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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 1983

changing the import arrangements established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 and applied in the Benelux countries, in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the United Kingdom and in Greece in respect of the People's Republic of China

(Only the Dutch, English, French, German and Greek texts are authentic)

(84/12/EEC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 of 14 November 1983 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries, not liberalized at Community level (1), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 established the list of products originating in State-trading countries whose release for free circulation in the Member States is subject to quantitative restrictions;

Whereas the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China of 3 April 1978 (2) met in Peking on 8 and 9 November 1983; whereas upon completion of its work it recommended, among other measures, the abolition of quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in certain Member States of products originating in China;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, the Governments of the Benelux countries, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom have informed the other Member States and the Commission that they consider that the import arrangements applied in the Benelux countries, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom in respect of imports of various industrial products from China should be amended in accordance with that Regulation;

Whereas, following the examination of different aspects of the measures recommended by the Joint Committee, action should be taken thereon, account being taken in particular of Article 4 (2) of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in the Member States specified in the Annex, of the goods therein indicated originating in China, are hereby abolished.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, he Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1983.

For the Commission

Wilhelm HAFERKAMP

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 346, 8. 12. 1983, p. 6.

(2) OJ No L 123, 11. 5. 1978, p. 2.

ANNEX

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Member State // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1983) // Product // // // // // Benelux // 28.56 C // 28.56-50 // // // ex 44.11 // 44.11-10 // // Germany // 42.03 B II // 42.03-25 // // // ex 46.03 // 46.03-ex 10 // Articles used for packing, of plaited chipwood and basketware and wickerwork of rattan cores // // 64.02 ex A // 64.02-35 45 50 56 // // // 79.01 ex A // 79.01-ex 11 // Unwrought zinc, not alloyed, except re-smelted zinc and alloys // // 79.03 ex A // 79.03-ex 12 16 19 // Strip and foil, not polished, . . ., of a thickness of less than 5 mm // Greece // 48.01 ex F // 48.01-78 87 // // // 73.18 ex C // 73.18-ex 41 ex 82 ex 99 // Tubes fast fitting for irrigation purposes // // 98.03 // 98.03-ex 31 ex 39 // Ball-point 'pencils' and felt-tipped pens, non-refillable // // // ex 51 // Parts of ball-point 'pencils' and felt-tipped pens, non-refillable, excluding ball-points // // // ex 71 ex 75 // Parts of ball-point 'pencils' and felt-tipped pens, non-refillable, excluding ball-points of plastic fibre and felt // United Kingdom // 85.15 A III b) ex 2 // 85.15-ex 18 // Other radio receivers, other than radiograms // // 85.21 A I // 85.21-01 // // // II // 03 // // // // 05 // // // // 07 // // // ex III // 10 // // // // 11 // // // // 12 // // // IV // 19 // // // V // 21 // // // // 23 // // // // 25 // // // // 28 // // // B // 40 // // // C // 45 // // // D ex II // ex 51 53 55 56 58 // Transistors except germanium transistors // // // //