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THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES WILL BE OBLIGED TO GRANT THE IMPORT LICENCES ON PRESENTATION OF THE APPROPRIATE EXPORT DOCUMENT WITHIN A SPECIFIC PERIOD STARTING FROM THE TIME WHEN THE IMPORTER SUBMITS HIS APPLICATION:
THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO STOP THE GRANTING OF LICENCES IF IT FINDS THAT THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS HAVE BEEN USED UP (EVEN IF THIS MEANS THAT CONSULTATIONS HAVE TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY WITH THE THIRD COUNTRIES):
THE COMMUNITY AND THE SUPPLIER COUNTRIES WILL DRAW UP A PROCEDURE FOR FORWARDING STATISTICAL INFORMATION: CONSULTATIONS MAY BE HELD IF APPRECIABLE DIFFERENCES APPEAR IN THIS INFORMATION:
WHERE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION WITH THE SUPPLIER COUNTRIES OCCUR OVER THE CUSTOMS CLASSIFICATION OF ANY PRODUCT, THE CLASSIFICATION USED BY THE COMMUNITY WILL BE REGARDED AS AUTHENTIC:
REFERENCE WILL BE MADE IN THE AGREEMENT TO CURRENT COMMUNITY RULES OF ORIGIN:
THE SUPPLIER COUNTRIES SHOULD SEEK TO ENSURE THAT THEIR EXPORTS ARE STAGGERED EVENLY AND THAT TRADITIONAL PATTERNS OF TRADE ARE OBSERVED, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO THE COMMUNITY-CEILING SYSTEM:
THE COMMUNITY WILL ALSO ENDEAVOUR TO INDUCE SUPPLIER COUNTRIES TO UNDERTAKE TO HONOUR THE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE LIMITS, EVEN IF THIS MEANS DEDUCTING THE QUANTITIES INVOLVED FROM THE AGREED LIMITS: FURTHERMORE, THEY SHOULD AGREE TO DISTRIBUTE THE EXPORT LICENCES AMONG THEIR VARIOUS UNDERTAKINGS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY WAY (AND MORE PROMPTLY THAN IN THE PAST SO THAT THE IMPORTER CAN MAKE USE OF THEM BEFORE THE QUOTAS' ARE EXHAUSTED).
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