CELEX: 31970D0176
Language: en
Date: 1970-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 3 March 1970 on the conclusion of an Agreement with Australia negotiated under Article XXVIII (5) of GATT

248                                         Official Journal of the European Communities
9.3.70                                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 54/ 1
                                                         COUNCIL DECISION
                                                              of 3 March 1970
                on the conclusion of an Agreement with Australia negotiated under Article XXVIII (5) of
                                                                   GATT
                                                               (70/ 176/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                             Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 1 1 3,                    The Agreement negotiated with Australia under Article
 1 14 and 228 thereof;                                      <            XXVIII (5) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
                                                                         Trade is concluded on behalf of the European Economic
Having regard to the Council Decision of 5 , December                    Community ; the text of the Agreement is annexed to this
 1961 ;                                                                  Decision.
Having regard to the Report from the Commission;                                                  Article 2
Whereas, in accordance with Article XXVIII (5) of the                    The Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Govern­                      Tariffs and Trade shall be notified of the conclusion of
ment of Australia has notified its wish to withdraw a                    this Agreement.
concession affecting the European Economic Communi­
ty ; whereas that withdrawal has been the subject of nego­               Done at Brussels, 3 March 1970.
tiations for compensatory adjustment;                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                                              The President
Whereas the concession offered by Australia in compen­
sation for the one withdrawn is satisfactory,                                                                  Ch. HEGER
                                                                  ANNEX
                                                 ARTICLE XXVIII : 5 NEGOTIATIONS
                                        SCHEDULE I - COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
               The delegations of the Commonwealth of Australia and of the Commission of the European Communi­
               ties have concluded their negotiations for the modification or withdrawal of concessions provided for in
               Schedule I , as set out in the report attached.
               For the Delegation ofthe                                  For the Delegation ofthe
               Commission ofthe European                                 Commonwealth ofAustralia
               Communities
               15 July 1969
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Results of negotiations with the European Community under Article XXVIII for the withdrawal of a
        concession in the schedule of the Commonwealth of Australia initially negotiated with ^Sweden
                CHANGES IN SCHEDULE I - COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
                                         Part I - Most favoured nation tariff
A. CONCESSION TO BE WITHDRAWN
                                                                                        Concession Tn
         Tariff                                                                        existing schedule
          item            Description of products
           No                                                                Bound                        Bound margin
                                                                          general rate                    of preference
      197(b)(1 )          Butchers' knives :
                           • cooks' knives                                 m%                                5%
B. CONCESSION TO BE MODIFIED
                                                                     Concession in
                                                                        existing                          Concession
 Tariff                                                                 schedule
  item                              Description of products
   No                                                               Bound           Bound            Bound           Bound
                                                                    general         margin           general         margin
                                                                      rate          of pref.           rate          of pref.
ex 82.09                  Folding pocket knives, not being
                         pruning, grafting or like knives                           10%             121 %            10%