31973R3601

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( 1 ) OJ N L 171 , 27 . 6 . 1973 , P . 2 .

REGULATION ( EEC ) N 3601/73 OF THE COUNCIL

OF 27 DECEMBER 1973

ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION N 7/73 OF THE EEC / NORWAY JOINT COMMITTEE AMENDING PROTOCOL N 3 CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF " ORIGINATING PRODUCTS " AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION , AND DECISION N 3/73 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE LAYING DOWN METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION IN THE CUSTOMS FIELD

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 THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ;

WHEREAS AN AGREEMENT ( 1 ) BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY WAS SIGNED ON 14 MAY 1973 , AND ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 1973 ;

WHEREAS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 28 OF PROTOCOL N 3 CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF " ORIGINATING PRODUCTS " AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION , WHICH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AGREEMENT , THE JOINT COMMITTEE ADOPTED DECISION N 7/73 AMENDING THE SAID PROTOCOL AND DECISION N 3/73 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE LAYING DOWN METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION IN THE CUSTOMS FIELD ON 12 DECEMBER 1973 ;

WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY TO APPLY THIS DECISION IN THE COMMUNITY AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1974 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY , DECISION N 7/73 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF 12 DECEMBER 1973 SHALL APPLY IN THE COMMUNITY .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1974 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 DECEMBER 1973 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

OVE GULDBERG