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Decision No 6/88 of the EEC-Sweden Joint Committee of 5 December 1988 amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden and some other Agreements concluded in that context between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden consequent on the implementation of the harmonized commodity description and coding system

Official Journal L 197 , 12/07/1989 P. 0002 - 0082

DECISION No 6/88 OF THE EEC-SWEDEN JOINT COMMITTEE of 5 December 1988 amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden and some other Agreements concluded in that context between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden consequent on the implementation of the harmonized commodity description and coding system

THE EEC-SWEDEN JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Sweden signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, hereinafter called the "Agreement", and in particular Article 12a thereof,

Whereas consequent on the implementation of the harmonized commodity description and coding system the Community and the Kingdom of Sweden have amended the nomenclature of their customs tariffs;

Whereas the provisions of the Agreement, of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, hereinafter called the "Additional Protocol", and of some Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters referring to the tariff nomenclature should therefore be adjusted in accordance with the said amendments,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

• 1. 

  Article 2 of the Agreement is replaced by the following:

"Article 2

The Agreement shall apply to products originating in the Community or Sweden: (i) which fall within Chapters 25 to 97 of the harmonized commodity description and coding system, excluding the products listed in Annex I;

(ii) which are listed in Annex II;

(iii) which are specified in Protocol No 2, with due regard to the arrangements provided for in that Protocol."

• 2. 

  Article 14 (1), first subparagraph of the Agreement is replaced by the following:

"Article 14

• 1. 

  The Community reserves the right to amend the arrangements applicable to the petroleum products falling within heading Nos 2710, 2711, ex 2712 (excluding ozokerite, lignite wax and peat wax) and 2713 of the harmonized commodity description and coding system upon adoption of a common definition of origin for petroleum products, upon adoption of decisions under the common commercial policy for the products in question or upon establishment of a common energy policy."

• 3. 

  The Annex to the Agreement is replaced by the following:

"ANNEX I

List of products referred to in Article 2 (i) of the Agreement

>PIC FILE= "T0047255"> 4. Annex II as shown below is added to the Agreement:

"ANNEX II

List of products referred to in Article 2 (ii) of the Agreement

>PIC FILE= "T0047256"> 5. Article 3 of Protocol No 2 is replaced by the following:

"Article 3

• 1. 

  This Protocol shall also apply to the spirituous beverages of subheadings 2208 20 to 2208 90 (excluding undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol) of the harmonized commodity description and coding system not specified in Tables I and II annexed to this Protocol. The rules governing tariff reductions applicable to these products shall be decided by the Joint Committee.

When defining these rules or at later date, the Joint Committee shall decide whether to include in this Protocol other products of Chapters 1 to 24 of the harmonized commodity description and coding system which are not subject to agricultural regulations in the territories of the Contracting Parties.

• 2. 

  On this occasion the Joint Committee shall supplement, if necessary,...

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