FROM THE THIRD COUNTRY CONCERNED DURING ONE OF THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS .
TITLE II
AMENDMENTS TO IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE IN THE MEMBER STATES
ARTICLE 3
A MEMBER STATE SHALL NOTIFY THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION IF IT CONSIDERS THAT THE UNILATERAL IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS APPLIED TO THE COUNTRIES REFERRED TO IN ANNEX I SHOULD BE AMENDED .
ARTICLE 4
1 . AT THE REQUEST OF A MEMBER STATE OR OF THE COMMISSION , THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION WITHIN THE SELECT COMMITTEE SET UP BY THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 9 OCTOBER 1961 ( 3 ) CONCERNING A CONSULTATION PROCEDURE IN RESPECT OF THE NEGOTIATION OF AGREEMENTS CONCERNING COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND THIRD COUNTRIES AND IN RESPECT OF CHANGES IN THE STATE OF LIBERALIZATION IN RELATION TO THIRD COUNTRIES .
2 . THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTATION SHALL BE TO EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING COMMON IMPORT ARRANGEMENT FOR THE THIRD COUNTRY AND THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION OR , FAILING THIS , TO COORDINATE THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLIED IN THE MEMBER STATES TO ENSURE THE PROPER FUNCTIONING AND STRENGTHENING OF THE COMMON MARKET AND THE GRADUAL INTRODUCTION OF COMMON IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS .
3 . IF A MEMBER STATE OR THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS THAT THE MEASURE ENVISAGED BY THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUNDAMENTAL INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY OR OF ONE OF ITS MEMBER STATES , THE CONSULTATION SHALL INCLUDE AN EXAMINATION OF THE ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL SITUATION OF THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED .
4 . IF THE COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUEST CONSULTATION WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS OF RECEIVING THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 3 AND HAS RECEIVED NO REQUEST FOR CONSULTATION FROM MEMBER STATES BY THE END OF THAT PERIOD , IT SHALL NOTIFY THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED THAT THE PROPOSED MEASURE HAS BEEN ADOPTED .
IN ALL OTHER CASES , THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE SHALL COMMENCE WITHIN FIVE WORKING DAYS OF THE END OF THE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN THE PRECEDING SUBPARAGRAPH .
ARTICLE 5
1 . IF AFTER CONSULTATION NO OBJECTION HAS BEEN RAISED BY THE OTHER MEMBER STATES OR BY THE COMMISSION , THE LATTER SHALL FORTHWITH NOTIFY THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED THAT THE PROPOSED MEASURE HAS BEEN ADOPTED .
2 . IN ALL OTHER CASES , SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPHS 3 AND 4 , THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED MAY NOT IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED MEASURE UNTIL 15 WORKING DAYS AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE .
3 . IF , WITHIN THE PERIOD REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 , THE COMMISSION SUBMITS TO THE COUNCIL , UNDER ARTICLE 113 OF THE TREATY , A PROPOSAL MEETING THE OBJECTIONS RAISED , THE PROPOSED MEASURE MAY NOT BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL THE COUNCIL HAS ACTED .
4 . SHOULD THE COMMISSION DECIDE NOT TO BRING THE MATTER BEFORE THE COUNCIL , IT SHALL NOTIFY THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED , BEFORE THE ABOVEMENTIONED PERIOD HAS EXPIRED , THAT THE PROPOSED MEASURE HAS BEEN ADOPTED