For the inclusion, by the Member States of G.A.T.T., of the question of a "Low Tariff Club" in the Agenda of their forthcoming Conference
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- This Resolution was
adopted by the Assembly at its tenth Sitting, 13th May, 1953 (see Doc. 150, Report of
the Committee on Economic Questions).
- Thesaurus
The Assembly,
Having taken note of the Memorandum prepared for the Council
of Europe by a group of experts from G.A.T.T., on the technical
implications of Recommendation
11, adopted on 5th December, 1951 ;
Convinced of the need of a common policy by Member States
to lower tariff barriers,
1. Shares the opinion of the Committee of Ministers
as to the advisability of further consultation on the substance
of the project for the lowering of tariff barriers, since such consultation
would be the logical outcome of the preliminary technical work carried
out by the group of customs experts of G.A.T.T. ;
2. Notes that the Committee of Ministers, in order to avoid duplication
and to obtain the views of the most qualified technical authorities,
has followed the practice of seeking the opinion of the appropriate
international organisations on the major economic questions and
that, with regard to customs questions in particular, the Contracting
Parties to G.A.T.T. have drawn the attention of the Council of Europe
to the fact that they are, in the nature of things, competent to
deal with the substance of any project bearing upon the customs
tariffs of the Governments which are parties to the General Agreement ;
3. Instructs its President to approach the Committee of Ministers
with a view to requesting the Contracting Parties to the General
Agreement to include in the Agenda for their next Annual Conference
a study of the substance of the project for the creation of a Low
Tariff Club.
