CELEX: 31986D0347
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-25 00:00:00
Title: 86/347/EEC: Council Decision of 25 June 1986 accepting on behalf of the Community the European Agreement on the Exchange of Blood-grouping Reagents

No L 207 /30                      Official Journal of the European Communities                               30. 7 . 86
                                                COUNCIL DECISION
                                                    of 25 June 1986
                   accepting on behalf of the Community the European Agreement on the Exchange
                                              of Blood-grouping Reagents
                                                    (86/347/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                                   Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                               The European Agreement on the Exchange of Blood­
Whereas Article 5 ( 1 ) of the European Agreement on           grouping Reagents is hereby accepted on behalf of the
the Exchange of Blood-grouping Reagents provides               European Economic Community.
that the Contracting Parties shall take all necessary
measures to exempt from all import duties the blood­           The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
grouping reagents placed at their disposal by the other
Parties ;
Whereas any derogation from the Common Customs                                        Article 2
Tariff, whether autonomous or conventional, falls
within the sole competence of the Community ;                  The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
Whereas the entry into force of an Additional Protocol         designate the persons empowered to sign the Agree­
to the Agreement enabling the European Economic                ment in order to bind the Community.
Community to become a Contracting Party to that
Agreement allows the Community to exercise its                 Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1986.
competence in this matter ; whereas the derogations
provided for in the Agreement are already granted by
Community rules of relief from customs duty ;                                                     For the Council
                                                                                                   The President
Whereas the Community ought therefore to become a
Contracting Party to the Agreement,                                                                 G. BRAKS