CELEX: 51976PC0460
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Date: 1976-09-08 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL concluding the Agreement in the form of an exchange of Letters amending the English version of Table II of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                                  COM(76)460 final
                                                  Brussels . 8 September 1976
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            RECOMMENDATION FOR REGULATION ( EEC ) OF T HE COUNCIL
         concluding the Agreement in the' form of an exchange of
         Letters amending the English version of Table II of
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         Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European
         Community and the Swiss Confederation
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                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 C0M(76 ) 460 final
 ---pagebreak---                         Commission Communication to the Council
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Amendment of the English version of Table II of Protocol No 2 to the          j
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Con-           j
federation .                        ■   '                                      i
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1 . The Office of the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom has       j
    drawn the attention of the Commission to the fact that in the English
    version of Table II of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement concluded between |
    the EEC and Switzerland , part of the description of goods falling within
    heading No 19 02 ex 10 of the Swiss Customs Tariff has been omitted .
2 . In order to enable the necessary change to be made in the English text      î
    of the EEC/ Switzerland Agreement , an exchange of letters should take
    place between the EEC and Switzerland .                                     j
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3 . The Council is recommended to approve the draft regulation and letters
    attached to this communication and to designate the person empowered to 1
    sign the exchange of letters . It is proposed that Mr de Kergorlay , Deputy
    Director-General in the Directorate-General for External Relations of
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    the Commission , should sign for the Community. This would mean that the i
    Swiss Ambassador could sign on behalf of the Swiss Gouvernment .
 ---pagebreak---             Proposal for Council Regulation (EEC ) No   /76 of
            concluding the Agreement in the form of an exchange
            of Letters amending the English version of Table II
            of Protocol Bo 2 to the Agreement between the Euro­
            pean Eoonomic Community and the Swiss Confederation
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                  )
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  I
 and in particular Article 113 thereof ,                                   ,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,                   j
Whereas the English version of Table II of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement
concluded between the European Economio Community and the Swiss Confederation
should be amended , this should be done by agreement in the form of an      j
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Exchange of Letters .                                                       j
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                !
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                                Article 1
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters amending the English
version of Table II of Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European ;
Economic Community and the SwiBS Confederation is hereby concluded and
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adopted on behalf of the Community .
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regulation .                    !
                                Article 2                                    i
The President of the Council is authorized to designate the person empowered
to sign the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters referred to in 1
Article 1 in order to bind the Community .
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                                  Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall "be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                             For the Council
                                             The President
 ---pagebreak---                                    Letter No 1
                                                    Brussels .
Your Excellency ,                                                                1
I should like to draw your attention to a clerical error in the English version
of Table II of Protocol Wo 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Swiss Confederation .
Examination of the English text of heading No 19 02 ex 10 of the Swiss Customs
Tariff in the Table has revealed that part of the description of the goods j
has been omitted . The missing words are as follows : " and preparations con­
taining powdered milk , excluding the ..."
Consequently , the text should be amended to read as follows :
 Swiss Customs
    Tariff
                           Description               Basic duties ^
                                                                  on 1 . July 1977
 heading No
 19 02
       ex 10         preparations in which potato
                     flour predominates whether or
                     not in the form of semolina ,
                     flakes , etc ., and preparations
                     containing powdered milk ,
                     excluding the preparations
                     containing by weight more than
                     12 °Jo of milk fats , in packages
                     exceeding a net weight of 2 kg .
I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of your Government
with the content of this letter .
Please accept , Your Excellency , the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                       On behalf of the Council of
                                       the European Communities
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                                                      Brussels .
Sir ,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today worded
as follows :
"I should like to draw your attention to
I have the honour to confirm the agreement of my Government with the
content of your letter .
Please accept , Sir . the assurance of my highest consideration .
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                                      , On "behalf of the         Government