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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 28 APRIL 1981

CONCERNING NEGOTIATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIV ( 6 ) OF GATT

( 81/361/EEC )

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 RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , FOLLOWING THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITIES , THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC'S TARIFF CONCESSIONS HAVE TO BE RENEGOTIATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XXIV ( 6 ) OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

SOLE ARTICLE

THE COMMISSION IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIV ( 6 ) OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE .

THE COMMISSION SHALL CONDUCT THE NEGOTIATIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 113 OF THE TREATY , WHICH WILL ASSIST IT IN ITS TASK .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 28 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . DE KONING