IN THE ACP STATES FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCE SCHEME ;
WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF STATE OR OF GOVERNMENT OF THE MEMBER STATES AND THE STATES ACCEDING TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES HELD IN PARIS FROM 19 TO 21 OCTOBER 1972 INVITED THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MEMBER STATES PROGRESSIVELY TO ADOPT AN OVERALL POLICY OF DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION ON A WORLD-WIDE SCALE COMPRISING IN PARTICULAR THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENERALIZED PREFERENCES WITH THE AIM OF ACHIEVING A STEADY INCREASE IN IMPORTS OF MANUFACTURES FROM THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS TARIFF PREFERENCES HAVE BEEN APPLIED FROM THE SECOND HALF OF 1971 UNDER THE CONDITIONS SET OUT ABOVE ; WHEREAS THESE PREFERENCES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE APPLIED THROUGHOUT 1979 ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THE OFFER CONCERNED AND TO THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE GENERALIZED PREFERENCES , THE ABOVEMENTIONED BASIC AMOUNT REFERS TO 1974 , WHILE THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT GENERALLY REFERS TO 1976 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION OF THIS METHOD OF CALCULATION SHOULD REMAIN COMPATIBLE WITH THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PREFERENCE SCHEME IN SUCH A WAY AS TO PROVIDE A PERIOD OF ADAPTATION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AFFECTED IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS FOR THIS PURPOSE IT WOULD APPEAR APPROPRIATE TO LIMIT FOR EACH PRODUCT THE CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT RESULTING FROM THE SAID METHOD TO A LEVEL WHICH DOES NOT EXCEED 150 % OF EACH OF THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNTS OPEN IN 1978 ;
WHEREAS IN PRACTICE THE LATEST COMPLETE STATISTICS AVAILABLE ARE THOSE RELATING TO THE YEAR 1976 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , FOR 1974 , THE STATISTICS IN QUESTION AND PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATING TO THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY'S EXTERNAL TRADE ARE EXPRESSED IN A STATISTICAL UNIT ( EUR ) WHICH IS NOT DEFINED IN THE SAME WAY AS THE UNIT OF ACCOUNT ( U.A . ) PRESCRIBED FOR THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF OR THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT ( EUA ) APPLICABLE IN RESPECT OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2779/78 ( 3 ) ; WHEREAS THEREFORE IT IS NECESSARY TO DEFINE A CONVERSION RATE BETWEEN THESE TWO UNITS ; WHEREAS ONE EUR UNIT IS EQUIVALENT IN PRACTICE TO ONE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT AND THE SAME VALUE SHOULD BE ASCRIBED TO THE LATTER AS TO THE UNIT OF ACCOUNT ( U.A . ) ; WHEREAS IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE THEREFORE IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR THE PARTICULAR ENDS OF THE CALCULATIONS REQUIRED UNDER THIS REGULATION , TO CONSIDER THE STATISTICS EXPRESSED IN EUR IN THIS REGULATION AS IF EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ; WHEREAS THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT SHOULD REMAIN THE ONLY UNIT TO BE USED WITHIN THE PREFERENCE SYSTEM , ALONG WITH ITS RATES FOR CONVERSION INTO NATIONAL CURRENCIES ;
WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROTOCOL 23 TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION ( 4 ) , THE GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCE SCHEME BECAME FULLY APPLICABLE IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES