CELEX: 51983PC0078
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Date: 1983-02-22
Title: Draft for a Decision ASSOCIATION COUNCIL EEC/TURKEY replacing the unit of account by the ECU in Decision No 5/72 on methods of administrative cooperation for implementation of Articles 2 and 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the application of Decision of the EEC-Turkey Association Council replacing the unit of account by the ECU in Decision No 5/72 on methods of administrative cooperation for implementation of Articles 2 and 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Ankara Agreement (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                                      COM(83) 78 f i n a l
                                                                      Brussels,     22 F e b r u a r y 1983
                                           Draft      fora      Decision
                                    ASSOCIATION COUNCIL              EEC/TURKEY
      r e p l a c i n g t h e u n i t o f a c c o u n t b y t h e ECU i n D e c i s i o n No 5/72 on methods o f
      administrative            cooperation         f o r implementation of A r t i c l e s         2 and 3 o f t h e
      Additional Protocol               t o t h e Ankara       Agreement
                                               Proposal      fora
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
      on t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f D e c i s i o n               of t h e EEC-Turkey         Association
      Council          replacing     t h e u n i t o f a c c o u n t b y t h e ECU i n D e c i s i o n  No 5/72 on
      methods o f a d m i n i s t r a t i v e      cooperation       f o r implementation of A r t i c l e s    2
      and     3 of the A d d i t i o n a l Protocol          t o t h e Ankara    Agreement
                            (submitted       to the Council          by t h e Commission)
COM(83) 78 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       EXPLANATORY                   MEMORANDUM
    I.       The         EEC-Turkey                   C:;-*?ütr             C?rp?r:firr. Cr-nittee                                has       prepared                a     draft
            decision                  to    be        a p p r c v e d by            the         ".esociation                  CounciL before                            the
            1st         May 1 9 8 3 .              The        draft          de c i s i o n         is      to      modi f y       the        provisior.s                   of
           '.:h i c h a r s o v e m e n t                 certificate                    A.TR. 1 or                   A.TR. 2            ',s nr.r.czzszcry                     for
                 -   .              ^                     ~ wïp'Mi . . w s-         -  y     wi                  IIVJ              vy.      *_ . . v.   ^ w y y u y v .    W I
           -»   4- r-« •-. w o  I I r> r-  r\v*r*\tA     r i a r l  +- k« ^     s^r^A    r*   ü  e»   m  <rv +-    ^ « 4- - —  -J  1    -£                 —  *       ' - |
          purposes.                    The        revisions                 are:
          1»       To e x p r e s s t h e                   amount            in      ECU i n s t e a d              of     in UA.
          2.      To a L i g n            this          amount              with       that         actually               used        in        other
                 mediterranean                          agreements,                    viz.         3 2 5 ECUs .              If   this               amount
                 should              be m o d i f i e d               in     the       framework                 of      those         agreements                    at
                 time           of      adoption                 of     this        proposal                by      the      A s s o c i a t i o n CounciL
                 the          Committee                 has        agreed to                 retain            this        new      amount.
         3.     In        order          to      simplify                the      work          of     the        customs           Administrations                            in
               the           Community                to       adopt         the        method           used          in     other           mediterranean
               Agreements                    for         conversion                   of     the      ECU t o            national                currencies.
               -       the        method             is     as      foLLows:
                     a)        the      equivalent                    value          of      the      ECU i n            national               currency                 is
                               stabilized                  for        a period               of     two         years;
                    b)        the      equivalent                    value          of       the      ECU i n            national               currency                is
                             established                      on t h e         first            working             day       of   October                 during
                             the       year          before             this       period            of        two       years;
                   c)        In     order            to      give         to    the         customs              administrations                           time
                             to     issue            appropriate                   instructions                       to    their          services,                   the
                             entry         into          force            of    the         new a m o u n t            occurs           on t h e            1st      May
                             of    the        next           year.
        The     draft             decision                received              a favourable                       opinion            from             the
        Customs              Cooperation                      Committee.
II.    To e n s u r e           the       execution                  by      the       Community                 of      this      d e c i s i o n of                the
       Association                   Council               it      is      necessary to                     adoot          the     attached                  proposed
       Regulation                 pursuent                to       Article             113 o f          the         EEC T r e a t y .
 ---pagebreak---                            Draft      for   a  Decision                             of   the
                            ASSOCIATION          COUNCIL      EEC/TURKEY
replacing      the   unit      of    account     by   the    Ecu i n    D e c i s i o n No 5 / 7 2     on    methods
of  administrative            cooperation         for   impLementation            of   Articles        2 and 3       of
              the   Additional           Protocol      to   the   Ankara       Agreement
   THE    ASSOCIATION          COUNCIL
   Having     regard      to    the     Agreement      establishing         an A s s o c i a t i o n between          the
   European      Economie         Community        and    Turkey,
   Having     regard      to    the     Additional       Protocol      to   the       said  Agreement           and,    in
   particular,        Article         4  thereof,
   Whereas      the   unit      of    account      used    in  Article      10(a)       of   D e c i s i o n No     5/72
   of   the   Association           Council      on methods       of   administrative              cooperation
   for    implernentation           of   Articles      2 and 3 of        the     Additional          Protocol        to
   the    Ankara     Agreement            as   last    amended      by   D e c i s i o n No 1 / 7 8      of   the
   Association         Council           is   no   longer     suited     to    the     present         international
   monetary       situation,          and   it   is   therefore      necessary to            adopt       a new      value
   for    the   purpose        of   determining         the   amount     below        which    it    is     not
   necessary       to    produce        a movement        certificate        A.TR. 1 or          A.TR. 3         in
   respect      of  dutiable          objects      accompanying        travellers          or    forming         part
   of    their    luggage,         provided      they     are   not  objects          intended       for     commercial
   purposes;
    ,0J   L    59,   5 . 3 . 1 9 7 3 , p. 7 3 .
      OJ   L 253,    15.9.1978, p. 2 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                         -   2    -
Whereas       the   European          Communities         introduced         the     ECU      on 1 J a n u a r y   1981;
Whereas       the   ECU s h o u l d     be u s e d   a s a common b a s i c              unit,;
Whereas,       for    reasons of         administrative              simplification,              that     unit    must
remain      unchanged         for    periods     of    at    least      two    years;
Whersac      the    provicicr.c         of  Article        10(a)       of  D e c i s i o n No 5 / 7 2     must    be
supplemented          accordingly,
HAD D E C I D E D A S     FOLLOWS:
                                                   Article          1
Decision       No 5 / 7 2    of    the   Association           Council        is    hereby       amended as        follows:
1.   In   Article      10(a),        the   amount      "200     units      of   account"                        replaced
     by   "325 E C U " .
2.   The   following         paragraphs           are         . added      to   Article          10(a):
     "Up   to   and    including         30   April      1985,       the      value       of   the    ECU i n     national
    currency       in   a given        country      shall       be    the   value       calculated         as  at   1  October
    1982.
     For   each    successive period              of    two     years      thereafter           it   shall    be   the
    equivalent         in    that     national      currency          of   the    ECU a s      at    the    first
    working      day     in    October      in  the     year       immediately           preceding       that     two-
    year     period.
    The    ECU      is            composed of        the      sum o f     specified          amounts      of   the
    currencies        of    the     Member     States      as     set    out   in     Council       Regulation       (EEC)
   No    3180/78.
   On t h e    entry      in   force     of   this     Decision          such    amounts        are    as   follows:
   0.828     German marks                                            0.14    Luxembourg            francs
   0.0885      pounds      sterling                                  0.217     Danish        kroner
   1.15     French francs                                            0.00759       Irish      pounds
   109    Italian        lire
   0.286 D u t c h      guilders
   3.66    Belgian        francs
 ---pagebreak---                                                 -  3   -
   The   amount   in   the   national     currency    of  the  exporting      State    equivalent     to
   the   amount  expressed      in  this    Article     shall  be   fixed   by  the     exporting
   State   and  communicated       to  the   Customs     Cooperation      Committee     no    later
   than   one month     prior   to    its    entry    into   force.
   When t h i s amount     is  more   than   the   corresponding       amount    fixed    by   the
   importing    State,     the  importing      State    shall  accept      it  if   the   goods
   are   invoiced    in  the   currency     of  the   exporting     State.
   If  the  goods    are   invoiced     in  the   currency    of  another     Member     State   of
   the   Community,     the   importing     State    shall   recognize     the   amount      notified
   by  the   State   concerned."
                                               Article   2
This  Decision shall       enter   into    force   on 1 May     1983.
Done a t  Brussels,                                             For   the  Association        Council
                                                                          The   President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                              ProposaL                   for     a
                                                                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( E E C )
                          on t h e a p p l i c a t i o n                           of       Decision                                     of       the EEC-Turkey
Association         Council               replacina                     the unit                  of       account               b y t h e ECU                   -j n   Decision            No 5 / 7 2 o n  methods
                          of      administrative                                cooperation                       for         impLementation                           of
                          Articles                  2 and 3 of                        the A d d i t i o n a l                   Protocol                to        the
                          Ankara             Agreement
       T H E C O U N C I L OF T H E E U R O P E A N C O M M U N I T I E S ,
       Having          regard             tc        the Treaty                        establishing                        the       E u r o p e s r . E c o n o m i e CG.?,r.".oTiity,
       and     in particular                          Article                  113           thereof,
       Having          regard             to       the proposal                                from         the          Commission,
      Whereas             Council              Regulation                           ( E E C ) No 4 2 8 / 7 3                    of     5 February                     1973 on the                  application
      o f D e c i s i o n s N o 5 / 7 2 a n d No 4 / 7 2 o f                                            the Association                              Council              s e t up        under
      the     Agreement                   establishing                            an A s s o c i a t i o n                   between              the         European               Economie
                                                             1                                                                                                                                  2
      Community                and T u r k e y , as                        last             amended by R e g u l a t i o n                              ( E E C ) No 2 1 5 2 / 7 8                   ,
                                   J _     4-1                        . —      4. . .   J.l     ,       4. I-   ~     -     , *      < -
                                                                                                                                       r                      -f. •                        •. ' -
                                    , i l   w l . w      w w      r w i i i i t - y    v. è i C   lliiJ I . I I U U J     w- I   U U I I I I I I I O V . i a i . t V C    U U U f J C I O L  I U i I
       L3id deur. b y D e c i s i o n No 5 / 7 2 f o r                                                         methods              of       cdmir.istrative                          cüoperatiün
      for     impLementation                            of      Articles                      2 and 3 of                    the Additional                            Protocol            to
      the     abovementioned                              Agreement;
     Whereas            these           methods                 have              been          amended by D e c i s i o n                             No                 /83 of          the
     EEC-Turkey                  Association                       C o u n c i l , and i t                         is       therefore                  necessary to                     ensure
     the      impLementation                            of      this              Decision                 in the               Community,
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     'OJ     No L             5 9 , 5.3.1973, p. 7 3 .
    ^OJ      No L 2 5 3 , 1 5 . 9 . 1 9 7 8 , p . 1
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                                           Article    1
Decision    No         /83  of   the  EEC-Turkey A s s o c i a t i o n  Council <
shall   apply  in  the    Community.
The   text  of the   Decision      is annexed   to   this   Regulation.
                                           Article    2
This   Regulation    shall    enter   into  force    on  1 May      1983.
This   Regulation    shall    be   binding  in  its    entirety       and  directly   applicable
in  all  Member    States.
Done a t   Brussels                                                 For   the  Council
                                                                      The   President