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ARTICLE 65

1 . IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS COVERED , ON THE DATE OF ACCESSION , BY A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET , THE SYSTEM APPLICABLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED IN RESPECT OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND CHARGES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT AND QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT SHALL , SUBJECT TO ARTICLES 61 , 64 AND 115 , APPLY IN GREECE AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 .

2 . IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS NOT COVERED , ON THE DATE OF ACCESSION , BY A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET , THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE II CONCERNING THE PROGRESSIVE ABOLITION OF CHARGES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT TO CUSTOMS DUTIES AND OF QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS AND MEASURES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT SHALL NOT APPLY TO THOSE CHARGES , RESTRICTIONS AND MEASURES IF THEY FORM PART OF A NATIONAL MARKET ORGANIZATION ON THE DATE OF ACCESSION .

THIS PROVISION SHALL ONLY APPLY UNTIL THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET FOR THESE PRODUCTS IS IMPLEMENTED AND NOT LATER THAN 31 DECEMBER 1985 AND TO THE EXTENT STRICTLY NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION .

3 . THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL APPLY THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF NOMENCLATURE AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN ANNEX II TO THE EEC TREATY .

TO THE EXTENT THAT NO DIFFICULTIES ARISE IN THE APPLICATION OF THE COMMUNITY RULES AND , IN PARTICULAR , IN THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF MARKETS AND OF THE TRANSITIONAL MECHANISMS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS TITLE , THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , MAY AUTHORIZE THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO INCLUDE WITHIN THIS NOMENCLATURE SUCH EXISTING NATIONAL SUBDIVISIONS AS WOULD BE INDISPENSABLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROGRESSIVE MOVES TOWARDS ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF OR THE ELIMINATION OF THE DUTIES IN THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN THIS ACT .