31986R2273

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 2273/86

of 7 July 1986

on the application of Decision N° 2/86 of the EEC-Finland Joint Committee amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities, Protocol N° 3 concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 572/86 of 28 February 1986 establishing the arrangements to be applied by the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic in trade with Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (1), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Having regard to the Decision of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 28 February 1986 establishing the arrangements to be applied to imports into Spain and Portugal of products covered by the ECSC Treaty originating in Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden or Switzerland, and covered by the Agreements between the Community and these countries (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland (3) was signed on 5 October 1973 and entered into force on 1 January 1974;

Whereas the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and that Community, on the one hand, and Finland, on the other hand (4), was signed on 5 October 1973 and entered into force on 1 January 1975;

Whereas, by virtue of Articles 16 and 18 of the Protocols annexed to the above Agreements following the accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities, the EEC-Finland Joint Committee has adopted Decision

N° 2/86 amending Protocol N° 3 to take account of the said accession;

Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland, Decision N° 2/86 of the EEC-Finland Joint Committee shall be applied in the Community.

The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 9 June 1986.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 July 1986.

For the Council

The President

N. LAWSON

(1) OJ N° L 56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 91.

(2) OJ N° L 56, 1. 3. 1986, p. 119.

(3) OJ N° L 328, 31. 12. 1973, p. 2.

(4) OJ N° L 348, 27. 12. 1974, p. 1.

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