CELEX: 51978PC0754
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Date: 1979-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a Council Decision Concerning the negotiation of a legal instrument enabling the European Economic Community to become a Contracting Party to the European Agreement on the Exchange of Therapeutic Substances of Human Origin. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                        COM(78)754 final.
                                        Brussels , 12 January 1979
               Recommendation for a Council Decision
     Concerning the negotiation of a   legal instrument enabling
     the European Economic Community   to become a Contracting
     Party to the European Agreement   on the Exchange of
     Therapeutic Substances of Human   Origin.
          ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
     COMÍ 78 ) 754 final.
 ---pagebreak---                               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The European Agreement on the Exchange of Therapeutic Substances of Human .
Origin , open for signature by member countries of the Council of Europe as
from 15 December 1958 , was signed and ratified by all the Community Member
States between 1958 and 1964 .
Conceived in a spirit of European solidarity , this Agreement is a praise­
worthy manifestation of the highest humanitarian motives .
These considerations apart , it should be noted that Article 5 of the Agree­
ment provides that the Contracting Parties shall take all necessary measures
to exempt from all import duties the therapeutic substances placed at their !
disposal by the other Contracting Parties . This means in practice that
Member States must refrain from applying CCT duties C8.8 7.-9,6 % ) on the
Droducts concerned , which currently fall within sub-headings 30.01 B and
30.02 A of the Tariff .                                                       '
Since the Community , particularly as regards responsibility for tariff
matters , has taken the place of the Member States , it should join them in
concluding this Agreement in so far as the above-mentioned Article 5 is
concerned .
However , since only Member States of the Council of Europe may accede to     ;
the European Agreement on the Exchange of Therapeutic Substances of Human
Origin , a legal instrument is needed to enable the Community to become a    i
Contracting Party to the Agreement .
The Commission therefore recommends that the Council , by virtue of Article
113 of the Treaty , authorize it to negotiate a legal instrument enabling
the European Economic Community to conclude the European Agreement on the
Exchange of Therapeutic Substances of Human Origin along with its Member     i
States .
The text of Article 5 of the Agreement is given in the Annex to this draft
Council Decision .                     ■
 ---pagebreak---                    recommendation for a Council Decision
           on the negotiation of a Legal instrument enabling the
           European Economic Community to become a Contracting
           Party to the European Agreement on the Exchange of
                Therapeutic Substances of Human Origin
THE COUNCIL OF 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 the European Agreement on the Exchange of Therapeutic Substances of
Human Origin , drawn up on the initiative of the Council of Europe, is
designed to establish mutual assistance between the member Countries of
that organization for the reciprocal supply of therapeutic substances ;
Whereas it is necessary if mutual assistance is to be effective that , as
Article 5 of the said Agreement provides , the therapeutic substances
concerned should be exempted from customs duties ;
Whereas between 1958 and 1964 the said Agreement was signed and ratified
by all the Member States of the Community; whereas since then the Community
has taken the place of the Member States , in particular with regard to
competence for customs questions ; whereas it is therefore desirable that
the Community should join the Member States in concluding the Agreement
in so far as the above-menttaned ' Article 5 is concerned,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS
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The Commission is hereby authorized to conduct negotiations with the Council
of Europe with a view to inserting in the European Agreement on the Exchange
of Therapeutic Substances of Human Origin a legal instrument enabling the
European Economic Community to become a Contracting Party to the said
Agreement .
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The Commission shall conduct the negotiations , assisted by the Article 113
Committee .                                                                 1
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Done at Brussels ,                               For the Council
                                                 The President
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                                  Article 5
The Contracting Parties shall take all necessary measures to exempt from
all import duties the therapeutic substances of human origin placed at
their disposal by the other Parties .
They shall also take all necessary measures to provide for the speedy
delivery of these substances , by the most direct route , to the consignees
referred to in Article 3 of this Agreement .