text: * walking-stick guns , ball or shot cartridges for target-shooting guns of calibres up * to 9 mm ; cartridge cases for sporting guns and sporting rifles , of metal and * paperboard ; bullets , shot and buckshot for sporting guns and sporting rifles CHAPTER 94 * Furniture and parts thereof ; bedding , mattresses , mattress supports , cushions and * similar stuffed furnishings , excluding heading No 94.02 CHAPTER 96 * Brooms , brushes , feather dusters , powder puffs and sieves excluding heading Nos * 96.03 , 96.05 and 96.06 CHAPTER 97 97.01 * Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children ( for example , toy bicycles and * tricycles , and pedal motor cars ) ; dolls' prams and dolls' pushchairs 97.02 * Dolls 97.03 * Other toys , working models of a kind used for recreational purposes ex 97.05 * Streamers and confetti CHAPTER 98 * Miscellaneous manufactured articles , excluding stylograph pens of heading No * 98.03 and excluding heading Nos 98.04 , 98.10 , 98.11 , 98.14 and 98.15 ANNEX II List of products referred to in Article 32 of the Agreement of Association A . Products listed in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the Community Brussels Nomenclature * Description heading No CHAPTER 1 * Live animals CHAPTER 2 * Meat and edible meat offals CHAPTER 3 * Fish , crustaceans and molluses CHAPTER 4 * Dairy produce , birds' eggs ; natural honey CHAPTER 5 05.04 * Guts , bladders and stomachs of animals ( other than fish ) , whole and pieces * thereof 05.15 * Animal products not elsewhere specified or included ; dead animals of Chapters 1 * or 3 , unfit for human consumption CHAPTER 6 * Live trees and other plants ; bulbs , roots and the like ; cut flowers and ornamental * foliage CHAPTER 7 * Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers CHAPTER 8 * Edible fruit and nuts ; peel of melons or citrus fruit CHAPTER 9 * Coffee , tea and spices , excluding maté ( heading No 09.03 ) CHAPTER 10 * Cereals CHAPTER 11 * Products of the milling industry ; malt and starches ; gluten ; inulin CHAPTER 12 * Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit ; miscellaeneous grains , seeds and fruit ; industrial * and medical plants ; straw and fodder CHAPTER 13 ex 13.03 * Pectin CHAPTER 15 15.01 * Lard and other rendered pig fat ; rendered poultry fat 15.02 * Unrendered fats of bovine cattle , sheep or goats ; tallow ( including 'premier jus' ) * produced from those fats 15.03 * Lard stearin , oleostearin and tallow stearin ; lard oil ; oleo-oil and tallow oil , not * emulsified or mixed or prepared in any way 15.04 * Fats and oils , of fish and marine mammals , whether or not refined 15.07 * Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid , crude , refined or purified ex 15.12


text: * Animal or vegetable oils and fats , hydrogenated , whether or not refined but not * further prepared 15.13 * Margarine , imitation lard and other prepared edible fats 15.17 * Residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable * waxes CHAPTER 16 * Preparations of meat , of fish , of crustaceans or molluses CHAPTER 17 17.01 * Beet sugar and cane sugar , solid 17.02 * Other sugars , sugar syrups ; artificial honey ( whether or not mixed with natural * honey ) ; caramel 17.03 * Molasses , whether or not decolourized CHAPTER 18 18.01 * Cocoa beans , whole or broken , raw or roasted 18.02 * Cocoa shells , husks , skins and waste CHAPTER 20 * Preparations of vegetables , fruit or other parts of plants CHAPTER 22 22.04 * Grape must , in fermentation or with fermentation arrested otherwise than by the * addition of alcohol 22.05 * Wine of fresh grapes ; grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of * alcohol 22.07 * Other fermented beverages ( for example cider , perry and mead ) CHAPTER 23 * Residues and waste from the food industries ; prepared animal fodder CHAPTER 24 24.01 * Unmanufactured tobacco ; tobacco refuse CHAPTER 45 45.01 * Natural cork , unworked , crushed , granulated or ground ; waste cork CHAPTER 54 54.01 * Flax , raw or processed but not spun ; flax tow waste ( including pulled or * garnetted rags ) CHAPTER 57 57.01 * True hemp ( " cannabis sativa " ) , raw or processed but not spun ; tow and waste of * true hemp ( including pulled or garnetted rags or ropes ) B . Products listed in Council Regulation No 7 of the Community adding certain products to the list in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the Community Brussels Nomenclature * Description heading No CHAPTER 17 17.05 * Flavoured or coloured sugars , syrups and molasses , but not including fruit juices * containing added sugar in any proportion CHAPTER 22 ex 22.08 * Ethyl alcohol , denatured or not , of any strength , obtained from agricultural ex 22.09 * products listed in Annex II to the Treaty , excluding spirits , liqueurs and other * spirituous beverages , compound alcoholic preparations ( known as " concentrated * extracts " ) for the manufacture of beverages 22.10 * Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar ANNEX III List of agricultural products referred to in Article 37 ( 1 ) of the Agreement of Association Brussels Nomenclature * Description heading No ex 03.01 * Salt water fish , fresh , chilled or frozen 04.06 * Natural honey 05.04 * Guts , bladders and stomachs of animals ( other than fish ) , whole and pieces * thereof ex 07.01 * Vegetables , fresh or chilled : * Potatoes * Cauliflowers * Other brassica * Spinach * Cabbage lettuce * Other salad vegetables

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text: * Green peas * Beans * Carrots * Onions and garlic * Asparagus * Artichokes * Tomatoes * Olives * Cucumbers and gherkins * Sweet capsicum ( " capsicum grossum " ) * Aubergines * Marrows * Okra ex 07.03 * Vegetables provisionally preserved in brine , in sulpur water or in other preser - * vative solutions , but not specially prepared for immediate consumption : * Olives ex 07.05 * Dried leguminous vegetables , shelled , whether or not skinned or split : * Peas , including chick peas and beans , broad beans and lentils ex 08.02 * Citrus fruit , fresh or dried : * Oranges * Mandarins , tangerines , and clementines * Lemons * Citrons ex 08.03 * Fresh figs ex 08.03 * Dried figs ( 1 ) ex 08.04 * Fresh grapes for direct consumption ex 08.04 * Dried grapes ( 1 ) ex 08.05 * Nuts , fresh or dried , shelled or not : ( 1 ) Not to be imported in packages exceeding 15 kg in weight . * Almonds * Walnuts * Chestnuts * Pistachios * Hazelnuts 08.06 * Apples , pears and quinces , fresh ex 08.07 * Stone fruit , fresh : * Apricots * Peaches * Cherries * Plums * Morello cherries ex 08.08 * Berries , fresh : * Strawberries * Raspberries * Blackberries ex 08.09 * Melons and the like ex 08.10 * Fruit ( whether or not cooked ) , preserved by freezing , not containing added sugar : * Strawberries * Peaches * Apricots * Raspberries * Cherries ex 08.11 * Fruit provisionally preserved in brine , in sulphur water , or in other preservative * solutions , but not specially prepared for immediate consumption : * Citrons ex 08.12 * Fruit , dried , other than that falling within heading No 08.01 , 08.02 , 08.03 , 08.04 * or 08.05 : * Apricots * Peaches * Prunes * Apples and pears 08.13 * Peel of melons and citrus fruit , fresh , frozen , dried or provisionally preserved in * brine , in sulphur water or other preservative solutions ex 09.04 * Pepper ; pimento : * Crushed or ground pepper ex 09.09 * Seeds of anise , badian , fennel , coriander , cumin , caraway and juniper : * Aniseed * Fennel seed ex 09.10 * Thyme , saffron and bay-leaves : other spices : * Thyme * Bay-leaves * Saffron ex 12.01 * Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit , whole or broken : * Groundnuts * Sunflower seeds * Cottonseeds * Sesamum seeds ex 12.07 * Plants and parts ( including seeds and fruit ) of trees , bushes , shrubs or other * plants , being goods of a kind used primarily in perfumery , in pharmacy or for * insecticidal , fungicidal or similar purposes , fresh or dried , whole , cut , crushed , * ground or powdered : * Liquorice roots *


text: Marjoram * Mint * Sage * Chamomile flowers ex 12.08 * Locust beans , fresh or dried , whether or not kibbled or ground : * Locust beans ( 1 ) * Locust bean seeds * Locust bean flour ex 12.09 * Cereal straw and husks , unprepared , whether or not chopped : * Sorghum straw ex 15.07 * Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid , crude , refined or purified : * Olive oil * Oil extracted from olive residue 16.04 * Prepared or preserved fish , including caviar and caviar substitutes ex 20.01 and * Vegetables prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid or otherwise , with or 20.02 * without salt , spices , mustard or sugar : * Tomatoes * Tomato purée ( including tomato concentrate ) * Olives * Peas * Beans * Artichokes * Cucumbers and gherkins * Aubergines * Okra * Marrows * Vine leaves ex 20.05 * Jams , fruit jellies , marmalades , fruit purée and fruit nastes , being cooked prep - * arations , whether or not containing added sugar : * Jams * Marmalades * Compotes * Fruit purée and fruit pastes ex 20.06 * Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved without spirit , whether or not containing * added sugar : * Oranges * Tangerines or mandarins * Lemons * Apricots * Peaches * Cherries ( 1 ) Subject to the laws and regulations of the Member States of the Community regarding the use to be made of this product . * Bitter cherries * Plums * Prunes * Strawberries * Raspberries * Apples * Pears * Quinces * Fruit mixtures ex 20.07 * Fruit juices ( including grape juice but excluding grape must ) and vegetable juices , * whether or not containing added sugar , but unfermented and not containing * spirit ( not including pineapple juice ) 24.01 * Unmanufactured tobacco ; tobacco refuse ANNEX IV List of invisible transactions referred to in Article 61 of the Agreement of Association _ Maritime freights , including chartering , harbour expenses , disbursements for fishing vessels , etc . _ Inland waterway freights , including chartering _ Road transport : passengers and freights , including chartering _ Air transport : passengers and freights , including chartering : payment by passengers of international air tickets and excess luggage charges ; payment of international air freight charges and chartered flights ; receipts from the sale of international air tickets , excess luggage charges , international air freight charges and chartered flights _ For all means of maritime transport : harbour services ( bunkering and provisioning , maintenance , repairs , expenses for crews , etc . ) For all means of inland waterway transport : harbour services ( bunkering and provisioning , maintenance and minor repairs of equipment , expenses for crews , etc . ) For all means of commercial road transport : fuel , oil , minor repairs , garaging , expenses for drivers


text: and crews , etc . For all means of air transport : operating costs and general overheads , including repairs to aircraft and to air transport equipment _ Warehousing and storage charges , customs clearance _ Customs duties and fees _ Transit charges _ Repair and assembly charges _ Processing , finishing , processing of work under contract , and other services of the same nature _ Repair of ships Repair of means of transport other than ships and aircraft _ Technical assistance ( assistance relating to the production and distribution of goods and services at all stages , given over a period limited according to the specific purposes of such assistance and including advice or visits by experts , preparation of plans and blueprints , supervision of manufacture , market research , training of personnel ) _ Commission and brokerage _ Profits arising out of transit operations or sales of transhipment Banking commissions and charges Representation expenses _ Advertising by all media _ Business travel _ Participation by subsidiary companies and branches in overhead expenses of parent companies situated abroad and vice versa _ Contracting ( construction and maintenance of buildings , roads , bridges , ports , etc . , carried out by specialized firms , and , generally , at fixed prices after open tender ) _ Differences , margins and deposits due in respect of operations on commodity terminal markets in conformity with normal bona fide commercial practice _ Tourism _ Travel for private reasons ( education ) _ Travel for private reasons ( health ) _ Travel for private reasons ( family ) _ Subscriptions to newspapers , periodicals , books , musical publications Newspapers , periodicals , books , musical publications and records _ Printed films , commercial , documentary , educational , etc . ( rentals , dues , subscriptions , reproduction and synchronization fees , etc . ) _ Membership fees _ Current maintenance and repair of private property abroad _ Government expenditure ( official representation abroad , contributions to international organizations ) _ Taxes , court expenses , registration fees for patents and trade marks Claims for damages Refunds in the case of cancellation of contracts and refunds of uncalled-for payments Fines _ Periodic settlements in connection with public transport and postal , telegraphic and telephone services _ Exchange authorizations granted to own or foreign nationals emigrating Exchange authorizations granted to own or foreign nationals returning to their country of origin _ Salaries and wages ( of frontier or seasonal workers and of other non-residents , without prejudice to the right of a country to regulate terms of employment of foreign nationals ) _ Emigrants' remittances ( without prejudice to the right of a country to regulate immigration ) _ Fees _ Dividends and shares in profits _ Interest on debentures , mortgages , etc . _ Rent _ Contractual amortization ( with the exception of transfers in connection with amortization having the character either of anticipated payments or of the


text: discharge of accumulated arrears ) _ Profits from business activity _ Authors' royalties Patents , designs , trade marks and inventions ( the assignment and licensing of patent rights , designs , trade marks and inventions , whether or not legally protected , and transfers arising out of such assignment or licensing ) _ Consular receipts _ Pensions and other income of a similar nature _ Maintenance payments resulting from a legal obligation or from a decision of a court and financial assistance in cases of hardship Transfers by installments of assets deposited in one member country by persons residing in another member country whose personal income in that country is not sufficient to cover their living expenses _ Transactions and transfers in connection with direct insurance _ Transactions and transfers in connection with reinsurance and retrocession _ Opening and reimbursement of commercial industrial credits _ Transfers of minor amounts abroad _ Charges for documentation of all kinds incurred on their own account by authorized dealers in foreign exchange Sports prizes and racing earnings _ Inheritances _ Dowries PROTOCOLS PROTOCOL No 1 on public contracts THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : Notwithstanding the provisions of the Agreement of Association , and in particular Article 5 thereof , the Contracting Parties shall progressively adjust the terms governing participation in contracts concluded by public authorities and undertakings or by private undertakings to which special or exclusive rights are granted , in order to abolish , by the end of the transitional period laid down in Article 15 of the Agreement , any discrimination between nationals of Member States of the Community and nationals of Greece established in the territory of the Contracting Parties . The rules and timetable for the adjustment provided for in this Protocol shall be determined by the Council of Association in the light of the solutions adopted in that field by Member States of the Community . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 2 on the application of Article 7 of the Agreement of Association THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : The Contracting Parties hereby declare that Article 7 of the Agreement of Association shall apply only to goods exported from Member States of the Community , or from Greece , after the signature of that Agreement . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 3 on the levy provided for in Article 8 of the Agreement of Association THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Considering that non-application of the levy provided for in Article 8 of the Agreement of Association cannot harm the processing industries of the importing State as long as the rate of reduction in customs duties made by that State does not exceed 20 % , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : The levy provided for in Article 8 of the Agreement shall not be applied in the territory of the Contracting Party from which the goods obtained


text: or produced under the conditions referred to in that Article are exported , for as long as the reduction in customs duties on the majority of goods imported into the other Contracting Party does not exceed 20 % . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 4 on German internal trade and connected problems THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Considering the conditions at present existing by reason of the division of Germany , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Since trade between the German territories subject to the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany and the German territories in which the Basic Law does not apply is a part of German internal trade , the application of the Agreement of Association in Germany requires no change in the treatment currently accorded this trade . 2 . Each Contracting Party shall inform the other Contracting Party of any agreements relating to trade with the German territories in which the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany does not apply , and of any implementing provisions . Each Contracting Party shall ensure that implementation of such agreements does not conflict with the principles of the Association and shall in particular take appropriate measures to avoid harming the economy of the other Contracting Party . 3 . Each Contracting Party may take appropriate measures to prevent any difficulties arising for it from trade between the other Contracting Party and the German territories in which the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany does not apply . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 5 on goods originating in or coming from third countries not parties to the Association which are eligible for special customs treatment by reason of their origin or source THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Desiring to clarify the effect of the Agreement of Association on certain goods originating in or coming from certain third countries not parties to the Association , which are eligible for special customs treatment on importation into one of the Contracting Parties by reason of their origin or source , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Goods imported into one of the Contracting Parties from third countries not parties to the Association , which are eligible for special customs treatment by reason of their origin or source , shall not be considered to be in free circulation in that Contracting Party within the meaning of Article 7 of the Agreement if re-exported to the other Contracting Party . 2 . Before the end of the first year after the entry into force of the Agreement the Contracting Parties shall inform each other of their rules governing the special treatment referred to in this Protocol . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 6 on the special arrangements to be applied by Member States of the Community in their trade with Greece THE CONTRACTING PARTIES


text: , Taking into account the special economic situation of Greece ; Desiring to contribute to its economic development , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . As regards products other than those listed in Annex II to the Agreement of Association , Member States shall : ( a ) notwithstanding Article 14 , of the Agreement , apply to products imported from Greece those customs duties and charges having equivalent effect which they apply to each other as the date of the entry into force of the Agreement ; they shall extend to Greece the successive reductions which they make pursuant to Articles 13 , 14 , and 17 , of the Treaty establishing the Community : ( b ) extend to Greece the measures for the elimination of quantitative restrictions which they already apply to each other at the date of entry into force of the Agreement and which they apply to each other pursuant to Article 4 of the Decision of the Council of the Community of 12 May 1960 , on acceleration of the timetable for the attainment of the objectives of the Treaty establishing the Community ; ( c ) extend to Greece the abolition of quota restrictions on products pursuant to Article 33 ( 4 ) of the Treaty establishing the Community ; ( d ) extend to Greece the measures which they have taken or will take pursuant to Commission directives as provided for in Article 33 ( 7 ) of the Treaty establishing the Community , and which establish the procedure and timetable for the abolition between Member States of measures having effect equivalent to quotas ; ( c ) extend to Greece the measures for the elimination of customs duties and quantitative restrictions on exports , and charges and measures having equivalent effect , which they apply to each other pursuant to Articles 16 and 34 of the Treaty establishing the Community . 2 . As regards the products listed in Annex III to the Agreement , Member States shall : ( a ) notwithstanding Article 37 of the Agreement , apply to products imported from Greece those customs duties and charges having equivalent effect which they apply to each other at the date of entry into force of the Agreement ; they shall extend to Greece the successive reductions which they make in the future pursuant to Articles 13 , 14 and 17 of the Treaty establishing the Community ; ( b ) notwithstanding Article 37 of the Agreement , apply to quotas opened to Greece on the basis of Article 25 ( 2 ) of the Agreement those percentage increases which they already apply between themselves at the date of entry into force of the Agreement , and shall extend to such quotas the successive percentage increases which they make in the future pursuant to the Treaty establishing the Community ; ( c ) in respect of the products referred to in Article 25 ( 4 ) , open import


text: quotas equivalent to not less than 7 * 5 % of the quotas opened by each Member State for 1960 in respect of other Member States . The successive percentage increases which Member States make in future pursuant to the Traety establishing the Community shall be extended to the quotas thus opened . The special rules applied by Member States to other Member States in respect of imports of the products in question shall likewise be applied to imports from Greece ; ( d ) extend to Greece the abolition of quota restrictions on products pursuant to Article 33 ( 4 ) of the Treaty establishing the Community ; ( e ) extend to Greece the measures which they have taken or will take pursuant to the Commission directives , provided for in Article 33 ( 7 ) of the Treaty establishing the Community , establishing the procedure and timetable for the abolition between Member States of measures having an effect equivalent to quotas ; ( f ) extend to Greece the measures for the elimination of customs duties and quantitative restrictions on exports , and charges and measures having an equivalent effect , which the adopt between themselves pursuant to Articles 16 and 34 of the Treaty establishing the Community . This paragraph shall be applied in anticipation of harmonization of the agricultural policies of the Community and Greece . 3 . If the process of elimination of customs duties and quantitative restrictions between the Member States is accelerated after the entry into force of the Agreement , that acceleration shall be extended to Greece . The Council of Association shall determine the arrangements for parallel endeavours by Greece . 4 . Where the application of Article 14 of the Agreement by Greece and of this Protocol by Member States might have the effect of reducing Greek customs duties by a higher percentage than that made by Member States , Greece may temporarily suspend its tariff reductions until the difference between the percentage reductions made by Member States and Greece has been eliminated . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 7 on certain suspended duties in the Greek Customs Tariff THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Articles 12 , 14 ( 2 ) and 37 ( 2 ) of the Agreement of Association shall , in respect of the products listed below , apply to the duties in the Greek Customs Tariff in force on 1 January 1961 : Greek Customs 01.02 A B C D ) Live animals Tariff heading No 01.04 A B C ) 02.01 A 1a , A 2a Meat , fresh or chilled 02.01 A 1b ) Meat , frozen 02.01 A 2b ) 10.01 A Wheat 2 . If negotiations for reviewing the Greek Customs Tariff brought into force on 27 April 1960 are initiated under Article XXVIII ( 5 ) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade , and


text: reductions in duties ensue , the resulting reduced duties shall constitute the basic duties on which Greece will make tariff reductions pursuant to the Agreement of Association . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 8 on the opening of certain tariff quotas by Greece THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Taking into account the special situation of Greece ,HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : The Community shall not oppose the granting by Greece of tariff quotas referred to in Article 21 of the Agreement of Association , provided that : ( a ) the aggregate annual value of those quotas does not exceed 10 % of the value of Greek imports from third countries during the last year for which statistics are available , excluding imports effected with resources referred to in the Protocol on the use by Greece of American aid ; ( b ) the value of imports of a product permitted under the tariff quotas does not exceed onethird of the total imports of that product into Greece during the last year for which statistics are available . The 10 % mentioned in subparagraph ( a ) shall include imports from third countries which are allowed to enter duty-free pursuant to special provisions for the development of the Greek economy or pursuant to contractual obligations . Greece shall inform the Council of Association of the measures it proposes to take pursuant to this Protocol . The Council of Association may , at the end of the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of the Agreement , decide whether this Protocol is to be rescinded or amended . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 9 on the use by Greece of American aid THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Anxious not to prejudice the use of American aid by Greece , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Should provisions of the Agreement of Association impede the use by Greece of special assistance resources made available to the Greek economy , either directly by the Government of the United States of America or through an organ designated by that Government , Greece may , after notifying the Council of Association : ( a ) open import tariff quotas which satisfy the requirement laid down in Article 21 ( 2 ) of the Agreement for goods originating in the United States , the purchase of which is financed with those resources ; ( b ) import free of duty goods which are gifts within the meaning of Title III of Public Law 480 ; ( c ) restrict invitations to tender to suppliers of products originating in the United States , where the use of the resources in question entails the importation of goods originating in the United States , or where a tendering procedure is prescribed by the legislation of Greece or the United States . 2 . The Council of Association may , at the end of


text: the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of the Agreement , decide whether this Protocol is to be rescinded or amended . Meanwhile , should changes occur in the nature of the resources referred to in paragraph 1 of this Protocol , or in the procedure governing their use , or should difficulties arise in respect of their use , the Council of Association shall reconsider the situation with a view to taking the appropriate measures . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 10 on amendments to the Common Customs Tariff THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Until the end of the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of the Agreement of Association , prior consent of the Council of Association shall be obtained for any amendment to Common Customs Tariff rates which amounts to more than 20 % , in either direction , of the ad valorem rates in force on 1 October 1960 for the following products : _ Tobacco _ Dried grapes _ Olives _ Rosin _ Spirits of turpentine 2 . As regards tobacco , the above procedure shall apply also to any change of more than 10 % in the maximum and minimum specific duties . 3 . During the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of the Agreement and as regards the products listed in paragraph 1 , the Council of Association must give its consent before one or more Member States may suspend the levying of duties in whole or in part , or open tariff quotas in respect of imports from third countries which are not associated with the Community , where the annual volume involved for the Community as a whole exceeds the following limits : ( a ) for tobacco , 22 000 tonnes ; ( b ) for other products , 15 % of the volume of Community imports from third countries during the last year for which statistics are available . As regards rosin and spirits of turpentine , the Council of Association shall authorize the granting of tariff quotas for more than the quantities specified in the foregoing subparagraph if the conditions set out in Article 25 ( 1 ) of the Treaty establishing the Community are fulfilled , account being taken of the quantities produced in Greece which can be exported to the Community under normal marketing conditions . The Council of Association may , at the end of the transitional period laid down in Article 6 of the Agreement , decide whether this paragraph is to remain in force or be amended . 4 . Where the Community opens tariff quotas for the five products listed in paragraph 1 , the treatment accorded to Greece shall not be less favourable than that accorded to a country not party to the Agreement . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 11 on the deposits currently


text: required in Greece for imports of certain goods THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Taking into account the need to ensure the free movement of goods between the Community and Greece , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Greece shall progressively the deposits which Greek importers are required to lodge before importing certain goods from Member States of the Community . 2 . The progressive abolition of the deposits shall take place in accordance with Articles 14 and 15 of the Agreement of Association . 3 . Deposits exceeding 140 % of the value for customs purposes of goods imported from Member States shall be reduced , from the date of entry into force of the Agreement , to 140 % . They shall be abolished in accordance with the timetable laid down in paragraph 2 . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 12 on Articles 12 and 37 of the Agreement of Association THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : The levy system envisaged within the framework of the common agricultural policy constitutes a measure specific to that policy which in the case of its application by either Party is not to be considered as a charge having equivalent effect to customs duties within the meaning of Articles 12 and 37 of the Agreement of Association if applied by either Party . The Community declares , however , that at the present time the levy system is not envisaged for products listed in Annex III . If , however , levies are also imposed on those products , Greece shall enjoy the same treatment as that applied by Member States to each other . This arrangement shall remain in force until the Council of Association has taken the decision provided for in Article 35 , or until expiry of the two-year and one-year time limits referred to in Article 36 ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) respectively . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 13 on the exportation to Greece of certain agricultural products of Member States of the Community THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Greece shall take appropriate measures to facilitate to the fullest extent possible the importation of agricultural products from the Community . 2 . For this purpose , notwithstanding Article 37 ( 2 ) of the Agreement of Association and until the Council of Association has taken the decision provided for in Article 35 , Greece shall apply in respect of products listed in the Annex to this Protocol and coming from Member States of the Community , the rules laid down in Articles 15 , 26 and 27 of the Agreement for the abolition of customs duties , import quotas , and charges and measures having equivalent effect . However , the rates of the four reductions listed in Article 15 ( 1 ) shall be : _ for ham ( heading


text: Nos ex 02.06 and ex 16.02 ) 10 % , 10 % , 10 % , 10 % ; _ for cheese of European type ( heading No ex 04.04 ) 10 % , 10 % , 10 % , 5 % ; _ for butter ( heading No 04.03 ) 10 % , 10 % , 5 % , 5 % . 3 . At the end of the 10th year after the date of entry into force of the Agreement , the Council of Association shall lay down the rules applicable to imports of the abovementioned products if in the meantime the decision provided for in Article 35 has not been taken . If these rules are not laid down at the end of the 10th year , Greece shall be free to take any measure which it considers appropriate , on condition that the rules applicable to trade in the product in question are at least as favourable as those applicable to imports from States receiving general most-favoured-nation treatment . 4 . The measures which the Council of Association decides to take , following the annual review provided for in Article 40 of the Agreement , may lead to amendment of the list annexed to this Protocol . 5 . As progress is made in the implementation of the Agreement , Greece shall endeavour to extend import openings , both with regard to the products listed in the Annex to this Protocol and to other agricultural products from the Community , in order to achieve a harmonious development of agricultural trade . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . List referred to in paragraph 2 of Protocol No 13 on the exportation to Greece of certain agricultural products of Member States of the Community Brussels Nomenclature * Description heading No 01.02 * Live animals of the bovine species 02.01 * Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02 , * 01.03 or 01.04 , fresh , chilled or frozen 02.02 * Dead poultry ( that is to say , fowls , ducks , geese , turkeys and guinea fowls ) and * edible offals thereof ( except liver ) , fresh , chilled or frozen ex 02.05 * Unrendered pig fat , fresh , chilled , frozen , salted , in brine , dried or smoked ex 02.06 * Meat and edible meat offals , salted , in brine , dried or smoked : * _ Ham * _ Pig fat containing lean meat ( " streaky bacon " ) ex 03.02 * Fish , smoked , salted or in brine : * _ Herring * _ Cod ex 04.02 * Milk , preserved , concentrated or sweetened 04.03 * Butter ex 04.04 * Cheese of European type ex 10.06 * Rice : * _ Whole grains , husked , whether or not polished or glazed * _ Broken rice ex 11.02 * Oat flakes and oat


text: groats 12.03 * Seeds , fruit and spores , of a kind used for sowing 15.01 * Lard and other rendered pig fat ; rendered poultry fat Brussels Nomenclature * Description heading No 15.02 * Unrendered fats of bovine cattle , sheep or goats ; tallow ( including 'premier jus' ) * produced from those fats ex 15.07 * Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid , crude , refined or purified ( excluding olive oil * and oil extracted from marc of olives ) ex 15.12 * Animal or vegetable oils and fats , hydrogenated , whether or not refined , but not * further prepared 15.13 * Margarine , imitation lard and other prepared edible fats 16.01 * Sausages and the like , of meat , meat offal or animal blood 16.02 * Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal 16.03 * Meat extracts and meat juices 17.01 * Beet sugar and cane sugar , solid PROTOCOL No 14 on Greek exports of wine of fresh grapes , and of grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol ( heading No 22.05 in the Brussels Nomenclature ) THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Conscious of the special problems involved in working out a common agricultural policy for wine on the one hand and of the importance of wine exports to the Greek economy on the other , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . The Federal Republic of Germany shall open tariff quotas in favour of Greece for the quantities shown below , at the rate of duty chargeable on imports from other Member States of the Community : _ wines for direct consumption : 65 000 hl , _ wines for the preparation of vermouth , for making vinegar or for distillation or coupage : 100 000 hl . 2 . The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall apply to imports from Greece the treatment accorded to imports from Germany , France and Italy . 3 . The French Republic and the Italian Republic declare their readiness to open a quota in favour of Greece , in connection with the opening of quotas for imports from their fellow Members of the Community , and after the problem has been examined in the Council of Association . 4 . The French Republic shall charge , on imports of Samos muscatel wines accompanied by a certificate of origin , the duties chargeable on liqueur wines imported from Member States . 5 . Whenever quotas existing within the Community are increased , the Council of Association shall make a corresponding increase in favour of Greece . As regards the tariff quota for wines for the preparation of vermouth , for making vinegar or for distillation and coupage , whenever the Federal Republic of Germany increases quotas for imports from Member States of the Community of wines for direct consumption , the Council of Association shall make a corresponding increase


text: in favour of Greece . 6 . The preceding paragraphs shall remain in force until the Council of Association has taken the decision provided for in Article 35 , or until expiry of the two-year and one-year time limits referred to in Article 36 ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) respectively . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 15 on the importation of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse ( heading No 24.01 in the Brussels Nomenclature ) THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Conscious of the importance of tobacco exports to the Greek economy , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . The customs duties in force for unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse on 1 January 1957 in the Member States of the Community shall be reduced by 50 % at the date of implementation of the Agreement of Association . 2 . Member States shall , not later than the date of entry into force of the Agreement , make the initial alignment of their respective national tariffs for unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse on the Common Customs Tariff , in accordance with Article 23 of the Treaty establishing the Community . 3 . Customs duties on imports of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse from Greece into Member States shall be abolished by 31 December 1967 at the latest . From that date Member States shall apply the Common Customs Tariff in its entirety in respect of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse . 4 . During the five years following the entry into force of the Agreement , Member States in whose territory trade in tobacco is carried on by a monopoly of a commercial character undertake to maintain their annual purchases of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse of Greek origin at the level of their average imports for manufacturing purposes during 1957 , 1958 and 1959 . 5 . Pending the replacement of national tobacco organizations by a common organization , where imports of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse of Greek origin into Member States in whose territory trade in tobacco is not conducted by a monopoly of a commercial character are running at a higher level than average imports in 1957 , 1958 and 1959 as a result of the tariff provisions set out in paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 above , the other Member States undertake to increase their purchases each year by an equivalent proportion of their average imports of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse of Greek origin for manufacturing purposes during 1957 , 1958 and 1959 . In the first year in which the Agreement is in force , the French tobacco monopoly shall , as a temporary measure , increase its purchases of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse of Greek origin by 10 % of its average imports from Greece for manufacturing purposes during 1957 , 1958 and 1959 . 6 . Notwithstanding paragraphs 4 and 5 above , during the first five years following the


text: entry into force of the Agreement annual purchases by the Italian tobacco monopoly of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse of Greek origin shall be not less than 60 % of that monopoly's imports of oriental types of tobacco ; they must in any case amount to at least US dollars 2-8 million . At the end of these five years , unless otherwise decided by the Council of Association , the Italian tobacco monopoly may either agree to continue the undertaking provided for in the foregoing subparagraph or comply with the first subparagraph of paragraph 5 of this Protocol . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 16 on the common agricultural policy for tobacco THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Conscious of the special significance of tobacco for the economy and the export trade of Greece , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . During the first two stages of the transitional period laid down in the Treaty establishing the Community , the common agricultural policy for tobacco shall not be introduced or altered without the assent of the Council of Association . 2 . The Community shall endeavour to introduce that policy during the first two stages mentioned in paragraph 1 . 3 . If that policy is introduced or altered after the end of the second stage of the transitional period laid down in the Treaty establishing the Community , it shall , while taking into account the objectives set out in Article 39 of that Treaty , be so devised as not to prejudice the maintenance and expansion of imports of tobacco from Greece resulting from the application of the Agreement of Association and of the Protocol on imports of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse . 4 . If Greece cannot harmonize its policy with the common agricultural policy for tobacco as and when this is determined , Greece shall retain the right to maintain exports to the Community in an appropriate form at the amount which they have attained by that time . The amount of the increase designed to ensure the expansion of imports of Greek tobacco shall be determined by the Council of Association . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 17 on the importation of dried grapes ( heading No ex 08.04 in the Brussels Nomenclature ) THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , In order to encourage a rapid expansion of Greek exports of dried grapes to the Community , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . The customs duties in force for dried grapes on 1 January 1957 in Member States of the Community shall be reduced by 50 % at the date of entry into force of the Agreement of Association . 2 . Member States shall , not later than the date of entry into force of the Agreement , make the first alignment of their respective national tariffs for dried grapes on the Common Customs Tariff , in accordance


text: with Article 23 of the Treaty establishing the Community . 3 . Customs duties on imports of dried grapes into Member States shall be abolished not later than the end of the sixth year after the entry into force of the Agreement . From that date Member States shall apply the Common Customs Tariff in its entirety to dried grapes . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 18 on the exportation to the Community of certain Greek agricultural products THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Conscious that the exportation of certain agricultural products is of vital importance to certain Member States of the Community and to Greece ; Having regard to the necessity of meeting as far as possible , within the framework of the Treaty establishing the Community and of the Agreement of Association with Greece , the requirements of the economies of Greece and Member States which export those agricultural products , HAVE AGREED to regulate exports of those agricultural products by Greece to the Community in the following manner : 1 . This Protocol shall apply to the following fresh products : _ citrus fruit , _ grapes for direct consumption , _ peaches . 2 . The protective clause in paragraph 3 of this Protocol may be invoked only if Greek exports to the Community of each of the products listed in paragraph 1 above exceed the following tonnages : ( a ) from the date of entry into force of the Agreement of Association : _ citrus fruit 22 000 tonnes , _ grapes for direct consumption 15 000 tonnes , _ peaches 40 000 tonnes ; ( b ) from the second to the fifth year inclusive : for each year , the tonnage allowed for the previous year , plus 20 % ; ( c ) from the sixth year until the expiry of this Protocol , the tonnage allowed for the previous year , plus a percentage to be determined by the Council of Association . If Greece should face real difficulties in maintaining its exports of citrus fruit to third countries with which it has bilateral trade agreements , the Council of Association shall consider the possibility of increasing the tonnages laid down above . 3 . Where exports from Greece to the Community exceed the tonnages specified in paragraph 2 , and where these exports are liable to create real difficulties for similar exports from Member States , the Community may , at the request of one of the Member States and on a proposal from the Commission , take such measures as may be necessary . There shall be prior consultation with Greece in the Council of Association . 4 . Paragraphs 1 to 3 shall remain in force until the common agricultural policy of the Community and the agricultural policy of Greece have been harmonized as regards the products specified in paragraph 1 , or until the expiry of the two-year and one-year


text: time limits referred to in Article 36 ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) respectively of the Agreement . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 19 Financial Protocol THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Desiring to promote the accelerated development of the Greek economy in furtherance of the objectives of the Agreement of Association , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . Requests for the financing of investment projects which will serve to increase the productivity of the Greek economy and to further the objectives of the Agreement of Association may be made by the Greek State and by Greek undertakings to the lending agency designated by the Community . 2 . The loans provided for in paragraph 1 may be granted to a total of US dollars 125 million . This amount may be used in the five years following the entry into force of this Protocol . 3 . ( a ) The examination of the eligibility of projects and the granting of loans to the Greek State and to Greek undertakings shall be carried out in accordance with the rules , conditions and procedures which the Statute of the European Investment Bank lays down for the granting of loans . ( b ) The length of the amortization period of each loan shall be determined on the basis of the economic features of the project to be financed ; this period may be up to 25 years . ( c ) Loans may be used to cover expenditure on imports or domestic expenditure , where such expenditure is necessary for carrying out approved investment projects . ( d ) Greece undertakes to make available to debtors of the lending agency the currency necessary for capital repayments and interest payments in respect of loans granted by that agency for projects to be carried out in Greece . 4 . Loans shall bear interest at the same rate as that charged by the European Investment Bank at the time of signature of the loan contract . However , in view of the priority accorded in Greece's investment programme to investment projects the return on which is indirect or long term , in particular those relating to land improvement , roads and power , the loans may , for up to two-thirds of the total specified in paragraph 2 , qualify for interest rebates of 3 % per annum , if the nature of the project for which financing is requested so requires . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . PROTOCOL No 20 on trade between Greece and overseas countries and territories associated with the Community THE CONTRACTING PARTIES , Taking into consideration the close economic ties between the Community and the overseas countries and territories associated with it ; Recognizing that the application to products originating in the overseas countries and territories of the rules laid down by the Treaty establishing the Community may give rise to problems in


text: respect of the movement of those products within the customs union established between the Community and Greece ; Desiring to promote the development of trade between Greece and the overseas countries and territories , HAVE AGREED to settle as soon as possible the question of indirect trade between Greece and the overseas countries and territories associated with the Community , and to propose to the competent authorities of those countries and territories negotiations with the Greek authorities for the purpose of regulating by mutual agreement after consultation with the Community the direct trade between those countries and territories and Greece . This Protocol shall be annexed to the Agreement of Association . In witness whereof , the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Agreement . Done at Athens this ninth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one . For his Majesty the King of the Belgians : Paul-Henri SPAAK For the President of the Federal Republic of Germany : Gebhard SEELOS For the President of the French Republic : Maurice COUVE de MURVILLE For the President of the Italian Republic : Emilio COLOMBO For Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg : Eugène SCHAUS For Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands : H . R . van HOUTEN For the Council of the European Economic Community : Ludwig ERHARD For His Majesty the King of the Hellenes : P . KANELLOPOULOS A . PROTOPAPADAKIS E . AVEROF-TOSSIZZA Provided that the Community shall be finally bound only after the other Contracting Party has been notified that the procedures required by the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and , in particular , consultation of the European Parliament , have been completed . FINAL ACT The Plenipotentiaries of His Majesty the King of the Belgians , the President of the Federal Republic of Germany , the President of the French Republic , the President of the Italian Republic , Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg , Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands , and the Council of the European Economic Community , of the one part , and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes , of the other part , meeting at Athens , on the ninth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one , for the signature of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece , have adopted the following texts : Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece and Annexes thereto , together with the following Protocols : Protocol No 1 on public contracts ; Protocol No 2 on the application of Article 7 of the Agreement of Association ; Protocol No 3 on the levy provided for in Article 8 of the Agreement of the Association ; Protocol No 4 on German internal trade and connected problems ; Protocol No 5 on goods originating in or coming from third countries not parties to the


text: Association , which are eligible for special customs treatment by reason of their origin or source ; Protocol No 6 on the special arrangements to be applied by Member States of the Community in their trade with Greece ; Protocol No 7 on certain suspended duties in the Greek Customs Tariff ; Protocol No 8 on the opening of certain tariff quotas by Greece ; Protocol No 9 on the use by Greece of American aid ; Protocol No 10 on amendments to the Common Customs Tariff ; Protocol No 11 on the deposits currently required in Greece for imports of certain goods ; Protocol No 12 on Articles 12 and 37 of the Agreement of Association ; Protocol No 13 on the exportation to Greece of certain agricultural products of Member States of the Community ; Protocol No 14 on Greek exports of wine of fresh grapes , and of grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol ; Protocol No 15 on the importation of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse ; Protocol No 16 on the common agricultural policy for tobacco ; Protocol No 17 on the importation of dried grapes ; Protocol No 18 on the exportation to the Community of certain Greek agricultural products ; Protocol No 19 Financial Protocol ; Protocol No 20 on trade between Greece and the overseas countries and territories associated with the Community . The Plenipotentiaries have also adopted the texts of the Declarations of Intent which are listed below and annexed to this Act ( Annex I ) : 1 . Declaration of Intent on certain products of importance to Greece ; 2 . Declaration of Intent on access by Greece to the European Investment Bank . On signing these texts the Plenipotentiaries have : _ adopted the Interpretative Declarations which are listed below and annexed to this Act ( Annex II ) : 1 . Interpretative Declaration on Article 31 of the Agreement of Association ; 2 . Interpretative Declaration on Article 64 ( 3 ) of the Agreement of Association ; 3 . Interpretative Declaration on paragraphs 5 and 6 of Protocol No 15 on the importation of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse ; 4 . Interpretative Declaration on Protocol No 16 on the common agricultural policy for tobacco ; 5 . Interpretative Declaration on the definition of " Contracting Parties " in the Agreement of Association , _ and taken note of the Declarations by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany which are listed below and annexed to this Act ( Annex III ) : 1 . Declaration on the definition of the expression " German National " ; 2 . Declaration on the application of the Agreement to Berlin . The Plenipotentiaries have agreed that the Declarations annexed to this Act shall be subjected , in the same manner as for the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Greece , to any procedures that may be necessary to


text: ensure their validity . In witness whereof , the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Final Act . Done at Athens this ninth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one . For His Majesty the King of the Belgians : Paul-Henri SPAAK For the President of the Federal Republic of Germany : Gebhard SEELOS For the President of the French Republic : Maurice COUVE de MURVILLE For the President of the Italian Republic : Emilio COLOMBO For Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg : Eugène SCHAUS For Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands : H . R . van HOUTEN For the Council of the European Economic Cummunity : For His Majesty the King of the Hellenes : Ludwig ERHARD P . KANELLOPOULOS A . PROTOPAPADAKIS E . AVEROF-TOSSIZZA Provided that the Community shall be finally bound only after the other Contracting Party has been notified that the procedures required by the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and in particular , consultation of the European Parliament , have been completed . ANNEX I Declaration of Intent 1 . Declaration of Intent on certain products of importance to Greece ( 1 ) The Community declares that it does not contemplate establishing a common organization of the market in dried grapes . ( 2 ) The Council of Association shall examine the opportunities for expanding to the fullest possible extent trade in cotton between the Community and Greece . 2 . Declaration of Intent on access by Greece to the European Investment Bank The Member States of the Community , conscious of the importance for the development of the Greek economy of maintaining continuity in the external financing arrangements of Greece , declare their readiness to consider this question in the course of the five years following the entry into force of the Agreement of Association , and , in particular , to envisage access by Greece to the European Investment Bank . ANNEX II Interpretative Declarations 1 . Interpretative Declaration on Article 31 of the Agreement of Association The Contracting Parties recognize that Article 31 of the Agreement of Association must be interpreted in accordance with the principles set out in Articles 37 and 90 of the Treaty establishing the Community . 2 . Interpretative Declaration on Article 64 ( 3 ) of the Agreement of Association The Contracting Parties recognize that the mutual interests to be taken fully into account in accordance with Article 64 ( 3 ) include the Community's interest in seeing other friendly nations accede to or associate themselves with it on equitable terms . 3 . Interpretative Declaration on paragraphs 5 and 6 of Protocol No 15 on imports of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse The Contracting Parties declare that : ( 1 ) The first subparagraph of paragraph 5 of Protocol No 15 on the importation of unmanufactured tobacco and tobacco refuse shall be interpreted in such a manner that , if the French and Italian


text: monopolies are fully adjusted in accordance with the Treaty establishing the Community before the common organization of the market has been substituted for national organizations , those monopolies shall no longer be governed by the undertaking specified in paragraphs 5 and 6 . In that event , France and Italy shall be bound by the same obligations as countries in which tobacco is not the subject of a monopoly . ( 2 ) The purchasing commitments of the Italian monopoly shall be calculated on the basis of that monopoly's annual imports of oriental types of tobacco , excluding inward processing traffic , as shown in official statistics . 4 . Interpretative Declaration on Protocol No 16 on the common agricultural policy for tobacco The Contracting Parties agree that the import openings provided for in paragraph 4 of that Protocol shall take a form to be determined on the basis of the Community rules for the product in question . Determination of the amount of the envisaged increase shall take into account any special situation arising from substantial differences in tobacco policies or sales outlets on the Community market . 5 . Interpretative Declaration on the definition of " Contracting Parties " in the Agreement of Association The Contracting Parties agree that , for the purposes of the Agreement of Association , " Contracting Parties " means , on the one hand , either the Community and Member States or the Member States alone or the Community alone and , the other hand , the Kingdom of Greece . The meaning in each case is to be deduced from the relevant provisions of the Agreement and from the corresponding provisions of the Treaty establishing the Community . In certain circumstances , such as those provided for in Articles 10 , 55 , and 56 of the Agreement of Association , " Contracting Parties " means , during the transitional period of the Treaty establishing the Community , the Member States and , after the expiry of that period , the Community . ANNEX III Declarations by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany 1 . Declaration on the definition of the expression " German National " All Germans as defined in the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany shal be considered nationals of the Federal Republic of Germany . 2 . Declaration on the application of the Agreement to Berlin The Agreement of Association shall equally apply to Land Berlin unless the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany makes a declaration to the contrary to the other Contracting Parties within three months . AFTALE om en associering mellem Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab og Graekenland PRAEAMBEL HANS MAJESTAET BELGIERNES KONGE , PRAESIDENTEN FOR FORBUNDSREPUBLIKKEN TYSKLAND , PRAESIDENTEN FOR DEN FRANSKE REPUBLIK , PRAESIDENTEN FOR DEN ITALIENSKE REPUBLIK , HENDES KONGELIGE HOEJHED STORHERTUGINDEN AF LUXEMBOURG , HENDES MAJESTAET DRONNINGEN AF NEDERLANDENE , RAADET FOR DET EUROPAEISKE OEKONOMISKE FAELLESSKAB paa den ene side , og HANS MAJESTAET HELLENERNES KONGE ,


text: paa den anden side SOM ER BESLUTTET paa at knytte stadig snaevrere baand mellem det graeske folk og folkene inden for Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab ; SOM HAR BESLUTTET at sikre en fortsat hoejnelse af levevilkaarene i Graekenland og i Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab gennem oeget oekonomisk fremskridt og en harmonisk udvikling af samhandelen , samt at mindske de oekonomiske uligheder mellem Graekenland og oekonomien inden for Faellesskabets medlemsstater ; SOM TAGER HENSYN TIL de saerlige problemer , som udviklingen i den graeske oekonomi rejser ; SOM ERKENDER , at den stoette , som Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab har ydet det graeske folk i dets bestraebelser paa at forbedre sin levestandard , yderligere vil lette Graekenlands tiltraedelse af Faellesskabet ; SOM HAR BESLUTTET at styrke fredens og frihedens sag ved i faellesskab at forfoelge det ideal , som har tilskyndet til traktaten om oprettelse af Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab ; HAR VEDTAGET _ i henhold til artikel 238 i traktaten om oprettelse af Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab at indgaa en aftale om en associering mellem Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab og Graekenland og har med dette formaal for oeje som befuldmaegtigede udpeget : HANS MAJESTAET BELGIERNES KONGE : Paul-Henri SPAAK , vicepremierminister og udenrigsminister ; PRAESIDENTEN FOR FORBUNDSREPUBLIKKEN TYSKLAND : Gebhard SEELOS , ambassadoer i Athen ; PRAESIDENTEN FOR DEN FRANSKE REPUBLIK : Maurice COUVE de MURVILLE , udenrigsminister ; PRAESIDENTEN FOR DEN ITALIENSKE REPUBLIK : Emilio COLOMBO , industri - og handelsminister ; HENDES KONGELIGE HOEJHED STORHERTUGINDEN AF LUXEMBOURG : Eugène SCHAUS , regeringens viceformand og udenrigsminister ; HENDES MAJESTAET DRONNINGEN AF NEDERLANDENE : Dr . H . P . van HOUTEN , statssekretaer i udenrigsministeriet ; RAADET FOR DET EUROPAEISKE OEKONOMISKE FAELLESSKAB : Prof . Dr . Ludwig ERHARD , fungerende formand for Raadet for Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab og vicekansler samt oekonomiminister for Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland ; HANS MAJESTAET HELLENERNES KONGE : P . KANELLOPOULOS , viceformand for ministerraadet , A . PROTOPAPADAKIS , samordningsminister , E . AVEROFF-TOSSIZZA , udenrigsminister ; SOM , efter at have udvekslet deres fuldmagter , der er fundet i god og behoerig form , ER BLEVET ENIGE OM FOELGENDE BESTEMMELSER _ AFSNIT I PRINCIPPERNE Artikel 1 Ved denne aftale oprettes en associering mellem Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab og Graekenland . Artikel 2 1 . Aftalen har til formaal at fremme en varig og afbalanceret styrkelse af de oekonomiske og handelsmaessige forbindelser mellem parterne , under fuld hensyntagen til noedvendigheden af at sikre en hurtigere udvikling af den graeske oekonomi og en hoejnelse af beskaeftigelsesniveauet og levevilkaarene for det graeske folk . 2 . Med de i ovenstaaende stk . naevnte maal for oeje skal associeringen under de betingelser og i det tempo , der er foreskrevet i aftalen , indebaere : a ) at der oprettes en toldunion ; b ) at der sker en udvikling af parternes faelles foranstaltninger og en harmonisering af deres politik paa de i aftalen fastsatte omraader ; c ) at der inden for rammerne af den finansprotokol


text: , der er knyttet til aftalen , stilles saadanne midler til raadighed for den graeske oekonomi , som kan fremme en hurtigere udvikling af denne . Artikel 3 For at sikre gennemfoerelsen af den gradvise udvikling af associeringsordningen skal de kontraherende parter moedes i et associeringsraad , som handler inden for graenserne af de befoejelser , som tillaegges det ved aftalen . Artikel 4 De kontraherende parter traeffer alle almindelige eller saerlige foranstaltninger , som er egnede til at sikre opfyldelsen af de forpligtelser , der foelger af aftalen . Parterne afholder sig fra at traeffe foranstaltninger , der kan bringe virkeliggoerelsen af aftalens maalsaetning i fare . Artikel 5 1 . Inden for denne aftales anvendelsesomraade og med forbehold af dens saerlige bestemmelser udoever eller tolererer ingen af de kontraherende parter nogen form for forskelsbehandling , som udoeves paa grundlag af nationalitet og som skader fysiske personer , der er hjemmehoerende og bosat paa en af de kontraherende parters omraade . 2 . Selskaber , som er oprettet i overensstemmelse med en af Faellesskabets medlemsstaters eller Graekenlands lovgivning , og hvis vedtaegtsmaessige hjemsted , hovedkontor eller hovedvirksomhed er beliggende paa en af de kontraherende parters omraade , ligestilles for saa vidt angaar anvendelsen af foregaaende stk . , med fysiske personer . Ved selskaber forstaas privatretlige selskaber , heri indbefattet kooperative selskaber , samt alle andre juridiske personer , der henhoerer under offentlig ret eller privatretten med undtagelse af selskaber , der ikke arbejder med gevinst for oeje . 3 . Associeringsraadet traeffer passende afgoerelser i det omfang , det findes fornoedent , med henblik paa at bringe den i denne artikel naevnte forskelsbehandling til ophoer . AFSNIT II FRIE VAREBEVAEGELSER Artikel 6 Associeringens grundlag er en toldunion , som med forbehold af de i denne aftale fastsatte undtagelser omfatter al vareudveksling , og som mellem Faellesskabets medlemsstater og Graekenland indebaerer forbud mod told ved ind - og udfoersel , saavel som mod alle afgifter med tilsvarende virkning , samt Graekenlands anvendelse af Faellesskabets faelles toldtarif over for tredjelande . Den overgangsperiode , der er fastsat til gennemfoerelse af toldunionen , er paa tolv aar med forbehold af de undtagelser , der fastsaettes i denne aftale . Artikel 7 1 . Bestemmelserne i kapitel I , afdeling I , og i kapitel II i dette afsnit finder anvendelse paa : a ) varer , der er fremstillet i Faellesskabets medlemsstater eller i Graekenland , herunder varer , som helt eller delvis er fremstillet af varer hidroerende fra tredjeland , som frit kan omsaettes i medlemsstaterne eller i Graekenland ; b ) varer hidroerende fra tredjeland , som frit kan omsaettes i medlemsstaterne eller i Graekenland . 2 . Ved varer , som frit kan omsaettes i medlemsstaterne eller i Graekenland , forstaas saadanne fra tredjeland hidroerende varer , for hvilke de foreskrevne formaliteter i forbindelse med indfoerselen er blevet opfyldt , og for hvilke medlemsstaterne eller Graekenland har opkraevet gaeldende told og afgifter med tilsvarende virkning som told ,


text: og for hvilke disse told - eller afgiftsbeloeb ikke er blevet helt eller delvis godtgjort . Artikel 8 1 . Bestemmelserne i kapitel I , afdeling I , og i kapitel II i dette afsnit finder ligeledes anvendelse paa varer , der er fremstillet i en af Faellesskabets medlemsstater eller i Graekenland , og til hvis fremstilling er medgaaet varer hidroerende fra tredjeland , som hverken kan omsaettes frit i medlemsstaterne eller i Graekenland . For at disse varer kan drage fordel af disse bestemmelser , skal den udfoerende stat opkraeve en afgift , hvis stoerrelse svarer til en procentsats af den i den faelles toldtarif fastsatte told paa de varer fra tredjelande , der er medgaaet til den paagaeldende vares fremstilling . Denne procentsats , der fastsaettes af Associeringsraadet for en bestemt periode , staar i noeje forbindelse med den toldnedsaettelse , der ydes varerne i den indfoerende stat . Associeringsraadet fastsaetter ligeledes de naermere betingelser for opkraevningen af afgiften under hensyntagen til de regler , der i hvert enkelt tilfaelde gaelder for handelen mellem medlemsstaterne . 2 . Saafremt de paagaeldende regler for handelen mellem medlemsstaterne aendres , fastsaetter Associeringsraadet de nye bestemmelser , der skal anvendes mellem de kontraherende parter . Artikel 9 De kontraherende parter fastlaegger formerne for det administrative samarbejde , der skal gennemfoeres med henblik paa anvendelsen af artikel 7 og 8 under hensyntagen til de principper , som Faellesskabet har fastlagt for vareudvekslingen mellem medlemsstaterne . Artikel 10 1 . Enhver kontraherende part , som skoenner , at der som foelge af uoverensstemmelser ved anvendelsen af told , kvantitative restriktioner eller andre foranstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning paa indfoerselen , saavel som alle andre handelspolitiske foranstaltninger , er grund til at naere frygt for fordrejning af samhandelen eller oekonomiske vanskeligheder paa dets territorium , retter henvendelse herom til Associeringsraadet , som i paakommende tilfaelde kan anvise egnede retningslinjer til undgaaelse af de skader , der kan opstaa som foelge heraf . 2 . Saafremt der opstaar fordrejninger af samhandelen eller oekonomiske vanskeligheder , og den beroerte part skoenner , at disse noedvendiggoer omgaaende indgriben , traeffer den selv de noedvendige beskyttelsesforanstaltninger og underretter associeringsraadet derom . Associeringsraadet afgoer , hvorvidt disse foranstaltninger skal aendres eller ophaeves . 3 . Der skal fortrinsvis vaelges saadanne foranstaltninger , som mindst muligt forstyrrer aftalens funktion og den normale udvikling i samhandelen . 4 . Hver kontraherende part kan dog inden udloebet af det foerste aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden opstille en liste over varer , der henhoerer under den i artikel 7 , stk . 1 , litra b ) , omhandlede kategori , og for hvilke den skoenner , at der er grund til at naere frygt for fordrejninger af samhandelen som foelge af uoverensstemmelser mellem toldsatserne , og paa hvilken en oejeblikkelig anvendelse af bestemmelserne i kapitel I , afdeling I , og i kapitel II i dette afsnit derfor ikke kan finde sted . Listerne fremsendes til Associeringsraadet , som regelmaessigt gennemgaar dem med henblik


text: paa gradvis at afvikle dem . Artikel 11 Under den i artikel 6 fastsatte overgangsperiode foranstalter de kontraherende parter i det omfang , det er noedvendigt for associeringens gode funktion , en tilnaermelse af deres administrativt eller ved lov fastsatte bestemmelser paa toldomraadet under hensyntagen til den tilnaermelse , der allerede har fundet sted mellem Faellesskabets medlemsstater . KAPITEL I TOLDUNIONEN Afdeling I Fjernelse af tolden mellem de kontraherende parter Artikel 12 De kontraherende parter afstaar fra at indfoere ny indbyrdes told ved ind - og udfoersel eller afgifter med tilsvarende virkning som told og fra at forhoeje de toldsatser og afgifter , som de anvender i deres indbyrdes samhandel paa datoen for aftalens ikrafttraeden . Artikel 13 Den indfoerselstold og de afgifter med tilsvarende virkning som told , som er i kraft mellem Faellesskabets medlemsstater og Graekenland , afskaffes gradvist i overensstemmelse med de i artiklerne 14 og 15 fastsatte bestemmelser . Artikel 14 1 . For hver vare udgoer den pr . 1 . januar 1957 anvendte toldsats den basistoldsats , ud fra hvilken Faellesskabets medlemsstater skal foretage de successive nedsaettelser , saaledes som den er fastsat i artikel 14 , stk . 1 , i traktaten om oprettelse af Faellesskabet . 2 . For hver vare udgoeres den basistoldsats , ud fra hvilken Graekenland skal foretage de successive nedsaettelser , af den toldsats , som faktisk anvendes over for medlemsstaterne paa datoen for aftalens ikrafttraeden . 3 . Afviklingstempoet bestemmes paa foelgende maade : Den foerste nedsaettelse gennemfoeres ved aftalens ikrafttraeden , den anden , den tredje , den fjerde , den femte , den sjette og den syvende foretages successivt hver derpaa foelgende atten maaneder . Den ottende nedsaettelse og de derpaa foelgende gennemfoeres hvert aar . 4 . Ved hver nedsaettelse reduceres basistoldsatsen for hver vare med 10 % . 5 . Dog kan den told eller de afgifter med tilsvarende virkning som told , som Faellesskabets medlemslande anvender over for Graekenland , under ingen omstaendigheder vaere lavere end dem , de anvender indbyrdes . Artikel 15 1 . For de toldpositioner , der er opfoert i bilag I til aftalen , og for hvilke en forlaenget overgangsperiode forekommer noedvendig , nedsaetter Graekenland _ uanset artiklerne 6 og 14 , stk . 3 og 4 _ paa foelgende maade basistoldsatserne over for Faellesskabets medlemsstater i loebet af en overgangsperiode paa toogtyve aar : Hver toldsats nedsaettes med 5 % ved aftalens ikrafttraeden . Der foretages yderligere tre nedsaettelser paa hver 5 % hver tredivte maaned . De saaledes nedsatte toldsatser udgoer basistoldsatser for de yderligere nedsaettelser , som gennemfoeres efter udgangen af det tiende aar i det tempo og i overensstemmelse med de bestemmelser , som er fastsat i artikel 14 , stk . 3 og 4 . 2 . I de to foerste aar aftalen anvendes , har Graekenland _ til et beloeb , der repraesenterer en vaerdi af 3 % af dets indfoersel fra Faellesskabet i 1958 _ adgang til at aendre den


text: liste , der er opfoert i bilag I , for saa vidt den samlede vaerdi , som denne liste repraesenterede i 1958 , ikke forhoejes . De gennemfoerte nedsaettelser af toldsatserne for de varer , der oprindeligt henhoerte under demobiliseringssystemet i artikel 14 , og som senere overfoertes til den i bilag I opfoerte liste , opretholdes midlertidigt . For de varer , der oprindeligt var opfoert paa denne liste , og som slettes fra den , anvender Graekenland med oejeblikkelig virkning de toldnedsaettelser , der allerede er gennemfoert i henhold til bestemmelserne i artikel 14 . Artikel 16 1 . Uafhaengigt af bestemmelserne i artiklerne 14 og 15 kan hver af de kontraherende parter helt eller delvis suspendere opkraevningen af de toldsatser , der anvendes for varer , indfoert fra den anden kontraherende part . Sidstnaevnte skal underrettes herom . 2 . Hver af de kontraherende parter erklaerer sig tede til at nedsaette sin told over for den anden part i et hurtigere tempo end det , der er fastsat i artiklerne 14 og 15 , hvis deres almindelige oekonomiske situation og den paagaeldende erhvevsgrens forhold tillader det . Associeringsraadet retter egnede henstillinger i dette oejemed . Artikel 17 1 . Bestemmelserne i artiklerne 12 til og med 16 finder anvendelse paa finanstolden . 2 . Umiddelbart efter aftalens ikrafttraeden meddeler Faellesskabets medlemsstater og Graekenland Associeringsraadet deres finanstoldsatser . 3 . Medlemsstaterne og Graekenland bevarer adgangen til at erstatte denne finanstold med en intern afgift , der er i overensstemmelse med bestemmelserne i artikel 53 i aftalen . 4 . Saafremt associeringsraadet finder , at det volder Graekenland alvorlige vanskeligheder at afloese en finanstold , bemyndiger det Graekenland til at opretholde den paagaeldende told paa betingelse af , at den ophaeves senest seks aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden . Anmodning om en saadan bemyndigelse skal foreligge senest to maaneder efter aftalens ikrafttraeden . Graekenland kan midlertidigt opretholde de paagaeldende toldsatser , indtil associeringsraadet har truffet sin afgoerelse . Artikel 18 1 . Uanset artiklerne 6 , 12 og 14 har Graekenland under den i artikel 6 fastsatte overgangsperiode ret til at genindfoere , forhoeje eller indfoere importtold med henblik paa at fremme oprettelse af nye aktiviteter , som kan bidrage til landets oekonomiske udvikling og til hoejnelse af det graeske folks beskaeftigelsesniveau og levevilkaar . Disse foranstaltninger kan traeffes for saa vidt de er noedvendige til beskyttelse og fremme af en ny forarbejdningsindustri , som ikke eksisterede i Graekenland ved aftalens ikrafttraeden . Disse foranstaltninger finder kun anvendelse paa saerlige produktioner . 2 . De toldforanstaltninger , der er i overensstemmelse med de i stk . 1 opregnede betingelser , kan ikke _ for hver af de positioner , de beroerer _ foroege de toldsatser , der anvendes paa indfoersel fra Faellesskabet til mere end 25 % ad valorem . De toldforanstaltninger , der traeffes i medfoer af denne artikel , maa ikke omfatte et samlet importbeloeb paa mere end 10 % af Graekenlands indfoersel fra Faellesskabet i 1958 .


text: For hver vare , der beroeres af disse toldforanstaltninger , udgoeres det beloeb , der skal tillaegges det ovenfor omtalte samlede beloeb paa 10 % af vaerdien af indfoerselen af denne vare fra Faellesskabet i 1958 . Saafremt Associeringsraadet ikke traeffer anden afgoerelse , kan gyldighedsperioden for disse foranstaltninger ikke overstige ni aar . 3 Graekenland underretter Associeringsraadet om de foranstaltninger , det agter at traeffe . Associeringsraadet kan i tilfaelde af , at de betingelser , der opregnes i stk . 1 , er uopfyldt , rette de i denne henseende egnede henstillinger . 4 . Ved udgangen af den gyldighedsperiode , der fastsaettes for hver af de foranstaltninger , der traeffes i henhold til denne artikel , skal den anvendte toldsats ophaeves , saafremt den ikke eksisterede tidligere , eller foeres tilbage til sit tidligere niveau , hvis der har vaeret tale om en forhoejelse . I sidste tilfaelde kommer den igen ind under de toldnedsaettelsesregler , der skulle have vaeret anvendt paa den . Toldsatsen ophaeves senest ved udgangen af den i artikel 15 fastsatte overgangsperiode . Graekenland kan i den periode , hver de foranstaltninger , der er truffet i medfoer af foregaaende stk . , er gyldige , og for de varer , der beroeres af disse foranstaltninger , suspendere anvendelsen af bestemmelserne i artikel 20 . Dog skal den faelles toldtarif for disse varers vedkommende anvendes fuldt ud senest paa det tidspunkt , hvor toldsatserne for disse varer ophaeves over for medlemsstaterne . 5 . Associeringsraadet kan traeffe afgoerelse om , at den ret , som Graekenland har ifoelge stk . 1 : a ) kan forlaenges ud over den i artikel 6 fastsatte overgangsperiode ; b ) kan indebaere toldforanstaltninger ud over den graense paa 10 % , der er fastsat i stk . 2 i denne artikel ; c ) kan indebaere mulighed for at genindfoere kontingenter i stedet for indfoerelse eller forhoejelse af tolden paa betingelse af , at det fastsatte kontingent ikke er mindre end 60 % af indfoerselen af den paagaeldende vare fra Faellesskabets medlemsstater i det foregaaende aar ; importvaerdien i 1958 af de varer fra medlemsstaterne , der beroeres af disse kontingentforanstaltninger , laegges til det samlede beloeb , der er fastsat i stk . 2 i denne artikel . Associeringsraadet fastsaetter de naermere betingelser for disse foranstaltninger samt betingelserne for deres afvikling . 6 . De toldforanstaltninger , som Graekenland traeffer i henhold til ovennaevnte bestemmelser , kan under ingen omstaendigheder bevirke , at de toldsatser , der finder anvendelse paa Graekenlands indfoersel fra medlemsstaterne , forhoejes til et niveau ; der ligger over de toldsatser , som Graekenland anvender paa indfoersel fra tredjelande . 7 . Bestemmelserne i denne artikel finder ikke anvendelse paa varer , der er opfoert i bilag I til aftalen . Artikel 19 Senest fire aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden ophaever Faellesskabets medlemsstater og Graekenland eksporttold og afgifter med tilsvarende virkning som told mellem sig indbyrdes . Afdeling II Graekenlands indfoerelse af


text: den faelles toldtarif Artikel 20 1 . Tilnaermelsen af den graeske toldtarif til den faelles toldtarif sker i loebet af den i artikel 6 fastsatte overgangsperiode og i overensstemmelse med foelgende bestemmelser ud fra de afgifter , som Graekenland faktisk anvender over for tredjelande paa datoen for aftalens ikrafttraeden : a ) for toldpositioner , for hvilke forskellen mellem de toldsatser , som Graekenland faktisk anvender paa datoen for aftalens ikrafttraeden , og den faelles toldtarif ikke udgoer mere end 15 % , det vaere sig opad eller nedad , anvendes den faelles toldtarif ved den i artikel 14 omhandlede tredje nedsaettelse af toldsatserne ; b ) i de oevrige tilfaelde anvender Graekenland paa samme dato satser , der nedsaetter forskellen mellem den faelles toldtarif og den sats , der faktisk anvendes paa datoen for aftalens ikrafttraeden , med 30 % c ) denne forskel nedsaettes med yderligere 30 % ved den i artikel 14 fastsatte sjette nedsaettelse af toldsatserne ; d ) den faelles toldtarif anvendes fuldstaendig ved den i artikel 14 fastsatte tiende nedsaettelse af toldsatserne . 2 . Uanset foregaaende stk . og for de varer , der er opfoert i bilag I til aftalen , tilnaermer Graekenland sin tarif under den i artikel 15 fastsatte overgangsperiode i henhold til foelgende bestemmelser : a ) forskellen mellem de toldsatser , der faktisk anvendes paa datoen for aftalens ikrafttraeden og toldsatserne i den faelles toldtarif , nedsaettes med mindst 20 % syv og et halvt aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden ; b ) for toldpositioner , for hvilke forskellen mellem toldsatserne , som foelger af anvendelsen af bestemmelsen ovenfor under a ) , og den faelles toldtarif ikke udgoer mere end 15 % , det vaere sig opad eller nedad , anvendes den faelles toldtarif i begyndelsen af det fjortende aar ; i de oevrige tilfaelde anvender Graekenland paa samme dato satser , der nedsaetter forskellen mellem de i henhold til bestemmelsen ovenfor under a ) anvendte satser og den faelles toldtarif med 30 % ; denne forskel nedsaettes paa ny med 30 % fra begyndelsen af det attende aar ; den faelles toldtarif anvendes fuldstaendig ved udgangen af det toogtyvende aar . 3 . Indtil udgangen af den i artikel 15 fastsatte overgangsperiode har Graekenland efter samraad med Associeringsraadet ret til _ for et vist antal varers vedkommende , der ikke repraesenterer mere end 5 % af vaerdien af Graekenlands samlede indfoersel i 1958 _ at udsaette den nedsaettelse af dets toldsatser over for tredjelande , som skulle foretages i henhold til de foregaaende stykker . Ved udgangen af den i artikel 15 fastsatte overgangsperiode har Graekenland efter samraad med Associeringsraadet ret til _ for et vist antal varers vedkommende , der ikke repraesenterer mere end 3 % af vaerdien af Graekenlands samlede indfoersel i 1958 _ at opretholde sine toldsatser over for tredjelande paa et hoejere niveau end det , der er fastsat i den faelles toldtarif . Dog maa opretholdelsen af en toldsats , der er


text: hoejere end den , der er opfoert i den faelles toldtarif , ikke skade de frie varebevaegelser inden for associeringen . Graekenland forpligter sig til i tilfaelde af en hurtigere tilnaermelse mellem den graeske toldtarif og den faelles toldtarif ikke at aendre raekkevidden af aftalens mekanismer maerkbart og til at rette sig efter den fremgangsmaade Faellesskabet benytter paa dette omraade . For de varer , der er anfoert i bilag I , kan en saadan fremskyndelse ikke finde sted foer udgangen af det 12 . aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden , uden at Associeringsraadet i forvejen har erklaeret sig indforstaaet hermed . 4 . For saa vidt angaar de toldsatser , for hvilke der er givet den i artikel 17 , stk . 4 , fastsatte bemyndigelse , fritages Graekenland for at anvende bestemmelserne i stk . 1 og 2 i denne artikel . Ved tilladelsens udloeb anvender Graekenland de toldsatser , der foelger af anvendelsen af disse bestemmelser . Artikel 21 1 . Graekenland har for at lette indfoerselen af visse varer fra lande , med hvilke Graekenland har bilaterale handelsaftaler , ret til , saafremt aftalerne med disse lande beroeres maerkbart af anvendelsen af aftalens bestemmelser , at bevilge toldkontingenter med nedsatte toldsatser eller nultoldsatser efter forudgaaende indhentelse af Associeringsraadets samtykke . 2 . I intet tilfaelde kan toldsatserne for et toldkontingent vaere lavere end de satser , Graekenland faktisk anvender over for indfoersler fra Faellesskabet . KAPITEL II OPHAEVELSE AF DE KVANTITATIVE RESTRIKTIONER MELLEM DE KONTRAHERENDE PARTER Artikel 22 Kvantitative indfoerselsrestriktioner saavel som alle foranstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning er med forbehold af nedennaevnte bestemmelser forbudt mellem de kontraherende parter . Artikel 23 1 . De kontraherende parter afholder sig fra indbyrdes at indfoere nye kvantitative restriktioner eller importforanstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning . Denne forpligtelse gaelder dog : a ) for Faellesskabets medlemsstaters vedkommende kun for det liberaliseringsniveau , som de indbyrdes har konsolideret ; b ) for Graekenlands vedkommende kun for 60 % af de private indfoersler fra medlemsstaterne ; denne procentsats er beregnet paa grundlag af referenceaaret 1958 . Procentsatsen haeves til 75 % og 80 % af de samme indfoersler henholdsvis fem og ti aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden ; paa sidstnaevnte tidspunkt bestraeber Graekenland sig paa at naa et hoejere liberaliseringsniveau , som konsolideres over for medlemsstaterne . 2 . Ved aftalens ikrafttraeden overgiver medlemsstaterne de liberaliseringslister til Graekenland , som de indbyrdes har konsolideret ; disse lister konsolideres ligeledes med hensyn til Graekenland . 3 . Et aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden underretter Graekenland Kommissionen for Faellesskabet om listen over liberaliserede varer . Den saaledes bekendtgjorte liste konsolideres med hensyn til medlemsstaterne . Ved udgangen af det 5 . og 10 . aar underretter Graekenland Kommissionen om de yderligere lister over varer , som konsolideres over for medlemsstaterne . 4 . Graekenland har ret til at genindfoere kvantitative importrestriktioner for de varer , der er liberaliserede , men som ikke er konsoliderede i henhold til denne artikel . Graekenland aabner imidlertid straks efter genindfoerelsen af disse


text: restriktioner globale kontingenter over for medlemsstaterne . Disse kontingenter skal svare til mindst 75 % af indfoerslerne fra Faellesskabet i det aar , der gaar forud for denne genindfoerelse . Disse kontingenter underkastes bestemmelserne i artikel 26 , stk . 4 , i aftalen . 5 . Graekenland anvender under ingen omstaendigheder en mindre gunstig behandling over for medlemsstaterne end over for tredjelande . Artikel 24 De kontraherende parter afstaar fra , i den indbyrdes samhandel , at goere de paa tidspunktet for aftalens ikrafttraeden gaeldende importkontingenter og foranstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning mere restriktive . Artikel 25 1 . Faellesskabets medlemsstater ophaever de kvantitative restriktioner for indfoersler fra Graekenland paa de i de foelgende stykker fastsatte betingelser . 2 . Et aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden aabner medlemsstaterne kontingenter over for Graekenland for ikke-liberaliserede varer til et beloeb , der svarer til kontingenterne i de bilaterale aftaler , der eksisterede paa denne dato , eller i mangel af saadanne til indfoerslerne fra Graekenland i loebet af aftalens foerste anvendelsesaar . 3 . Tre aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden forhoejer medlemsstaterne de fastsatte kontingenter saaledes , at der gennemfoeres en forhoejelse i forhold til det foregaaende aar paa mindst 10 % af deres samlede vaerdi . Hvert aar forhoejes denne vaerdi med de samme procenter i forhold til det foregaaende aar . Fra det 11 . aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden forhoejes hvert kontingent hver 18 . maaned med mindst 20 % i forhold til den foregaaende periode . 4 . Saafremt medlemsstaterne i aftalens foerste anvendelsesaar ikke har foretaget indfoersler af visse ikke-liberaliserede varer fra Graekenland , fastsaettes de naermere betingelser for aabning og udvidelse af kontingenterne efter faelles aftale . 5 . Alle kvantitative importrestriktioner , som medlemsstaterne anvender over for Graekenland , skal vaere ophaevet senest toogtyve aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden . Artikel 261 . Graekenland ophaever de kvantitative restriktioner for indfoersler fra Faellesskabets medlemsstater paa de i de foelgende stykker opstillede betingelser . 2 . Et aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden aabnes der globalkontingenter , der er tilgaengelige for medlemsstaterne uden forskelsbehandling ved indfoersel af ikke-liberaliserede varer i Graekenland . Disse kontingenter fastsaettes til et beloeb , der er lig med omfanget af de indfoersler , der har fundet sted fra medlemsstaterne i det foregaaende aar . 3 . Naar indfoerselen fra medlemsstaterne for en ikke-liberaliseret vares vedkommende i aftalens foerste anvendelsesaar ikke naar op paa 7 % af den samlede indfoersel af denne vare , fastsaettes der et kontingent paa 7 % af denne indfoersel et aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden . 4 . Tre aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden forhoejer Graekenland samtlige fastsatte globalkontingenter , saaledes at der gennemfoeres en forhoejelse i forhold til det foregaaende aar paa mindst 10 % af deres samlede vaerdi . Hvert aar forhoejes denne vaerdi med de samme procentsatser i forhold til det foregaaende aar . 5 . Fra det 11 . aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden forhoejes hvert kontingent hver 18 . maaned med mindst 20 % i forhold til den foregaaende periode . 6


text: . Saafremt Graekenland ikke har foretaget indfoersler af visse ikke-liberaliserede varer i aftalens foerste anvendelsesaar , fastsaettes de naermere betingelser for aabning og udvidelse af kontingenterne efter faelles aftale . 7 . Saafremt Associeringsraadet fastslaar , at indfoerselen af en ikke-liberaliseret vare i to paa hinanden foelgende aar har vaeret mindre end de gaeldende kontingenter , kan disse kontingenter ikke tages i betragtning ved beregning af globalkontingenternes samlede vaerdi , i et saadant tilfaelde ophaever Graekenland kontingenteringen af de paagaeldende varer ved indfoersel fra medlemsstaterne . 8 . Alle kvantitative importrestriktioner i Graekenland skal vaere ophaevet senest toogtyve aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden . Artikel 27 Faellesskabets medlemsstater og Graekenland ophaever alle foranstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning som kontingenter senest ved udgangen af den i artikel 6 fastsatte overgangsperiode . Associeringsraadet anbefaler de gradvise tilpasninger , der skal foretages i denne periode . For saa vidt angaar disse tilpasninger tager Associeringsraadet hensyn til de reguleringer , der er sket paa dette omraade mellem medlemsstaterne . De kontraherende parter meddeler hinanden saa hurtigt som muligt og senest et halvt aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden alle de oplysninger om foranstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning som kontingenter , som de disponerer over . Artikel 28 1 . Kvantitative udfoerselsrestriktioner saavel som alle foranstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning er forbudt mellem de kontraherende parter . Senest ved udloebet af den i artikel 6 fastsatte overgangsperiode ophaever Faellesskabets medlemsstater og Graekenland indbyrdes de kvantitative udfoerselsrestriktioner og alle foranstaltninger med tilsvarende virkning . 2 . Som undtagelse fra foregaaende stk . kan Graekenland for basisprodukternes vedkommende og efter hoering i Associeringsraadet opretholde eller indfoere udfoerselsrestriktioner i det omfang , det er noedvendigt for at fremme udviklingen af visse aktiviteter inden for den graeske oekonomi eller for at imoedegaa en eventuel knaphed paa basisfoedevarer . I saa tilfaelde aabner Graekenland over for medlemsstaterne et globalkontingent , som tager hensyn til udfoerselen de foregaaende aar og den normale udvikling i den handel , som foelger af gennemfoerelsen af toldunionen . Artikel 29 Hver kontraherende part erklaerer sig rede til over for den anden part at fjerne sine kvantitative ind - og udfoerselsrestriktioner i et hurtigere tempo end det , der er fastsat i de foregaaende artikler , saafremt deres almindelige oekonomiske situation og den paagaeldende erhvervsgrens forhold tillader det . Associeringsraadet retter med henblik herpaa henstillinger til de kontraherende parter . Artikel 30 Bestemmelserne i de foregaaende artikler er ikke til hinder for saadanne forbud eller restriktioner vedroerende indfoersel , udfoersel eller transit , som er begrundet i hensynet til den offentlige saedelighed , den offentlige orden , den offentlige sikkerhed , beskyttelse af menneskers og dyrs liv eller sundhed , beskyttelse af planter , beskyttelse af nationale skatte og kunstnerisk , historisk eller arkaeologisk vaerdi , eller beskyttelse af industriel og kommerciel ejendomsret . Disse forbud eller restriktioner maa dog hverken udgoere et middel til vilkaarlig forskelsbehandling eller en skjult begraensning af samhandelen mellem de kontraherende parter . Artikel 31 1 . De kontraherende parter tilpasser gradvis de statslige handelsmonopoler , saaledes


text: at enhver forskelsbehandling mellem statsborgere i Faellesskabets medlemsstater og i Graekenland med hensyn til forsynings - og afsaetningsvilkaar er udelukket ved den i artikel 15 fastsatte overgangsperiodes udloeb . Denne artikels bestemmelser finder anvendelse paa ethvert organ , gennem hvilket en medlemsstat eller Graekenland , de jure eller de facto , direkte eller indirekte , kontrollerer , leder eller oever maerkbar indflydelse paa ind - eller udfoersler . Disse bestemmelser finder ogsaa anvendelse paa statskoncessionerede monopoler . 2 . De kontraherende parter afholder sig fra at indfoere nye foranstaltninger , som strider mod de i stk . 1 anfoerte principper , eller som begraenser raekkevidden af de artikler , der angaar afskaffelse af told og kvantitative restriktioner mellem de kontraherende parter . 3 . For sa vidt angaar de varer , der er genstand for et statsligt handelsmonopol eller et statskoncessioneret monopol i en eller flere medlemsstater , skal tempoet for gennemfoerelsen af de foranstaltninger , der er foreskrevet i stk . 1 , tilpasses den i artikel 25 i aftalen foreskrevne fjernelse af kvantitative restriktioner for de samme varer . 4 . De naermere betingelser for og det tempo ifoelge hvilket de graeske monopoler , der omhandles i denne artikel , skal tilpasses , og hindringerne for samhandelen skai nedsaettes fra medlemsstaternes side , fastsaettes af Associeringsraadet senest to aar efter aftalens ikrafttraeden . Indtil Associeringsraadet har truffet den i det foregaaende afsnit fastsatte beslutning , anvender medlemsstaterne paa de varer , som i Graekenland er genstand for monopol , den behandling , som er fastsat for samme varer fra tredjelande . 5 . De kontraherende parters forpligtelser gaelder kun i det omfang , de er forenelige med bestaaende internationale aftaler . 6 . Bestemmelserne i de foregaaende stykker finder ikke anvendelse paa de landbrugsvarer , der er anfoert i bilag II til aftalen . KAPITEL III LANDBRUGET Artikel 32 Associeringsordningen omfatter tillige landbruget og handelen med landbrugsvarer . Ved landbrugsvarer forstaas de varer , der er opregnet i listen i bilag II til traktaten om oprettelse af Faellesskabet , saaledes som denne liste paa nuvaerende tidspunkt er suppleret i medfoer af bestemmelserne i artikel 38 , stk . 3 , i naevnte traktat . Disse varer udgoer bilag II til aftalen . Bestemmelserne i aftalen finder anvendelse paa landbrugsvarer , medmindre andet er bestemt i artiklerne 33 til 43 . Artikel 33 Associeringens funktion og udvikling skal for saa vidt angaar landbrugsvarer ledsages af en gradvis harmonisering af Faellesskabets og Graekenlands landbrugspolitik . Ved fastlaeggelsen af den faelles landbrugspolitik tager Faellesskabet behoerigt hensyn til det graeske landbrugs saerlige situation , muligheder og interesser . Harmoniseringen har til formaal at sikre ens behandling for medlemsstaternes varer og de tilsvarende graeske varer paa de kontraherende parters markeder under hensyntagen til de formaal , der er fastsat i artikel 39 i traktaten om oprettelse af Faellesskabet . Harmoniseringen af Faellesskabets og Graekenlands landbrugspolitik skal vaeret tilendebragt senest ved udloebet af den i artikel 15 fastsatte overgangsperiode og skal ske ifoelge de