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ARTICLE 43

1 . WHERE THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 61 ARE APPLIED IN TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED AND GREECE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE BASIC PRODUCTS CONSIDERED AS HAVING BEEN USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GOODS COVERED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 DETERMINING THE SYSTEM OF TRADE APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN GOODS PROCESSED FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS , REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2730/75 ON GLUCOSE AND LACTOSE AND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2783/75 ON THE COMMON SYSTEM OF TRADE FOR OVALBUMIN AND LACTALBUMIN , THE FOLLOWING TRANSITIONAL MEASURES SHALL BE APPLIED :

- A COMPENSATORY AMOUNT CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 61 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 FOR CALCULATING THE VARIABLE COMPONENT APPLICABLE TO THE GOODS COVERED BY THIS REGULATION SHALL BE APPLIED ON IMPORTATION OF THOSE GOODS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM GREECE ,

- WHEN THE GOODS COVERED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 ARE IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES INTO GREECE THE VARIABLE COMPONENT LAID DOWN BY THIS REGULATION SHALL BE INCREASED OR REDUCED AS THE CASE MAY BE BY THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST INDENT ,

- A COMPENSATORY AMOUNT DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS FIXED FOR THE BASIC PRODUCTS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES APPLICABLE FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE REFUNDS PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2682/72 LAYING DOWN THE GENERAL RULES FOR GRANTING EXPORT REFUNDS ON CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS EXPORTED IN THE FORM OF GOODS NOT COVERED BY ANNEX II TO THE TREATY AND THE CRITERIA FOR FIXING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REFUNDS SHALL FOR THE GOODS COVERED BY THIS REGULATION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALBUMINS BE APPLIED ON EXPORTATION OF THOSE GOODS FROM THE COMMUNITY INTO GREECE ,

- ON IMPORTATION INTO GREECE FROM THIRD COUNTRIES AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AND INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM GREECE OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2730/75 AND ( EEC ) NO 2783/75 THERE SHALL BE APPLIED A COMPENSATORY AMOUNT CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 61 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES LAID DOWN BY THE ABOVE REGULATIONS FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE IMPORT CHARGE ,

- WHERE PRODUCTS COVERED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2682/72 AND ( EEC ) NO 2730/75 ARE EXPORTED FROM GREECE TO THIRD COUNTRIES THEY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH INDENT RESPECTIVELY .

2 . IF , DURING THE APPLICATION OF COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS , THERE SHOULD BE DEFLECTIONS IN TRADE IN THE PRODUCTS COVERED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2783/75 AND ( EEC ) NO 2730/75 THE COMMISSION MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE MEASURES .

3 . THE CUSTOMS DUTY CONSTITUTING THE FIXED COMPONENT OF THE CHARGE APPLICABLE ON IMPORTATION INTO GREECE FROM THIRD COUNTRIES TO GOODS COVERED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 SHALL BE DETERMINED BY EXCLUDING FROM THE TOTAL PROTECTION APPLIED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ON THE DATE OF ACCESSION THE AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION TO BE INTRODUCED TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE TRANSITIONAL MEASURES MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 1 .

EACH FIXED COMPONENT DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH APPLIED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO IMPORTS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES SHALL BE ALIGNED UPON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TIMETABLE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 31 . HOWEVER , IF THE FIXED COMPONENT TO BE APPLIED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC UPON ACCESSION IS LOWER THAN THE FIXED COMPONENT IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC MAY ALIGN UPON THE LATTER IMMEDIATELY UPON ACCESSION . MOREOVER THE FIXED COMPONENTS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL TAKE ACCOUNT , AS FAR AS POSSIBLE , OF ANY PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES WHICH THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC FORESEES FOR SPECIFIC PRODUCTS .

4 . THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL , FOR THE GOODS COVERED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 , ( EEC ) NO 2682/72 AND ( EEC ) NO 2730/75 , APPLY IN FULL THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF NOMENCLATURE UPON ACCESSION .

5 . THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL UPON ACCESSION ABOLISH ANY CUSTOMS DUTIES OR CHARGES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT OTHER THAN THOSE PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPHS 1 , 2 AND 3 FOR PRODUCTS COVERED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 AND ANY EXPORT AID OR AID HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT TO EXPORT AID FOR PRODUCTS COVERED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2682/72 AND ( EEC ) NO 2730/75 .

ON IMPORTS FROM THE COMMUNITY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL UPON ACCESSION ABOLISH ANY QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AS WELL AS ALL MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT TO QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS FOR PRODUCTS COVERED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 , ( EEC ) NO 2730/75 AND ( EEC ) NO 2783/75 .

6 . THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , ADOPT PROVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS ARTICLE .