CELEX: 51974PC0274
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-06 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMANDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to open negotiations with a view to amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EIROPEAN COMMUNITTES
                                                     COM(74)274 Final
                                                     Brussels , 6 March 1974
                                RECOMMANDATION FOR A
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
    authorising the Commission to open negotiations with a view to amending
          the Agreement "between the European Economic Community and the
                                Republic of Finland
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COIï(74 ) 274 Final
 ---pagebreak---                         Expl-\naiory lîcraoranflrra
(1) The Agreements negotiated with the EFTA States known at the time
    as the non–applicant EFTA States were drawn up on the assumption
    of Norway 's accession to the Community.
    The Norwegian Government 's decision not to ratify the Accession
    Treaty has given rise to two categories of problems in relation
    to the Agreements with the other EFTA Stater:,
    ( a)  As Norway failed to "become a member of the Community eerbain
          provisions in those Agreements no longer correspond to the
          facts­
    (b)   A similar type of Agreement was signed with Norway on
          14 May 1973 .
    The Agreements with the other EFTA States share a common point
    in Article 2 of Protocol No . 3 , which concerns rules of origin.
    Because of the initial circumstances , there is no mention of
    Norway in the first subparagraph of Paragraph 1 , of that Article ,
    whereas such a reference is essential for the functioning of the
    rules of origin with Norway included in the system.
(2) To remedy this situation the Council authorised the Commission
    on 16 July 1973 to open negotiations with a view to drawing up
    an additional Protocol to the Agreements already in force
    (EEC-Austria, EEC-Iceland, EEC-Portugal , E3C-Sweden, EEC-Switzerland ).
    These negotio/tions are proceeding.
 ---pagebreak--- In the meantime , the Agreement between the EEC and Finland , signed
on 4 October 1973 , entered into force on 1 January 1974 *   An
additional Protocol for that Agreement must therefore also "be
provided for .
For this reason the Commission requests the Council to authorise
the opening of negotiations with Finland in order to draw up
such a Protocol .   The Commission points out that Finland was
informed of the situation in December 1972 and agreed to this
procedure .
 ---pagebreak---                            RECOmiEIÎDATION POR A
                           COUNCIL DECISION
                      authorising the Commission
             to open negotiations with a view to amending the
             Agreement between the European Economic Community
                        and the Republic of Finland
THE COUHCIL OP THE EUROPEAN CCIEiUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Finland signed in Brussels on 4 October 1973 J
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ;
'•/hare as the non-accession of Norway to the European Communities makes
it necessary to adapt the above Agreement ,
HAS ESCII3ED :
                               Sole Article
The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations with the
Republic of Finland with a view to amending by an additional Protocol
the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic
of Finland in accordance with the guidelines given in the Annex.
The Commission shall be assisted in these negotiations by the Special
 Committee set up tinder Article 113 of the Treaty.
Done at Brussels , on.
                                             For the Council
                                              The Président
 ---pagebreak---                                                          AÎTÎT2X
The purpose of the additional Protocol is :
( a)  to add Norway to the first subparagraph of Article 2 ( l ) of
      Protocol ITo . 3 and to make the consequential amendments to the
      other Articles and to the Annexes of that Protocol ;
(b)   to remove from the text of the Agreement any references to Norway
      as a Member State of the Community ;
( c)  to make the following amendments to Article 5 ( 3 ) of the Agreement :
      - first sub-paragraph "... and Protocols ITo . 1 and 2"
      – second sub-paragraph "... and Protocols ITo . 1 and 2n