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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 27 NOVEMBER 1967

ON THE CONCLUSION OF MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED AT THE END OF THE 1964-67 TRADE CONFERENCE

( 68/411/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 COUNCIL DECISION OF 9 MAY 1963 AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TO TAKE PART IN THE 1964-67 TRADE CONFERENCE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION ;

WHEREAS THERE ARE ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT OF 30 JUNE 1967 THE GENEVA ( 1967 ) PROTOCOL , THE AGREEMENT RELATING PRINCIPALLY TO CHEMICALS , SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE GENEVA ( 1967 ) PROTOCOL , THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON BASIC ELEMENTS FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF A WORLD GRAINS ARRANGEMENT , AND THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE IV OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ;

WHEREAS , IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNCIL DECISION OF 27 JUNE 1967 , THE AGREEMENTS MENTIONED ABOVE WERE SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY , SUBJECT TO CONCLUSION ;

WHEREAS THE RECIPROCAL CONCESSIONS AND COMMITMENTS NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTRIES TAKING PART IN THE NEGOTIATIONS CONSTITUTE , TAKEN AS A WHOLE , AN ACCEPTABLE RESULT ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

SOLE ARTICLE

THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS ARE CONCLUDED ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

_ THE GENEVA ( 1967 ) PROTOCOL TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ,

_ THE AGREEMENT RELATING PRINCIPALLY TO CHEMICALS , SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE GENEVA ( 1967 ) PROTOCOL TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ,

_ THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT ON BASIC ELEMENTS FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF A WORLD GRAINS ARRANGEMENT ,

_ THE AGREEMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VI OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE .

THE TEXTS OF THESE AGREEMENTS ARE GIVEN IN ANNEXES A , B , C AND D .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 NOVEMBER 1967 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

H . HOCHERL

ANNEX : SEE O.J .