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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3555/80

OF 16 DECEMBER 1980

DETERMINING THE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE APPLIED WITH REGARD TO IMPORTS INTO GREECE , ORIGINATING IN ALGERIA , ISRAEL , MALTA , MOROCCO , PORTUGAL , SYRIA , TUNISIA OR TURKEY

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 THE SITUATION ENVISAGED IN ARTICLE 119 OF THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION EXISTS WITH REGARD TO THE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND ALGERIA , ISRAEL , MALTA , MOROCCO , PORTUGAL , SYRIA , TUNISIA AND TURKEY RESPECTIVELY ; WHEREAS , UNDER THE SAID ARTICLE 119 , THE COMMUNITY IS THEREFORE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION AFTER ACCESSION ; WHEREAS , TO THAT END , IMPORTS INTO GREECE ORIGINATING IN ALGERIA , ISRAEL , MALTA , MOROCCO , PORTUGAL , SYRIA , TUNISIA OR TURKEY SHOULD BE MADE SUBJECT , PENDING THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROTOCOLS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 118 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION , TO THE GENERAL RULES GOVERNING GREECE'S IMPORTS OF GOODS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , IMPORTS INTO GREECE ORIGINATING IN ALGERIA , ISRAEL , MALTA , MOROCCO , PORTUGAL , SYRIA , TUNISIA OR TURKEY SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TARIFF TREATMENT APPLIED TO THIRD COUNTRIES ENJOYING MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TREATMENT AND TO THE COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 31 AND 115 THEREOF .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

COLETTE FLESCH