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Agreement with Respect to Ordinary Wheat [1962] CATSer 2 (29 March 1962)

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AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ORDINARY WHEAT

Agreement entered into with respect to ordinary wheat (ex 10.01 of the Common External Tariff).

Canada, the European Economic Community and its Member States agree as follows :

A. Until the putting into operation of the Common Agricultural Policy for ordinary wheat (application of the levy or levies), the Member States undertake not to modify their national import systems in such a way as to make them more restrictive.

B. Upon adoption of the agricultural policy for ordinary wheat, the Community undertakes to enter into negotiations with Canada on the situation of exports of these products by Canada.

The negotiations provided for under this paragraph will take place on the basis of the negotiating rights which Canada held under the General Agreement for these products as of September 1, 1960.

C. The parties signatory to this agreement in no way limit their rights under GATT or on any other basis.

DONE at Geneva this twenty-ninth day of March 1962, in the English and French languages, both authentic.

Signed by the Representative of the Government of Canada and by the Representatives of the European Economic Community, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Italian Republic, the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.