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Document 11979H061
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, PART FOUR TRANSITIONAL MEASURES, TITLE IV AGRICULTURE, CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 61
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, PART FOUR TRANSITIONAL MEASURES, TITLE IV AGRICULTURE, CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 61
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, PART FOUR TRANSITIONAL MEASURES, TITLE IV AGRICULTURE, CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 61
OJ L 291, 19.11.1979, p. 30
(DA, DE, EN, FR, IT, NL)
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11979H061
DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, PART FOUR TRANSITIONAL MEASURES, TITLE IV AGRICULTURE, CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 61
Official Journal L 291 , 19/11/1979 P. 0030
+++++ ARTICLE 61 THE DIFFERENCES IN PRICE LEVELS IN RESPECT OF WHICH , IN CHAPTER 2 , REFERENCE IS MADE TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE COMPENSATED AS FOLLOWS : 1 . FOR PRODUCTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH PRICES ARE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 58 AND 59 , THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS APPLICABLE IN TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED AND GREECE , AND BETWEEN GREECE AND THIRD COUNTRIES , SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRICES FIXED FOR GREECE AND THE COMMON PRICES . 2 . NO COMPENSATORY AMOUNT SHALL , HOWEVER , BE FIXED IF THE APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH 1 RESULTS IN A MINIMAL AMOUNT . 3 . ( A ) IN TRADE BETWEEN GREECE AND THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED , COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS SHALL BE LEVIED BY THE IMPORTING STATE OR GRANTED BY THE EXPORTING STATE . ( B ) IN TRADE BETWEEN GREECE AND THIRD COUNTRIES , LEVIES OR OTHER IMPORT CHARGES APPLIED UNDER THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY , AND EXPORT REFUNDS , SHALL BE REDUCED OR INCREASED , AS THE CASE MAY BE , BY THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS APPLICABLE IN TRADE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED . CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY NOT , HOWEVER , BE REDUCED BY THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNT . 4 . FOR PRODUCTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE DUTY IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF IS BOUND UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE , THE BINDING SHALL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT . 5 . THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNT LEVIED OR GRANTED BY A MEMBER STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 1 MAY NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT LEVIED BY THAT SAME MEMBER STATE ON IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES , BENEFITING FROM THE MOST-FAVOURED-NATION CLAUSE . THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , MAY DEROGATE FROM THIS RULE , IN PARTICULAR IN ORDER TO AVOID DEFLECTIONS OF TRADE AND DISTORTIONS OF COMPETITION . 6 . THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , MAY DEROGATE , IN SO FAR AS IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY , FROM THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 42 ( 1 ) FOR PRODUCTS TO WHICH COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS APPLY .