No L 16/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 84 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1983 changing the import arrangements established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 and applied in the Benelux countries, in the Federal Republic of Germany, in the United Kingdom and in Greece in respect of the People’s Republic of China (Only the Dutch, English, French, German and Greek texts are authentic) (84/12/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 of 14 November 1983 on import arrange- ments for products originating in State-trading coun- tries, not liberalized at Community level (*), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof, “ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 established the list of products originating in State- trading countries whose release for free circulation in the Member States is subject to quantitative restric- tions ; Whereas the Joint Committee established by the Agreement between the European Economic Commu- nity and the People’s Republic of China of 3 April 1978 () met in Peking on 8 and 9 November 1983 ; whereas upon completion of its work it recommended, among other measures, the abolition of quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in certain Member States of products originating in China; Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83, the Governments of the Benelux coun- tries, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom have informed the other Member States and the Cammission that they consider that the import arrangements applied in the Benelux countries, the Federal Republic of Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom in respect of imports of various () OJ No L 346, 8. 12. 1983, p. 6. () OJ No L 123, 11. 5. 1978, p. 2. industrial products from China should be amended in accordance with that Regulation ; - Whereas, following the examination of different aspects of the measures recommended by the Joint Committee, action should be taken thereon, account " being taken in particular of Article 4 (2) of the Agree- ment between the European Economic Community and the People’s Republic of China, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The quantitative restrictions on the release for free circulation in the Member States specified in the Annex, of the goods therein indicated originating in China, are hereby abolished. Article 2 This Decision is addressed t6 the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, he Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 21 December 1983. For the Commission Wilhelm HAFERKAMP Vice-President