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PROTOCOL 8

CONCERNING PRODUCTS WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY

ARTICLE 1

PRODUCTS WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY SHALL , WHEN THEY ORIGINATE IN THE ACP STATES , ON IMPORT INTO THE COMMUNITY BE ADMITTED FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND CHARGES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT .

ARTICLE 2

PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ORIGINATING IN THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , ON IMPORT INTO THE ACP STATES , BE ADMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PART THREE , TITLE I , CHAPTER 1 OF THE CONVENTION .

ARTICLE 3

IF THE OFFERS MADE BY FIRMS OF THE ACP STATES ARE LIKELY TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON MARKET AND IF ANY SUCH DETRIMENT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A DIFFERENCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION AS REGARDS PRICES , THE COMMUNITY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES , SUCH AS WITHDRAWING THE CONCESSIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 .

ARTICLE 4

CONSULTATIONS SHALL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE PARTIES CONCERNED IN ALL CASES WHERE , IN THE OPINION OF ONE OF THEM , THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLES 1 , 2 AND 3 CALLS FOR SUCH CONSULTATIONS .

ARTICLE 5

THE PROVISIONS LAYING DOWN THE RULES OF ORIGIN FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME SHALL ALSO SUPPLY TO THIS PROTOCOL .

ARTICLE 6

THIS PROTOCOL SHALL NOT AFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , OR THE POWERS OF JURISDICTION CONFERRED BY THAT TREATY .