CELEX: 21975A0515(01)
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and Greece consequent on the accession of new Member States into the Community

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21975A0515(01)

Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and Greece consequent on the accession of new Member States into the Community  

Official Journal L 123 , 15/05/1975 P. 0002

 INTERIM AGREEMENT    between the European Economic Community and Greece   consequent on the accession of new Member States to the   Community    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,    of the one part , and    THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ,    of the other part ,    WHEREAS the adjustments to the Agreement establishing an   association between the European Economic Community and   Greece , hereinafter called the ' Agreement of   Association ' , which are necessary consequent on the   accession to the Community of the Kingdom of Denmark ,   Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern   Ireland , hereinafter called the " new Member States " , were   laid down in an additional Protocol signed at Brussels on   28 April 1975 .    WHEREAS , pending the entry into force of this Protocol ,   certain of its provisions relating to trade should be   implemented as soon as possible by means of an interim   Agreement ;    HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end   have designated as their Plenipotentiaries :    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :    THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC :    WHO , having exchanged their full powers , found in good   and due form .    HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :    Article 1    The provisions of the Agreement of Association shall , in   so far as they relate to trade , apply to the new Member   States and Greece , save as otherwise provided in Articles 2   to 15 of this Agreement .    Article 2    1 . During the period ending on 31 December 1977 , the new   Member States shall apply to Greece the reductions in customs   duties and charges having equivalent effect provided for by   the Agreement of Association , at the same rates and dates as   they adopt for the elimination of customs duties and charges   having equivalent effect in regard to the Community as   originally constituted .    The rates of duty on the basis of which the new Member   States apply such reductions to Greece shall be those   actually in force on 1 January 1972 .    2 . Subject to the effect to be given by the Community to   Article 39 ( 5 ) of the Act concerning the conditions of   accession and the adjustments to the Treaties , hereinafter   called the ' Act of Accession ' , in respect of the specific   duties or the specific part of the mixed duties of the   customs tariffs of Ireland and the United Kingdom , paragraph   1 shall be applied by rounding to the fourth place of   decimals .    Article 3    1 . In the case of customs duties comprising a protective   element and a fiscal element , Article 2 shall apply to the   protective element .    2 . Ireland and the United Kingdom shall replace customs   duties of a fiscal nature or the fiscal element of such   duties by an internal tax , in accordance with Article 38 of   the Act of Accession and shall apply to Greece the same   treatment as they apply to the other Member States .    Article 4    The import arrangements in force in Ireland for the   products listed in the Annex shall be abolished as regards   Greece not later than on the dates provided for in Protocols   6 and 7 to the Act of Accession , in accordance with   procedures to be determined by the Council of Association ,   account being taken of these Protocols .    Article 5    The effective date for the implementation of the rules laid   down in Article 37 ( 2 ) ( a ) and ( b ) of the Agreement of   Association by the new Member States as regards agricultural   products not listed in Annex III to the Agreement of   Association shall be 1 January 1972 .    The Council of Association can take any measures to   harmonize the different levels of customs duties arising from   the rules mentioned in the previous paragraph .    Article 6    1 . For the products falling within Common Customs Tariff   heading No 22.05 , the new Member States shall open annual   import tariff quotas for the benefit of Greece equal to the   quantities set out below and to the duties applied by those   Member States on 1 January 1975 to imports from the   Community as originally constituted :    United Kingdom : 6 000 hl    Denmark : 500 hl    Ireland : 500 hl .    2 . The arrangements laid down in paragraph 1 shall be   applicable in 1975 and 1976 .    These arrangements could be reviewed before the end of   1975 , should such revision appear useful in the light of   developments in the wine sector and of progress made in   harmonizing agricultural policies in that sector .    Article 7    The Community shall , before the end of the first year   after the entry into force of this Agreement , communicate to   Greece the provisions relating to the special arrangements   which are defined in Protocol 5 annexed to the Agreement of   Association and which are referred to in Article 113 of the   Act of Accession .    Article 8    1 . During the period referred to in Article 2 ( 1 ) ,   Greece shall reduce in regard to the new Member States the   differences between the customs duties and charges having   equivalent effect which Greece applies to third countries and   those which Greece applies , in pursuance of the Agreement of   Association , to the Community as originally constituted , at   the same rates and dates as the new Member States adopt for   the elimination of customs duties and charges having   equivalent effect in regard to the Community as originally   constituted .    2 . In the event of any amendment to the rates and dates   adopted by the new Member States for the elimination of   customs duties and charges having equivalent effect in regard   to the Community as originally constituted , the Council of   Association shall take the necessary measures to take account   of such an amendment .    3 . However , the Council of Association may adopt   appropriate measures with a view to making the reductions to   be applied by Greece in regard to the new Member States   coincide with the timetable prescribed by the Agreement of   Association .    Article 9    1 . For the purposes of Articles 18 ( 2 ) and ( 5 ) ( c ) ,   23 ( 1 ) ( b ) and 26 of the Agreement of Association , the   volume of imports from the Community shall include those   effected by Greece , during the period in question , from the   new Member States .    However , the implementation of this provision shall not   lead to the removal of products from the consolidation lists   notified by Greece under Article 23 ( 3 ) of the Agreement of   Association .    2 . The volume of Community imports from third countries in   respect of which the Community may open tariff quotas under   paragraph ( 3 ) ( b ) of Protocol 10 , annexed to the   Agreement of Association , shall include such imports   effected by the new Member States from third countries .    Article 10    For trade in goods between the new Member States and   Greece , Article 7 of the Agreement of Association shall   apply only to goods exported from a new Member State or from   Greece on or after 28 April 1975 .    Article 11    Goods obtained or produced in the original Member States of   the Community or in Greece , the manufacture of which   involved the use of products from a new Member State that   were not in free circulation either in the original Member   States or in Greece , shall also be admitted to the   arrangements provided for by the Agreement of Association .    However , the admission of the said products to the above   arrangements may be subject to the charging of a levy in the   exporting country so long as duties and charges having   equivalent effect governing trade between the new Member   States and Greece remain different from those applied in   trade between the original Member States and Greece .    Article 8 of the Agreement of Association shall be   applied .    Article 12    The Council of Association shall determine the methods of   administrative cooperation for the implementation of Articles   7 and 8 of the Agreement of Association in trade between the   Community and Greece , taking into account the methods   adopted by the Community in respect of intra-Community   trade .    Article 13    Before the end of the first year after the entry into force   of this Agreement , the Community and Greece may , as regards   trade between the new Member States and Greece , exercise the   option provided for in Article 10 ( 4 ) of the Agreement of   Association , with regard to any disparities in customs   duties resulting from the application by the new Member   States of the transitional provisions of the Act of   Accession .    Article 14    1 . Until 31 December 1977, if in a new Member State   difficulties arise which are serious and liable to persist in   any sector of the economy or which could bring about serious   deterioration in the economic situation of a region , the   Community may adopt safeguard measures in order to rectify   the situation .    2 . In the same circumstances Greece may adopt safeguard   measures in respect of one or more new Member States .    3 . The measures taken under paragraphs 1 and 2 may involve   derogations from the provisions of the Agreement of   Association , to such an extent and for such periods as are   strictly necessary in order to attain the objectives referred   to in those paragraphs .    4 . Priority shall be given to such measures as will least   disturb the functioning of the Association .    5 . The measures taken and the manner in which they are to   be put into effect , shall be notified forthwith to the   Council of Association . Consultations on these measures may   be held within the said Council .    Article 15    1 . This Agreement shall apply , in the manner laid down in   the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , to   the European territories of the Kingdom of Belgium , the   Kingdom of Denmark , the Federal Republic of Germany , the   French Republic , Ireland , the Italian Republic , the Grand   Duchy of Luxembourg , the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , and to   the other European territories whose external relations are   administered by a Member State , on the one hand , and to the   territory of the Hellenic Republic on the other .    2 . The Agreement shall also apply to the territories   specified in the first subparagraph of Article 227 ( 2 ) of   the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community   concerning the fields covered by this Agreement which are   listed in the same subparagraph .    The conditions for applying to those territories the   provisions of this Agreement relating to other fields shall   be decided at a later date by agreement between the   Contracting Parties .    Article 16    This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of   the second month following the day on which the Contracting   Parties have notified each other of the completion of the   necessary procedures .    It shall be applicable until the entry into force of the   Additional Protocol or until 31 December 1976 whichever is   the earlier .    From that date it shall be tacitly extended for periods of   one year , unless one of the Contracting Parties expresses   its disagreement one month before its expiry date .    Article 17    This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the Danish ,   Dutch , English , French , German , Italian and Greek   languages , each of these texts being authentic .    ANNEX    List of products referred to in Article 4    CCT heading No * Description of goods *    ex 60.03 , ex 60.04 * Tights and stockings other than   knee-length stockings entirely or mainly made of silk or   man-made fibres , of a value of not more than £ 2.50 per dozen   pairs *    ex 73.35 * Laminated springs of iron or steel , for use as   parts of vehicles , and leaves for these springs *    ex 85.08 D * Sparking plugs and metal component parts *    ex 96.01 * Brushes and brooms *    ex 96.02 * Private cars and commercial vehicles referred to   in Protocol 7 to the Act of Accession