CELEX: 51973PC0824
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Date: 1973-05-24 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concerning the negotiation of additional protocols to the EEC-Austria, EEC-Iceland, EEC-Portugal, EEC-Sweden and EEC-Switzerland Agreements (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                             COM(73)824 final
                                                             Brussels , 24 May 1973
                         RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                                      concerning
                  the negotiation of additional protocols to the
                       EEC-Austria, EEC-Iceland, EEC-Portugal ,
                     EEC-Sweden and EEC–Switzerland Agreements
                                                  i
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  COM(73 ) 824 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 Explanatory memorandum
1.  The agreements negotiated with the non–applicant EFTA States , as they were
    known at the time, were drafted on the assumption of Norway 's accession to
    the Community .
    The decision of the Norwegian Government not to ratify the Treaty of Accession
    poses two types of problem with regard to the agreements with the other
    EFTA States .
    ( a) As Norway has not become a member of the Community, certain provisions
         in the Agreements no longer correspond to reality ;
    (b ) An agreement with Norway of the same type was signed
         on May 14 , 1973    All the agreements with the
         other EFTA States have a point of contact in Article 2 of Protocol No 3
         concerning the rules of origin . In view of the circumstances at the
         outset , Norway was not mentioned in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1
         of that Article , whereas mention of that country is essential so that the
         rules of origin may operate, including Norway in the system .
2 . To remedy this situation, the Agreements in question should be amended , by
    means of an additional protocol , affixed to the agreements already in
    force .
    The Commission recommends the Council to authorize as quickly as possible on the
    opening of these negotiations , in particular with a view to avoiding any
    difficulty which mig^it arise in the operation of the rules of origin
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The Commission points out that the co-contracting States were informed in
December 1972 of the situation and. agreed that the matter should he settled
at the same time as negotiations were completed between the EEC and Norway .
 ---pagebreak---                      RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and
in particular Article 113 thereof :
                                                     1)
Having regard to the EEC–                Agreement x
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ;
HAS DECIDED :
                                  Sole Article
The Commission is authorized to open negotiations with
                                                                         1)
with a view to amending by an additional protocol the EEC­
          (1 )
Agreement x ' in accordance with the guidelines given in the Annex .
The Commission iri.ll be assisted in these negotiations by the special
committee set up under Article 113 of the Treaty .
7TT–■
v 'The Republic of Austria
   the Republic of Iceland
   the Portuguese Republic
   the Swiss Confederation
   the Kingdom of Sweden .
 ---pagebreak--- Annex
The purpose     of the additional protocol is :
( a ) to add Norway to the first subparagraph of Article 2 of Protocol No 3
      and to make the necessary modifications , to the other Articles of- that
      Protocol or its annexes
(b ) to remove , where necessary, from the text of the agreements and their
      annexes express references to Norway as a Member State of the Community ;
 (c) to malce the following modifications to article 5 (3) of the
       Agreement :
      - 1st paragraph         and Protocols nrs . 1 and 2n
       - 2nd paragraph        and Protocols nrs . 1 and 2"
NB :
     At the time of the negotiations it will be specified that the level of the
     ceilings to be established for 1974 under Article 3 ( p * 2 ) of Protocol No 1
     will correspond to the annual basis decided by the Council ( internal
     document No 1161 of 11 July 1972 ), less the average amount of imports by
     Norway between 1$68 and 1971 from each of the countries in question .