgreementontheExchangeofBlood-
GroupingReagentslaysdownthat'TheContractingPartiesshalltakeallthe
necessarymeasurestoexemptfromallimportdutiestheblood-grouping
reagentsplacedattheirdisposalbytheotherParties';
WhereasonlytheCommunityiscompetenttograntderogationsfromthe
applicationoftheCommonCustomsTariffinrespectofautonomous or
conventional ratesofduty;
WhereastheSecretariat-General oftheCouncilofEuropeproposesto
addtothesaidAgreement anAdditionalProtocolwhichwouldenable
theEuropeanEconomicCommunitytobecomeaContractingPartythereto
andtherebyexerciseitscompetence ;
Whereasthe /draftAdditionalProtocolmeetstherequirements
,/■ ,oftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,/

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HASDECIDEDasfollows:
Article1
ThedraftAdditionalProtocoltotheEuropeanAgreementontheExchange
ofBlood-Grouping Reagents,proposedbytheSecretariat-General ofthe
CouncilofEurope,isherebyapprovedonbehalfoftheCommunity.
ThetextofthisAdditionalProtocolisannexedtothisDecision.
Article2
TheCommission shallinfortntheSecretariat-General oftheCouncilof
EuropethattheCommunityhasapprovedthedraftProtocolreferred
toinArticle1.
DoneatBrussels,
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FortheCouncil,
ThePresident,

ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
TOTHEEUROPEAN AGREEMENT
ONTHEEXCHANGE OFTHERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCES OFHUMANORIGIN
TheMemberStatesoftheCouncilofEurope,ContractingPartiestothe
EuropeanAgreementof14May1962ontheexchangeofblood-grouping
reagents(hereinaftercalled"theAgreement"), ■»>
HavingregardtotheprovisionsofArticle5,paragraph 1,oftheAgreement ,
accordingtowhich"TheContractingPartiesshalltakeallthenecessary
measurestoexemptfromallimportdutiestheblood-grouping reagents
placedattheirdisposalbytheotherParties";
ConsideringthatsofarasthememberStatesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Communityareconcerned,theundertakingtograntthisexemptionfalls
withinthecompetence oftheCommunity ,whichpossessesthenecessary
powersinthisrespectbyvirtueoftheTreatywhichestablishedit:
Consideringthereforethatforthepurposeoftheimplementation ofArticle
5,paragraph 1,oftheAgreement ,itisnecessaryfortheEuropeanEconomic
CommunitytobeabletobecomeaContractingPartytotheAgreement ,
t
Haveagreedasfollows:
Article1
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunitymaybecomeaContractingPartytothe
Agreementbysigningit.InrespectoftheCommunity ,theAgreementshall
enterintoforceonthefirstdayofthemonthfollowingsuchsignature.

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Article2
1.ThisAdditionalProtocolshallbeopenforacceptance bythe
ContractingPartiestotheAgreement.Itshallenterintoforceonthe
firstdayofthemonthfollowingthedateonwhichthelastofthe
ContractingPartieshasdepositeditsinstrumentofacceptancewith
theSecretaryGeneraloi;theCouncilofEurope.
2.However,thisAdditionalProtocolshallenterintoforceonthe
expirationofaperiodoftwoyearsfromthedateonwhichithasbeen
openedforacceptance,unlessoneoftheContractingPartieshas
notifiedanobjectiontotheentryintoforce.Ifsuchanobjectionhas
beennotified,paragraph 1ofthisArticleshallapply.
Article3
Fromthedateofitsentryintoforce,thisAdditionalProtocolshallforman
integralpartoftheAgreement.Fromthatdate,noStatemaybecomea
ContractingPartytotheAgreementwithoutatthesametimebecominga
ContractingPartytotheAdditionalProtocol.
Articlek
TheSecretaryGeneraloftheCouncilofEuropeshallnotifythemember
StatesoftheCouncilofEurope,anyStatehavingaccededtotheAgreement
andtheEuropeanEconomicCommunityofanyacceptanceorobjections
madeunderArticle2andofthedateofentryintoforceofthisAdditional
Protocolinaccordance withArticle2.
DoneatStrasbourg,the ,inEnglishahdFrench,bothtextsbeing
equallyauthentic,inasingleoriginalwhichshallbedepositedinthearchives
oftheCouncilofEurope.TheSecretaryGeneraloftheCouncilofEurope
shalltransmitcertifiedcopiestoeachmemberStateoftheCouncilof
Europe,toanyStateinvitedtoaccedetotheAgreementandtotheEuropean
EconomicCommunity .
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