CELEX: 51991PC0524(03)
Language: en
Date: 1992-01-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of Hungary of the other part on trade and trade related matters

Pllp COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 C0MC91) 524 final
                                                 Brussels, 13 December 1991
                                 Proposals for
                               COUNCIL DECISIONS
       on the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Interim
       Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European
       Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of Poland
       of the other part on trade and trade related matters
       on the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Interim
       Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European
       Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Czech and Slovak
       Federal Republic of the other part on trade and trade related
       matters
       on the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Interim
       Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European
tsm    Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of
       Hungary of the other part on trade and trade related matters
                         (presented by the Commission)
•
                                     Draft
                             COMMISSION DECISIONS
       concerning the conclusion on behalf   of the European Coal and Steel
       Community of the Interim Agreement     between the European Economic
       Community and the European Coal and  Steel Community of the one part
       and the Republic of Poland of the     other part on trade and trade
       related matters
       concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Coal and Steel
       Community of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic
       Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part
       and the Republic of Hungary of the other part on trade and trade
       related matters
       concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Coal and Steel
       Community of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic
       Community and the European Coal and Steel Community of the one part
       and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic of the other part on
       trade and trade related matters
     (Request for Council assent and consultation of the ECSC Committee,
                  pursuant to Article 95 of the ECSC Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---                            Explanatory Memorandum
1. The attached proposals for decisions provide the legal basis for the
   conclusion by the European Economic Community and European Coal and
   Steel Community of interim agreements between the European Economic
   Community and European Coal and Steel Community and Czechoslovakia,
   Hungary and Poland respectively.
2. A declaration by the Commission and the Council annexed to the
   negotiating directives for association agreements with Poland, Hungary
   and Czechoslovakia, adopted on 18 December 1990, stipulates that interim
   agreements may be concluded, pending ratification of the Europe
   agreements by the national parliaments, for the purposes of provisional
   application of the sections of the agreements for which the Community
   has responsibility.
3. Following the initialling of the Europe agreements in Brussels on
   22 November of this year, the interim agreements for the provisional
   application of the sections of the agreements relating to trade and
   back-up measures were initialled at             on             These
   agreements will be concluded for a period ending when the Europe
   agreements enter into force, and in any case no later than 31 December
   1993.
4. These agreements suspend the trade provisions of the Agreements on trade
   and commercial and economic cooperation concluded between the European
   Economic Community and European Atomic Energy Community (the latter only
   in the case of Czechoslovakia) and Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland
   respectively and those of the agreements between the European Coal and
   Steel Community and each of the three countries in question.
5. The procedures for signing and concluding the agreements differ between
   the EEC and ECSC.
   Conclusion of the agreements proceeds as follows:
   -     the Council, after consulting the European Parliament, will
         conclude the agreement on behalf of the EEC, by viture of the
         provisions of Article 113 of the EEC Treaty, by adopting the
         decisions contained in (I);
         the Commission will conclude the agreement on behalf of the ECSC,
         in accordance with Article 95 of the ECSC Treaty, with the
         unanimous assent of the Council and after the Consultative
         Committee has been consulted, by adopting the decisions contained
         in (II).
6. The Commission is accordingly requesting the Council to adopt the
   proposals contained under (I) and to give its assent to the decisions
   under (II).
 ---pagebreak---                                        ANNEX I
Proposals council decisions concerning the conclusion by the European Economic
    Community of interim agreements, on trade and trade related matters,
    between the European Economic Coiranunity and European Coal and Steel
    Community and Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland respectively.
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL DECISION
                            OF            199.
       ON THE CONCLUSION BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF THE
      INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND
     THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY OF THE ONE PART AND THE
                 REPUBLIC OF POLAND OF THE OTHER PART ON
                     TRADE AND TRADE RELATED MATTERS
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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the European Agreement signed
in                on               199., it is necessary to approve the
Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of
Poland of the other part on trade and trade related matters signed in
[ Brussels ] on                 199..
HAD DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                 Article 1
The Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of
Poland of the other part on trade and trade related matters together
with the Protocols annexed thereto, the declarations and the exchange
of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of
the European Economic Community.
The texts of the Interim Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to
 this Decision.
                                 Article 2
The President of the Council shall carry out the notification procedure
 provided for in Article 49 of the Interim Agreement on behalf of the
 European Economic Community.
 Done at; Brussels,
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL DECISION
                           OF            199.
      ON THE CONCLUSION BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF THE
     INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND
     THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY OF THE ONE PART AND THE
         CZECH AND SLOVAK FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF THE OTHER PART ON
                    TRADE AND TRADE RELATED MATTERS
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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the European Agreement signed
in               on               199., it is necessary to approve the
Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Czech and
Slovak Federal Republic of the other part on trade and trade related
matters signed in [ Brussels] on                 199..
HAD DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                Article 1
The Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Czech and
Slovak Federal Republic of the other part on trade and trade related
matters together with the Protocols annexed thereto, the declarations
and the exchange of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby
approved on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The texts of the Interim Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to
this Decision.
                                Article 2
The President of the Council shall carry out the notification procedure
provided for in Article 49 of the Interim Agreement on behalf of the
European Economic Community.
Done at Brussels,
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
                             OF . . .    . . 199.
       ON THE CONCLUSION BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF THE
      INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND
      THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY OF THE ONE PART AND THE
                 REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY OF THE OTHER PART ON
                      TRADE AND TRADE RELATED MATTERS
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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the European Agreement signed
in                on                199., it is necessary to approve the
Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of
Hungary of the other part on trade and trade related matters signed in
( Brussels] on                   199..
HAD DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                  Article 1
The Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of
Hungary of the other part on trade and trade related matters together
with the Protocols annexed thereto, the declarations and the exchange
of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of
the European Economic Community.
The texts of the Interim Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to
this Decision.
                                  Article 2
The President of the Council shall carry out the notification procedure
provided for in Article 48 of the Interim Agreement on behalf of the
 European Economic Community.
 Done at Brusseli
 ---pagebreak---                                   ANNEX II
Draft Commission decisions concerning the conclusion on behalf of the
European Coal and Steel Community of interim agreements, on trade and trade
related matters, between the European Economic Community and European Coal
and Steel Community and Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland respectively.
 ---pagebreak---                                     Draft
                           COMMISSION DECISION
                            OF            199.
   CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
             COMMUNITY OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
      EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
                    COMMUNITY OF THE ONE PART AND THE
            REPUBLIC OF POLAND OF THE OTHER PART ON TRADE AND
                          TRADE RELATED MATTERS
                               (../.../ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel
Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 95 thereof,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the European Agreement signed
in         on             199., it is necessary to approve the Interim
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Coal
and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of Poland of the
other part on trade and trade related matters signed in [Brussels] on
            199..
Whereas the conclusion of the Interim Agreement is necessary to attain
the objectives of the Community set out in particular in Articles 2 and
3 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and
whereas the Treaty did not make provision for all the cases covered by
this Decision.
Having consulted the Consultative Committee and with the unanimous
assent of the Council.
HAD DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                 Article 1
The Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of
Poland of the other part on trade and trade related matters together
with the Protocols annexed thereto, the declarations and the exchange
of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of
the European Coal and Steel Community.
The texts of the Interim Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to
this Decision.
                                 Article 2
The President of the Commission shall carry out the notification
procedure provided for in Article 49 of the Interim Agreement on behalf
of the European Coal and Steel Community.
Done at Brussels,
 ---pagebreak---                                     Draft
                            COMMISSION DECISION
                             OF            199.
   CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
              COMMUNITY OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
       EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
                     COMMUNITY OF THE ONE PART AND THE
            REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY OF THE OTHER PART ON TRADE AND
                           TRADE RELATED MATTERS
                                (../.../ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel
Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 95 thereof,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the European Agreement signed
in          on             199., it is necessary to approve the Interim
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Coal
and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of Hungary of the
other part on trade and trade related matters signed in [Brussels] on
             199..
Whereas the conclusion of the Interim Agreement is necessary to attain
the objectives of the Community set out in particular in Articles 2 and
3 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and
whereas the Treaty did not make provision for all the cases covered by
this Decision.
Having consulted the Consultative       Committee and with the unanimous
assent of the Council.
HAD DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                  Article 1
The Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Republic of
Hungary of the other part on trade and trade related matters together
with the Protocols annexed thereto, the declarations and the exchange
of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of
the European Coal and Steel Community.
The texts of the Interim Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to
this Decision.
                                  Article 2
The President of the Commission shall carry out the notification
procedure provided for in Article 48 of the Interim Agreement on behalf
of the European Coal and Steel Community.
Done at Brussels,
 ---pagebreak---                                          Ao
                                    Draft
                            COMMISSION DECISION
                             OF            199.
   CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
              COMMUNITY OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
      EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
                     COMMUNITY OF THE ONE PART AND THE
           CZECH AND SLOVAK FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF THE OTHER PART
                    ON TRADE AND TRADE RELATED MATTERS
                                (../.../ECSC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel
Community, and in particular the first paragraph of Article 95 thereof,
Whereas, pending the entry into force of the European Agreement signed
in          on             199., it is necessary to approve the Interim
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the European Coal
and Steel Community of the one part and the Czech and Slovak Federal
Republic of the other part on trade and trade related matters signed in
[Brussels] on ..........199..
Whereas the conclusion of the Interim Agreement is necessary to attain
the objectives of the Community set out in particular in Articles 2 and
3 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community and
whereas the Treaty did not make provision for all the cases covered by
this Decision.
Having consulted the Consultative       Committee and with the unanimous
assent of the Council.
HAD DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                 Article 1
The Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community of the one part and the Czech and
Slovak Federal Republic of the other part on trade and trade related
matters together with the Protocols annexed thereto, the declarations
and the exchange of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby
approved on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community.
The texts of the Interim Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to
this Decision.
                                 Article 2
The President of the Commission shall carry out the notification
procedure provided for in Article 49 of the Interim Agreement on behalf
of the European Coal and Steel Community.
Done at Brussels,
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                                                          EC / POLAND
                                                          13/12/91
                            INTERIM AGREEMENT
                   on trade and trade related matters
between the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
COMMUNITY, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other
part.
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL         AND  STEEL
COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community",
of the one part,
and the REPUBLIC OF POLAND, hereinafter referred to as "Poland"
of the other part,
WHEREAS the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Poland
was signed in                 on            1991;
WHEREAS the aim of the Europe Agreement is to provide an appropriate
framework for political dialogue; it is to govern commercial and
economic relations between the Parties and includes provisions relating
to financial cooperation and assistance and the promotion of
cooperation in cultural matters;
WHEREAS the Europe Agreement is intended to strengthen and widen the
relations established previously, notably by the Agreement on Trade and
Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the European Economic
Community and Poland signed on 19th September 1989 and the Protocol on
Trade and Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the European Coal
and Steel Community and Poland signed on 16th October 1991.
WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure the development of trade relations
between the implementation of the agreements on Trade and Commercial
and Economic Coopérât ion and that of the Europe Agreement;
WHEREAS to this end it is necessary to implement as speedily as
possible, by means of an interim Agreement, provisions of the Europe
Agreement trade and trade related matters;
WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure that pending the entry into force of
 the Europe Agreement and the establishment of the Association Council,
 the Joint Committee set up by the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and
Economic Cooperation can exercise the powers assigned by the Europe
Agreement to the Association Council which are necessary in order to
 implement the Interim Agreement.
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HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries,
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, formed in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                      TITLE I: FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
                                     Article 1 (EA 7)
1.     The Community and Poland shall gradually establish a free trade
area in a transitional period lasting a maximum of ten years starting
from the entry into force of this Agreement (hereinafter called "the
Agreement") in accordance with the provisions of the present agreement
and in conformity with those of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade.
2.     The Combined Nomenclature of goods shall be applied       to  the
classification of goods in trade between the two parties.
3.     For each product the basic duty to which the successive
reductions set out in this Agreement are to be applied shall be that
actually applied erga omnes on the day preceding the date of entry into
force of the Agreement.
4.     If, after entry into force of the Agreement, any tariff reduction
is applied on an erga omnes basis, in particular reductions resulting
from the tariff agreement concluded as a result of the GATT Uruguay
Round, such reduced duties shall replace the basic duties referred to
in paragraph 3 as from the date when such reductions are applied.
5.     The Community and Poland shall communicate to each other their
respective basic duties.
                       Chapter I: Industrial products
                                     Article 2 (EA 8)
1.     The provisions of         this Chapter shall   apply to products
originating in the Community and in Poland listed in Chapters 25 to 97
of the Combined Nomenclature with the exception of the products listed
 in Annex I.
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2.    The provisions of Articles 3 to 7       included do  not apply to
products mentioned in Articles 9 and 10.
                                Article 3 (EA 9)
1.    Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating in Poland other than those listed in Annexes M a , lib
and III shall be abolished on the entry into force of the Agreement.
2.    Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating   in Poland which are      listed    in Annex lia shall be
progressively abolished in accordance with the following timetable:
      on the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty shall
      be reduced to 50% of the basic duty.
      one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement
      the remaining duties shall be eliminated.
Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating in Poland listed in Annex M b shall be progressively
reduced, from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, by annual
reductions of 20% of the basic duty, so as to arrive at a total
abolition by the end of the fourth year after the date of entry into
force of the Agreement.
3.    The products of Polish origin listed in Annex III shall benefit
from a suspension of customs duties on imports within the limits of
annual Community tariff quotas or ceilings increasing progressively in
accordance with the conditions defined in that Annex so as to arrive at
a complete abolition of customs duties on imports of the products
concerned at the end of the fifth year at the latest.
At the same time, customs duties on imports applicable to import
quantities in excess of the quotas or ceilings provided for above shall
be progressively dismantled from the entry Into force of the Agreement
by annual reductions of 15%. By the end of the fifth year, remaining
duties shall be abolished.
4.    Quantitative restrictions on imports to the Community and
measures having equivalent effect shall be abolished on the date of
entry into force of the Agreement with regard to the products
originating in Poland.
                                Article 4 (EA 10)
1.    Customs duties on imports applicable in Poland to products
originating in the Community listed in Annex IVa shall be abolished on
the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
2.    Customs duties on imports applicable in Poland to products
originating in the Community which are listed in Annex IVb shall be
progressively reduced as specified in that Annex.
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Poland shall open duty free tariff quotas for products originating in
the Community, as listed in that Annex and according to the conditions
contained therein.
3.    Customs duties on imports applicable in Poland to products
originating in the Community other than those listed in Annexes IVa
and IVb shall be progressively reduced, and abolished by the end of the
seventh year at the latest from the entry into force of the Agreement
according to the following timetable:
      three years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
      each duty shall be reduced to 80% of the basic duty
      four years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
      each duty shall be reduced to 60% of the basic duty
      five years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
      each duty shall be reduced to 40% of the basic duty
      six years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
      each duty shall be reduced to 20% of the basic duty
      seven years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
      the remaining duties shall be eliminated;
4.    Quantitative restrictions on imports into Poland of products
originating in the Community and measures having equivalent effect
shall be abolished on entry into force of the Agreement with the
exception of those listed in Annex V which shall be abolished in
accordance with the timetable provided in that Annex.
                                Article 5   (EA 11)
The provisions concerning the abolition of customs duties on     imports
shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.
                                Article 6  (EA 12)
The Community and Poland shall abolish upon entry into force of this
Agreement in trade between themselves, any charges having an effect
equivalent to customs duties on imports.
                                Article 7 (EA 13)
1.    The Community and Poland shall progressively abolish between them
at the latest by the end of the fifth year after entry into force of
the Agreement any customs duties on exports and charges having
equivalent effect.
2.    Quantitative restrictions on exports and any measures having
equivalent effect shall be abolished by the Community and Poland on the
entry into force of the Agreement except for those applied to products
listed in Annex VI which shall be eliminated as specified therein.
                                Article 8 (EA 14)
Each party declares its readiness to reduce its customs duties in trade
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with the other party more rapidly than Is provided for in Articles 3
and 4 if its general economic situation and the situation of the
economic sector concerned so permit.
The Joint Committee referred to in Article 37 (hereinafter referred to
as "the Joint Committee") may make recommendations to this effect.
                                 Article 9 (EA 15)
Protocol No 1 lays down the arrangements      applicable to   the   textile
products referred to therein.
                                 Article 10   (EA 16)
Protocol No 2 lays down the arrangements applicable to products covered
by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.
                                 Article 11 (EA 17)
The provisions of the present Chapter do not preclude the retention of
an agricultural component in the duties applicable to products listed
 in Annex VII.
                        Chapter II -Agriculture
                                 Article 12 (EA 18)
 1.    The provisions of this Chapter shall apply        to   agricultural
 products originating in the Community and in Poland.
 2.    The term "agricultural products" means the products listed in
 Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and the products listed
 in Annex I, but excluding fishery products as defined by Regulation
 (EEC) N- 3796/81.
                                 Article 13 (EA 19)
 Protocol   N* 3   lays down   the   trade  arrangements   for    processed
 agricultural products which are listed in such protocol.
                                  Article 14 (EA 20)
 1.    The Community shall abolish at the date of entry into force of
 the Agreement the quantitative restrictions on imports of agricultural
 products originating    in Poland maintained by virtue of Council
 Regulation (EEC) no 3420/83 in the form existing on the date of
 signature hereof.
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2.          The agricultural products originating                in Poland listed in
Annex VIII shall benefit, upon the date of entry into force of this
Agreement, from the reduction of customs duties and levies within the
limit of Community quotas and upon the conditions provided in the same
Annex.
3.          Poland shall gradually abolish quantitative restrictions on
imports of agricultural products originating in the Community listed in
Annex IX in accordance with the conditions established in that Annex.
4.          The Community and Poland shall grant each other the concessions
referred to in Annexes Xa, Xb and Xc and XI, on a harmonious and
reciprocal basis, in accordance with the conditions laid down therein.
5.          Talcing account of the volume of trade in agricultural products
between them, of their particular sensitivity, of the rules of the
Common Agricultural Policy of the Community, of the role of agriculture
in the Polish economy, and of the consequences of the multilateral
trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,
the Community and Poland shall examine on a regular basis in the Joint
Committee, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis,
the possibilities of granting each other further concessions. In this
context special attention will be given to agricultural production
based on natural techniques.
6.          Talcing account of the need for an increased harmony between the
agricultural policies in the Community and Poland, as well as Poland's
objective of becoming a member of the Community, both Parties will have
regular consultations in the Joint Committee on the strategy and
practical modalities of their respective policies.
                                                Article 15 (EA 21)
Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement and in particular
Article 24, if, given the particular sensitivity of the agricultural
marlcets, imports of products originating in one Party, which are the
subject of concessions granted in Article 14, cause serious disturbance
to the marlcets In the other Party, both Parties shall enter into
consultations immediately to find an appropriate solution. Pending
such solution, the Party concerned may take the measures it deems
necessary.
                                        Chapter III - Fisheries
                                                Article 16 (EA 22)
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to fishery products
originating in the Community and in Poland, which are covered by
Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 on the common organization of the market in
the sector of fishery products.
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                                  Article 17 (EA 23)
The Parties shall conclude as soon as practicable negotiations of an
agreement on fishery products.
Thereafter, the provisions of Article 14, paragraph       5 shall  apply
mutatis mutandis to fishery products.
                       Chapter IV - Common provisions
                                   Article 18 (EA 24)
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to trade in all products
except where otherwise provided herein or in Protocols N*1, 2, or 3.
                                   Article 19 (EA 25)
1.     No new customs duties on imports or exports or charges having
equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those already applied
be increased, in the trade between the Community and Poland from the
date of entry into force of the Agreement.
2.      io new quantitative restriction on imports or exports or measure
having equivalent effect shall be introduced nor shall those existing
be made more restrictive in the trade between the Community and Poland
from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
3.     Without prejudice to the concessions granted under Article 14,
the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not restrict
 in any way the pursuance of the respective agricultural policies of
Poland and the Community or the taking of any measures under such
policies.
                                   Article 20 (EA 26)
1.     The two parties shall refrain from any measure or practice of an
 internal fiscal nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly,
discrimination between the products of one party and like products
originating in the territory of the other party.
2.     Products exported to the territory of one of the two parties may
not benefit from repayment of internal taxation in excess of the amount
of direct or indirect taxation imposed on them.
                                   Article 21 (EA 27)
 1.    This    Agreement    shall   not   preclude  the maintenance   or
establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or arrangements for
 frontier trade except insofar as they after the trade arrangements
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provided for in this Agreement.
2.     Consultations between the Parties shall take place within the
Joint Committee concerning agreements establishing such customs unions
or free trade areas and, where requested, on other major issues related
to their respective trade policy with third countries. In particular in
the event of a third country acceding to the Community, such
consultations shall take place so as to ensure that account can be
taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Poland stated in
this Agreement.
                                 Article 22 (EA 28)
Exceptional measures of limited duration which derogate from the
provisions of Articles 4 and 19, paragraph 1 may be taken by Poland in
the form of increased customs duties.
These measures may only concern infant industries, or certain sectors
undergoing restructuring or facing serious difficulties, particularly
where these difficulties produce important social problems.
Customs duties on imports applicable in Poland to products originating
 in the Community introduced by these measures may not exceed 25%
ad valorem and shall maintain an element of preference for products
originating in the Community. The total value of imports of the
products which are subject to these measures may not exceed 15% of
total imports of industrial products from the Community as defined in
Chapter I, during the last year for which statistics are available.
These measures shall be applied for a period not exceeding five years
unless a longer duration is authorized by the Joint Committee. They
shall cease to apply at the latest at the expiration of the
 transitional period.
No such measures can be introduced in respect of a product if more than
 3 years have elapsed since the elimination of all duties and
quantitative restrictions or charges or measures having an equivalent
effect concerning that product.
Poland shall inform the Joint Committee of any exceptional measures it
 Intends to take and, at the request of the Community, consultations
 shall be held in the Joint Committee on such measures and the sectors
 to which they apply before they are applied. When taking such measures
 Poland shall provide the Joint Committee with a schedule for the
elimination of the customs duties introduced under this Article. This
 schedule shall provide for a phasing out of these duties starting at
 the latest two years after their introduction at equal annual rates.
 The Joint Committee may decide on a different schedule.
                                 Article 23 (EA 29)
 If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in trade with
 the other Party within the meaning of Article VI of the General
 Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, it may take appropriate measures
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application of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade, with related internal legislation and with the conditions and
procedures laid down in Article 27.
                                  Article 24 (EA 30)
Where any product     is being imported in such increased quantities and
under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:
        serious   injury to domestic producers of      like or directly
        competitive products in the territory of one of the Parties, or
        serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or difficulties
        which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic
        situation of a region,
the Community or Poland, whichever is concerned, may take appropriate
measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures
 laid down in Article 27.
                                   Article 25 (EA 31)
Where compliance with the provisions of Articles 7 and 19 leads to
 (i)    re-export towards a third country against which the exporting
        party maintains, for the product concerned, quantitative export
        restrictions, export duties or measures having equivalent effect;
        or
 (ii) a serious shortage, or threat thereof, of a product essential to
        the exporting party;
and where the situations above referred to give rise, or are likely to
give rise to major difficulties for the exporting party, that party may
 take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with
 the procedures laid down in Article 27. The measures shall be non-
 discriminatory and be eliminated when conditions no longer justify
 their maintenance.
                                   Article 26 (EA 32)
 The Member States and Poland shall progressively adjust any State
 monopolies of a commercial character so as to ensure that, by the end
 of the fifth year following the entry into force of this Agreement, no
 discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured
 and marketed exists between nationals of the Member States and of
 Poland. The Joint Committee will be informed about the measures
 adopted to implement this objective.
                                   Article 27 (EA 33)
 1.      In the event of the Community or Poland subjecting imports of
 products liable to give rise to the difficulties referred to in
 Article 24 to an administrative procedure having as its purpose the
 rapid provision of information on the trend of trade flows, it shall
  inform the other party.
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2.      In the cases specified in Articles 23, 24 and 25, before taking
the measures provided for therein or, in cases to which paragraph 3(d)
applies, as soon as possible, the Community or Poland, as the case may
be, shall supply the Joint Committee with all relevant information
with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the two parties.
 In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which
 least disturb the functioning of the Agreement.
The safeguard measures shall be notified immediately to the Joint
Committee and shall be the subject of periodic consultations within
that body, particularly with a view to establishing a timetable for
their abolition as soon as circumstances permit.
3.     For the implementation of paragraph 2, the following provisions
shalI apply:
(a)    As regards Article 24, the difficulties arising from the
       situation referred to in that Article shall be referred for
       examination to the Joint Committee, which may take any decision
       needed to put an end to such difficulties.
        If the Joint Committee or the exporting party has not taken a
       decision putting an end to the difficulties or no other
       satisfactory solution has been reached within thirty days of the
       matter being referred, the importing party may adopt the
       appropriate measures to remedy the problem. These measures must
       not exceed the scope of what is necessary to remedy the
       difficulties which have arisen.
(b)    As regards Article 23, the Joint Committee shall be informed of
       the dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing
       party have initiated an investigation. When no end has been put
       to the dumping or no other satisfactory solution has been reached
       within thirty days of the matter being referred to the Joint
       Committee, the importing party may adopt the appropriate
       measures.
c)     As regards Article 25, the difficulties arising from the
       situations referred to in that Article shall be referred for
       examination to the Joint Committee.
       The Joint Committee may take any decision needed to put an end to
       the difficulties. If it has not taken such a decision within
       thirty days of the matter being referred to it, the exporting
       party may apply appropriate measures on the exportation of the
       product concerned.
d)     Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make
       prior   information or examination, as the case may be,
       impossible, the Community or Poland whichever is concerned may,
       in the situations specified in Articles 23, 24 and 25, apply
       forthwith the precautionary measures strictly necessary to deal
       with the situation.
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                                 Article 28 (EA 34)
Protocol No 4 lays down rules of origin, for the application of tariff
preferences foreseen in this Agreement.
                                 Article 29 (EA 35)
The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on
imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public
morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health
and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of national
treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value or the
protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property or rules
relating to gold and silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall
not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a
disguised restriction on trade between the Parties.
                                 Article 30 (EA 36)
Protocol No 5 lays down the specific provisions to apply to trade
between Poland of the one part and Spain and Portugal of the other
part.
                TITLE lit PAYMENTS. COMPETITION AND OTHER
                           ECONOMIC PROVISIONS
                                 Article 31 (EA 59)
The Parties undertake to authorize,      in freely convertible currency,
any payments on the current account       of balance of payments to the
extent that the transaction underlying    the payments concern movement of
goods between the Parties which have     been liberalized pursuant to the
present Agreement.
                                  Article 32 (EA 62)
With reference to the provisions of this Chapter, and notwithstanding
the provisions of Article 34, until a full convertibility of the
Polish currency in the meaning of Article VIII of the International
Monetary Fund is introduced, Poland may in exceptional circumstances
apply exchange restrictions connected with the granting or taking up of
short and medium-term credits to the extent that such restrictions are
 imposed on Poland for the granting of such credits and are permitted
according to Poland's status under the IMF.
Poland shall apply these restrictions in a non-discriminatory manner.
They shall be applied in such a manner as to cause the least possible
disruption to this Agreement. Poland shall inform the Joint Committee
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promptly of the introduction      of such measures    and of any changes
therein.
                                   Article 33 (EA 63)
1.      The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the
Agreement, in so far as they may affect trade between the Community and
Poland:
(i)     all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of
        undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which
        have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or
        distortion of competition;
(ii) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the
        territories of the Community or of Poland as a whole or in a
        substantial part thereof;
( M i ) any public aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition
        by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain
        goods.
2.      Any practices contrary to this Article shall be assessed on the
basis of criteria arising from the application of the rules of Articles
85, 86, and 92 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community.
3.      The Joint Committee shall, within three years of the entry into
force of the Agreement, adopt by decision the necessary rules for the
 implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2.
        Until these rules are adopted, the provisions of the Agreement on
 interpretation and application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall be applied as the rules
for the implementation of paragraphs K i i i ) and related parts of
paragraph 2.
4.a     For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 1, point
 (iii), the Parties recognize that during the first five years after the
entry into force of the Agreement, any public aid granted by Poland
shall be assessed taking into account the fact that Poland shall be
 regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community described
 in Article 92.3(a), of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community. The Joint Committee shall, taking into account the economic
 situation of Poland, decide whether that period should be extended by
 further periods of five years.
 4.b     Each party shall ensure transparency in the area of public aid,
 inter alia by reporting annually to the other party on the total amount
 and the distribution of the aid given and by providing, upon request,
 information on aid schemes. Upon request by one party, the other party
 shall provide information on particular individual cases of public aid.
 5.      With regard to products referred to in Chapters II and III of
 Title I :
         the provision of paragraph 1 (iii) does not apply.
         any practices contrary to paragraph 1 (i) should be assessed
         according to the criteria established by the Community on the
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       basis of Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty establishing the
       European   Economic   Community    and in particular   of   those
       established in Council Regulation n' 26/1962.
6.     If the Community or Poland considers that a particular practice
is incompatible with the terms of the first paragraph of this Article,
and:
        is not adequately dealt with under the implementing rules
       referred to in paragraph 3, or
        in the absence of such rules, and if such practice causes or
       threatens to cause serious prejudice to the interest of the other
       Party or material injury to its domestic industry, including its
       services industry,
 it may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Joint
Committee or after 30 working days foMowing referral for such
consultât ion.
 In the case of practices incompatible with paragraph 1 (iii) of this
Article, such appropriate measures may, where the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade applies thereto, only be adopted in conformity with
the procedures and under the conditions laid down by the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and any other relevant instrument
negotiated under its auspices which are applicable between the Parties.
7.     Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary adopted in
conformity with paragraph 3, the parties shall exchange information
taking into account the limitations imposed by the requirements of
professional and business secrecy.
8.     This Article shall not apply to the products covered by the
Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community which are the
subject of Protocol N*2.
                                   Article 34 (EA 64)
 1.    The Parties shall       endeavour   to avoid   the imposition of
restrictive measures      including measures relating to imports for
balance of payments purposes. In the event of their introduction, the
Party having introduced the same shall present to the other party as
soon as possible, a time schedule for their removal.
 2.    Where one or more Member States of the Community or Poland is in
serious balance of payments difficulties, or under imminent threat
 thereof, the Community or Poland, as the case may be, may, in
accordance with the conditions established under the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade, adopt restrictive measures, including measures
 relating to imports, which shall be of limited duration and may not go
beyond what is necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation.
The Community or Poland, as the case may be, shall inform the other
Party forthwith.
                                   Article 35 (EA 65)
With regard to public undertakings, and undertakings to which special
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or exclusive rights have been granted, the Joint Committee shall
ensure that as from the third year following the date of entry into
force of the Agreement, the principles of the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, notably Article 90, and the principles of
the concluding document of the April 1990 Bonn meeting of the
Conference    on   Security   and    Cooperation    in  Europe   (notably
entrepreneurs' freedom of decision) are upheld.
                                  Art icle 36
1.     Poland shall continue to improve the protection of intellectual,
 industrial and commercial property rights in order to provide, by the
end of the fifth year from the entry into force of the Agreement, a
 level of protection similar to that provided in the Community by
Community Acts irt particular the ones referred to in Annex XIII,
 including comparable means of enforcing such rights.
2.     Mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs
matters of the Parties shall take place in accordance with the
provisions of Protocol N*6.
         TITLE III  : INSTITUTIONAL. GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
                                  Article 37 (EA 102)
The Joint Committee set up by the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and
Economic Cooperation signed between the European Economic Community and
the Republic of Poland on 19th September 1989 shall perform the duties
assigned to it by this Agreement until the Association Council provided
for in Article 102 of the Europe Agreement is established.
                                  Article 38 (EA 104)
The Joint Committee shall, for the purposes of attaining the objectives
of the Agreement, have the power to take decisions in the cases
provided for therein. The decisions taken shall be binding on the
Parties which shall take the measures necessary to implement the
decisions taken. The Joint Committee may also make appropriate
recommendat ions.
 It shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by agreement between
the two Part les.
                                  Article 39 (EA 105)
1.     Each of the two parties may refer to the Joint Committee any
dispute relating to the application or           interpretation of this
Agreement.
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2.    The    Joint  Committee may   settle  the dispute  by  means   of  a
decision.
3.     Each party shall be bound to take the measures         involved  in
carrying out the decision referred to in paragraph 2.
4.     In the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in
accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, either party may notify
the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other party must
then appoint a second arbitrator within two months.
The Joint Committee shall appoint a third arbitrator.
The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.
Each party to the dispute must take the steps required to implement the
decision of the arbitrators.
                                  Article 40 (EA 111)
Within the scope of this Agreement, each party undertakes to ensure
that natural and legal persons of the other party have access free of
discrimination in relation to its own nationals to the competent courts
and administrative organs of the Community and Poland to defend their
individual rights and their property rights, including those concerning
intellectual, industrial and commercial property.
                                  Article 41 (EA 112)
Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent a Party from taking any
measures:
(a)    which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of
        information contrary to its essential security interests;
(b)    which relate to the production of, or trade in, arms, munitions
       or war materials or to research, development or production
        indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures
       do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of
       products not intended for specifically military purposes;
(c)    which it considers essential to its own security in the event of
       serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law
       and order, in time of war or serious international tension
       constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations
        it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and
        international security.
                                  Article 42 (EA 113)
 In the fields covered by this Agreement and without prejudice to any
special provisions contained therein:
       the arrangements applied by Poland in respect of the Community
       shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member
       States, their nationals, or their companies or firms,
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       the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of Poland
       shall not give rise to any discrimination between Polish
       nationals or its companies or firms.
                                 Article 43 (EA 114)
Products originating     in Poland shall not enjoy more favourable
treatment when imported into the Community than that applied by Member
States among themselves.
                                  Article 44 (EA 115)
1.     The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required
to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement. They shall see to it
that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.
2.     If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to
fulfil an obligation under the Agreement, it may take appropriate
measures. Before so doing, it shall supply the Joint Committee with
all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the
situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.
in the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which
least disturb the functioning of the Agreement. These measures shall
be notified immediately to the Joint Committee and shall be the subject
of consultations within the Joint Committee if the other Party so
requests.
                                 Article 45 (EA 117)
Protocols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and      Annexes I to XI and XIII shall
form an integral part of this Agreement.
                                 Article 46 (EA 118)
1.     This agreement shall be applicable until the entry into force of
the Europe Agreement signed on 16th December 1991 and at the latest
until 31st December 1992.
2.     Either party may denounce this Agreement by notifying the other
party. This Agreement shall cease to apply six months after the date
of such notification.
                                  Article 47 (EA 119)
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in
which the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community are applied and under the conditions
 laid down in those Treaties and, on the other hand, to the territory of
the Republic of Poland.
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                                 Article 48 (EA 120)
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English,
French, German,     Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Polish
languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
                                 Article 49
This Agreement will be approved by the Parties in accordance with their
own procedures.
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second
month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that
the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been completed.
Upon entry into force of this Agreement, Articles 2 and 3 paragraph 2,
to 17 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of Poland on trade and economic and commercial cooperation
signed    in Brussels on 19th September 1989 and the corresponding
provisions of the Protocol between the European Coal and Steel
Community    and  the Republic of Poland       signed  in Brussels on
16 October 1991 shall be suspended.
                                 Article 50 (EA 122)
1.     In the event that this Agreement enters into force after 1st
January but before 30th June 1992 for the purposes of Titles I and II
of this Agreement and Protocols N's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 hereto, the
terms "date of entry into force of the Agreement" shall mean:
       the date of entry into force in relation to obligations taking
       effect on that date, and
       1st January 1992 in relation to obligations taking effect after
       the date of entry into force by reference to the date of entry
       into force.
2.     In the case of entry into force after 1st January, the provisions
of Protocol N'7 shall apply.
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                           JOINT DECLARATIONS
1.    Article 1 paragraph 4
The Community and Poland confirm that where a reduction of duties is
effected by way of a suspension of duties made for a particular period
of time, such reduced duties shall replace the basic duties only for
the period of such suspension, and that whenever a partial suspension
of duties is made, the preferential margin between the Parties will be
preserved.
2.    Article 33
1.    The Joint Committee shall establish appropriate measures to
ensure that all agreements covered by Article 33(i) of the Agreement
and affecting trade between the Contracting Parties and which were
concluded before the entry into force of the Agreement will be dealt
with in a manner similar to what is provided in Article 7 of Council
Regulation (EEC) no 17/62.
2.    The Parties shall not make improper use        of provisions on
professional secrecy to prevent the disclosure of    information in the
field of competition.
3.    Parties may request the Joint Committee at a later stage, and
after   the adoption of     the  implementing  rules referred    to in
Article 33(3), to examine to what extent and under which conditions
certain competition rules may be directly applicable, taking into
account the progress made in the integration process between the
Community and Poland.
3.    Article 33. paragraph 2
When applying the criteria arising from the application of the rules of
articles 85,  86 and 92 of the Treaty, the notion of affectation of
trade between Member States defined in such articles shall be replaced
by the notion of affectation of trade between the Community and Poland.
4.    Article 36
The Parties agree that for the purpose of this Interim Agreement
"intellectual, industrial and commercial property" is to be given a
similar meaning as in Article 36 of the EEC Treaty and includes in
particular protection of copyright and neighbouring rights, patents,
industrial designs, trademarks and service marks, topographies of
integrated circuits, software, geographical indications as well as
protection against unfair competition and protection of undisclosed
information on know-how.
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      Annexes VI M b and Xc
Surveillance mechanisms in the form of export certificates for fruit
and vegetable products listed in Annexes VII lb and Xc of this Agreement
shall be introduced by Poland for the purpose of monitoring exports of
these products to the Community and avoiding undue distortion of the
Community market. The surveillance mechanisms shall be introduced at
the latest from 1 June 1992.
The modalities for the monitoring of trade in these products, including
the modalities for exchange of information, shall be established by
Poland in cooperation with the competent services of the Community.
6.    Article 5 of Protocol N'6 to the Agreement
The Contracting Parties stress that the reference which is made in
Article 5 of Protoci N'6 to their own legislation may cover, where
appropriate, an international commitment they could have contracted,
such as the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extra-
judicial documents in civil or commercial matters, concluded in The
Hague on November 15, 1965.
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                          UNILATERAL DECLARATIONS
                           Declarations by Poland
1.     Article 33
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 33 the rights of the Parties
under the Agreement on Interpretation and Application of Articles VI,
XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are not
impaired".
2
  -    Agricultural products
Poland expresses its strong belief that the Community will take
effective precautions to ensure that its agricultural export subsidies
do not displace shipments from Poland to third countries.
These precautions should be reviewed by the Joint Committee.
3.     Article 36
By the end of the fifth year from the entry into force of the Agreement
Poland shall apply to accede to the Munich Convention on the Grant of
European Patents of 5 October 1973. Poland shall also accede to the
following multilateral conventions:
       convention de Berne pour la protection des oeuvres littéraires et
       artistiques dans l'Acte de Paris du 24 juillet 1971;
       convention    internationale sur la protection       des artistes
        interprètes ou exécutants, des producteurs de phonogrammes et des ->
       organismes de radiodiffusion signée à Rome le 26 October 1961;
       traité de Budapest sur la reconnaissance internationale du dépôt
       des micro-organismes aux fins de la procédure en matière de
       brevets, signé à Budapest en 1977 et modifié en 1980.
       the Madrid Protocol concerning the international registration of
       Trade Marks (Madrid 1989).
to which Member States are parties, or which are de facto applied by
Member States.
Poland declares that it also attaches importance to the following
multilateral conventions:
       convention de Paris pour          la protection de la propriété
        industrielle dans l'Acte de Stockholm de 1967 (Union de Paris);
       arrangement de Madrid concernant l'enregistrement international
       des marques dans l'Acte de Stockholm de 1967 (Union de Madrid);
       traité de coopération en matière de brevets signé à Washington en
        1970 (Union du PCT).
Poland also declares that by the end of the fifth year from the entry
 into force of the Agreement, it shall comply           in its internal
 legislation with the substantial provisions of the Nice Agreement
concerning the international Classification of Goods and Services for
the purposes of registration of marks (Geneva 1977, amended 1979).
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                 Declarations by the European Community
1.    Article 8. paragraph 4 of the protocol N # 2 on ECSC products
It is understood that the possibility of an exceptional extension of
the five-years period is strictly limited to the particular case of
Poland and does not impair the position of the Community in relation to
other cases nor prejudge international commitments. The possible
derogation foreseen in paragraph 4 takes into account the particular
difficulties of Poland in restructuring the steel sector and the fact
this process has been launched very recently.
2-    Protocol N'6
Protocol N'6 is applicable    to the extent   that   it covers  Community
competences.
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                                                          EC / HUNGARY
                                                          13/12/91
                            INTERIM AGREEMENT
                   on trade and trade related matters
between the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
COMMUNITY, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other
part.
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL         AND  STEEL
COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community",
of the one part,
and the REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, hereinafter referred to as "Hungary"
of the other part,
WHEREAS the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of
Hungary was signed in                 on            1991;
WHEREAS the aim of the Europe Agreement is to provide an appropriate
framework for political dialogue; it is to establish a gradual free
trade area between the Community and Hungary covering substantially all
trade between them; it is to govern commercial and economic relations
between the Parties and includes provisions relating to financial
cooperation and assistance and the promotion of cooperation in cultural
matters;
WHEREAS the Europe Agreement is intended to strengthen and widen the
relations established previously, notably by the Agreement on Trade and
Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the European Economic
Community and Hungary signed on 26th September 1988 and the Protocol on
Trade and Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the European Coal
and Steel Community and Hungary signed on 31st October 1991.
WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure the development of trade relations
between the implementation of the agreements on Trade and Commercial
and Economic Cooperation and that of the Europe Agreement;
WHEREAS to this end it is necessary to implement as speedily as
possible, by means of an interim Agreement, provisions of the Europe
Agreement on trade and trade related matters;
WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure that pending the entry into force of
the Europe Agreement and the establishment of the Association Council,
the Joint Committee set up by the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and
Economic Cooperation can exercise the powers assigned by the Europe
Agreement to the Association Council which are necessary in order to
 implement the Interim Agreement.
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as their plenipotentiaries,
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, formed in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                     TITLE I: FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
                                 Article 1 (EA 7)
1.     The Community and Hungary shall gradually establish a free trade
area in a transitional period lasting a maximum of ten years starting
from the entry into force of this Agreement (hereinafter called "the
Agreement") in accordance with the provisions of the present agreement
and in conformity with those of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade.
2.     The Combined Nomenclature of goods shall be applied to the
classification of goods for imports into the Community. The Hungarian
 customs tariffs shall be applied to the classification of goods for
 imports into Hungary.
 3.    Subject to specific provisions in Chapters II and III, for each
 product the basic duty to which the successive reductions set out in
 this Agreement are to be applied shall be that actually applied erga
 omnes on the day preceding the date of entry into force of the
 Agreement.
 4.     If, after the entry into force of the Agreement, any tariff
 reduction is applied on an erga omnes basis, in particular reductions
 resulting from the tariff agreement concluded as a result of the GATT
 Uruguay Round, such reduced duties shall replace the basic duties
 referred to in paragraph 3 as from that date when such reductions are
 applled.
 5.    The Community and Hungary shall communicate to each other their
 respective basic duties.
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                     Chapter I: Industrial products
                                 Article 2 (EA 8)
1.     The provisions of this Chapter, shall apply          to products
originating in the Community and in Hungary listed in chapters 25 to 97
of the Combined Nomenclature and of the Hungarian Customs Tariffs with
the exception of products listed in Annex I.
2.     The provisions of Articles 3 to 7     included  do not apply to
products mentioned in Articles 9 and 10.
                                 Article 3 (EA 9)
1.     Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating in Hungary other than those listed in Annexes lia, M b
and M l shall be abolished on the entry into force of the Agreement.
2.     Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating    in Hungary which are listed in Annex M a shall be
progressively abolished in accordance with the following timetable:
       on the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty shall
       be reduced to 50% of the basic duty.
       one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement
       the remaining duties shall be eliminated.
Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating in Hungary listed in Annex lib shall be progressively
reduced, from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, by annual
reductions of 20% of the basic duty, so as to arrive at a total
abolition by the end of the fourth year after the date of entry into
force of the Agreement.
3.     The products of Hungarian origin listed in Annex ill shall
benefit from a suspension of customs duties on imports within the
 limits of annual Community tariff quotas or ceilings increasing
progressively in accordance with the conditions defined in the Annex.
At the same time, customs duties on imports applicable to import
quantities in excess of the quotas or ceilings provided for above shall
be progressively reduced in accordance with the conditions set out in
Annex III so as to arrive at a complete abolition of customs duties on
 imports of the products concerned at the end of the fifth year at the
 latest.
 4.    Quantitative restrictions on imports to the Community and
measures having a equivalent effect shall be abolished on the date of
 entry into force of the Agreement with regard to the products
originating in Hungary.
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1.     Customs duties on imports applicable in Hungary to products
originating in the Community which are listed in Annex IV shall be
reduced progressively:
Upon entry into force of the Agreement - to two-thirds of the basic
                                             duty,
On January 1, 1993 -                         to one-third of the basic
                                             duty,
On January 1, 1994 -                         to zero.
2.      Customs duties on imports      applicable in Hungary to products
originating in the Community not      listed in Annexes IV and V shall be
reduced progressively:
on January 1, 1995 - to two-thirds     of the basic duty,
on January 1, 1996 - to one-third      of the basic duty,
on January 1, 1997 - to zero.
3.      Customs duties on imports applicable in Hungary to products
originating in the Community which are listed in Annex V shall be
reduced progressively:
on January 1, 1995 - to 90% of the basic duty,
on January 1, 1996 - to 75% of the basic duty,
on January 1, 1997 - to 60% of the basic duty,
on January 1, 1998 - to 45% of the basic duty,
on January 1, 1999 - to 30% of the basic duty,
on January 1, 2000 - to 15% of the basic duty,
on January 1, 2001 - to 0% of the basic duty.
 4.     Quantitative restrictions on imports into Hungary and measures
 having an equivalent effect thereto of products originating in the
Community as listed in Annex Via shall be progressively abolished
 between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 2000 according to the
 timetable provided in that Annex.      All other quantitative restrictions
 and measures having an equivalent effect thereto shall be abolished
upon entry into force of the Agreement.
 The Joint Committee referred to in Article 36 (hereinafter referred to
 as "the Joint Committee") shall periodically review the progress
 achieved in dismantling quantitative restrictions.
 From the date of entry into force of the Agreement Hungary shall open
 import ceilings for products originating In the Community listed in
 Annex VIb and on the conditions contained therein.
                                    Article 5   (EA 11)
 The provisions concerning the abolition of customs duties on imports
 shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.
                                    Article 6   (EA 12)
 The Community shall abolish in its imports from Hungary charges having
 an effect equivalent to customs duties on imports upon the entry into
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Hungary shall abolish on its imports from the Community charges having
an effect equivalent to customs duties on imports in accordance with
the following timetable:
                     January 1 1995  January 1 1996  January 1 1997
the 1% licensing fee        1%
the 2% customs clearance    -             1%            1%
 fee
the 3% statistical fee      1%            1%            1%
                                 Article 7 (EA 13)
1.    The Community and Hungary shall progressively abolish between
them at the latest by the end of the fifth year after entry into force
of the Agreement any customs duties on exports and charges having
equivalent effect as well as quantitative restrictions on exports and
any measures having equivalent effect except those that might be
required for the administration of international obligations.
                                 Article 8 (EA 14)
Each party declares its readiness to reduce its customs duties in trade
with the other party more rapidly than is provided for in Articles 3
and 4 if its general economic situation and the situation of the
economic sector concerned so permit.
The Joint Committee referred may make recommendations to this effect.
                                 Article 9 (EA 15)
Protocol No 1 lays down the arrangements     applicable  to the  textile
products referred to therein.
                                 Article 10 (EA 16)
Protocol No 2 lays down the arrangements applicable to products covered
by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.
                                 Article 11 (EA 17)
1.    The provisions of the present Chapter do not preclude the
retention by the Community of an agricultural component in the duties
applicable to products listed in Annex VII in respect of products
originating in Hungary.
2.    The provisions of the present Chapter do not preclude the
introduction of an agricultural component by Hungary in the duties
applicable to the products listed in Annex VII in respect of products
originating in the Community.
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                         Chapter I I   -Agriculture
                                 A r t i c l e 12 (EA 18)
1.     The provisions of this Chapter shall apply         to  agricultural
products originating in the Community and in Hungary.
2.     The term "agricultural products" means the products listed in
Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and of the Hungarian
Customs Tariffs and the products listed in Annex I, but excluding
fishery products as defined by Regulation (EEC) N'3796/81.
                                  Article 13 (EA 19)
Protocol    N" 3   lays down the trade arrangements         for  processed
agricultural products which are listed in such protocol.
                                  Article 14 (EA 20)
1.     The Community shall abolish at the date of entry into force of
the Agreement the quantitative restrictions on imports of agricultural
products originating in Hungary maintained by virtue of Council
Regulation no 3420/83 in the form existing on the date of signature
hereof.
2.     The agricultural products originating in Hungary listed in
Annex VII I shall benefit, upon the date of entry into force of this
Agreement, from the reduction of customs duties and levies within the
 limits of Community quotas and upon the conditions provided in the same
Annex.
3.     Agricultural products listed in Annex IXa originating in the
Community    shall be imported       into Hungary free of quantitative
restrictions.      Agricultural products originating in the Community
 listed in Annex IXb shall be free from quantitative restrictions up to
 the quantities set out in that Annex.
4.      The Community and Hungary shall grant each other the concessions
referred to in Annexes Xa, Xb and Xc and XI, on a harmonious and
 reciprocal basis, in accordance with the conditions laid down therein.
5.      Taking account of the volume of trade in agricultural products
between them, of their particular sensitivity, of the rules of the
Common Agricultural Policy of the Community and of the rules of
 agricultural policy of Hungary and of the consequences of the
multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs
 and Trade, the Community and Hungary shall examine in the Joint
Committee, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis,
 the possibilities of granting each other further concessions.
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                                 Article 15 (EA 21)
Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement and in particular
Article 24, if, given the particular sensitivity of the agricultural
markets, imports of products originating in one Party, which are the
subject of concessions granted in Article 14, cause serious disturbance
to the markets in the other Party, both Parties shall enter into
consultations immediately to find an appropriate solution. Pending
such solution, the Party concerned may take the measures it deems
necessary.
                         Chapter III - Fisheries
                                 Article 16 (EA 22)
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to fishery products
originating in the Community and in Hungary, which are covered by
Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 on the common organization of the market in
the sector of fishery products.
                                 Article 17 (EA 23)
The provisions of Article 14, paragraph 5   shall apply mutatis mutandis
to fishery products.
                     Chapter IV - Common provisions
                                 Article 18 (EA 24)
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to trade in all products
except where otherwise provided herein or in Protocols N*1, 2, or 3.
                                 Article 19 (EA 25)
1.     No new customs duties on imports or exports or charges having
equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those already applied
be increased, in the trade between the Community and Hungary from the
date of entry into force of the Agreement.
2.     No new quantitative restriction on imports or exports or measure
having equivalent effect shall be introduced nor shall those existing
be made more restrictive in the trade between the Community and Hungary
from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
3.     Without prejudice to the concessions granted under Article 14 the
provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not restrict in
any way the pursuance of the respective agricultural policies of
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Hungary and the Community or the taking of any measures under such
policies.
                                 Article 20 (EA 26)
1.     The two parties shall refrain from any measure or practice of an
internal fiscal nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly,
discrimination between the products of one party and like products
originating in the territory of the other party.
2.     Products exported to the territory of one of the two parties may
not benefit from repayment of internal taxation in excess of the amount
of direct or indirect taxation imposed on them.
                                 Article 21 (EA 27)
1.     This   Agreement   shall   not   preclude  the maintenance or
establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or arrangements for
frontier trade except insofar as they alter the trade arrangements
provided for in this Agreement.
2.     Consultations between the Parties shall take place within the
Joint Committee concerning agreements establishing such customs unions
or free trade areas and, where requested, on other major issues related
 to their respective trade policy with third countries, in particular in
 the event of a third country acceding to the Community, such
consultations shall take place so as to ensure that account can be
 taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Hungary stated in
 this Agreement.
                                 Article 22 (EA 28)
 Exceptional measures of limited duration which derogate from the
provisions of Articles 4 and 19, paragraph 1 may be taken by Hungary
 in the form of increased customs duties.
These measures may only concern infant industries, or certain sectors
undergoing restructuring or facing serious difficulties, particularly
where these difficulties produce important social problems.
 Customs duties on imports appIicable in Hungary to products originating
 in the Community introduced by these measures may not exceed 25%
 ad valorem and shall maintain an element of preference for products
 originating in the Community. The total value of imports of the
 products which are subject to these measures may not exceed 15% of
 total imports from the Community of industrial products, as defined in
 Chapter I during the last year for which statistics are available.
 These measures shall be applied for a period not exceeding five years
 unless a longer duration is authorized by the Joint Committee. They
 shall cease to apply at the latest at the expiration of the
 transitional period.
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3 years have elapsed since the elimination of all duties and
quantitative restrictions or charges or measures having an equivalent
effect concerning that product.
Hungary shall inform the Joint Committee of any exceptional measures it
intends to take and, at the request of the Community, consultations
shall be held in the Joint Committee on such measures and the sectors
to which they apply before they are applied. When taking such measures
Hungary shall provide the Joint Committee with a schedule for the
elimination of the customs duties introduced under this Article. This
schedule shall provide for a phasing out of these duties starting at
the latest two years after their introduction, at equal annual rates.
The Joint Committee may decide on a different schedule.
                                 Article 23 (EA 29)
 If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in trade with
the other Party within the meaning of Article VI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, it may take appropriate measures
against this practice in accordance with the Agreement relating to the
application of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade, with related internal legislation, and with the conditions and
procedures laid down in Article 27.
                                 Article 24 (EA 30)
Where any product is being imported in such increased quantities and
under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:
       serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly
       competitive products in the territory of one of the Parties, or '
       serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or difficulties
       which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic
       situation of a region,
 the Community or Hungary, whichever is concerned may take appropriate
measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures
 laid down in Art icIe 27.
                                 Article 25 (EA 31)
Where compliance with the provisions of Articles 7 and 19 leads to
 (i)   re-export towards a third country against which the exporting
       party maintains, for the product concerned, quantitative export
       restrictions, export duties or measures having equivalent effect;
       or
 (ii) a serious shortage, or threat thereof, of a product essential to
       the exporting party,
 and where the situations above referred to give rise, or are likely to
give rise to major difficulties for the exporting party, that Party may
 take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with
 the procedures laid down in Article 27. The measures shall be non-
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discriminatory and be eliminated when conditions     no longer  Justify
their maintenance.
                                 Article 26 (EA 32)
The Member States and Hungary shall progressively adjust any State
monopolies of a commercial character so as to ensure that, by the end
of the fifth year following the entry into force of this Agreement, no
discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured'
and marketed exists between nationals of the Member States and of
Hungary. The Joint Committee will be informed about the measures
adopted to implement this objective.
                                 Article 27 (EA 33)
1.     In the event of the Community or Hungary subjecting imports of
products liable to give rise to the difficulties referred to in
Article 24 to an administrative procedure having as its purpose the
rapid provision of information on the trend of trade flows, it shall
 inform the other party.
2.     In the cases specified in Articles 23, 24 and 25, before taking
 the measures provided for therein or, in cases to which paragraph 3(d)
applies, as soon as possible, the Community or Hungary, as the case may
be, shall supply the Joint Committee with all relevant information
with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the two parties.
 In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which
 least disturb the functioning of the Agreement.
 The safeguard measures shall be notified immediately to the Joint
 Committee and shall be the subject of periodic consultations within
 that body, particularly with a view to establishing a timetable for
 their abolition as soon as circumstances permit.
 3.    For the implementation of paragraph 2, the following provisions
 shalI apply:
 (a)   As regards Article 24, the difficulties arising from the
       situation referred to in that Article shall be referred for
       examination to the Joint Committee, which may take any decision
       needed to put an end to such difficulties.
        If the Joint Committee or the exporting party has not taken a
       decision putting an end to the difficulties or no other
       satisfactory solution has been reached within thirty days of the
       matter being referred, the importing party may adopt the
       appropriate measures to remedy the problem. These measures must
       not exceed the scope of what is necessary to remedy the
       difficulties which have arisen.
 (b)   As regards Article 23, the Joint Committee shall be informed of
        the dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing
        party have initiated an investigation. When no end has been put
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       to the dumping or no other satisfactory solution has been reached
       within thirty days of the matter being referred to the Joint f
       Committee, the importing party may adopt the appropriate
       measures.                                                  '
c)     As regards Article 25, the difficulties arising from the
       situations referred to in that Article shall be referred for
       examination to the Joint Committee.
       The Joint Committee may take any decision needed to put an end to
       the difficulties. If it has not taken such a decision within
       thirty days of the matter being referred to it, the exporting
       party may apply appropriate measures on the exportation of the
       product concerned.
d)     Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make
       prior    information or examination, as the case may be,
        impossible, the Community or Hungary whichever is concerned may,
        in the situations specified in Articles 23, 24 and 25, apply
       forthwith the precautionary measures strictly necessary to deal
       with the situât ion.
                                  Article 28 (EA 34)
Protocol No 4 lays down rules of origin, for the application of tariff
preferences foreseen in this Agreement.
                                  Article 29 (EA 35)
The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on
 imports, exports or goods in transit Justified on grounds of public
morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health
and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of national
treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value or the
protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property or rules
relating to gold and silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall
not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a
disguised restriction on trade between the Parties.
                                  Article 30 (EA 36)
Protocol No 5 lays down the specific provisions to apply to trade
between Hungary of the one part and Spain and Portugal of the other
part.
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                             ECONOMIC PROVISIONS
                                   Article 31 (EA 59)
The Parties undertake to authorize, in freely convertible currency,
any payments on the current account of balance of payments to the
extent that the transactions underlying the payments concern movement
of goods between the Parties which have been liberalized pursuant to
the present Agreement.
                                   Article 32 (EA 62)
1.       The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the
Agreement, in so far as they may affect trade between the Community and
Hungary:
(i)      all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of
         undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which
         have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or
         distortion of competition;
(ii) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the
         territories of the Community or of Hungary as a whole or in a
         substantial part thereof;
(iii) any public aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition
         by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain
         goods.
2.       Any practices contrary to this Article shall be assessed on the
basis of criteria arising from the appIicat ion of the rules of Articles
85, 86, and 92 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community.
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3.       The Joint Committee shall, within three years of the entry into
force of the Agreement, adopt by decision the necessary rules for the
 implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2.
4.a      For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 1, point
( M i ) , the Parties recognize that during the first five years after the
entry into force of the Agreement, any public aid granted by Hungary
shall be assessed taking into account the fact that Hungary shall be
regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community described
 in Article 92.3(a), of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community. The Joint Committee shall, taking into account the economic
situation of Hungary, decide whether that period should be extended by
further periods of five years.
4.b      Each party shall ensure transparency in the area of public aid,
 inter alia by reporting annually to the other party on the total amount
and the distribution of the aid given and by providing, upon request,
 information on aid schemes. Upon request by one party, the other party
shall provide information on particular individual cases of public aid.
5.       With regard to products referred    to in Chapters  II and III of
Title I :
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       the provision of paragraph 1 (iii) does not apply,
       any practices contrary to paragraph 1 (i) should be assessed
       according to the criteria established by the Community on the
       basis of Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty establishing the
       European   Economic   Community   and in particular     of those
       established in Council Regulation n* 26/1962.
6.     If the Community or Hungary considers that a particular practice
is incompatible with the terms of the first paragraph of this Article,
and:
        is not adequately dealt with under the implementing rules
       referred to in paragraph 3, or
        in the absence of such rules, and if such practice causes or
       threatens to cause serious prejudice to the interest of the other
       Party or material Injury to its domestic industry, including its
       services industry,
 it may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Joint
Committee or after 30 working days following referral for such
consultât ion.
 In the case of practices incompatible with paragraph 1 (iii) of this
Article, such appropriate measures may, where the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade applies thereto, only be adopted In conformity with
the procedures and under the conditions laid down by the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and any other relevant instrument
negotiated under its auspices which are applicable between the Parties.
7.     Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary adopted in
conformity with paragraph 3, the parties shall exchange information
 taking into account the limitations imposed by the requirements of
professional and business secrecy.
8.     This Article shall not apply to the products covered by the
Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Treaty which are the
subject of Protocol N*2.
                                   Article 33 (EA 63)
 1.     The Parties shall endeavour        to avoid   the imposition of
 restrictive measures     including measures relating to imports for
 balance of payments purposes. In the event of their introduction, the
 Party having introduced the same shall present to the other party as
 soon as possible, a time schedule for their removal.
 2.     Where one or more Member States of the Community or Hungary is in
 serious balance of payments difficulties, or under imminent threat
 thereof, the Community or Hungary, as the case may be, may, in
 accordance with the conditions established under the General Agreement
 on Tariffs and Trade, adopt restrictive measures, including measures
 relating to imports, which shall be of limited duration and may not go
 beyond what is necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation.
 The Community or Hungary, as the case may be, shall inform the other
 Party forthwith.
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                                   Article 34 (EA 64)
With regard to public undertakings, and undertakings to which special
or exclusive rights have been granted, the Joint Committee shall ensure
that, as from the third year from the date of entry into force of the
Agreement, the principles of the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, notably Article 90, and the principles of the
concluding document of the April 1990 Bonn meeting of the Conference on
Security and Cooperation in Europe (notably entrepreneurs* freedom of
decision) are upheld.
                                   Article 35
1.      Hungary shall continue to improve the protection of intellectual,
 industrial and commercial property rights in order to provide, by the
end of the fifth year from the entry into force of the Agreement, a
 level of protection similar to that provided in the Community by
Community Acts, in particular the ones referred to in Annex XIII,
 including comparable means of enforcing such rights.
 2.     Mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs
matters of the Parties shall take place            in accordance with the
 provisions of Protocol N'6.
          TITLE M l   : INSTITUTIONAL. GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
                                    Article 36 (EA 104)
 The Joint Committee set up by the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and
 Economic Cooperation signed between the European Economic Community and
 the Republic of Hungary on 26th September 1988 shall perform the duties
 assigned to it by this Agreement until the Association Council provided
 for in Article 104 of the Europe Agreement is established.
                                    Article 37 (EA 106)
 The Joint Committee shall, for the purposes of attaining the objectives
 of the Agreement, have the power to take decisions in the cases
 provided for therein. The decisions taken shall be binding on the
 Parties which shall take the measures necessary to implement the
 decisions taken. The Joint Committee may also make appropriate
 recommendat ions.
  It shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by agreement between
 the two Part ies.
                                    Article 38 (EA 107)
  1.     Each of the   two parties may refer to the Joint Committee any
 dispute     relating  to the application     or    interpretation of this
 Agreement.
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2.     The Joint    Committee may settle    the dispute  by means   of a
decision.
3.     Each party shall be bound to take the measures        involved in
carrying out the decision referred to in paragraph 2.
4.     In the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in
accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, either party may notify
the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other party must
then appoint a second arbitrator within two months.
The Joint Committee shall appoint a third arbitrator.
The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.
Each party to the dispute must take the steps required to implement the
decision of the arbitrators.
                                  Article 39 (EA 113)
Within the scope of this Agreement, each party undertakes to ensure
that natural and legal persons of the other party have access free of
discrimination in relation to its own nationals to the competent courts
and administrative organs of the Community and Hungary to defend their
 individual rights and their property rights, including those concerning
 intellectual, industrial and commercial property.
                                  Article 40 (EA 114)
Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent a Party from taking any
measures:
(a)    which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of
        information contrary to its essential security interests;
(b)    which relate to the production of, or trade in arms, munitions or
       war materials or to research, development          or production
        indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures
       do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of
       products not intended for specifically military purposes;
(c)    which it considers essential to its own security in the event of
       serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law
       and order, in time of war or serious international tension
       constituting threat of war, or in order to carry out obligations
        it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and
        international security.
                                  Article 41 (EA115)
 1.     In the fields covered by this Agreement and without prejudice to
any special provisions contained therein:
        the arrangements applied by Hungary in respect of the Community
       shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member
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       States, their nationals, or their companies or firms.
       the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of Hungary
       shall not give rise to any discrimination between Hungarian
       nationals or its companies or firms.
2.     The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not prevent the Parties from
applying foreign exchange laws and regulations that provide different
treatment for residents and non-residents within the meaning of these
laws and regulations.
                                 Article 42 (EA 116)
The products originating in Hungary shall not enjoy more favourable
treatment when imported into the Community than that applied by Member
States among themselves.
                                 Article 43 (EA 117)
1.     The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required
to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement. They shall see to it
that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.
2.      If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to
fulfil an obligation under the Agreement, it may take appropriate
measures. Before so doing, it shall supply the Joint Committee with
all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the
situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.
 In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which
 least disturb the functioning of the Agreement. These measures shall
be notified immediately to the Joint Committee and shall be the subject
of consultations within the Joint Committee if the other Party so
requests.
                                  Article 44 (EA 119)
Protocols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and Annexes I to XI and XIII     shall
form an integral part of this Agreement.
                                  Article 45
1,      This agreement shall be applicable until the entry into force of
the Europe Agreement signed on 16th December 1991 and at the latest
until 31st December 1992.
2.      Either party may denounce this Agreement by notifying the other
party. This Agreement shall cease to apply six months after the date
of such notification.
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                                 Article 46 (EA 121)
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand,       to the territories  in
which the Treaties establishing the European      Economic Community  and
the European Coal and Steel Community are        applied and under    the
conditions laid down in those Treaties and, on    the other hand, to  the
territory of the Republic of Hungary.
                                 Article 47 (EA 122)
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English,
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Hungarian
languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
                                 Art icle 48
This Agreement will be approved by the Parties in accordance with their
own procedures.
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second
month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that
the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been completed.
Upon entry into force of this Agreement, Articles 1 and 2 paragraph 2,
to Article 10 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Hungary on trade and economic and commercial
cooperation signed in Brussels on 26th September 1988, and the
corresponding provisions of the Protocol between the European Coal and
Steel Community and the Republic of Hungary signed in Brussels on 31st
October 1991 shall be suspended.
                                 Article 49 (EA 124)
1.     In the event that this Agreement enters into force after 1st
January but before 30th June 1992 for the purposes of Titles I and II
of this Agreement and Protocols N's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 hereto, the
terms "date of entry into force of the Agreement" shall mean:
      the date of entry Into force in relation to obligations taking
      effect on that date, and
      1st January 1992 in relation to obligations taking effect after
      the date of entry into force by reference to the date of entry
       into force.
2.     In the case of entry into force after 1st January, the provisions
of Protocol N'7 shall apply.
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                            JOINT DECLARATIONS
1•     Article 1. paragraph 4
The Community and Hungary confirm that where a reduction of duties is
effected by way of a suspension of duties made for a particular period
of time, such reduced duties shall replace the basic duties only for
the period of such suspension, and that whenever a partial suspension
of duties is made, the preferential margin between the Parties will be
preserved.
2.     Article 32
The Parties shall not make improper use of provisions on professional
secrecy to prevent the disclosure of information in the field of
compet it ion.
3-     Article 35
The Parties agree that for the purpose of this Interim Agreement
 "inteïiectual, industrial and commercial property" is to be given a
similar meaning as in Article 36 of the EEC Treaty and includes in
particular protection of copyright and neighbouring rights, patents,
 industrial    designs,   trademarks    and  service  marks,   software,
 topographies of integrated circuits, geographical indications, as well
 as protection against unfair competition and protection of undisclosed
 information on know-how.
 4.     Article 5 of Protocol N'6
 The Contracting Parties stress that the reference which is made in this
 Article to their own legislation may cover, where appropriate, any
 international commitment they could have contracted, such as the
 Convention on the service abroad of Judicial and extra-judicial
 documents in civil or commercial matters, concluded in The Hague on
 November 15, 1965.
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                           UNILATERAL DECLARATIONS
                           Declarations by Hungary
1.     Article 1
Hungary will make every effort to adopt the Combined Nomenclature as
soon as possible.
2.     Article 4
Hungary will reduce customs duties on imports applicable in Hungary to
products originating in the Community in such a way as to assure that
the value of customs duty free trade from 1st January 1994 will amount
to at least 25% of total industrial imports from the Community on the
basis of last year for which statistics will be then available.
3.     Article 35
By the end of the fifth year from the entry into force of the
Agreement, Hungary shall apply to accede to the Munich Convention on
the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973. Hungary shall also
accede to the following multilateral conventions:
       Protocol    relating to the Madrid Agreement       concerning the
        International Registration of Marks (Madrid 1989);
        International Convention for the Protection of Performers,
       Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome,
       1961);
to which Member States are parties, or which are de facto applied by
Member States.
Hungary declares that it also attaches importance to the following
multilateral conventions:
       Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic
       Works (Paris Act, 1971);
       Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
       (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in 1979);
       Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of
       Marks (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in 1979);
       Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of
       Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks
        (Geneva 1977, amended 1979);
       Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit
       of Micro-organisms for the purposes of Patent            Procedures
        (1977, modified in 1980);
       Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington 1970, amended 1979 and
       modified in 1984).
                   Declarations by the European Community
1•     Article 8. paragraph 4 of Protocol N'2 on ECSC Products
 It is understood that the possibility of an exceptional extension of
 the five-year period is strictly limited to the particular case of
Hungary and does not impair the position of the Community in relation
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to other cases nor prejudge international commitments.    The possible
derogation foreseen in paragraph 4 takes into account the particular
difficulties of Hungary in restructuring the steel sector and the fact
that this process has been launched very recently.
2.    Protocol N'6
Protocol N'6 is applicable   to the extent   that  it covers Community
competences.
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                                                           EC / CSFR
                                                           13/12/91
                             INTERIM AGREEMENT
                    on trade and trade related matters
between the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
COMMUNITY, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic,
of the other part.
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL          AND   STEEL
COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community",
of the one part,
and the CZECH AND SLOVAK FEDERAL REPUBLIC, hereinafter referred to as
"the CSFR"
of the other part,
WHEREAS the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States and the CSFR was signed in
on             1991 ;
WHEREAS the aim of the Europe Agreement is to provide an appropriate
framework for political dialogue; it is to govern commercial and
economic relations between the Parties and includes provisions relating
to   financial   cooperation   and   assistance  and   the  promotion of
cooperation in cultural matters;
WHEREAS the Europe Agreement is intended to strengthen and widen the
relations established previously, notably by the Agreement on Trade and
Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the European Economic
Community and the CSFR signed on 7th May 1990 and the Protocol on Trade
and Commercial and Economic Cooperation between the European Coal and
Steel Community and the CSFR initialled on 28th June 1991.
WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure the development of trade relations
between the implementation of the agreements on Trade and Commercial
and Economic Cooperation and that of the Europe Agreement;
WHEREAS to this end it is necessary to implement as speedily as
possible, by means of an interim Agreement, provisions of the Europe
Agreement on trade and trade related matters.
WHEREAS it is necessary to ensure that pending the entry into force of
 the Europe Agreement and the establishment of the Association Council,
 the Joint Committee set up by the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and
 Economic Cooperation can exercise the powers assigned by the Europe
Agreement to the Association Council which are necessary in order to
 implement the Interim Agreement.
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HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries,
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
THE CZECH AND SLOVAK FEDERAL REPUBLIC
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, formed in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                      TITLE I: FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS
                                   Article 1 (EA 7)
1.      The Community and the CSFR shall gradually establish a free
trade area in a transitional period lasting a maximum of ten years
starting from the entry into force of this Agreement (hereinafter
referred to as "the Agreement") in accordance with the provisions of
the present agreement and in conformity with those of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
2.      The Combined Nomenclature of goods shall be applied       to  the
classification of goods in trade between the two parties.
3.      For each product     the basic duty to which the successive
reductions set out in this Agreement are to be applied shall be that
actually applied erga omnes on the day preceding the date of entry into
 force of the Agreement.
4.      If, after the entry into force of the Agreement, any tariff
 reduction is applied on an erga omnes basis, in particular reductions
 resulting from the tariff agreement concluded as a result of the GATT
Uruguay Round, such reduced duties shall replace the basic duties
 referred to in paragraph 3 as from that date when such reductions are
 appI led.
 5.     The Community and the CSFR shall communicate to each other their
 respective basic duties.
                       Chapter i: Industrial products
                                   Article 2 (EA 8)
 1.     The  provisions   of   this Chapter    shall  apply to   products
 originating in the Community and in the CSFR listed in Chapters 25
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to 97 of the Combined Nomenclature with the exception of the products
Iisted in Annex I.
2.     The provisions of Articles 3 to 7     included   do not apply  to
products mentioned in Articles 9 and 10.
                                 Article 3 (EA 9)
1.     Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating in the CSFR other than those listed in Annexes M a ,
M b and III shall be abolished on the entry into force of the
Agreement.
2.     Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating in the CSFR which are listed in Annex ila shall be
progressively abolished in accordance with the following timetable:
       on the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty shall
       be reduced to 50% of the basic duty.
       one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement
       the remaining duties shall be eliminated.
Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community to products
originating in the CSFR listed in Annex M b shall be progressively
reduced, from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, by annual
reductions of 20% of the basic duty so as to arrive at total abolition
by the end of the fourth year after the date of entry into force of the
agreement.
3.     The products of CSFR origin listed in Annex III shall benefit
from a suspension of customs duties on imports within the limits of
annual Community tariff quotas or ceilings Increasing progressively in
accordance with the conditions defined in that Annex so as to arrive at
a complete abolition of customs duties on imports of the products
concerned at the end of the fifth year at the latest.
At the same time, customs duties on imports applicable to import
quantities in excess of the quotas or ceilings provided for above shall
be progressively dismantled from the entry into force of the Agreement
by annual reductions of 15%. By the end of the fifth year, remaining
duties shall be abolished.
 4.    Quantitative   restrictions   and measures     having  an effect
 equivalent to quantitative restrictions on imports to the Community
 shall be abolished on the date of entry into force of the Agreement
with regard to the products originating in the CSFR.
                                 Article 4 (EA 10)
 1.    Customs duties on imports applicable in the CSFR to products
 originating in the Community which are listed in Annex IV shall be
 abolished on the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
 2.     Customs duties on imports applicable in the CSFR to products
 originating in the Community which are listed in Annex V shall be
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progressively reduced in accordance with the following timetable:
       on the date of entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall
       be reduced to 80% of the basic duty-,
       three years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
       each duty shall be reduced to 40% of the basic duty;
       five years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
       the remaining duties shall be eliminated.
3.     Customs duties on imports applicable in the CSFR to products
originating in the Community which are listed in Annex VI shall be
progressively reduced according to the following timetable:
       three years after the date of entry Into force of the Agreement
       each duty shall be reduced to 80% of the basic duty,
       five years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
       each duty shall be reduced to 60% of the basic duty;
       seven years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
       each duty shall be reduced to 40% of the basic duty,
       nine years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
       the remaining duties shall be eliminated.
4.     Customs duties on imports applicable in the CSFR to products
originating in the Community which are listed in Annex VII shall be
progressively reduced in accordance with the following timetable:
       on the date of entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall
       be reduced to 80% of the basic duty;
       three years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
       each duty shall be reduced to 60% of the basic duty
        five years after the date of entry Into force of the Agreement
       each duty shall be reduced to 40% of the basic duty
       seven years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
       each duty shall be reduced to 20% of the basic duty
       nine years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement
        the remaining duties shall be eliminated.
5.     Quantitative restrictions on imports into the CSFR of products
originating in the Community shall be abolished upon entry into force
of the Agreement, excpet for those listed in Annex V I M , which shall be
progressively abolished by the end of the transitional period.
6.     Measures having an effect equivalent to quantitative restrictions
on imports into the CSFR of products originating in the Community shall
be abolished upon entry into force of the Agreement.
                                  Article 5 (EA 11)
The provisions concerning the abolition of customs duties on imports
 shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.
                                  Article 6 (EA 12)
 The Community and the CSFR shall abolish upon entry into force of this
 Agreement in trade between themselves, any charges having an effect
 equivalent to customs duties on imports.
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                                  Article 7 (EA 13)
1.       The Community and the CSFR shall progressively abolish between
them at the latest by the end of the fifth year after entry into force
of the Agreement any customs duties on exports and charges having
equivalent effect.
2.       Quantitative restrictions on exports to the CSFR and any measures
having equivalent effect shall be abolished by the Community on the
entry into force of the Agreement.
3.       Quantitative restrictions on exports to the Community and any
measures having equivalent effect shall be abolished by the CSFR upon
entry into force of the Agreement, except for those restrictions listed
 in Annex IX which shall be abolished at the latest by the end of the
fifth year after the entry into force of the Agreement.
                                   Article 8 (EA 14)
Each party declares its readiness to reduce its customs duties in trade
with the other party more rapidly than is provided for in Articles 3
and 4 if its general economic situation and the situation of the
economic sector concerned so permit.
The Joint Committee referred to in Article 37 (hereinafter referred to
as "the Joint Committee") may take recommendations to this effect.
                                   Article 9 (EA 15)
Protocol No 1 lays down the arrangements       applicable  to the textile
products referred to therein.
                                   Article 10 (EA 16)
Protocol No 2 lays down the arrangements applicable to products covered
by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.
                                   Article 11 (EA 17)
 1.       The provisions of the present chapter do not preclude the
 retention by the Community of an agricultural component in the duties
 applicable to products listed in Annex X in respect of products
 originating in the CSFR.
 2.       The provisions of the present chapter do not preclude the
 introduction of an agricultural component by the CSFR in the duties
 applicable to the products listed in Annex X in respect of products
 originating in the Community.
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                                 A r t i c l e 12 (EA 18)
1.     The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to agricultural
products originating in the Community and in the CSFR.
2.     The term "agricultural products" means the products listed in
Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and the products listed
in Annex I, but excluding fishery products as defined by Regulation
(EEC) No 3796/81.
                                  Article 13 (EA 19)
Protocol n* 3 lays down the trade arrangements for                 processed
agricultural products which are listed in such protocol.
                                 Article 14 (EA 20)
1.     The Community shall abolish at the date of entry into force        of
the    Agreement   their   quantitative         restrictions on imports   of
agricultural products originating in the CSFR maintained by virtue        of
Council Regulation no 3420/83 in the form existing on the date            of
signature hereof.
2.     The agricultural products originating in the CSFR listed in
Annex    XI shall benefit, upon the date of entry into force of this
Agreement, from the reduction of customs duties and levies within the
 limits of Community quotas and upon the conditions provided in the same
Annex.
3.     The CSFR shall abolish quantitative restrictions on imports of
agricultural products originating in the Community listed in Annex XII
 in accordance with the conditions laid down in that Annex.
4.     The Community and the CSFR shall grant each other the concessions
referred to in Annexes XII la and b and XIV, on a harmonious and
reciprocal basis, in accordance with the conditions laid down therein.
5.      Taking account of the volume of trade in agricultural products
between them, of their particular sensitivity, of the rules of the
Common Agricultural Policy of the Community, of the rules of the
agricultural policy of the CSFR, and of the consequences of the
multilateral trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs
 and Trade, the Community and the CSFR shall examine in the Joint
Committee, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis,
 the possibilities of granting each other further concessions.
                                  Article 15 (EA 21)
 Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, and in particular
 Article 24, if, given the particular sensitivity of the agricultural
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markets, imports of products originating in one party, which are the
subject of concessions granted in Article 14, cause serious disturbance
to the markets in the other Party, both parties shall eriter into
consultations immediately to find an appropriate solution. Pending
such a solution, the party concerned may take the measures it deems
necessary.
                         Chapter M i - Fisheries
                                 Article 16 (EA 22)
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to fishery products
originating in the Community and in the CSFR, which are covered by
Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 on the common organization of the market in
 the sector of fishery products.
                                 Article 17 (EA 23)
The fishery products originating in the CSFR listed in Annex XV shall
benefit upon the date of entry into force of this Agreement from the
 reduction of customs duties provided in that Annex. The provisions of
Article 14 paragraph 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to fishery
products.
                      Chapter IV - Common provisions
                                  Article 18 (EA 24)
 The provisions of this chapter shall apply to trade in all products,
 except where otherwise provided herein or in Protocols N* 1, 2 or 3.
                                 Article 19 (EA 25)
 1.    No new customs duties on imports or exports or charges having
 equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those already applied
 be increased, in the trade between the Community and the CSFR from the
 date of entry into force of the Agreement.
 2.    No new quantitative restriction on imports or exports or measure
 having equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those existing
 be made more restrictive, in the trade between the Community and the
 CSFR from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.
 3.    Without prejudice to the concessions granted under Article 14 the
 provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not restrict in
 any way the pursuance of the respective agricultural policies of the
 CSFR and the Community or the taking of any measures under such
 policies.
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                                 Article 20 (EA 26)
1.     The two parties shall refrain from any measure or practice of an
internal fiscaI nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly,
discr ImirVat Ion between the products of one party and like products
originating in the territory of the other party.
2.     Products exported to the territory of one of the two parties may
not benefit from repayment of internal taxation in excess of the amount
of direct or indirect taxation imposed on them.
                                 Article 21 (EA 27)
1.     This     Agreement  shall  not preclude      the maintenance  or
establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or arrangements for
frontier trade except in so far as they alter the trade arrangements
provided for in this Agreement.
2.     Consultations between the Parties shall take place within the
Joint Committee concerning agreements establishing such customs unions
or free trade areas and, where requested, on other major issues related
to their respective trade policies with third countries. In particular
 in the event of a third country acceding to the Community, such
consultations shall take place so as to ensure that account can be
taken of the mutual interests of the Community and the CSFR stated in
this Agreement.
                                 Article 22 (EA 28)
Exceptional measures of limited duration which derogate from the
provisions of Articles 4 and 19 paragraph 1 may be taken by the CSFR in
 the form of increased customs duties.
These measures may only concern infant industries, or certain sectors
 undergoing restructuring or facing serious difficulties, particularly
where these difficulties produce important social problems.
 Customs duties on imports applicable        in the CSFR to products
 originating in the Community introduced by these measures may not
 exceed 25% ad valorem and shall maintain an element of preference for.
 products originating in the Community. The total value of imports of
 the products which are subject to these measures may not exceed 15% of
 total imports from the Community of industrial products as defined in
 Chapter I, during the last year for which statistics are available.
 These measures shall be applied for a period not exceeding five years,
 unless a longer duration is authorized by the Joint Committee. They
 shall cease to apply at the latest at the expiration of the
 transitional period.
 No such measures can be introduced in respect of a product if more than
 three years have elapsed since the elimination of all duties and
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quantitative restrictions or charges or measures having an equivalent
effect concerning that product.
The CSFR shall inform the Joint Committee of any exceptional measures
it intends to take and, at the request of the Community, consultations
shall be held in the Joint Committee on such measures and the sectors
to which they apply before they are applied. When taking such
measures, the CSFR shall provide the Joint Committee with a schedule
for the elimination of the customs duties introduced under this
article. This schedule shall provide for a phasing out of these duties
starting at the latest two years after their introduction at equal
annual rates. The Joint Committee may decide on a different schedule.
                                Article 23 (EA 29)
 If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in trade with
the other party within the meaning of Article VI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, it may take appropriate measures
against this practice in accordance with the Agreement relating to the
application of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade, with related internal legislation and with the conditions and
procedures laid down in Article 27.
                                Article 24 (EA 30)
Where any product is being imported in such increased quantities and
under such conditions as to cause, or threaten to cause :
       serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly
       competitive products in the territory of one of the Parties, or
       serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or difficulties
       which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic
       situation of a region,
the Community or the CSFR, whichever is concerned, may take appropriate
measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures
 laid down in Art icIe 27.
                                Article 25 (EA 31)
Where compliance with the provisions of Articles 7 and 19 leads to
 (I)   re-export towards a third country against which the exporting
       party maintains, for the product concerned, quantitative export
       restrictions, export duties or measures having equivalent effect;
       or
 (ii) a serious shortage, or threat thereof, of a product essential to
       the exporting party;
and where the situations above referred to give rise, or are likely to
give rise to major difficulties for the exporting party, that party may
 take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with
 the procedures laid down in Article 27. The measures shall be non-
discriminatory and be eliminated when conditions no longer justify
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their maintenance.
                                 Article 26 (EA 32)
The Member States and the CSFR shall progressively adjust any State
monopolies of a commercial character so as to ensure that, by the end
of the fifth year following the entry into force of this Agreement, no
discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured
and marketed exists between nationals of the Member States and of the
CSFR. The Joint Committee will be informed about the measures adopted
to implement this objective.
                                 Article 27 (EA 33)
1.     In the event of the Community or the CSFR subjecting imports of
products liable to give rise to the difficulties referred to in
Article 24 to an administrative procedure having as its purpose the
rapid provision of information on the trend of trade flows, it shall
 inform the other party.
2.     In the cases specified in Articles 23, 24 and 25, before taking
the measures provided for therein or, in cases to which paragraph 3(d)
applies, as soon as possible, the Community or the CSFR as the case may
be shall supply the Joint Committee with all relevant information,
with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the two parties.
 In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which
 least disturb the functioning of the Agreement.
The safeguard measures shall be notified immediately to the Joint
Committee and shall be the subject of periodic consultations within
 that body, particularly with a view to establishing a timetable for
 their abolition as soon as circumstances permit.
3.     For the implementation of paragraph 2, the following provisions
shalI apply:
 (a)   As regards Article 24, the difficulties arising from the
       situation referred to in that Article shall be referred for
       examination to the Joint Committee, which may take any decision
       needed to put an end to such difficulties.
        If the Joint Committee or the exporting party has not taken a
       decision putting an end to the difficulties or no other
       satisfactory solution has been reached within thirty days of the
       matter being referred, the importing party may adopt the
       appropriate measures to remedy the problem. These measures must
       not exceed the scope of what is necessary to remedy the
       difficulties which have arisen.
 (b)   As regards Article 23, the Joint Committee shall be informed of
       the dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing
       party have initiated an investigation. When no end has been put
        to the dumping within the meaning of Article VI of the GATT or no
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      other satisfactory solution has been reached within thirty days
      of the matter being referred to the Joint Committee, the
       importing party may adopt the appropriate measures.
(c)   As regards Article 25, the difficulties arising from          the
      situations referred to in that article shall be referred      for
      examination to the Joint Committee.
      The Joint Committee may take any decision needed to put an end to
      the difficulties. If it has not taken such a decision within
      thirty days of the matter being referred to it, the exporting
      party may apply appropriate measures on the exportation of the
      product concerned.
(d)   Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make
      prior information or examination, as the case may be, impossible,
      the Community or the CSFR whichever is concerned may, in the
      situations specified in Articles 23, 24 and 25, apply forthwith
      the precautionary and provisional measures strictly necessary to
      deal with the situation, and the Joint Committee will be informed
       immediately.
                                 Article 28 (EA 34)
Protocol No 4 lays down rules of origin, for the application of tariff
preferences foreseen in this Agreement.
                                 Article 29 (EA 35)
The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on
imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public
morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health
and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of the
exhaustable natural resources; the protection of national treasures of
artistic, historic or archaeological value or the protection of
intellectual, industrial and commercial property or rules relating to
gold and silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however,
constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised
restriction on trade between the Parties.
                                  Article 30 (EA 36)
Protocol No 5 lays down the specific provisions to apply to trade
between the CSFR of the one part and Spain and Portugal of the other
part.
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                 TITLE II: PAYMENTS. COMPETITION AND OTHER
                            ECONOMIC PROVISIONS
                                   Article 31 (EA 59)
The Parties undertake to authorize in freely convertible currency, any
payments on the current account of balance of payments to the extent
that the transactions underlying the payments concern movement of goods
between the Parties which have been liberalized pursuant to the present
Agreement.
                                  Article 32 (EA 62)
With reference to the provisions of this Chapter, and notwithstanding
the provisions of Article 34, until a full convertibility of the CSFR
currency in the meaning of Article VIII of the International Monetary
Fund is introduced, the CSFR may in exceptional circumstances apply
exchange restrictions connected with the granting or taking up of short
and medium-term credits to the extent that such restrictions are
 imposed on the CSFR for the granting of such credits and are permitted
according to the CSFR's status under the IMF.
The CSFR shall apply these restrictions in a non-discriminatory manner.
They shall be applied in such a manner as to cause the least possible
disruption     to this Agreement. The CSFR shall        inform the Joint
Com*, it tee promptly of the introduction of such measures and of any
changes therein.
                                  Article 33 (EA 63)
1.      The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the
Agreement, in so far as they may affect trade between the Community and
the CSFR:
(i)     all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of
        undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which
        have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or
        distortion of competition-,
(ii) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the
        territories of the Community or of the CSFR as a whole or in a
        substantial part thereof;
(iii) any public aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition
        by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain
        goods.
2.      Any practices contrary to this Article shall be assessed on the
basis of criteria arising from the application of the rules of Articles
85, 86, and 92 of the Treaty establishing          the European Economic
Community.
3.      The Joint Committee shall, within three years of the entry into
 force    of   the  Agreement,   adopt   the  necessary   rules  for  the
 implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2. Until the implementing rules are
adopted, practices incompatible with paragraph 1 of Article 3 shall be
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dealt with by the Parties on their respective territories according to
their respective legislations. This is without prejudice to Article 33
paragraph 6 of this Agreement.
4.a    For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 1, point
(iii), the Parties recognize that during the first five years after the
entry into force of the Agreement, any public aid granted by the CSFR
shall be assessed taking into account the fact that the CSFR shall be
regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community described
in Article 92.3(a), of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community. The Joint Committee shall, taking into account the economic
situation of the CSFR, decide whether that period should be extended by
further periods of five years.
4.b    Each party shall ensure transparency in the area of public aid,
 inter alia by reporting annually to the other party on the total amount
and the distribution of the aid given and by providing, upon request,
 information on aid schemes. Upon request by one party, the other party
shall provide information on particular individual cases of public aid.
5.     With regard to products referred to in Chapters II and III of
Title I :
       the provision of paragraph 1 (iii) does not apply,
       any practices contrary to paragraph 1 (i) should be assessed
       according to the criteria established by the Community on the
       basis of Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty establishing the
       European    Economic  Community   and   in particular    of  those
       established in Council Regulation n* 26/1962.
6.      If the Community or the CSFR considers that a particular practice
 is incompatible with the terms of the first paragraph of this Article,
and:
        is not adequately dealt with under the implementing rules
       referred to in paragraph 3, or
        in the absence of such rules, and if such practice causes or
       threatens to cause serious prejudice to the interest of the other
       Party or material injury to its domestic industry, including its
       services industry
 it may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Joint
Committee or after thirty working days following referral for such
consultât ion.
 In the case of practices incompatible with paragraph K i i i ) of this
Article, such appropriate measures may, where the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade applies thereto, only be adopted in conformity with
the procedures and under the conditions laid down by the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and any other relevant instrument
negotiated under its auspices which are applicable between the Parties.
7.     Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary adopted in
conformity with paragraph 3, the parties shall exchange information
 taking into account the limitations imposed by the requirements of
professional and business secrecy.
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S.     This Article shall not apply to the products covered by the
Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Treaty which are the
subject of Protocol N*2.
                                 Article 34 (EA 64)
1.     Where one or more Member States of the Community or the CSFR is
in serious balance of payments difficulties, or under imminent threat
thereof, the Community or the CSFR, as the case may be, may, in
accordance with the conditions established under the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade, adopt restrictive measures, including measures
relating to imports, which shall be of limited duration and may not go
beyond what is necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation.
The measures shall be progressively relaxed as balance of payments
conditions improve and they shall be eliminated when conditions no
 longer Justify their maintenance. The Community or the CSFR, as the
case may be, shall       inform the other party forthwith of their
 introduction and, whenever practicable, of a time schedule for their
removal.
2.     The Parties shall nevertheless endeavour to avoid the imposition
of restrictive measures for balance of payments purposes.
                                  Article 35 (EA 65)
With regard to public undertakings and undertakings to which special or
exclusive rights have been granted, the Joint Committee shall ensure
 that, as from the third year from the date of entry into force of the
Agreement, the principles of the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, notably Article 90, and the principles of the
concluding document of the April 1990 Bonn meeting of the Conference on
 Security and Cooperation in Europe (notably entrepreneurs' freedom of
 decision) are upheld.
                                  Article 36
 1.    The   CSFR  shall    continue    to  improve   the protection  of
 intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights in order     to
 provide, by the end of the fifth year after the entry into force of the
 Agreement, for a level of protection similar to that provided in    the
 Community by Community Acts, in particular the ones referred to      in
 Annex XVII, including comparable means of enforcing such rights.
 2.    Mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs
 matters of the Parties shall take place in accordance with the
 provisions of Protocol N*6.
         TITLE III  : INSTITUTIONAL. GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
                                   Article 37 (EA 103)
 The Joint Committee set up by the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and
 Economic Cooperation signed between the European Economic Community and
 the CSFR on 7th May 1990 shall perform the duties assigned to it by
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this Agreement     until    the Association Council       provided   for   in
Article 103 of the Europe Agreement is established.
                                  Article 38 (EA 105)
The Joint Committee shall, for the purposes of attaining the objectives
of the Agreement, have the power to take decisions in the cases
provided for therein. The decisions taken shall be binding on the
Parties which shall take the measures necessary to implement the
decisions taken. The Joint Committee may also make appropriate
recommendations.
 It shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by agreement between
the two Part ies.
                                  Article 39 (EA 106)
1.     Each of the two parties may refer to the Joint Committee any
dispute relating to the application or interpretation of this
Agreement.
2.     The Joint    Committee  may settle    the dispute     by means   of a
decision.
3.      Each party shall be bound to take the measures           involved  in
carrying out the decision referred to in paragraph 2.
4.      In the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in
accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, either party may notify
the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other party must
 then appoint a second arbitrator within two months.
The Joint Committee shall appoint a third arbitrator.
The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.
Each party to the dispute must take the steps required to implement the
decision of the arbitrators.
                                  Article 40 (EA 112)
Within the scope of this Agreement, each Party undertakes to ensure
 that natural and legal persons of the other Party have access free of
 discrimination in relation to its own nationals to the competent courts
 and administrative organs of the Parties to defend their individual
 rights    and their    property   rights,    including    those   concerning
 intellectual, industrial and commercial property.
                                  Article 41 (EA 113)
 Nothing in the Agreement      shall   prevent  a   Party   from  taking any
 measures:
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(a)   which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of
       information contrary to its essential security interests;
(b)   which relate to the production of, or trade In arms, munitions or
      war materials or to research, development          or production
       indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures
       do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of
       products not intended for specifically military purposes;
(c)   which it considers essential to its own security in the event of
       serious internal distrubances affecting the maintenance of law
       and order, in time of war or serious international tension
       constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations
       it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and
       international security.
                                Article 42 (EA 114)
In the fields covered by this Agreement and without prejudice to any
special provisions contained therein:
       the arrangements applied by the CSFR in respect of the Community
       shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member
       States, their nationals, or their companies or firms,
       the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of the CSFR
       shall not give rise to any discrimination between CSFR nationals
       or its companies or firms.
                                 Article 43 (EA 115)
Products originating in the CSFR shall not enjoy more favourable
treatment when imported into the Community than that applied by Member
States among themselves.
                                  Article 44 (EA 116)
1.     The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required
to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement. They shall see to it
that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.
2.      If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to
fulfil an obligation under the Agreement, it may take appropriate
measures. Before so doing, it shall supply the Joint Committee with
all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the
situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.
 In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which
 least disturb the functioning of the Agreement. These measures shall
be notified immediately to the Joint Committee and shall be the subject
of consultations within the Joint Committee if the other Party s6
 requests.
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                                Article 45 (EA 118)
Protocols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and Annexes I to XV and XVII shall
form an integral part of this Agreement.
                                Article 46 ( EA 119)
1.     This agreement shall be applicable until the entry into force of
the Europe Agreement signed on 16th December 1991 and at the latest
until 31st December 1992.
2.     Either party may denounce this Agreement by notifying the other
party. This Agreement shall cease to apply six months after the date
of such notification.
                                Article 47 (EA 120)
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in
which the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community are applied and under the conditions
 laid down in those Treaties and, on the other hand, to the territory of
the CSFR.
                                Article 48 (EA 121)
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English,
French, German,      Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Czech
 languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
                                Article 49
This Agreement will be approved by the Parties in accordance with their
own procedures.
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second
month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that
 the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been completed.
 Upon entry into force of this Agreement, Articles 2 and 3 paragraph 2,
 to 16 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
 Czech and Slovak Federal Republic on trade and economic and commercial
 cooperation signed in Brussels on 7th May 1990 and the corresponding
 provisions of the Protocol between the European Coal and Steel
 Community and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic initialled on
 28th June 1991, if they have entered into force, shall be suspended.
                                 Article 50 (EA 123)
 1.     In the event that this Agreement enters into force after 1st
 January but before 30th June 1992 for the purposes of Titles I and II
 of this Agreement and Protocols N's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 hereto, the
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terms "date of entry into force of the Agreement" shall mean:
      the date of entry into force in relation to obligations taking
      effect on that date, and
      1st January 1992 in relation to obligations taking effect after
      the date of entry into force by reference to the date of entry
      into force.
2.    In the case of entry into force after 1st January, the provisions
of Protocol N*7 shall apply.
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                            JOINT DECLARATIONS
1      Article 1 paragraph 4
The Community and the CSFR confirm that where a reduction of duties is
effected by way of a suspension of duties made for a particular period
of time, such reduced duties shall replace the basic duties only for
the period of such suspension, and that whenever a partial suspension
of duties is made, the preferential margin between the Parties will be
preserved.
2.     Articie 33
The Parties shall not make an improper use of provisions on
professional secrecy to prevent the disclosure of information in the
field of competition.
3.     Article 36
The Parties agree that for the purpose of this Interim Agreement
"intellectual, industrial and commercial property" is to be given a
similar meaning as in Article 36 of the EEC Treaty and includes in
particular protection of copyright and neighbouring rights, patents,
 industrial designs, trademarks and service marks, topographies of
 integrated circuits, software, geographical indications as well as
protection against unfair competition and protection of undisclosed
 information on know-how.
4.     Article 5 of Protocol N' 6 to the Agreement
The Contracting Parties stress that the reference which is made in
Article 5 of Protocol N' 6 to their own legislation may cover, where
appropriate, an international commitment they could have contracted,
such as the Convention on the service abroad of judicial and extra-
 judicial documents in civil or commercial matters, concluded in The
Hague on November 15, 1965.
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                          UNILATERAL DECLARATIONS
1.     Declaration by the CSFR
"The implementation of this agreement shall be the sole responsibility
of the CSFR.
In accordance with the constitutional      acts of the CSFR,   the Czech
Republic    and the Slovak       Republic  shall   participate  in this
 implementation."
2.     Art icle 36
Not later than 1 March 1997, the CSFR shall apply to accede to the
Munich Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973.
The CSFR shall also accede to the Protocol relating to the Madrid
Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid
1989), to which Member States are parties, or which are de facto
applied by Member States.
The CSFR declares that it also attaches importance to the following
multilateral conventions:
       Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic
       Works (Paris Act, 1971);
        International Convention for the Protection of Performers,
       Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome,
       1961);
       Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
       (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in 1979);
       Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of
       Marks (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in 1979);
       Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of
       Goods and Services for the purposes of the Registration of Marks
        (Geneva 1977, amended 1979);
       Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit
       of Micro-organisms for the purposes of Patent           Procedures
        (1977, modified in 1980);
       Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington 1970, amended 1979 and
       modified in 1984).
                   Declarations by the European Community
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   •   Art.8. paragraph 4 of the Protocol N' 2 on ECSC products
 It is understood that the possibility of an exceptional extension of
 the five-year period is strictly limited to the particular case of the
 CSFR and does not impair the position of the Community in relation to
 other cases not prejudge international commitments. The possible
 derogation foreseen in paragraph 4 takes into account the particular
 difficulties of the CSFR in restructuring the steel sector and the fact
 that this process has been launched very recently.
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2.    Protocol N'6
Protocol N'6   is applicable to the extent that it covers Community
competences.
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