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C0M(93) 111 final 
Brussels, 18 March 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (ESC) 
extending the measures taken under the agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the United States of 
America for the conclusion of negotiations under GATT 
Article XXIV.6 
(presented by the Commission) 
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Whereas the Community applied these measures during 1992 
by virtue of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3919/91 of 19 
December 1991 (3) ; 
Whereas the reasons still exist for the prolongation of 
these measures, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION 
Article 1 
The measures referred to in the Exchange of Letters 
supplementing the Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the United States of America for the 
conclusion of negotiations under GATT Article XXIV.6 
shall be applied by the Community until 31 December 1993. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1993. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
(3) OJ No L 372, 31.12.1991, p. 35 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
extending the measures taken under the agreement between 
the European Economic Community and the United States of 
America for the conclusion of negotiations under GATT 
Article XXIV.6 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas by an Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the United States of America for the 
conclusion of negotiations under Article XXIV.6 of the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (1) which 
was extended by the conclusion of an Exchange of Letters 
(2) supplementing that Agreement until 31 December 1991, 
the Community agreed to take certain measures; 
(1) OJ No L 98, 10.4.19^87, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 17, 23.1.1991, p. 17. 
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IMPACT ON COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT RECORD 
The present draft proposal will not alter the current 
situation in respect of competitiveness and employment. 
On the contrary, without these measures the United States 
of America might consider retaliating against Community 
exporters for a number of sensitive products. 
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FINANCIAL RECORD 
1. Budge line concerned; Chap. 12 Art. 120 
Title of the measure concerned: Draft proposal 
for a Council Regulation (EEC) extending the 
measures taken under the agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the United States of 
America for the conclusion of negotiations under 
GATT Article XXIV.6 
3. Legal basis: Art. 113 of the Treaty 
Objective: To ensure the continued application 
of the reduction of certain autonomous duties in the 
Combined Nomenclature by virtue of "Agreement for 
the Conclusion of Negotiations between the European 
Economic Community and the United States of America 
under GATT Article XXIV.6" on an autonomous basis 
5. Cost of this measure: No significant change in 
the situation as compared with the previous year 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Subject: The 1987 bilaterial agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the United 
States of America 
1. In 1987 an "Agreement for the Conclusion of 
Negotiations between the European Economic Community 
and the United States of America under GATT Article 
XXIV.6" was entered into between the two parties by 
which they agreed upon a number of rights and 
obligations (1). Consultations between the two 
parties as foreseen in the Agreement subsequently 
took place in an attempt to find a solution to the 
disagreement existing between the Community and the 
United States, on whether or not new actions, if 
any, might be appropriate. 
2. It was not possible to conclude these consultations 
by the end of 1990, notably in view of the 
prolongation of the Uruguay Round, and therefore in 
respect of those rights and obligations which were 
foreseen to expire on that date an agreement was 
reached between the Community and the United States 
to extend these until 31 December 1991. The 
Community implemented this prolongation by a 
Decision by the Council to approve an Exchange of 
Letters between the Community and United States 
complementing the Agreement (2). 
3. The Commission considered it appropriate that on the 
one hand it was desirable to continue to apply these 
measures, in particular to avoid a worsening of the 
disagreement on this issue, and on the other hand 
that it was preferable to do so on an autonomous 
basis. Consequently, the Commission submitted to 
the Council a draft regulation extending these 
measures from 1 January 1992 for a year. 
Subsequently, the proposal was adopted by the 
Council late 1991 and published in Regulation (EEC) 
No 3919/91 (3). 
4. As the negotiations under the Uruguay Round are 
continuing into 1993, a resolution of this issue is 
still not possible. The Commission, therefore, 
proposes to extend these measures for another year 
with effect from 1 January until 31 December 1993. 
(1) OJ No L 98, 10.4.1987, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 17, 23.1.1991, p. 17 
(3) OJ No L 372, 31.12.1991, p. 35 
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