Regulation (EEC) No 2840/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972 concluding an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation and adopting provisions for its implementation and concluding an additional Agreement concerning the validity, for the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972

Article 4

The Joint Committee shall supervise the functioning of the arrangements provided for in this Protocol. FINAL ACT The representatives OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, and OF THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, assembled at Brussels on this twenty-second day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, for the signature of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation, at the time of signature of this Agreement, — have adopted the following declarations annexed to this Act: 1. Joint declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning Article 4(3) of Protocol No 1, 2. Joint declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning transport of goods in transit, 3. Declaration concerning workers, — and have taken note of the declarations listed below and annexed to this Act: 1. Declaration by the European Economic Community concerning the regional application of certain provisions of the Agreement, 2. Declaration by the European Economic Community concerning Article 23(1) of the Agreement. The abovementioned representatives and the representative of the PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN, have signed the Additional Agreement concerning the validity, for the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972. Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den toogtyvende juli nitten hundrede og tooghalvfjerds. Geschehen zu Brüssel am zweiundzwanzigsten Juli neunzehnhundertzweiundsiebzig. Done at Brussels on this twenty-second day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two. Fait à Bruxelles, le vingt-deux juillet mil neuf cent soixante-douze. Fatto a Bruxelles, il ventidue luglio millenovecentosettantadue. Gedaan te Brussel, de tweeëntwintigste juli negentienhonderdtweeënzeventig. Utferdiget i Brussel, tjueandre juli nitten hundre og syttito. På Rådet for De europæiske Fællesskabers vegne Im Namen des Rates der Europäischen Gemeinschaften In the name of the Council of the European Communities Au nom du Conseil des Communautés européennes A nome del Consiglio delle Comunità europee Namens de Raad van de Europese Gemeenschappen For Rådet for De Europeiske Fellesskap Für die Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Pour la Confédération suisse Per la Confederazione svizzera Für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein DECLARATIONS Joint declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning Article 4(3) of Protocol No 1 The Contracting Parties acknowledge that the Exchange of Letters of 30 June 1967 between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation relating to the Clock and Watch Agreement shall remain valid and may be invoked if the provisions of this Agreement should cease to apply to products falling within Chapter 91 of the Brusse.s Nomenclature in accordance with Article 4(3) of Protocol No 1. Joint declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning transport of goods in transit The Contracting Parties consider that it is in the common interest that the rates and conditions for the transport of goods (i) to and from the Community involving transit through Swiss territory; or (ii) to and from Switzerland involving transit through Community territory, should not involve any discrimination or distortion based on the country of destination of the goods concerned or on the country from which they come and likely to have an adverse effect on the proper functioning of the free movement of these goods. Declaration concerning workers In view of the importance of the activities in Switzerland of workers who are nationals of Member States in the context of their reciprocal relations, the Contracting Parties emphasize the common interest they have in matters relating to labour. In this connecion, they note with satisfaction the signature in Rome on 22 June 1972 of a document recording the results of the work of the Italian-Swiss Joint Committee. The Contracting Parties have noted that in the course of that Committee's work important principles were formulated and substantial progress was thereby achieved, the stabilization policy adopted by the Swiss authorities being fully observed; appropriate provisions were adopted to achieve further progress as soon as possible. They noted also that this stabilization goes hand in hand with the implementation of a policy which is designed to introduce progressively as uniform a labour market as possible. The Contracting Parties are determined, on either side, to promote the introduction of the most satisfactory solutions to these questions of common interest. They declare their willingness to examine together any problems which may arise concerning their workers. Declaration by the European Economic Community concerning the regional application of certain provisions of the Agreement The European Economic Community declares that the application of any measures it may take under Articles 23, 24, 25 or 26 of the Agreement, in accordance with the procedure and under the arrangements set out in Article 27, or under Article 28, may be limited to one of its regions by virtue of Community rules. Declaration by the European Economic Community concerning Article 23(1) of the Agreement The European Economic Community declares that in the context of the autonomous implementation of Article 23(1) of the Agreement which is incumbent on the Contracting Parties, it will assess any practices contrary to that Article on the basis of criteria arising from the application of the rules of Articles 85, 86, 90 and 92 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT Concerning the validity, for the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, THE SWISS CONFEDERATION, THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN, Whereas by the Treaty of 29 March 1923 the Principality of Liechtenstein and Switzerland constitute a customs union and whereas that Treaty does not confer validity for the Principality of Liechtenstein on all the provisions of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation signed on 22 July 1972; Whereas the Principality of Liechtenstein has expressed the desire that all the provisions of that Agreement should apply to it, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: