CELEX: 51987PC0472
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, on the opening of negotiations with Algeria, Austria, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia with a view to amending the Agreements concluded between the Community and those countries to take account of introduction of the Harmonized System (presented by the Commission)

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                                              Recommendation for a
                      DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
                    GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL ,
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                   on the opening of negotiations with Algeria , Austria , Cyprus ,
                       Egypt , Finland , Iceland , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Malta ,
                    Morocco , Norway , Sweden , Switzerland , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey ,
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                    between the Community and those countries to take account of
                                  introduction of the Harmonized System
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                       Explanatory Memorandum
1.  The tariff provisions of the Agreements concluded between
    the Community and its preferential partners are based on
    the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff ( CCT ) and the
    Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature ( CCCN ).
2.  On 1 January 1988 the CCCN will be replaced by the
    Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System ( HS ). By
    its Decision of 7 April this year ( 83 /369 / EEC ) 1 the
    Council approved the International Convention on the HS on
    behalf of the Community .
3.  Therefore , on 1 January 1988 the CCT will be replaced by a
    Combined Nomenc mature ( CN ) based on the HS nomenclature .
4.  The tariff provisions of the Agreements between the
    Community and its preferential partners should therefore be
    aligned on the new nomenclature .
1 OJ L 198 , 20.7.1987 , p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak---  Recommendation for a Decision of the Council and of the
 Representatives of the Governments of the Member States ,
 meeting within the Council , on the opening of negotiations with
 Algeria , Austria , Cyprus , Egypt , Finland , Iceland , Israel ,
 Jordan , Lebanon , Malta , Morocco , Norway , Sweden , Switzerland , 1
 Syria , Tunisia^and Turkey with a view to amending the
 Agreements concluded between the Community and those countries
 to take account of introduction of the Harmonised System
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES
 OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES , MEETING WITHIN THE
 COUNCIL ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
 Community ,                                               ’’
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 Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas the Agreements concluded between the Community and
 Algeria , Austria , Cyprus , Egypt , Finland , Iceland , Israel ,
 Jordan , Lebanon , Malta , Morocco , Norway , Sweden , Switzerland ,
 1 , Syria , Tunisia/and Turkey should be amended to take account
of the introduction of the Harmonized System and negotiations
with those countries should be opened ;
Whereas the decision of the Representatives of the Governments
of the Member States refers only to products subject of the
 Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community ;
HAVE . DECIDERS FOLLOWS :
                              Sole Article
The Commission is hereby authorised to enter into negotiations
with Algeria , Austria , Cyprus , Egypt , Finland , Iceland , Israel .
Jordan , Lebanon , Malta , Morocco , Norway , Sweden , Switzerland , i
Syrirf , Tunisia^and Turkey in order to make any amendments to
the Agreements concluded with these countries that are required
as a result of the introduction of the Harmonized System .
The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in accordance
with the directives contained in the Annex and in consultation
with representatives of the Member States .
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1 plus Lichtenstein
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1. The tariff nomenclature used in the Agreements concluded
   between the Community and the contracting countries shall ,
   in so far as it concerns the products referred to in those
   Agreements , be aligned on the new nomenclature of the
   Harmonized System and the Combined Nomenclature , in
   compliance with the principle that the concessions granted
   under the Agreements shall be safeguarded .
2. A supplementary provision is to be added to the Agreements
   between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel
   Community and the contracting countries authorizing the
   Councils or Committees set up under the Agreements , in the
   event of changes in the customs tariff nomenclature of
   either or both of the parties in respect of the products
   referred to in the Agreements , to align on the above
   changes the tariff nomenclature in the Agreements relating
   to these products , in compliance with the principle that
   the concessions granted under the Agreements shall be
   safeguarded .