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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 30 MAY 1968

ON THE CONCLUSION OF AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED UNDER ARTICLE XXIV ( 6 ) OF GATT WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ON CERTAIN TYPES OF MANUFACTURED TOBACCO AND CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

( 68/250/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 111 , 114 AND 228 THEREOF ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 5 MAY 1959 ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ;

WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES , AS CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE , HAVE GRANTED CONCESSIONS ON CERTAIN TYPES OF MANUFACTURED TOBACCO AND CERTAIN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS THE FIXING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES FOR THOSE PRODUCTS IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF MADE IT NECESSARY TO WITHDRAW THOSE CONCESSIONS ; WHEREAS , IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XXIV ( 6 ) OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT , THE WITHDRAWAL WAS THE SUBJECT OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED , NAMELY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM , FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPLACING THOSE CONCESSIONS BY OTHER NOT LESS FAVOURABLE CONCESSIONS ;

WHEREAS THE RESULTS OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDER ARTICLE XXIV ( 6 ) OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ARE CONCLUDED ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ; THE TEXTS OF THE AGREEMENTS ARE ANNEXED TO THIS DECISION .

ARTICLE 2

THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE AGREEMENTS .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 MAY 1968 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . LUPIS

ANNEXES : SEE O.J .