CELEX: 51987PC0686
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-22
Title: COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (submitted by the Commission)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
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DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (87) 686
Vol. 1987/0314
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      COM(87 ) 686 final
                                      Brussels , 'Q. December 1987
                    COMMISSION PROPOSAL
                 FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION
                ( submitted by the Commission )
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                                EXPLANA TO RY MEMORAN DUM
  On 1 July the Republic of Korea introduced new legislation for the protection
  of intellectual property . At the same time , as a result of the bilateral
  agreement concluded with the United States in August 1986 , Korea decided
  to apply transitional measures to the United States , and these are clearly
  prejudicial to the Community 's interests .
  The Commission , in agreement with the Member States , repeatedly stated
  that the Community could not tolerate this discriminatory treatment .
  At the most recent high-level consultation between the Commission and
  Korea , the Korean authorities stated that they would apply to the
  Community treatment which was equal , if not identical, to that accorded
  to the United States .
  Following this declaration , a meeting was held between the Commission and
  Korea in Seoul at the beginning of November to decide how to apply the
  transitional measures for the Community .      While Korea said that it was
  prepared to remove the discrimination in certain cases ( copyrights and
  product patents in the pipeline ), it refused to do so for the changing
  of applications for process patents into applications for product patents .
  Korea also rejected a compromise suggested by the Commission for the
  protection of the products resulting from the process patents concerned ,
  which would not have involved any change in Korea 's legislation . This
  is the matter which most affects the Community 's interests .
  Consequently , given Korea 's refusal to remove discrimination against the
  European Community in the sphere of the portection of intellectual property ,
  and in view of the danger that Korea might take discriminatory measures
  de jure or de facto in other spheres ( e.g. maritime transport ), the
  Commission proposes that measures should be taken to dissuade the
  Republic of Korea from applying discriminatory treatment which runs counter
  to the Community 's interests . The Commission proposes that , in order
  to do so , the application of the scheme of generalized tariff preferences
  to Korea should be suspended as long as the discrimination continues and
  it presents the attached proposal for a regulation to the Council .
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                               COMMISSION PROPOSAL
                            FOR A COUNCIL RE6ULATI0N
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 proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Council adopted Regulations . . . and
. on the scheme of generalized tariff preferences for 1988 ;
Whereas the Republic of Korea benefits from these generalized tariff
preferences ;
Whereas the scheme of generalized tariff preferences is an autonomous
European Community scheme ;
Whereas the Republic of Korea does not treat the Community on an equal
footing with other trade partners and whereas it has taken discriminatory
measures in respect of the Community in the sphere of the protection of
intellectual property ; whereas the Republic of Korea should not benefit
from the scheme of generalized tariff preferences as long as this
situation continues ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                    Article 1
From 1 January 1988       the preferences granted by Regulations .
shall be suspended in respect of products coming from the Republic of
Korea .
Done at Brussels ,                                 For the Counci l