CELEX: 51989PC0504
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-16
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) LIBERALIZING THE SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS WITH REGARD TO POLAND AND HUNGARY AND AMENDING REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NOS 288/82 AND 3420/83 ACCORDINGLY

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              C0M(89) 504 final
                                              Brussels, 17 October 1989
                               Proposal for a
 11frémilr,l Tig the specifio quantitative restrictions with regard to Poland
 and Hungary and anmllTg Peculations (EEC) Sbe 288/62 and 3420/63
 accordingly
                         (presented by the Commission)
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                            CpyNCIL_RE6ULATipN (EEC)
 n K w ^ T l ^ n g the specific quantitative restrictions vi-Ox regard, to Poland
 and Hungary and amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 288/82 and 8420/83
accordingly
THE CDONCIL OP THE EORQFBAN OCUMDXUTIES»
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Boononrio Community*
and in particular Article 113 thereof.
Having regard to -Use proposal from the Conmission,
Whereas Council Regulation (ETC) Ho 288/82 on common rules for imports,1
as last arerrtgri by Council Regulation (SBC) Kb 1243/86,2 applies to
imports of products originating in ncn-(X*cmtmlty countries vi-th. the
exception,ffl"»™gothers, of products originating in state-trading
countries; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) NO 5420/83 on import
arrangements for products originating in state-trading countries, not
liberalized at Community level,3 as last amended by Regulation (EBC)
No 27T3/87,4 applies to inrports of products originating from, among other
countries, Poland and Bangary; whereas it is laid down in Council
Regulation (EBO) No 1768/820 on common rules for imports from
state-trading countries tfcat ajnports of Vae products ooveredfc£the Annex
to that Regulation are not subject to any quantitative restriction.
1 OT No I* 38, 9.2.1982, p. 1.
2 OT NO L 1X3, 30.4.1986, p. 1.
3 OT NO L 346, 8.12.1983, p. 6.
4 0 7 N 0 L 217, 6.8.1987, p. 1.
5 OJ NO L 198, 6.7.1982, p. 1.
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whereas the economio situation in Poland and Hungary has deteriorated with
increasing rapidity over the last few years with the result that
undertakings in those countries have become markedly less competitive, and
whereas, in response to this situation and the challenge it presents, the
Council adopted an action plan proposed by the Commission for coordinating
aid from the Western countries to these two countries, one oomponent of
this plan being Intended to provide help in modernising economio
structures, notably by increasing exports;
Whereas, in order to attain this objective, it is essential to remove as
quickly as possible the quantitative relictions which are referred to in
Articles 3(a) and 4(a) respectively of the accession protocols of Poland
and Hungary to GATT and which affect tie placing in free circulation within
the Community of certain products originating In the countries concerned;
whereas the restrictions should be removed from 1 January 1990;
Whereas, with the exception of products covered by Regulation (SBC)
No 1768/82, the placing in free circulation witfcin the Community of
products originating ÛIL Poland and Hungary has hitherto come within the
scope of the above-mentioned Regulation (ESC) No 3420/83; whereas from
1 January 1990, by tfce removal of the quantitative restrictions referred to
above, tfce position of these two countries, as regards the existence of
restrictions, will be aligned on that of the other contracting parties to
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which are not state-trading
countries, for which the placing of products in free circulation within the
Ccammmity oomes within the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 288/82; with
regard, however, to tabs adoption of safeguard measures, it is neoessaxy, in
accordance with Article 1(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, to observe the
relevant provisions of the trade and coopération agreements signed between
the Community and Hungary on 21 November 19680 and between the Community
and Poland on 19 September I9607; whereas, therefore, in these
circumstances,
6 GJ NO L 327, 30.11.1988, p. 2.
7 Not yet published.
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 from 1 January 1990, without prejudioe to Regulation (BBC) No 1765/82, the
 placing in free circulation within the Community of products originating in
 the two countries concerned will be subject to the provisions of Regulation
 (EBC) NO 288/82,
 HAS Mxyrap *""y RasrjLAnaf:
 Article i
 Hhe following paragraph shall be added to Article l of Regulation (EEC)
 NO 288/82 as follows:
    "3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, the only quantitative
    restrictions which the Member States may maintain with regard to Hungary
    and Poland are the restrictions on the products listed in Annex I to
    this Regulation.N
The words "other than Hungary and Poland" shall be inserted after the words
 "state-trading countries- in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EBC) NO 3420/63.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities- It
shall apply from 1 January 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable In
all Member States.
Done at Brussels, ...            For the Council
                                 The President
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