CELEX: 51982PC0027
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Date: 1982-01-29 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning amendment of tariff concessions for certain cheeses (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                               COM ( 82 ) 27 final
                                               Brussels , 29 January 1982
                            Recommendation for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
              concerning amendment of tariff concessions for
                               certain cheeses
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
COr, ( 82 ) 27 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY ME'iORAIvDUil
1 . On account of its preoccupation concerning the import system for cheeses dn
    Sweden , the ' Community , during recent negotiations under Article XXVIII of
    GATT concerning plants and fresh and processed fruit and vegetables , stated
    its keen desire for Sweden to include       a  concession for cheeses within its
    compensations .
    Sweden had stated that          compensation covering cheeses within these
    Article XXVIII negotiations would not "be possible but that it was prepared
    to undertake negotiations with' the Community on the subject of an agreement
    on trade in cheeses , provided that this was on a strictly reciprocal basis .
    Denmark had , at the time the Council adopted the agreement between the
    Community and Sweden under Article XXVIII concerning processed fruit and
    vegetables , made a declaration in the minutes inviting the Commission to
    undertake consultations with Sweden on the subject of a cheese agreement .
2 . The existing prices policy followed by Sweden results in serious
    difficulties in exports of cheeses from the Community to that country .
    Further measures taken recently , on 1 July 1981' and on 1 January 1982
     ( increase in the guaranteed producer prices in Sweden , abolition of
    subsidies hitherto granted on consumption and on import , together with the
    effect of recent devaluation ( 10$ ) and the increase in the levy ) have
    seriously affected consumption of cheeses in general , particularly imported
    cheeses and , thereby , have affected imports themselves .
    Sweden has also concluded outline agreements with the EFTA countries which
    make provision for stimulating and facilitating export of cheeses to Sweden
3 - It is in the Community s interest to seek an agreement with Sweden on trade
    in cheese with -a view to maintaining or , if possible , increasing its sales
    to that country .                                      •»
 ---pagebreak--- The Commission accordingly recommends that the Council authorize it , under
Article 113(3 ) of the Treaty , to xmdertake negotiations on a reciprocal
basis with Sweden for mutual tariff concessions for cheeses .
The Article 113 Committee will assist the Commission in the conduct of
negotiations .
The Commission hereby places the attached draft decision before the Council .
 ---pagebreak---                       RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
       CONCERNING THE AMENDMENT OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS FOR CERTAIN CHEESES
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 , in recent years , Community cheese exports to Sweden have not
developed to the Community 's satisfaction ,
Wiereas the measures recently taken by Sweden in respect of cheeses have had a
prejudicial effect on Community exports to. Sweden
Wiereas Sweden is prepared to enter into negotiations with the Community on
the subject of trade in cheese , provided that this is on a reciprocal basis ;
Whereas it is in the Community 's interest to seek an agreement with Sweden in
relation to cheese ,         1
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                   Sole Article
The Commission is hereby authorized to undertake negotiations with Sweden on a
reciprocal basis concerning mutual tariff concessions for cheeses .