CELEX: 51981PC0185
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Date: 1981-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL REGULATION on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the application of paragraph 2 of the Joint Declaration on Protocol 1 and Articles 8, 9 and 10, annexed to the Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade co-operation (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                           Recommendation for a
                          v COUNCIL REGULATION
on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
concerning the application of paragraph 2 of the Joint Declaration on
Protocol 1 and Articles 8, 9 and 10, annexed to the Interim Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal
         Republic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade co-operation
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0MC81 ) 185 final
 ---pagebreak---                        Commission Communication to the Council
on the negotiation of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
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concerning the application of paragraph 2 of the Joint Declaration on
Protocol 1 And Artiolee 8 , 9       10 » annexed to the Interim Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia on trade and trade cooperation.^
1.     The Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have
held the consultations required by paragraph 3 of the Joint Declaration on
Protocol 1 and Articles 8, 9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the ''Socialist Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia on trade and trade cooperation.       An Agreement in the form .
of an exchange of letters Vas drafted at the consultations - held on
31 March 1981 .
       The Agreement is intended to establish that for certain particularly
sensitive products , which it defines , only the preferential arrangements *
laid down by the EEC/Yugoslavia Agreement will be applicable , so that a
choice between those arrangements and the generalised system of
preferences will not *be possible .     It also contains certain transitional
provisions for the introduction of those arrangements .
2 . ' The Commission recommends that the Council approve the results of the
consultation^, and adopt the Regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement
in the form of an exchange of letters .         '
3.     Coal and steel products will.be the subject of & separate procedure
before the ECSC Agreement enters into force.
   0J L 130 , 27 May I98O
 ---pagebreak---                        Recommendation for a Council Regulation
 on the oonclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
 concerning the application of paragraph 2 of the Joint Declaration on
Protocol 1 and Articles 8 , 9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement
"between the European Economio Community and the Socialist Federal
 Republic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade co-operation .
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
 and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
 Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
 Whereas paragraph 3 of the Joint Declaration on Protocol 1 and Articles
 8 , 9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement "between the European
Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on
                             . 1
 trade and trade co-operation, requires that paragraph 2 of the Declaration
 apply from 1981 ;
 Whereas an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters should "be
 concluded to this end,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                   Article 1
 The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the
 application of paragraph 2 of the Joint Declaration on Protocol 1 and
 Articles 8, 9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement "between the
 1 OJ L 130, 27.5.1980, p. 1 .                                              ♦
 ---pagebreak--- European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republio of
Yugoslavia on trade and trade co-operation is hereby approved on "behalf
of the Community.
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation .
                                Article 2                   ^
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person
empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
                                 Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
                    This Regulation shall he "binding in
                    its entirety and directly applicable
      >  .  -       iri all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                            For the Council
                                            The Preéident
 ---pagebreak---         COMMISSION
          OF THE
 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                              Exchange of letters
              concerning the application of paragraph 2 of the
             Joint Declaration on Protocol 1 and Articles 8 ,
             9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement "between
             the European Economic Community and the Socialist
             Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade
             co-operation
Madam ,
      On 31 March 1981 the Community and Yugoslavia held the consultations
provided for in paragraph 3 of the Joint Declaration on Protocol 1 and
Articles 8 , 9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement "between the
European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia on trade and trade co-operation .    Agreement was reached on
the following :
1.   As from 1 April 1981 , for                    '
     – products subject, in compliance with the provisions of the Agreement
         to a Community quota or to a Community tariff ceiling or to a
         progressive reduction of customs duties ;
     – textile products ;
     – the other industrial products , listed at any given time in Annex A
         to the Regulation on the application of the generalised tariff
         preferences to developing countries ,
the movement certificate EUR.1 provided for in Protocol 2 to the Agreement
is the only documentary evidenoe acceptable for the granting of tariff
preference .
2.   Products which
     – before 1 April I98I could be exported either under a certificate
        EUR.l or under a certificate Form A, and for which a certificate
        Form A was in fact selected , and ,
 ---pagebreak---         – were on that date in transit or were in provisional storage, in
      -   a "bonded, warehouse or in a free zone in the Community or in
          Yugoslavia,
may "be 'allowed to benefit from the provisions of the Agreement if they
originate in Yugoslavia within the meaning of Protocol 2 to the Agreement ,
                              >
and provided that within a period of four months following 1 April 1961
a certificate EUR.1 issued retrospectively "by the competent authorities
of Yugoslavia is produced to the customs authorities in the Community .
        The transitional arrangements described in this paragraph will apply
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mutatis mutandis to any product which may m future "be put in a similar
situation "by a change either in the system of generalized tariff
preferences or in the Agreement.
3.      The arrangements described in paragraph 1 and the provisions contained
in paragraph 2 will apply under both the Interim Agreement and the Co-operation
Agreement when it enters into force .
        I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter
and confirm your authorities * agreement with its contents .
    / Please accept , Madam , the asurance of my highest consideration.
                                          Head of the Delegation
                                          of the European Economic Community
 ---pagebreak--- Delegation of the Socialist Federal
     Republic of Yugoslavia
                             Exehwige of letters
             concerning the application of paragraph 2 of the
             Joint Declaration on Protocol 1 and Articles 8 ,
             9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement "between
             the European Economic Community and the Socialist
             Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade
             co-operation
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Sir,
     In your letter of today, you made the following communication :
      "On 31 March 1981 the Community and Yugoslavia held the consultations
provided for in paragraph 3 of the Joint Declaration on Protocol 1 and
Articles 8 , 9 and 10 , annexed to the Interim Agreement "between the
European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia on trade and trade co-operation .   Agreement * was reached on
the following :
1.   As from 1 April 1981 , for
     – products subject , in compliance with the provisions of the Agreement
        to a Community quota or to a Community tariff ceiling or to a
        progressive reduction of customs duties ;
     – textile products ;
     – the other industrial products , listed at any, given time in Annex A
        to the Regulation on the application of the generalised tariff
        preferences to developing countries ,
              *
the movement certificate EUR.l provided for in Protocol 2 to the Agreement
is the only documentary evidence acceptable for the granting of tariff
preference .      •
2.   Products which
     - before 1 April 1981 could be exported either under a certificate
        EUR«1 or under a certificate Form A , and for which a certificate
        Form A was in fact selected , and,
 ---pagebreak---       – were on that date in-transit or were in provisional storage , in
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        a "bonded, warehouse or in a free sons in the Community or in
        Yugoslavia,
may "be allowed to "benefit from the provisions of the Agreement if they
originate in Yugoslavia within the meaning of Protocol 2 to the Agreement ,
and provided that' within a period of four months following 1 April 1981 "
a certificate EUR.1 issued retrospectively "by the competent authorities
of Yugoslavia is produced to the customs authorities in the , Community .
      The transitional arrangements described in this paragraph will apply
mutatis mutandis to any product which may in future "be put in a similar
situation "by a change either in the system of generalized tariff ■
preferences or in the Agreement .-
3.    The arrangements described in paragraph 1 and the provisions contained
in paragraph 2 will apply under "both the Interim Agreement and the Co-operation
Agreement when it enters into force .
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      I should "be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter
and confirm your authorities * agreement with its contents ."
      I have the honour to iacknowl edge receipt of your letter and confirm
my Delegation 's agreement with its contents .
      Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                         Head of the , Delegation of
                                         the Socialist Federal Republic
                                         of Yugoslavia.