CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES OF THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN ECU ARE THE RATES PROVIDED FOR IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN THE CASE OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADINGS AND SUBHEADINGS 41.02 EX C , 42.02 , 42.03 A , B II AND III AND C , 64.01 ,64.02 , 85.15 A III B ) AND C II C ) , 85.21 D AND E , 94.01 B II AND 94.03 B , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR A RATE OF CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES OF THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN ECU WHICH WILL GRADUALLY BE ALIGNED ON THE NORMAL RATE PROVIDED FOR IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ;
WHEREAS SUCH TARIFF EXEMPTIONS SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES UNDER CONSIDERATION , THE CONCEPT OF " ORIGINATING PRODUCTS " BEING DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 14 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 802/68 OF 27 JUNE 1968 ON THE COMMON DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ORIGIN OF GOODS ( 4 ) ;
WHEREAS THE COMMUNITY PREFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS , APPLICABLE TO YUGOSLAVIA , RESULT EXCLUSIVELY FROM PROVISIONS ADOPTED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA ( 5 ) ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , YUGOSLAVIA IS INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES ONLY FOR PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX B TO THE PRESENT REGULATION ;
WHEREAS , SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 , THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC HAS APPLIED THE COMMUNITY SYSTEM OF GENERALIZED PREFERENCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 117 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION OF 1979 ;
WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS SPECIFIED IN ANNEX A , IT IS NECESSARY IN PARTICULAR TO ENSURE EQUAL AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS FOR ALL COMMUNITY IMPORTERS TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED QUOTAS , AND TO ENSURE UNINTERRUPTED APPLICATION OF THE RATE LAID DOWN FOR THOSE QUOTAS TO ALL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED INTO ALL THE MEMBER STATES UNTIL THE QUOTAS ARE USED UP ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES SET OUT ABOVE , AN ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY THE QUOTAS ARE APPORTIONED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES WOULD BEST RESPECT THEIR COMMUNITY NATURE ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , TO THIS END AND IN THE CONTEXT OF SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT , THE ACTUAL CHARGES AGAINST THE QUOTAS COULD RELATE ONLY TO PRODUCTS ENTERED FOR FREE CIRCULATION AND ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ;
WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES IN RESPECT OF THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS WHICH HAVE BEEN OPENED HITHERTO CANNOT BE RECONCILED WITH THE CONTINUITY NECESSARY FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE TARIFF PREFERENCES CONCERNED ; WHEREAS IT WOULD ACCORDINGLY BE ADVISABLE TO ADOPT A FIXED SCALE FOR APPORTIONING THE COMMUNITY TARIFF QUOTAS CONCERNED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , USING AS A BASIS GENERAL ECONOMIC CRITERIA RELATING TO EXTERNAL TRADE , GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AND POPULATION , THE PERCENTAGES FOR THE INITIAL SHARES OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE QUOTA