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ANNEX V

JOINT DECLARATION ON TRADE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND BOTSWANA , LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND

HAVING REGARD TO PART I ( 3 ) OF PROTOCOL 22 TO THE ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES , THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES , AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF BOTSWANA , LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND DECLARE :

_ THAT THE THREE GOVERNMENTS UNDERTAKE TO APPLY , AT THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CONVENTION , THE SAME CUSTOMS TARIFF TREATMENT TO IMPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY , AS THEY APPLY TO THOSE ORIGINATING IN THE OTHER COUNTRY OF THE CUSTOMS UNION TO WHICH THEY ADHERE ,

_ THAT THIS UNDERTAKING SHOULD NOT PREJUDICE THE DIFFERENT METHODS WHICH MAY EXIST FOR FINANCING THE THREE GOVERNMENTS' BUDGETS IN RELATION TO IMPORTS ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE ORIGINATING IN THE OTHER COUNTRY OF THE CUSTOMS UNION TO WHICH THEY ADHERE ,

_ THAT THE THREE GOVERNMENTS UNDERTAKE TO ENSURE THROUGH THE PROVISIONS OF THEIR CUSTOMS SYSTEMS , AND PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE RULES OF ORIGIN ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CONVENTION , THAT NO TRADE DEFLECTION TAKES PLACE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE COMMUNITY , AS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION WITH THE OTHER COUNTRY IN THE CUSTOMS UNION TO WHICH THEY ADHERE .