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OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
SecrctoriotCOM (82)889 final
Brussels,21December1982
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
extending for1983 theRegulation (EEC )N°596/82onimports
originating inthe USSR
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM (82)889 final

EXPLANATORY MEMERANDUM
1. ByCouncil Regulation (EEC )no596/82of16March 1982 amending
theimport arrangements forcertain products originating intheUSSR (1),
theCommunity reduced for 1982 thepossibilities for importing certain
products originating intheUSSR .
This objective wasattained byplacing quantitative restrictions
onimports ofcertain liberalized products -combined with theopening
ofquotas lower than imports effected in1980 and byreducing existing
quotas forother products .
ByitsRegulation (EEC )no597/82ofthe same date ,however ,
the Council provisionally suspended thepplication ofthese measures
inGreece (2).
2. Regulation (EEC )no596/82isdue toexpire on31'December 1982 .
However ,thefourth paragraph ofArticle Astates that before that date *
theCouncil ,acting onaproposal from theCommission ,wi1.1consider whether
theRegulation should beextended oramended .
3. The Commission considers that the reasons which were behind the
adoption ofthese measures in1982 arestill valid .
Hence ,this proposal envisages theextension for1983 ofthe
measures adopted in1982 inrespect ofthe USSR .
A. Itisproposed that theCouncil should adopt theattached Regulation .
Inorder toensure continuity inthemeasures between 1982 and1983 ,
this Regulation should enter into force by31December «1982 atthe latest .
(1)0JnoL72,16.3.1982 ,p.15
(2)0JnoL72,16.3.1982 ,p.19

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION EXTENDING FOR1983
THEREGULATION (EEC)NO596/82ONIMPORTS
ORIGINATING INTHEUSSR
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticular sonarticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No596/82of15March1982(1)amended
for1982theimportarrangements forcertainproductsoriginating inthe
USSR;
Whereasthereasonsforthesemeasuresarestillvalidand;asaresult,
thesameRegulation shouldbeextendedfor1983,
%
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
t
Article 1
1.InthethirdparagraphofArticle4ofRegulation 596/82thedate
of31.12.1982isreplacedbythedateof31.12.1983 .
2.ThefourthparagraphofArticle4is'replacedbythefollowingtext
"BeforethatdatetheCouncil,actingonaproposalfromtheCommission,
willconsiaerwnetnertheabove-mentioned Regulation shouldbeextended
and,ixnecessary,amendedorreptaced".
Article 2
«
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingthatofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
Doneat BytheCouncil
(1)OJnoL7216.03.1982,p.15