title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali for the supply of grain sorghum and maize as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 590
Vol. 1973/0119
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
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concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      COM(73)590 final
                                                      Brussels , 16 April 1973
                 RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                             concluding the
          Agreement "between the European Economic Community
                        and the Republic of Mali
                    for the supply of grain sorghum
                          and maize as food aid
              ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(73) 590 final
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 2 -                   COM(73)590 final
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Articles 113 , 114 and 228 thereof ;
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a declaration of
provisional application of the Pood Aid Convention of 1971 ; whereas that
Convention has "been in force since 1 July 1971 ;
Whereas hy letter of 23 November 1972 the Republic of Mali submitted a
request for emergency food aid ;
Whereas the adverse climatic conditions experienced by the Republic of Mali
have appreciably reduced its grain supplies ;   whereas that country should
therefore be granted a gift of 4 000 metric tons of grain sorghum and 3 000
metric tons of maize under the Community Pood Aid Programme for 197l/72;
HAS DECIDED THAT :
                                 Article 1
On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement , the text whereof
is annexed hereto , shall be concluded between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Mali for the supply of sorghum and maize as food aid .
                                 Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate those who
are to sign the Agreement , and to confer on them the requisite powers to
bind the Community .
Done at Brussels ,           19                            For the Council
                                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                             COM(73)590 final
                 AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND
           THE REPUBLIC OP MALI
      FOR THE SUPPLY OP GRAIN SORGHUM
           AND MAIZE AS POOD AID
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2 -                  COK(73)590 final
THE COUNCIL OP TEE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
                                                         of the one part ,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI ,
                                                         of the other part ,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as
their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI :
WHO HAVE AGREED A3 FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 3 -                    CQM(73)590 final
                                ARTICLE I
As part of its Pood Aid Programme (Cereals ) for 1971/72, the European
Economic Community shall supply 4 000 metric tons of grain sorghum grid
3 000 metric tons of maize as a gift to the Republic of Mali , hereinafter
referred to as the "country of destination".
                               ARTICLE II
Deliveries shall he made free at frontier in new jute sacks of a net capacity
of 50 kg each .
                               ARTICLE III
The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community
and of the country of destination relating to delivery and the taking of
delivery are defined in the Annex which forms an integral part of this
Agreement .
                                ARTICLE IV
The country of destination undertakes to make all necessary arrangements
for the transport and insurance of the goods from the frontier crossing
points to the places of destination.
                                 ARTICLE V
The country of destination undertakes to use for purposes of consumption
the goods received as aid and to distribute them free of charge to people
in need .
                                ARTICLE VI
The European Economic Cootaunity shall grant to the country of destination
a fixed amount by way of contribution towards the costs incurred by that
country in transporting the goods from the frontier crossing points to the
places of destination.
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 4 -                    COM(73)590 final
This amount shall be 10 units of account per metric ton of goods delivered .
                           /
The Community undertakes to pay this as soon as possible after receipt by
the Commission of the information required under the first indent of
Article IX .
                                ARTICLE VII
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such manner
as to avoid all detriment to the normal structure of domestic production and
international trade .  To this end they shall take any measures required to
ensure that aid supplies are in addition to , and do not replace, business
transactions which might reasonably be expected to take place in the absence
of such supplies .
                              ARTICLE VIII
The country of destination shall take all such measures as are requisite to
prevents
- the re-export of the product received as aid and of products and by-products
  obtained from such supplies ;                                 x
– the export , commercially or otherwise , within six months of the last delivery ,
  either of the locally obtained product being of the same kind as that
  received as aid , or of any product or by-product obtained therefrom .
                                ARTICLE IX
The country of destination undertakes to inform the European Economic
Community as to how this Agreement is implemented .   To this end , it shall
provide the Commission of the European Communities with the following
informations
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 5 -                     C0M(73)590 final
- not more than thirty days after delivery is taken of each consignment :
  the places and dates of taking delivery ; nature , quantity and quality
  of the goods of which delivery has been taken ;
– every three months until the quantities received as aid have "been fully
  used : a progress report specifying, in particular , the number and type
  of recipients , the quantities distributed , and the place and method of
  distribution .
                                ARTICLE X
The Contracting Parties shall at the request of either of them consult each
other concerning any questions touching the implementation of this Agreement .
                               ARTICLE XI
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Banish , Dutch, English, French,
German and Italian languages , each of these texts being equally authentic .
              /
 ---pagebreak---                                                             COM(73)590 final
            Annex referred "to in Article III of the Agreement
                                 Article 1
Delivery shall be treated as taking place and the risks shall pass from
the European Economic Community to the country of destination at the moment
when the goods actually cross the frontier of the country of destination .
The country of destination shall "bear all costs for reception of goods , any
transhipment costs and all other costs subsequent to delivery .
Any costs incurred as a result of delay attributable to the country of
destination in taking delivery of the goods shall be borne by that country .
                                 Article 2
The European Economic Community shall , as soon as possible after the goods
have left the port of shipment , notify the country of destination of the
date of loading, the quantity and quality of the goods as recorded on
shipment , the port of unloading, and the means of inland transport to be
used to carry the goods to the place of delivery *
                                 Article 3
The European Economic Community shall inform the country of destination of
the expected date of arrival of the goods at the place of delivery at least
10 clear days before that date .
 ---pagebreak---                                   - 2 -                    C0M(73)590 final
The European Economic Community shall inform -the country of destination , at lea
two days in advance , of the probable date of arrival of the goods at the
place of delivery .
                                Article 4
On delivery of the goods , a tolerance of 5% less than the quantity to be
supplied under Article I of the Agreement shall be allowed .
                                Article 5
For purposes of the implementation of the provisions of this Annex the
European Economic Community shall appoint an agent , whose name and address
it shall in good time communicate to the country of destination .
The country of destination shall appoint a receiving agent in each place of
delivery whose name and address it shall communicate to the European Economic
Community before the Agreement is implemented .


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding the Agreement extending the Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Argentine Republic (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (76) 615
Vol. 1976/0188
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européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
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règlement.
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concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUSCPEAN COMMUNITI
                                             COM(76)615   final .
                                             Brussels . 24 November 1976.
                       /   ..
                                                 !
                •   ■    ^                             \
                       RECOMMENDATION FOR A 'COUNCIL DECISION
                   concluding the Agreement extending the Trade
              Agreement "between the European Economic Community
                              sad. the Argentine Republic
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission,)
      /
  COM (7 6) 615 final .
 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
         The Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Argentine Republic concluded on 8 November 1971 for a period of
three years entered into force on 1 January 1972 and expires on 31 Decenu
1976 after two extensions for a period of one year as provided for in
article 9 ( 2 ) of the Agreement .
         The Argentine Mission to the European Communities has made knovr
verbally to the Commission'^ services that the Argentine Government comf
it advisable to renew the agreement again .
                                                  é
         Considering that the Trade Agreement of 8 November 1971 shoul <i
again be extended for one year,
         the Commission recommends that the Council :
- adopts the draft Decision annexed hereto concluding an agreement , in the
  form of an exchange of letters , extending the Trade Agreement between the
  European Economic Community and the Argentina Republio for a period of on
  year .
 ---pagebreak---                       Be conxondat ion for a Council LZCISICN
   conoludiag tna A^ro oaant extending tho Trado Agreeaont botveaa
   tL» European Eooaosio Coasunity end the Argentina Eopuolio
  Tiffl COUI.'CIL 0? TÍ3 EJKOPZJÜff COIC^TTIES .
 ilavin£ regard to the Treaty establishing tho Euro pa aa Eoonoaio
 Coosunity , and in particular- Articla 113 thereof j
 Having ra^ard to tho Bocommendation from + ho CoaaiGsion ;
 ^r» i* o x*o oG tho ^ radQ A^pTGoacnt Datwoaa t    I^uropo an           woaaun^ «y
 and th© Arrant in© Rnpublio should bo extended for ©no yoc-r &s provide
 for Ir* Artiol© $ ( z) thoroof,                                           " •
 Ε^3 ΐΣΖίΖΠΕΏ ι .
                                    Articlo 1
                     Tho A^roGaent ia the fora of an exohan.ro of Icttora batveon
the European Econoaio Coaaunity and tho Argentina Bapublio extending tho
Trado Agroeaont signed ia Brussels oa 8 2Tovaabcr 197^ ia horoby concluded
on behalf of the Europe sn Econoaic Coaaunity»Tho                   of tho <x£ci»&n£G of
lattora is snnoxad to this Incision-
                                   Article 2
                    Tho President of tho Council is ha rosy cutaorizoo, tc dcax
tho parsons capovorad to sign tha Agraeacnt and to eenfor oa thoa, tho
powars r^c-oirad la ordar to bind tha" Coaaunity.
                                                      r
           Lo^ wi 2xussola »                                  For tho Council
                                                        »» «»
                                                                   ?raoa.dxmt
 ---pagebreak---                           /. crœ^-T
         XN TI-ZS FORM 0? IX EXCHANGE 0? LETTERS
       EXTE^DIICG THE TRADE ACHSEI-ZST BETKEEJf TEE
             EUR0PEA2T ECONOMIC COKKUXITY
             AND THS ARGENTINE K2PU3LIC
 A. Letter to the Argentina authorities
 Sir ,
                 With reference to Article 9 ( 2 ) of the Trado Agreement
"between the European Economic Community and. the Argentina Repuolio
 signed in Brussels on 8 November 1$11 , I aa pleased, to infora you
that the European Econoiaio Cocnunity agrees to the extension of the
above Agreesent for a period of one year from 1 January 1977#
                Please aocept,Sir , the assurance of my highest considers.!
                                            For the Council of the
                                            European CoiMVuaitios
 ---pagebreak---                         /
                              - 2 -
 B. Letter "to the President of the Council of th <> "uro^enn Co--v.r.iticr.
 Sir .
              In your letter of              you INFISRSED E© 5,3 follows ;
              " » ith reference to Article 9 ( 2 ) of the Trac.a Agreement
" botvoen the European Economio Cossunity and the Ar£c»ntirie Republic
" signed in Brussels on 0 Xovenber 1$~1 , I aa pleased to infora you
" that the European. Econoniio Co^unity agrees to the extension of the
" above Agreement for a period of one year froa 1 January 197 7 ."
              I aa pleased to infers you , on "behalf of the. Govemse-.v*. of
the Argentine Republic , that ay Government also, agrees to the exter.^ic •
of tho above A^roeaent for a period of one year froa 1 J,January 1977 *
              Please accept . 'Sir , the ascuranoo of zy highast conoido .    . on .


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF A PROTOCOL ON FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Peru on the supply of common wheat as food aid (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (73) 264
Vol. 1973/0040
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(73)264 final
                                                 Brus sels . 16 february 1973
                      RECOMMENDATTON FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
           concluding an Agreement "between the European Economic Community
                and the Republic of Peru on the supply of common wheat
                                  as food aid
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM(73 ) 264 final
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THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular Articles 113 » 11^ and 228 thereof ;
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas the European Economic Community has deposited a declaration
of provisional application of the 1971 Food Aid Convention ; whereas
this Convention has been in force since 1 July 1971 >
Whereas the Republic of Peru has applied for food aid by letter
dated 9 March 1972 ;
Whereas , ±x view of the supply situation for cereals in the Republic of
Peru , 13 300 metric tons of common wheat should be made available ,
by way of gift , to that country under the Community 's food aid
programme for 1971/72 ;
DECIDES :
                                Article 1
An Agreement is concluded , on behalf of the European Economic Community ^
                                         i
between the European Economic Community and the Republio of Peru for
the supply of common wheat as food aid .    The text of the Agreement is
annexed to this Decision .
                                Article 2
The President of the Council is authorized to appoint delegates to sign
the Agreement and to confer on them the requisite full powers on behalf
of the Community .
Done at Brussels ,           19– .
                                                For the Council
                                                The President
 ---pagebreak---                  - 3 -
               AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
       AND THE REPUBLIC OF PERU
     ON THE SUPPLY OF COMMON WHEAT
              AS FOOD AID
 ---pagebreak---                                  -  + -
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         of the one part
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU
                                         of the other part
HAVE decided to conclude this Agreement and have designated to this
end as their plenipotentiaries :
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU :
WHO HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                 . . r.v , •i
                             ..s - Article I       «I ■   A .
As part of i,ts 1971/72 cereal . food aid programme , the European
Economic Community shall , by -.way of gift , supply to the Republic of
Peru , hereinafter called the recipient country", 13 500 metric tons
of common wheat .
                                   Article II           '
The wheat shall be delivered in -bulk fob Community ports .
         ' ■  .                    Article III
The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic
Community and the recipient country relating in particular to delivery
and taking of delivery are defined in the Annex which forms an integral
part of this Agreement .                                                            .....
                                   Article IV
The recipient, country undertak.es to aake all . necessary arrangements
for the transport and insurance of the product , supplied from ports , of
shipment to places of destination .
It undertakes to exercise the greatest possible care to ensure that
tendering arrangements for transport of the product by sea do not
prejudice the free play of fair competition .                 Any problems arising
in this connection - shall be the subject of consultations unde'fr - ' <
Article IX of this Agreement .
                                   Article v                               . • ■       . .
                 . -                I" ■   1 '<!■■■■                           I ,
The recipient Country undertakes to use the product recfeived as food-
aid for purposes of consumption and to apply, for the sale of the
product on its market , the prices "normally charged on that market for
products' of comparable quality .        •       *                                 •-<
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 6 -
The proceeds from this sale , less the cost of transport by sea ,
relevant insurance costs and the normal marketing costs on the
recipient country 's market , shall be paid into a special account at
the Central Bank and allocated to the financing of one or more
development projects to be proposed beforehand by the recipient
country and approved by the European, Economic Community .
                                Article VI
The contracting parties undertake to implement this Agreement in such
a way as to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of domestic
production and international trade .   To this end they shall take any
measures required to ensure that supplies received as aid are in
addition to , and do not replace , commercial transactions which might
reasonably be expected in the absence of such supplies .        In particular ,
the recipient country undertakes to import , on a commercial basis from
all sources^ a minimum quantity of '600 000 metric tons of common wheat , -
or its equivalent in flour of common wheat , between 1 July 1972 and
30 June 1973 .
                                Article VII
The recipient country shall take all necessary measures to prevent :
- re-exportation     of the product received as aid and of products
  and by-products derived from such supplies ;
- commercial or non-commercial exportation , within six months of the
  la&t delivery , of locally-grown common wheat similar to the product
  received as aid and of products and by-products derived therefrom .,
                                Article VIII
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European- Economic .
Community of the manner in which this Agreement is implemented .        To
this end it shall provide the Commission of the European Communities
with the following information :                                      \
                                                        • ••/ • * •
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                                                                          r
- not later than thirty days after the unloading of each cargo :
  ports and dates of arrival of the vessel ; nature , quantity and
  quality of the products unloaded ; date on which unloading was
  completed ;
- every three months until the quantities received as aid have been
  exhausted : quantities sold , method of marketing , prices ; normal
  marketing costs on the recipient country 's market ;
- on 15 January of each year until the special account has been fully
  used :
  - position of the account ( deposits and withdrawals ) at
    31 December of the preceding year ;
  - state of advancement of projects with an indication of total
    financing at that stage .
                                Article IX
At the request of either of them , the contracting parties shall consult
each other on any questions concerning the implementation of this
Agreement .
                                Article X
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish , German , English,
French , Italian , Dutch and Spanish languages , each of these texts
being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---             ANNEX REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE III OF THE AGREEMENT
                                Article 1
Delivery shall be effected and risks shall pass from the European
Economic Community to the recipient country at the moment at which
the goods have been placed in the ship 's hold at the port of shipment .
The recipient country shall bear ail costs subsequent to delivery of
the goods , including costs of stowage and , where appropriate , trimming
                                                                \
and bagging costs .
Any demurrage costs or any dispatch money at the port of shipment
shall be a charge on or for the " benefit of the European Economic
Community and shall be determined before th& vessel sails .       The
rates and detailed arrangements applying thereto laid down in the
contract between the recipient country and the carrier must have
  i .1                              « • .
been agreed upon in advance by the recipient country and the authorized
agent of the European . Economic Community referred to in Article 9-
                                Article 2  ,
The European Economic Community shall notify the recipient country in
good time of the port or porta, of shipment , the quantities to be
delivered at ea:ch port , the period within which loading must begin
and the daily "loading rate .
 ---pagebreak---                                 Artici  3
The European Economic Community must be ready to load the goods on
the date , resulting from the information referred to in Article 8 ,
on which the vessel should be ready for loading .
                                Article 4
On delivery a tolerance of 5% less than the quantity to be supplied under
Article 1 of the Agreement is permitted .
                                Article 5
Once the goods are on board the vessel , the European Economic Community
shall notify the recipient country of the date of loading , and the
quantity and quality of the goods as recorded on loading .
                                Article 6
The recipient country shall , within the period referred to in Article 2 ,
procure for the European Economic Community a vessel of dimensions
corresponding to the normal loading potential of the port of shipment .
Should it prove impossible for the vessel to begin loading within the
period referred to and should the recipient country not have notified
the European Economic Community of this fact in writing at the latest
by the date on which the ship should" be ready for loading in accordance
with Article 8 , the goods may be disposed of by the European Economic
Community .
Whatever the circumstances , the goods shall be held at the expense , risk
and peril of the recipient country .
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                               Article 7
Should the recipient country fail to provide a vessel of suitable
tonnage , or if the quantity made available for loading on a vessel
of suitable tonnage cannot be put on board in its entirety because of
circumstances beyond the control of the European Economic Community ,
the balance shall be loaded on to the next vessel under the conditions
laid down in this Annex .
In this event , until the date of loading of this balance or until the
date on which the recipient country gives notice in writing that it
renounces this balance , the goods shall be held at the expense , risk
and peril of the recipient country .
The recipient country must inform the European Economic Community , within
a maximum period of 30 clear days from the day on which loading of the
shipment with which these goods should have been loaded began , of the
date on which loading of this balance is due to begin or of its
renunciation of this balance .
If this obligation is not respected , the European Economic Community
may consider that it has discharged its commitment to the recipient
country under Article 1 of the Agreement .
                                Article 8
The recipient country shall name for the European Economic Community
the vessel that is to ship the goods , at least 10 clear days prior
to the estimated date of arrival of the vessel in port or , wherever
possible , 20 clear days prior to that date , and shall at the same time
indicate how soon after that date the vessel will be ready for loading .
The recipient country shall insert in the charter-party a clause
requiring the captain to inform the European Economic Community at
least 72 hours in advance of the vessel 's estimated date of arrival
in the port of shipment .
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                               Article 9
To implement the provisions of this Annex , the European Economic
Community shall appoint an authorized agent , whose name and address
shall be made known in good time to the recipient country .
The recipient country shall nominate a receiving agent in each port
of shipment , whose name and address shall be made known to the
European Economic Community before the Agreement is implemented .


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Recommendation for a Council Decision abrogating Decision 2005/186/EC on the existence of an excessive deficit in Malta  /* SEC/2007/0621 final */

	[pic] | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES |Brussels, 16.5.2007SEC(2007) 621 finalRecommendation for aCOUNCIL DECISIONabrogating Decision 2005/186/EC on the existence of an excessive deficit in Malta(presented by the Commission)EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM1. BACKGROUNDArticle 104 of the Treaty establishes that Member States should avoid excessive deficits and lays down a procedure for their identification and correction. The excessive deficit procedure (EDP) is further specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on “speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure”[1], which is part of the Stability and Growth Pact. According to Article 104(2) of the Treaty, the Commission has to monitor compliance with budgetary discipline on the basis of two criteria, namely: (a) whether the planned or actual government deficit exceeds the reference value of 3% of GDP (unless either the deficit ratio has declined substantially and continuously and reached a level that comes close to the reference value; or, alternatively, the excess over the reference value is only exceptional and temporary and the ratio remains close to the reference value); and (b) whether government debt exceeds the reference value of 60% of GDP (unless the debt ratio is sufficiently diminishing and approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace).In accordance with the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty, the Commission provides the data for the implementation of the EDP. As part of the application of this Protocol, Member States have to notify data on government deficits and debt and other associated variables twice a year, namely before 1 April and before 1 October, in accordance with Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3605/93[2],[3].On 12 May 2004, the Commission initiated the EDP for Malta with the adoption of a report under Article 104(3), based on a general government deficit of 9.7% of GDP and government debt of 72% of GDP in 2003.[4] On 5 July 2004, the Council decided, on a recommendation from the Commission, that Malta was in excessive deficit according to Article 104(6)[5]. At the same time, and also based on a Commission recommendation, the Council addressed recommendations under Article 104(7) to Malta with a view to bringing the situation of an excessive government deficit to an end, by 2006 at the latest[6].In its recommendation under Article 104(7), the Council recommended the Maltese authorities to:-  “put an end to the present excessive deficit situation as rapidly as possible;-  take action in a medium-term framework in order to achieve their objective of bringing the deficit below 3% of GDP in 2006 in a credible and sustainable manner, in accordance with the path for deficit reduction specified in the Council Opinion of 5 July 2004 on the convergence programme submitted in May 2004;-  implement with vigour the measures envisaged in the May 2004 convergence programme, in particular those of a structural nature aimed at rationalising and reducing expenditures;-  take effective action by 5 November 2004 regarding the measures envisaged to achieve the 2005 deficit target;-  ensure that the rise in the debt ratio is brought to a halt in 2005 and reversed thereafter as specified in the Council Opinion on the convergence programme submitted in May 2004”.In addition, the Council invited the Maltese authorities to “ensure that budgetary consolidation towards the medium term budgetary position of close to balance or in surplus is sustained after the excessive deficit has been corrected”.Table 1: Adjustment endorsed by the Council on 5 July 2004% of GDP, unless indicated otherwise | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |General government balance Government gross debt p.m.: Real GDP growth (%) | -9.7 72.0 -1.7 | -5.2 72.1 1.1 | -3.7 72.4 1.7 | -2.3 70.5 2.1 | -1.4 70.4 2.1 |Source : Council recommendation under Article 104(7) to Malta and Council opinion on the May 2004 convergence programme of Malta, both adopted on 5 July 2004.On 22 December 2004 the Commission concluded in a Communication[7], of which the Council took note on 18 January 2005, that the Maltese government had taken, in response to the Council recommendation, effective action regarding the measures envisaged to achieve the 2005 deficit target by the deadline of 5 November 2004.According to Article 104(12), a Council Decision on the existence of an excessive deficit is to be abrogated, on the basis of a Commission Recommendation, when the excessive deficit in the Member State concerned has, in the view of the Council, been corrected.2. RECENT DEFICIT DEVELOPMENTSAccording to the latest information, the general government deficit reached a high of 10% of GDP in 2003 including a one-off expenditure-increasing transaction of 2.9% of GDP in relation to the restructuring of two State-owned shipyard companies. Thereafter, the deficit-to-GDP ratio followed a downward path declining to 4.9% of GDP in 2004 and 3.1% of GDP in 2005.Based on data provided by the Commission (Eurostat)[8] in accordance with Article 8g(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 following the notification by Malta before 1 April 2007, the general government deficit stood at 2.6% of GDP in 2006[9].Although the outcome for the general government deficit in 2004 and 2005 was somewhat better than the deficit reduction path recommended by the Council under Article 104(7), that for 2006 was slightly above. However, the deficit-to-GDP ratio for 2006 was slightly better than the official target as set out in the January 2006 update of the convergence programme (2.7%).The decline in the general government deficit has started in unfavourable growth conditions and continued in the recent economic upturn. The total adjustment over the 2003-2006 period amounted to 7.4 percentage points of GDP. Around four percentage points of the reduction in the deficit ratio during the 2003-2006 period was accounted for by higher revenue, reflecting changes in indirect taxation as well as government's drive to achieve a more efficient tax collection during these years. A lower expenditure-to-GDP ratio explains the remaining 3½ percentage points[10], which was underpinned by a decline in total capital spending mainly on account of a higher recourse to one-off operations (namely sale of land, which is conventionally recorded as negative expenditure). Indeed, between 2004 and 2006 one-off deficit-reducing operations averaged around 1% of GDP per year. Without one-offs, the 2006 deficit would have remained above the reference value, at 3.3% of GDP.In structural terms, i.e. adjusted for the cycle and one-off and other temporary measures, the deficit is estimated to have improved from a high of around 6½% of GDP in 2003 to around 3¾% in 2005. For 2006, the structural deficit declined further to 2¾% of GDP[11].In its Article 104(7) Recommendation, the Council invited Malta to take structural measures designed at rationalising and reducing government expenditure. Throughout the 2004-2006 period, a number of such measures were implemented. Specifically, the measures were aimed at downsizing employment in the public sector, improving work practices and increasing overall efficiency in key public enterprises with the aim of reducing government transfers. Public entities considered to have a core strategic role have been restructured, while others identified as non-core have been privatised. Moreover, hiring in the public service was done on a strict-need basis. The limited increases in wages and salaries provided for in the new multi-annual collective agreement for public service employees, covering the period 2005-2010, was another factor contributing to the fall in the government expenditure as a share of GDP. Expenditure control was also achieved through tightening eligibility of social benefits and setting up the necessary infrastructure to reduce benefit fraud.3. DEFICIT PROJECTIONS FOR 2007 AND BEYONDAccording to the Commission services' spring 2007 forecast, the general government deficit is projected to decline further, reaching 2.1% of GDP in 2007 and, under the no-policy change scenario, 1.6% of GDP in 2008. This is expected to be achieved in the context of sustained economic growth over the forecast horizon. The lower general government deficit for 2007 is explained by a decline in the expenditure ratio of slightly less than 1 percentage point of GDP. The fall in the current expenditure ratio, underpinned by a decline in government consumption and interest expenditure, is expected to more than offset the increase in government gross fixed capital formation. For 2008, the reduction in the deficit-to-GDP ratio is accounted for by a projected decline in total expenditure-to-GDP ratio, helped mainly by a sharp fall in public investment linked with the completion of a large healthcare facility. Expressed as a proportion of GDP, total revenue is projected to decline in 2007 and 2008 primarily due to a lower intake from direct taxes and social contributions. Recourse to one-off transactions in 2007 and 2008 are anticipated to be lower than in the average of the past years[12]. Without one-offs, the deficit according to the Commission services' spring forecast would be below the 3% of GDP reference value in 2007 (2.7% of GDP) and fall further in 2008 (1.6%)[13].When compared to the April 2007 fiscal notification, the Commission services’ spring 2007 forecast projects a slightly more cautious downward path in the general government deficit. For 2007, the difference amounts to 0.2% of GDP and is primarily due to lower social contributions which move in line with expected developments in compensation of employees. In 2008, the divergence in the deficit-to-GDP ratio amounts to 0.7% of GDP. This is mainly because the national authorities anticipate lower spending in terms of both compensation of government employees and purchases of goods and services.According to the Commission services’ spring 2007 forecast, the structural deficit (i.e. cyclically-adjusted deficit net of one-off and other temporary measures) is projected to improve in 2007 and 2008. From just under 2¾% of GDP in 2006, the structural deficit is forecast to decline marginally in 2007, to slightly above 2½% of GDP in 2007 and, on a no-policy-change basis, more significantly in 2008, to around 1½%. The combined effort over the 2006-2008 period, of slightly more than one percentage point of GDP, appears to be broadly in line with the Recommendation by the Council under Article 104(7) which called for “sustained budgetary consolidation” towards the medium-term objective (MTO) for the budgetary position (for Malta, a balanced budgetary position in structural terms) following the correction of the excessive deficit. Although the effort in 2007 is limited, the average adjustment in 2007-2008 seems to be broadly in line with the 0.5% of GDP annual structural improvement specified in the Stability and Growth Pact for euro-area and ERM II Member States.In its opinion of 27 February 2007 on the December 2006 update of the convergence programme[14], the Council noted that the programme did not aim at achieving the MTO within the programme period (which ends in 2009). Moreover, while the pace of adjustment towards the MTO implied by the programme in the years following the correction of the excessive deficit was deemed to be broadly in line with the Stability and Growth Pact, the Council also stated that there were some risks to the budgetary projections in the programme, especially with regard to the assumed favourable macroeconomic assumptions in 2008 and 2009.4. DEBT DEVELOPMENTS AND PROJECTIONSThe general government debt has exceeded the 60% of GDP reference value since 2001. It peaked at almost 74% of GDP in 2004. In line with the Council recommendation under Article 104(7), the rise in general government debt was halted and reversed in 2005 reaching 72.4% of GDP, on account of a primary surplus and receipts from privatisation. A further decline was recorded in 2006 when the debt ratio stood at 66.5% of GDP largely as a result of substantial privatisation proceeds amounting to around 3.5% of GDP.According to the Commission services' spring 2007 forecast, the debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to continue on a downward path in 2007 and 2008. For 2007, general government debt is projected to be lowered below 66% of GDP and to decline further in 2008, under a no-policy-change assumption, to 64¼%.5. CONCLUSIONSThe general government deficit decreased from 10% of GDP in 2003 to 2.6% in 2006, below the 3% of GDP reference value. In spite of a number of one-off transactions (excluding which the 2006 deficit would still be above the reference value), the measures underlying the deficit reduction are mainly of a permanent nature. In 2006, the structural balance, i.e. the cyclically-adjusted balance net of one-off and other temporary measures, improved by slightly more than 1% of GDP. According to the Commission services’ spring 2007 forecast, the government deficit is expected to narrow to 2.1% of GDP in 2007 and, on a no-policy change basis, to 1.6% in 2008, with deficit-reducing one-offs projected to fade away. This indicates that the deficit has been brought below the 3% of GDP reference value in a credible and sustainable manner.General government gross debt declined from its peak of 73.9% of GDP in 2004 to 66.5% in 2006. According to the Commission services’ spring 2007 forecast, the debt ratio is expected to fall further to almost 64% of GDP by 2008 (on a no-policy change basis).From an overall assessment, it follows that the excessive deficit situation in Malta has been corrected. Accordingly, the Commission recommends to the Council to abrogate its decision on the existence of an excessive deficit in Malta.Table 2: Budgetary developments, 2003-2008Recommendation for aCOUNCIL DECISIONabrogating Decision 2005/186/EC on the existence of an excessive deficit in MaltaTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 104(12) thereof,Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,Whereas:(1) By Council Decision 2005/186/EC[15], following a recommendation from the Commission in accordance with Article 104(6) of the Treaty, it was decided that an excessive deficit existed in Malta. The Council noted that the general government deficit was 9.7% of GDP in 2003 (of which 2.9% of GDP was due to a one-off operation), above the 3% of GDP Treaty reference value, while general government gross debt stood at 72% of GDP and was likely to further diverge from the 60% of GDP Treaty reference value in 2004.(2) On 5 July 2004, in accordance with Article 104(7) of the Treaty and Article 3(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 of 7 July 1997 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure[16], the Council made, based on a recommendation from the Commission, a recommendation addressed to Malta with a view to bringing the excessive deficit situation to an end by 2006 at the latest. The recommendation was made public.(3) In accordance with Article 104(12) of the Treaty, a Council Decision on the existence of an excessive deficit is to be abrogated when the excessive deficit in the Member State concerned has, in the view of the Council, been corrected.(4) In accordance with the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty, the Commission provides the data for the implementation of the procedure. As part of the application of this Protocol, Member States are to notify data on government deficits and debt and other associated variables twice a year, namely before 1 April and before 1 October, in accordance with Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 of 22 November 1993 on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community[17].(5) Based on data provided by the Commission (Eurostat) in accordance with Article 8g(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3605/93 following the notification by Malta before 1 April 2007 and on the Commission services’ spring 2007 forecast, the following conclusions are warranted:-  the general government deficit was reduced from 10% of GDP in 2003 to 2.6% of GDP in 2006, which is below the 3% of GDP deficit reference value. This is slightly better than the target set for 2006 in the January 2006 update of the convergence programme, although somewhat above the targets endorsed by the Council in its recommendation under Article 104(7),-  more than half (around four percentage points) of the 7.4 percentage points of GDP reduction in the deficit ratio between 2003 and 2006 was accounted for by higher revenue, reflecting changes in indirect taxation as well as a more efficient tax collection. A lower expenditure-to-GDP ratio explains the remaining 3.5 percentage points[18], in part reflecting higher recourse to one-off operations (namely sales of land, which are conventionally recorded as negative expenditure). In addition, expenditure restraint was achieved through downsizing and restructuring of public entities, restrictions in hiring in the public services and control in social payments. One-off deficit-reducing operations averaged around 1% of GDP between 2004 and 2006. Without one-offs (0.7% of GDP), the 2006 deficit would have remained above the reference value, at 3.3% of GDP. The improvement in the structural balance (i.e. the cyclically-adjusted balance net of one-off and other temporary measures) in 2006 is estimated at slightly above 1% of GDP,-  for 2007, the Commission services' spring 2007 forecast projects the deficit to be reduced further, to 2.1% of GDP, driven by additional expenditure savings. One-offs are envisaged to amount to 0.6% of GDP, broadly similar in magnitude to the preceding year, so that even without one-offs the deficit would be below the reference value. This is broadly in line with the official deficit estimate for 1.9% of GDP set in the April 2007 notification. For 2008, the spring forecast projects, on a no-policy change basis, a further decline in the deficit to 1.6% of GDP (without recourse to one-offs). This indicates that the deficit has been brought below the 3% of GDP ceiling in a credible and sustainable manner. The structural balance is projected to improve marginally in 2007 and, on the basis of a no-policy change scenario, by an additional 1 percentage point in 2008. This has to be seen against the need to make progress towards the medium-term objective (MTO) for the budgetary position, which for Malta is a balanced budget position in structural terms,-  government debt declined from its peak of 73.9% of GDP in 2004 to 66.5% in 2006. According to the Commission services’ spring 2007 forecast, the debt ratio is projected to fall further to around 64.3% by end-2008, thus coming closer to the 60% of GDP reference value.(6) In the view of the Council, the excessive deficit in Malta has been corrected and Decision 2005/186/EC should therefore be abrogated.HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:Article 1From an overall assessment it follows that the excessive deficit situation in Malta has been corrected.Article 2Decision 2005/186/EC is hereby abrogated.Article 3This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Malta.Done at Brussels,For the CouncilThe President [1] OJ L 209, 2.8.1997, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1056/2005 (OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 5).[2] OJ L 332, 31.12.1993, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2103/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 1).[3] The most recent notification of Malta can be found at:http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=2373,58110711&_dad=portal&_schema=portal.[4] SEC(2004) 580.[5] OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 21.[6] All EDP-related documents for Malta can be found at the following website:http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/about/activities/sgp/edp_list_en.htm.[7] SEC(2004) 1630.[8] Eurostat News Release No 55 of 23 April 2007.[9] Deficit ratios are usually revised – upwards or downwards – after the publication of the first outcome in the spring notification. For most EU Member States, the revisions are usually relatively small and on average insignificantly different from zero. For Malta, in view of the distance between the currently reported deficit for 2006 and the deficit reference value, there is a low probability that any potential future revision in government accounts will raise the 2006 deficit ratio to a level in excess of 3% of GDP.[10] Netting out the substantial one-off expenditure-increasing operation in 2003 of 2.9% of GDP related to the debt restructuring of the shipyards, would imply a lower decline in the expenditure ratio of 0.4 percentage points over the 2003-2006 period.[11] It should be underlined that there are significant difficulties in computing the output gap and the structural balance in many Member States especially the smaller ones like Malta, mainly due to the unavailability of all required data.[12] One-off transactions for 2006 and 2007 have been revised from the 2006 update convergence programme to take account of an operation (sale of land) that was finalised in 2007 and appropriately booked as deficit-reducing in that year.[13] It is noted that, for 2008, the Maltese authorities plan deficit-reducing one-offs (sale of land) amounting to 0.2% of GDP.[14] OJ C 72, 29.3.2007, p. 9.[15] OJ L 62, 9.3.2005, p. 21.[16] OJ L 209, 2.8.1997, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1056/2005 (OJ L 174, 7.7.2005, p. 5).[17] OJ L 332, 31.12.1993, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2103/2005 (OJ L 337, 22.12.2005, p. 1).[18] The expenditure ratio would have declined by less if the substantial one-off expenditure-increasing operation related to the restructuring of the shipyards of around 3% of GDP in 2003 is excluded.


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF AN ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

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21.4.87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No C 104/1
                                                              II
                                                     (Preparatory    Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
             Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the
             Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic
                                                          of Egypt
                                                      COM(87) 7 final
                            Submitted   by the Commission    to the Council on 14 January 1987
                                                        (87/C 104/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Arab Republic of Egypt is hereby approved on behalf
                                                                  of the Community. The text of the Protocol is attached
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             to this Decision (2).
Economic Community, and in particular Article 238
thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Com-
mission,
                                                                                Article 2
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment,
                                                                  The President of the Council shall give the notification
Whereas it is necessary to approve an Additional Proto-           provided for in Article 8 of the Protocol.
col to the Cooperation Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Arab Republic of
Egypt ('), signed in Brussels on 18 January 1977,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                                                Article 3
                          Article 1
                                                                  This Decision shall take effect on the day following its
The Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement              publication in the Official Journal of the European
between the European Economic Community and the                   Communities.
                                                                  (2) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published
                                                                      in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the
(') OJ No L 266, 27. 9. 1978, p. 1.                                   General Secretariat of the Council.
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                                                  ADDITIONAL             PROTOCOL
              adapting the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
                                                       Arab Republic of Egypt
              THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
              of the one part,
              and
              THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT,
             of the other part,
             HAVING REGARD TO the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
             Arab Republic of Egypt, signed at Brussels on 18 January 1977, hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement',
             CONSIDERING that the Community and Egypt wish to strengthen still further their relations in order to
             take account of the new dimension created by the accession to the European Communities of Spain and
             Portugal, on 1 January 1986, and that Article 46 of the Agreement provides for the possibility of improvements
             in its terms;
             CONSIDERING that certain rules should be foreseen to enable the traditional export trade of Egypt with
             the Community to be maintained;
             HAVE ACCORDINGLY DECIDED to conclude a Protocol adapting certain provisions of the Agreement,
             and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
             THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT,
             Who, having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form,
             HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
                           Article 1                                    munity tariff quotas are indicated in the said Annex
                                                                        shall be eliminated progressively within the limits of
 1.   Customs duties applicable under the Agreement                     such quotas.
 to imports into the Community of products originating                  Once the volume of imports of these products exceeds
 in Egypt covered by the Agreement and listed in Annex                  the quotas, the Community shall apply the customs
 A to this Protocol shall be phased out progressively                   duties prevailing under the Agreement.
over the same periods and at the same rates as provided
in the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal in respect                4.    For the purposes of eliminating customs duties,
of imports into the Community as constituted on 31                      reference quantities are established in Annex A for
December 1985 of the same products from Spain and                       certain products originating in Egypt.
Portugal. This provision shall be applied in accordance                 Should the volume of imports of one of these products
with the rules hereinafter set out in this Article.                     exceed the reference quantity, the Community, having
                                                                        regard to an annual review of trade flows which it shall
                                                                       carry out, may make the product in question subject to
In the course of this progressive elimination of customs                a Community tariff quota as provided for in
duties and where the level of customs duty in force                    paragraph 3, the volume of which shall be equal to the
for imports into the Community as constituted on 31                     reference quantity.
December 1985 from Spain differs from that for Portu-
gal, products originating in Egypt shall be subject to                 5.     For the products listed in Annex A for which
the higher of the two rates.                                           reference quantities are not therein fixed, the Com-
                                                                       munity may establish a reference quantity as provided
                                                                       for in paragraph 4 if it discovers, in the light of the
                                                                       annual review of trade flows which it shall carry out,
2.    Where the customs duty on a product, listed in                   that the volume of imports threatens to cause difficult-
Annex A, is lower for Egypt than for Spain, Portugal                   ies on the Community market.
or both, elimination of the duty shall commence once
the duty on the same product from both Spain and
Portugal has fallen below that applying to imports                                               Article 2
originating in Egypt.
                                                                       For the products originating in Egypt and listed in
                                                                       Annex B to this Protocol the customs duties applicable
3.    Customs duties on imports of products originating                to imports into the Community are phased out in
in Egypt listed in Annex A in respect of which Com-                    accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 to 5 of Article 1.
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In the event of any of the products in Annex B being           The office of the Chairman of the Committee shall be
made subject to Community tariff quotas, the Com-              held alternately by a representative of the Commission
munity shall apply the Common Customs Tariff to the            of the European Communities and a representative of
volume of imports in excess of such tariff quotas.             Egypt.
                         Article 3                            2.     The Cooperation Council shall determine as soon
                                                               as possible the composition of this Committee and
1.    For 1990 and for each successive marketing year,
                                                               how it shall function, in accordance with Article 40
the Community shall decide, on the basis of the statisti-
                                                              paragraph 2 of the Agreement. It may also decide,
cal review and analysis referred to in paragraph 2
                                                               where appropriate, upon the submission of reports to
below, and taking into account factors relevant to the
                                                              the Council by the Committee.
objective of maintaining traditional trade flows in the
context of enlargement, whether to adjust the entry
price, referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72,
                                                                                Article 6
for fresh oranges falling under the Common Customs
Tariff heading number 08.02 ex A originating in Egypt,
within a quantitative limit of 7 000 tonnes.                   The Community and Egypt shall as from 1995 examine
                                                               the results of the cooperation between the Contracting
2.    From 1987 onwards and at the end of each market-        Parties in order to appraise the situation and the future
ing year, the Community shall carry out, on the basis         development of their relations in the light of the objec-
of a statistical review, an analysis of the situation for     tives defined in the Agreement.
oranges originating in Egypt exported to the Com-
munity.
For this same product, from 1989 onwards and for each                                  Article 7
subsequent year, the Community shall draw up together
with Egypt, a forecast of production and deliveries.          This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Cooper-
                                                               ation Agreement between the European Economic
3.    The possible adjustment provided for in para-
                                                               Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
graph 1 refers to the sum to be deducted, in respect of
customs duty, from the representative prices recorded
in the Community for the purpose of calculating the
                                                                                Article 8
entry price of this product, within the limits set out in
Article 152 (2) (c) of the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal.                                                      1.    This Protocol shall be ratified, accepted or
                                                               approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with
                         Article 4                            their own procedures; the Contracting Parties shall
Upon the entry into force of this Protocol, quantitative       notify each other of the completion of the procedures
restrictions shall be removed from imports into the           necessary to that end.
Community of the products originating in Egypt listed
in Annex B of the Agreement and measures having an            2.     This Protocol shall enter into force on the first
effect equivalent to quantitative restrictions on such        day of the month following the said notification.
imports shall be abolished also.
                         Article 5                                                     Article 9
1.    A Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee              This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Arab,
shall be set up for the purpose of improving the oper-        Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ital-
ation of the institutional mechanisms of the Agreement.       ian, Portugese and Spanish languages, each of these
The Committee shall facilitate:                               texts being equally authentic.
— the regular exchange of information on trade and            In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries
    production data and forecasts,                            have hereunto set their hands.
— the regular exchange of information on the possi-
    bilities for cooperation in areas covered by the
    Agreement.                                                Done at Brussels,
                                    For the Council of the        >ean Communities
                                             For the Arab Republic of Egypt
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                                             ANNEX A
              CCT                                          Description
           heading No
               03.03   Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or dead), chilled,
                       frozen, salted, in brine or dried; crustaceans, in shell, simply boiled in water:
                            A. Crustaceans:
                               ex IV. Shrimps and prawns:
                                   — Fresh or frozen
               07.01   Vegetables, fresh or chilled:
                            A. Potatoes:
                               II. New potatoes:
                                   ex a) From 1 January to 15 May:
                                           — From 1 January to 31 March (')
                            F. Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled:
                               II. Beans (of the species Phaseolus):
                                   ex a) From 1 October to 30 June:
                                           — From 1 November to 30 April (2)
                       ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic:
                               — Onions, from 1 February to 15 May( 3 )
                               — Garlic, from 1 February to 31 May( 4 )
                            M. Tomatoes:
                               ex I.    From 1 November to 14 May.
                                        — From 1 December to 31 March
                        ex S. Sweet peppers:
                               — From 15 November to 30 April
                07.04   Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in
                        powder, but not further prepared:
                        A. Onions C)
                        B. Other:
                            — Garlic (6)
                07.05   Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:
                        B. Other (than for sowing)
                08.01   Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avocados, man-
                        goes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or not:
                        ex A. Dates:
                                — Dried dates
                            H. Other (Mangoes, mangosteens and guavas)
                08.02   Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:
                        ex A. Oranges:
                                — Fresh (7)
                         ex B. Mandarines (including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines, wilkings
                                and other similar citrus hybrids:
                                — Fresh
                         ex C. Lemons:
                                — Fresh
                             D. Grapefruit
                         ex E. Other:
                                — Limes
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                      CCT                                                   Description
                   heading N.
                       08.04             Grapes, fresh or dried:
                                         A. Fresh:
                                              I. Table grapes:
                                                 ex a) From 1 November to 14 July
                                                        — From 1 February to 30 June
                    ex 08.09             Other fruit, fresh:
                                         — Watermelons, from 1 April to 15 June
                       09.04             Pepper of the genus 'Piper'; pimento of the genus 'Capsicum' or the genus
                                         'Pimenta'
                       09.09.            Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway and juniper
                       12.03             Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:
                                         E. Other (a)
                   ex 12.08              Chicory roots, fresh or dried, whole or cut, unroasted; Locust beans, fresh or
                                         dried, whether or not kibbled or ground, but not further prepared; fruit kernels
                                         and other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human food, not
                                         falling within any other heading
                                         — except chicory roots
          (')  Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 98 000 tonnes.
          (2)  Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 6 400 tonnes.
          (•*) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 10 100 tonnes.
          (4)  Reference quantity  of 1 600 tonnes.
          (5)  Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 4 900 tonnes.
          (6)  Reference quantity  of 1 000 tonnes.
          (7)  Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 7 000 tonnes.
          (a)  This concession is  solely for seeds complying with the provisions of the Directives in the marketing of
               seeds and plants.
 ---pagebreak--- No C 104/6                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 21. 4. 87
                                                                     ANNEX B
                        CCT                                                          Description
                     heading N.
                          07.01               Vegetables, fresh or chilled:
                                              ex K. Asparagus:
                                                      — From 1 November to end February
                                              ex L. Artichokes:
                                                      — From 1 October to 31 December {l)
                                                 P. Cucumbers and gherkins:
                                                 ex I.    Cucumbers:
                                                              — Small cucumbers (a), from 1 January to end February (J)
                                                 T. Other:
                                                      ex I.    Courgettes:
                                                              — From 1 December to 15 March
                      ex 08.09                Other fruit, fresh:
                                              — Small melons: (b), from 1 January to 31 March (])
           (') Reference quantity of 100 tonnes.
           (a) 'Small cucumbers' are cucumbers of a length not exceeding 15 centimeters.
           (b) 'Small melons' are melons weighing 600 grams or less.
 ---pagebreak--- 21.4. 87                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 104/7
                 Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol
                                          (to be annexed to the Protocol)
         The Contracting Parties agree that should the entry into force of the Protocol not coincide
         with the start of the calendar year or, as the case may be, the seasonal year, the quantitative
         limits referred to in Articles 1 and 2 of the said Protocol shall be applied on a pro rata basis.
         The Contracting Parties further agree that the charging against quantitative limits of Com-
         munity imports of products originating in Egypt and subject to such limits under the Protocol
         shall begin on 1 January of each year, except in respect of oranges falling within heading
         No 08.02 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff, for which the date of 1 July shall apply.
         Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning new potatoes falling within the
                              Common Customs Tariff heading No 07.01 A II ex a)
                                          (to be annexed to the Protocol)
         To avoid disturbance on the Community market, the Contracting Parties agree to meet
         within an advisory working party to examine the situation on the potato markets (state of
         harvests and supply situation) both in the Community importing countries and in the
         Mediterranean exporting countries. The members of this working party will be designated
         by the Governments of the main exporting and importing countries.
         The working party, chaired by the Commission, would meet at least three times a year and
         in particular before sowing takes place in the exporting countries, and at the time of deliveries.
         These meetings would enable the main potato-exporting countries to be informed both about
         the receiving markets and about competing markets, and their purposes would be to draw
         up indicative export timetables designed to prevent deliveries being concentrated around
         sensitive periods for the Community market.


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters renewing the Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 897
Vol. 1974/0141
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          COM(74> 897 final
                                          Brussels , 17 June 1974
                             Recommendation for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
                on "the conclusion of an Agreement in the form
               of an exchange of letters renewing the Agreement
                on Trade and Technical Cooperation "between the
              European Economic' Community and the Member States,
                of the one part , and the Lebanese Republic, of
                                the other part
                ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COM(74) 897 final
 ---pagebreak---                              Explanatory memorandum
1.    The Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European
Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic , which was signed on 21 May
1965 t entered into force on 1 July 1968 for a period of three years .
      It expired on 30 June 1971 and , at the request of the Lebanese
Government , was extended for three successive one-year periods by Council
decisions of 12 July 1971 » 13 July 1972 and 4 June 1973 »
2.    In its letter of 27 May 1974 "to the President of the Council and
the President of the Commission , the Lebanese Mission to the European
Communities stated that the Lebanese Government desired a further
renewable extension of one year , in accordance with Article XII of the
Agreement .
3.    In a declaration by the Contracting Parties in annex to the Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic , ^ it
was agreed that the 19&5 Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation
would continue to be valid for the fields not covered by the former
Agreement •
      Furthermore , in a declaration annexed to the supplementary Protocol
to that Agreement , the Community and the Member States expressed their
intention of annually extending the Agreement on Trade and Technical
Cooperation for as long as the Agreement signed on 18 December 1972 re
mains in force .
4.    The Commission recommends that the Council :
                  adopt the draft decision which appears in
                 Annex I and which extends the Agreement on Trade and
                 Technical Cooperation between the European Economic
                  Community and the Lebanese Republic ?
                  adopt the draft exchange of letters which appear in
                 Annex II .
   Although it was signed on 18 Deeember 1972 this agreement has not yet
   come into force .
 ---pagebreak---                                                             VIII/882/74-E
                                                                AHF5X I
                                Reoone<M>dation fo? a
                                 COPKCIL K3CISIOI7
                         on the conclusion of an Agreement
                       in the fcrm of an exchange of letters
                         ■ renewing the Agreement on Trade
                               and Technical Cooperation
                      between the European Economic Community
                      and the Member States , of the one part ,
                   and the Lebanese Republic , of the other pa^t
THE COUNCIL CE THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas it is appropriate to extend the validity of the              en
Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European Economic Community and
the Member States , of the one part , and the Lebanese Republic , of the other
part for a renewable period of one year , in accordance with Article XII
thereof ;
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                 Article 1
      The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters renewing the
Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European Economic
Community and the Member States , of the one part , and the Lebanese Republic ,
of the other part , signed at Brussels on 21 May 19^5 r shall be concluded on
behalf of the Community , The text of the exchange of letters is annexed to
this Decision .
 ---pagebreak---                                Article 2
       The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
those persons empowered to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the
necessary powers to bind the Community.
                               Done at Brussels .
                                                    ν
                                        For the Council
                                         The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                               L3FEX. II
                                     A rfn'Crr^ rn»Tm
                                                *1 L. i ±
                      IN THE FORII Or AIT EXCHANGE OP LETTERS
                         RENEWING THE AGRITHIENT ON TRADE
                      AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
             EUROPEAN EC ONCHIC COI£!UNITY AND THE LEIBIS STATES CP
          THE ONE PART , AND THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC f CP THE OTHER PART
A. Letter to "be sent to the Lebanese authorities :
  Sir,
          We would refer to Article XII of the Agreement on Trade and Technical
  Cooperation "between the European Economic Community and the Kent 2r States ,
  of the one part , and the Lebanese Republic , of the other part , signed at
  Brussels on 21 llay 1965 » and have the honour to inform you on behalf of
  the European Economic Community and of the Member States that the Council
  of the European Communities and the Governments of the "ember States have
  agreed to a further extension of the validity of the aforesaid Agreement
  for a period of one year from 1 July 1974 .
          The Council of the European Communities will notify the Government
  of the Lebanese Republic of the completion of the internal procedures
  necessary , both within the European Economic Community and within the "
  Ilember States , for the entry into force of this extension Agreement .
          This Agreement will enter into force on the first day of the month
  following the month of such notification .
          The Council of the European Communities and the Governments of the
  Member States hereby declare that they are prepared to apply this Agreement
  provisionally , each for its part and in accordance with its own arrangements ,
  with effect from 1 July 1974 on condition that the Government of the Lebanese
  Republic make a similar declaration .
          Please accept , Sir , the assurance of our highest consideration .
                                                            Cn behalf of the Council
                                                          of the European Communities
 ---pagebreak--- Letter "be sent to the President of tho Council of the^Eurogean Communities
Sir ,
        In your letter of                      you were so good as to make ,
on "behalf of the European Economic Community and of • the Governments of
the Member States , the following communication :
        "We would refer to Artiole XII of the Agreement on Trade and
Technical Cooperation between' the European Economic Community and the
Member States , of the one part , and the Lebanese Republio , of the other
part , signed at Brussels on 21 I-Iay 1965 »    have the honour to inform
you on behalf of the European Economic Community and of the -Member States
that the Council of the European Communities and the Governments of the
ilember States have agreed to a further extension of the validity of the
aforesaid Agreement for a period of one year from 1 July 1974 .
        The Council of the European Communities will notify the Government
of the Lebanese Republic of the completion of the internal procedures
necessary , both within the European Economic Community and within the
Ilember States , for the entry into force of this extension Agreement .
        The Agreement will enter into force on the first day of the month
following the month of such notification .
        The Council of the European Communities and the Governments of the
Member States hereby declare that they are preparod to apply this
Agreement provisionally , each for its part and in accordance with its own
arrangements , with effect from 1 July 1974 » on condition that the
Government of the Lebanese Republic make a similar declaration".
        I have the honour , on behalf of the Government of the Lebanese
Republic , to inform you that the latter also agrees that the validity of
the said Agreement be extended for a period of one year and that it hereby
declares that it is prepared to apply provisionally, for its part and in
accordance with its own arrangements , this extension Agreement with effect
from 1 July 1974 .
        Please accept , Sir , the assurance of n$r highest consideration .