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ARTICLE 64

THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL APPLY TO PRODUCTS THE IMPORTATION OF WHICH FROM THIRD COUNTRIES INTO THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED IS SUBJECT TO CUSTOMS DUTIES :

1 . CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS SHALL BE PROGRESSIVELY ABOLISHED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED AND GREECE ON THE DATES AND FOLLOWING THE TIMETABLE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 25 .

HOWEVER , FOR PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL , CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS SHALL BE PROGRESSIVELY ABOLISHED IN FIVE STAGES BY 20 % AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF THE FIVE MARKETING YEARS FOLLOWING ACCESSION .

IF , FOR PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 ( B ) THE DUTIES IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ARE LESS THAN THE BASIC DUTIES , THE LATTER SHALL , FOR THE APPLICATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH , BE REPLACED BY THE DUTIES IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF .

2 . ( A ) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRESSIVE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL REDUCE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BASIC DUTY AND THE DUTY IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF UNDER THE CONDITIONS , ON THE DATES AND FOLLOWING THE TIMETABLE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 31 .

( B ) NOTWITHSTANDING POINT ( A ) , THE DUTY IN THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC IN ITS ENTIRETY AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 FOR THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS :

- PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 805/68 ,

- PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1035/72 AND FOR WHICH , FOR THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE MARKETING YEAR , A REFERENCE PRICE IS FIXED ,

- PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 100/76 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN FISHERY PRODUCTS AND FOR WHICH A REFERENCE PRICE IS FIXED ,

- PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 337/79 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN WINE AND FOR WHICH A REFERENCE PRICE IS FIXED .

3 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 THE BASIC DUTY SHALL BE AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 24 .

AS REGARDS PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN OILS AND FATS THE BASIC DUTIES SHALL BE FIXED AS FOLLOWS :

CCT HEADING NO * DESCRIPTION * RATE OF BASIC DUTY TO BE CONSIDERED AS THE RATE ACTUALLY APPLIED BY THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ON 1 JULY 1980 :

* * VIS-A-VIS THIRD COUNTRIES * VIS-A-VIS THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED

12.01 * OIL SEED AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT , WHOLE OR BROKEN :

* EX B . OTHER , EXCEPT LINSEED AND CASTOR SEED * 40 % * 36 %

12.02 * FLOURS OR MEALS OF OIL SEEDS OR OLEAGINOUS FRUIT , NON-DEFATTED ( EXCLUDING MUSTARD FLOUR ) :

* EX B . OTHER , EXCEPT LINSEED AND CASTOR SEED * 40 % * 36 %

15.07 * FIXED VEGETABLE OILS , FLUID OR SOLID , CRUDE , REFINED OR PURIFIED :

* EX D . OTHER OILS , EXCEPT

* - LINSEED OIL

* - COCONUT ( COPRA ) OIL AND PALM OIL , FOR TECHNICAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES OTHER THAN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOODSTUFFS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION * 130 % * 104 %

15.12 * ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS , WHOLLY OR PARTLY HYDROGENATED , OR SOLIDIFIED OR HARDENED BY ANY OTHER PROCESS , WHETHER OR NOT REFINED , BUT NOT FURTHER PREPARED :

* A . IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A NET CAPACITY OF 1 KG OR LESS

* B . OTHER * 130 % * 104 %

4 . IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IT MAY BE DECIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 38 OF REGULATION NO 136/66/EEC OR , AS THE CASE MAY BE , IN CORRESPONDING ARTICLES OF OTHER REGULATIONS ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETS THAT :

( A ) THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL BE AUTHORIZED :

- TO ABOLISH THE CUSTOMS DUTIES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 OR MOVE TOWARDS THE ALIGNMENT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 2 AT A MORE RAPID RATE THAN LAID DOWN THERE ,

- TO SUSPEND IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM THE PRESENT MEMBER STATES ,

- TO SUSPEND IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM THIRD COUNTRIES ;

( B ) THE COMMUNITY AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED SHALL :

- ABOLISH THE CUSTOMS DUTIES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 AT A MORE RAPID RATE THAN LAID DOWN THERE ,

- SUSPEND IN WHOLE OR IN PART THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM GREECE .

IN RESPECT OF OTHER PRODUCTS , NO AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REQUIRED FOR THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO APPLY THE MEASURES REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST AND SECOND INDENTS OF POINT ( A ) OF THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH . THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SHALL INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION OF MEASURES TAKEN .

THE CUSTOMS DUTIES RESULTING FROM AN ACCELERATED ALIGNMENT MAY NOT BE LESS THAN THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE SAME PRODUCTS FROM OTHER MEMBER STATES .