ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF TISSUE-TYPING REAGENTS

THE SIGNATORY STATES TO THE EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE OF TISSUE-TYPING REAGENTS,

hereinafter called the "Agreement",

Recalling the provisions of Article 5 (1) of the Agreement, whereby the Contracting Parties shall take all necessary measures to exempt from all import duties the tissue-typing reagents placed at their disposal by the other Parties;

Whereas, with regard to the Member States of the European Economic Community, the undertaking to grant such exemption falls within the competence of the said Community which possesses the necessary powers for this purpose by virtue of the Treaty establishing the Community;

Whereas, for the purposes of applying Article 5 (1) of the Agreement, the European Economic Community should therefore be a Contracting Party to the Agreement,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The European Economic Community may become a Contracting Party to the Agreement by virtue of signing that Agreement.

Article 2

This Additional Protocol shall be open for signature by the States signatory to the Agreement who may become party to the Additional Protocol by following the procedure laid down in Article 7 of the Agreement.

Article 3

No Member State may become a Contracting Party to the Agreement without at the same time becoming a Contracting Party to this Additional Protocol, which shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 4

This Additional Protocol shall enter into force at the same time as the Agreement.

Article 5

The Secretary-General of the Council of Europe shall notify Member States of the Council and the European Economic Community of: (a) all signatures of this Additional Protocol;

(b) the deposit of all instruments of ratification or of acceptance;

(c) the date of entry into force of this Additional Protocol.