97/359/EC: Council Decision of 24 March 1997 concerning the elimination of duties on information technology products

The Agreement on trade in information technology products together with the Communication on its implementation are hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement and of the Communication are attached to this Decision.

As called for under paragraph 4 of the Annex to the Ministerial Declaration on trade in information technology products, the Council: (i) takes note that participants representing approximately 90 per cent of world trade in information technology products have notified their acceptance; and (ii) approves, on behalf of the Community, the staging requests of participants in the ITA.

The Council authorizes the Commission to submit to the World Trade Organization the modifications to the Community schedule as set out in the EC-IT Schedule CXL contained in the Agreement attached hereto.

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community, give the notification provided for in the Ministerial Declaration.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.