No L 382 /42 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12 . 86
DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE
MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,
MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
of 22 December 1986
establishing the arrangements to be applied to imports into Spain and Portugal of products
covered by the ECSC Treaty originating in Austria , Finland, Norway , Sweden or Switzerland
and covered by Agreements between the Community and those countries
( 96 / 660 / ECSC)
subheading ex 73.13 B IV of the Common Customs Tariff,
for which the basic duty shall be 20 % .
3 . However , if after 1 January 1985 and before 1 January
1986 a tariff reduction was applied , such reduced duty shall
be considered as a basic duty .
4 . If, during 1987 , the Kingdom of Spain or the
Portuguese Republic suspends in whole or in part the
customs duties applicable to products imported from the
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 , it shall
also suspend or reduce , by the same percentage , the duties
applicable to products originating in the EFTA countries .
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE
MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
COMMUNITY , MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL ,
Whereas the Member States have concluded the Treaty
establishing the European Coal and Steel Community ;
Whereas on 1 January 1986 the Kingdom of Spain and the
Portuguese Republic acceded to that Community ;
Whereas the Additional Protocols to the Agreements
concluded between the Member States of the European Coal
and Steel Community and that Community , on the one hand ,
and the Republic of Austria , the Republic of Finland , the
Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden , on the
other , and also the Additional Protocols to the Agreements
concluded between the Member States of the said
Community , on the one hand , and the Swiss Confederation
and the Republic of Iceland , on the other , must be approved
by each Contracting Party in accordance with its own
procedures ;
Whereas the procedures for ratifying the Additional
Protocols have not yet been completed and it is necessary
concomitantly and on a unilateral basis to implement the
obligations resulting for 1987 from those Protocols , as
regards customs duties on imports ; whereas , however , such
obligations do not exist as far as Iceland is concerned ;
In agreement with the Commission ,
Article 2
1 . If the Kingdom of Spain opens to third countries tariff
quotas actually applied on 1 January 1985 , products
originating in the EFTA countries shall be subject to the same
treatment as products imported from the Community as
constituted on 31 December 1985 , whilst such quotas remain
open .
2 . If the Kingdom of Spain does not open the quotas
referred to in paragraph 1 , Spain shall apply to products
imported from and originating in the EFTA countries the
duties applied in the event of such quotas being opened . The
quantities or value subject to these duties shall be limited to
the amounts actually imported from these countries under
the same quotas opened on 1 January 1985 .
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 3
The ad valorem charge of 0,4% applied by the Portuguese
Republic to goods imported temporarily , reimported goods
( excluding containers ) and goods imported under the inward
processing arrangements , characterized by the rebate of
duties levied on the import of goods used after export of the
products obtained ('drawback') shall be reduced to 0,2% on
1 January 1987 .
Article 1
1 . For the products covered by the ECSC Treaty
originating in Austria , Finland , Norway , Sweden and
Switzerland (hereinafter referred to as the EFTA countries )
customs duties on imports into Spain , including the Canary
Islands , Ceuta and Melilla shall be reduced from 1 January
1987 to 77,5% of the basic duties , and customs duties on
imports into Portugal shall be reduced from 1 January 1987
to 80 % of the basic duties .
2 . The basic duties shall be the duties actually applied on
1 January 1985 , except for imports into Portugal of sheets ,
clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated , falling within
Article 4
Any amendments to the origin rules made necessary by the
accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese
Republic and adopted by the Joint Committees provided for
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Article 6
The Member States shall take the measures necessary to
implement this Desision .
in the Agreements between the Community and the EFTA
countries shall apply to the products referred to in this
Decision .
Article 5
This Decision shall apply until the entry into force of the
Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the Member
States of the European Coal and Steel Community and that
Community , on the one hand , and the EFTA countries , on
the other , and at the latest until 31 December 1987 ,
whichever is the earlier .
Done at Brussels , 22 December 1986 .
The President
G. SHAW
Full & Egal Universal Law Academy