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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)331 final
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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
CONCERNING THECONCLUSION OFATRANSITIONAL PROTOCOL
BETWEEN THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ANDTHE
PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Thenegotiations between theCommunity andPortugal onthebasis of
aCouncil directive adopted on26April ended on7Maywith the
twodelegations inagreement .
The Commission should send tothe Council the results ofthe
negotiations ,assetoutintheTransitional Protocol andfive
exchanges ofletters ,inorder that thesigning andconclusion
procedures maybesetinmotion .

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
Thenegotiations conducted "bytheCommissionwithaPortuguesedelegation
on27Apriland7May,onthebasisoftheCouncildirectiveadoptedon
26April,endedon7Maywiththetwodelegationsinagreementonthe
contentoftheTransitionalProtocolandAnnexesAtoHthereto,andon
fiveexchangesofletters(seeletterofconclusionannexedhereto).At
thesametimethedelegations agreedonastatementtobeenteredinthe
minutesofthenegotiations ,concerningthesurchargeappliedtocertain
productslistedinAnnexGtotheProtocol(annexedhereto).
Withregardtotheexchangesofletters,itshouldbepointedoutthat
threeofthemwillenterintoforcewhentheTransitional Protocolis
signedthattheothertwo,relatingrespectivelytonewECSCindustries
andtheduty-freeaccesstobeaccordedbyPortugaltotheCommunityin
1985productslistedinAnnexesAtoE,willenterintoforceon
1January1983-
Duringthenegotiations ,inthelightofconcernexpressedbythe
PortugueseDelegation,theCommissionfounditnecessai*y-afterconsulting
theArticle113Committee,whichassistedtheCommissioninthenegotiations
tomodifyslightlytheCommunity'spositionwithregardtothetariff
dismantlingarrangementsfortheproductslistedinAnnexesCtoH.
TheCommissionpresentsherewiththetextsoftheTransitional Protocol
andtheexchangesoflettersagreedwiththePortugueseDelegation,with
aviewtotheirsignatureinJune.