CELEX: 51984PC0716
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON TRADE ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN GREENLAND AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

18. 1.85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             N o C 17/7
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              Proposal for a Council Regulation on trade arrangements between Greenland and the
                                            European Economic Community
                                                   COM(84) 716 final
                          (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 December 1984)
                                                      (85/C 17/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, until the entry into force of the Treaty
COMMUNITIES,                                                    amending the Treaties establishing the Communities
                                                                so that they cease to apply to the territory of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    Greenland, trade arrangements should be established
European Economic Community, and in particular                  on an interim basis, similar to those applied in trade
Articles 43 and 113 thereof,                                    with the overseas countries and territories, which is at
                                                                present governed by Council Decision 80/1186/EEC
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,              of 16 December 1980 on the association of the
                                                                overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                Economic Community (2), as last amended by
Having regard to the opinion of the European                    Decision 81/880/EEC ( J ), and by Council Regulation
Parliament ('),                                                 (EEC) No 435/80 of 18 February 1980 on the
                                                                arrangements applicable to agricultural products and
Whereas, when the signature took place in Brussels              certain goods resulting from the processing of agri-
on 13 March 1984 of the Treaty (2) amending the                 cultural products originating in the African,
Treaties establishing the Communities so that they              Caribbean, and Pacific States or in the overseas
cease to apply to the territory of Greenland, it was            countries and territories (4), as last amended by Regu-
agreed that, if the procedures for ratification of that         lation (EEC) No 2247/84 ( 5 );
Treaty had not been completed by 1 January 1985,
the Council would adopt interim measures which
would correspond as far as possible with the
provisions laid down for the new relationship between           Whereas the arrangements regarding fishery products
Greenland and the European Economic Community;                  are the subject of supplementary provisions, contained
                                                                in Council Regulation (EEC) No . . . of . . . laying
Whereas under the terms of that Treaty it is specified          down certain specific measures in connection with the
that on ceasing to belong to the European Economic              special arrangements on fisheries applicable to
Community Greenland shall be added to the list of               Greenland,
overseas countries and territories contained in Annex
IV to the EEC Treaty and that the rules governing
the association of the overseas countries and                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
territories with the EEC as defined in part four of the
EEC Treaty shall apply to that territory, subject to
the specific provisions for Greenland set out in the
Protocol annexed to the Treaty introducing special                                       Article 1
arrangements for Greenland;
                                                                1.    Products originating in Greenland shall be
                                                                admitted for import into the Community in
Whereas under the terms of Council Regulation                   accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of
(EEC) No . . . of . . . amending Regulation (EEC) No            Decision 80/1186/EEC or any corresponding
2151/84      on    the customs      territory of      the       provisions that may replace them, subject to any
Community ( l ), Greenland was excluded from the
customs territory of the Community,
                                                                O   OJ No L 361, 31. 12. 1980, p. 1.
                                                                O   OJ No L 326, 13. 11. 1981, p. 31.
                                                                0)  OJ No L 55, 28. 2. 1980, p. 4.
(l) OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 1.                             (5) OJNoL206, 2. 8. 1984, p. 1.
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 decisions, regarding products subject to the common               2.    The provisions of this Regulation may be
organisation of the market in fishery products, which              applied to goods which comply with the provisions of
 may be taken on the basis of Regulation (EEC)                    Article 1 (3) and which on 1 January 1985 are either
 N o . . . in order to ensure compliance with the                  in transit or are in the Community or in Greenland in
 conditions laid down in the Protocol annexed to the              temporary storage, in bonded warehouses or in free
Treaty       introducing    special   arrangements       for       zones, subject to submission to the customs auth-
 Greenland, annexed to the Treaty amending the                     orities of the importing State within four months of
Treaties establishing the Communities so that they                that date of a certificate EUR. 1 endorsed
cease to apply to the territory of Greenland.                     retrospectively by the competent authorities of
                                                                  Greenland.
2.      Imports of the products referred to in Article 3 (2)
of Decision 80/1186/EEC shall be effected in
accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No
435/80 or with any Regulation that may replace it.                                          Article 3
3.      For the purposes of applying this Article, the            This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
concept of originating products and the methods of                its publication in the Official Journal of the European
administrative cooperation related there to shall be               Communities.
those defined in Annex II to Decision 80/1186/EEC.
                          Article 2                               It shall apply from 1 January 1985 until the entry into
                                                                  force of the arrangements laid down by the Treaty
 1.     Goods accompanied by an internal Community                amending the Treaties establishing the Communities
transit document or a document equivalent to an                   so that they cease to apply to the territory of
internal Community transit document or a document                 Greenland.
T2M issued before 1 January 1985 shall be admitted
for import into the Community by virtue of this
Regulation on the basis of that documentation, until              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
30 June 1985.                                                     directly applicable in all Member States.
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 on the
                                            customs territory of the Community
                                                     COM(84) 723 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 December 1984)
                                                        (85/C 17/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       for ratification of that Treaty had not been completed
COMMUNITIES,                                                      by 1 January 1985, the Council would adopt interim
                                                                  measures which would correspond as far as possible
                                                                  with the provisions laid down for the new relationship
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      between Greenland and the European Economic
European Economic Community, and in particular                    Communities;
Article 235 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas under the terms of that Treaty it is specified
                                                                  that on ceasing to belong to the European Economic
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                Community Greenland shall be added to the list of
                                                                  overseas countries and territories contained in Annex
                                                                  IV of the EEC Treaty; whereas the rules governing
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                 the association with the EEC of the overseas
liament,                                                          countries and territories as defined in the fourth part
                                                                  of the EEC Treaty shall apply to that territory,
                                                                  subject to the provisions particular to Greenland in
Whereas, when the signature took place in Brussels                the Protocol on the special arrangements applicable
on 13 March 1984 of the Treaty amending the                       to Greenland annexed to the Treaty;
Treaties establishing the European Communities as
regards Greenland, the representatives of the Member              Whereas it is necessary for that purpose to amend
States' Governments declared that if the procedures               Council Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 of 23 July