364 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
EXCHANGE OFLETTERS
pursuanttoArticle3ofProtocolNo8oftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublicsignedon22July1972
LetterNo1
Sir,
InpursuanceofArticle3ofProtocolNo8oftheAgreementconcludedbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandPortugalon22July1972andfollowingtheclarificationsexchanged
ontheconditionsgoverningimportsintotheCommunityoftomatoeswhicharepreparedor
preservedotherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidandoriginateinandcomefromPortugal,
IhavethehonourtoinformyouthatPortugalwilltakeallnecessarymeasuresinorderthatthe
quantitiessuppliedtotheCommunityin1973willnotexceed70000tons,comprising20000tons
totheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandatotalof50000tonstoDenmark,Irelandand
theUnitedKingdom.
Furthermore ,Portugalrequestsexemptionfromimportlicensing,asprovidedforinArticle1(4)
ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1558/71of20July1971,inrespectofimportsintothe
Communityoftomatoeswhicharepreparedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacid
andoriginateinandcomefromPortugal.
TothisendthePortugueseGovernmentdeclaresthatallexportstotheCommunityoftomatoes
whicharepreparedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidandoriginateinand
comefromPortugalareeffectedexclusivelybyexporterswhoseoperationsarecontrolledby
the'JuntaNacionaldasFrutas'(NationalFruitOffice).
ThePortugueseGovernmentundertakestoensurethatthepricesofimportsintotheCommu­
nityarenotlessthanthepricessetoutintheAnnexandalsotopreventanydeflectionof
trade.
Theassuranceswithregardtoquantitiesandpriceswillbeimplementedinthemanneragreed
betweenthe'JuntaNacionaldasFrutas'andtheDirectorate-General forAgricultureofthe
CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities .
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
(signed)Ambassador

ANNEX
Pricesinu.a.per1000kg,includingcustomsduties(originalCommunity )
Pricesonthebasisof345u.a.peri000kg
Dryweightconcent
Inbulkorin
immediatepackings
oí4kgoroverImmediatepackings
lessthan4kgbut
notlessthan1-5kgImmediatepackings
lessthan1-5kgbut
notlessthan0-7kgImmediatepackings
lessthan0-7kgbut
notlessthan0-25kgImmediatepackings
lessthan0-25kgbut
notlessthan0-15kgImmediatepackings
lessthan0-15kgNotlessthan
(%)butlessthan
(%)
— 20 2701 283-6 310-7 324-2 378-2 405-2
20 22 285-2 299-5 328-0 342-3 399-3. 427-9
22 24 300-2 315-2 345-2 360-2 420-2 450-3
•24 26 315-1 330-8 362-3 378-1 441-1 472-6
26 28 330-0 346-6 379-6 396-0 462-0 495-1
'28 30 345-0 362>2 396-8 414-0 483-1 517-5
30 32 360-0 378-0 414-0 431-9 504-0 540-0
32 34 375-0 393-8 431-3 449-9 524-9 562-4
34 36 389-8 409-3 448-3 467-7 545-8 584-7
36 38 404-8 425-1 465-5 485-8 566-7 607-3
38 40 419-8 440-7 482-7 503-8 587-7 629-7
40 42 434-7 456-5 499-0 521-7 608-6 652-2
42 — 449-6 472-1 517-1 539-6 629-7 674-5OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 365

Pricesinu.a.per1000kg,includingcustomsduties(newMemberStates)
Pricesonthebasisof270u.a.per1000kg366 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesDryweightcontent
Inbulkorin
immediatepackings
of4kgorover.Immediatepackings
lessthan4kgbut
notlessthan1·5kgImmediatepackings Immediatepackings ImmediatepackingsImmediatepackings
lessthan0-15kgNotlessthan
(%)butlessthan
(%)lessthan1-5kgbut
notlessthan0-7kglessthan0-7kgbut
notlessthan0-25kglessthan0-25kgbut
notlessthan0-15kg
— 20 .211-4 222-0 243-1 253-7 296-0 317-1
20 22 223:2 234-4 256-7 267-8 312-5 334-8
22 24 234-9 246-6 270-1 281-9 328-9 352-4
24 26 246-6 258-9 283-6 295-9 345-2 369-9
26 28 258-3 271-2 297-0 310-0 361-6 387-5
28 30 270-0 283-5 310-5 324-0 378-0 405-0
30 32 281-7 295-8 324-0 338-0 394-4 422-6
32 34 293-4 308-1 337-4 352-1 410-8 440-1
34 36 305-1 320-4 350-9 3661 427-1 457-7
36 38 316-8 332-6 364-3 380-2 443-5 475-2
38 40 328-5 344-9- 377-8 394-2 459-9 492-8
40 42 340-2 357-2 391-2 408-2 476-3' 510-3
42— 351-9 369-5 404-7 422-3 492-7 527-9

OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 367
LetterNo2
YourExcellency,
Ibegtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftodaywordedasfollows:
£InpursuanceofArticle3ofProtocolNo8oftheAgreementconcludedbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandPortugalon22July1972andfollowingtheclarificationsex­
changedontheconditionsgoverningimportsintotheCommunityoftomatoeswhichare
preparedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidandoriginateinandcome
fromPortugal,IhavethehonourtoinformyouthatPortugalwilltakeallnecessary
measuresinorderthatthequantitiessuppliedtotheCommunityin1973willnotexceed
70000tons,comprising20000tonstotheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedandatotal
of50000tonstoDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom.
Furthermore ,Portugalrequestsexemptionfromimportlicensing,asprovidedforinArticle
1(*-)ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1558/71of20July1971,inrespectofimports
intotheCommunityoftomatoeswhicharepreparedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegar
oraceticacidandoriginateinandcomefromPortugal.
Tothisend,thePortugueseGovernmentdeclaresthatallexportstotheCommunityof
torratoeswhicharepreparedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidand
originateinandcomefromPortugalareeffectedexclusivelybyexporterswhoseoperations
arecontrolledbythe"JuntaNacionaldasFrutas"(NationalFruitOffice).
ThePortugueseGovernmentundertakestoensurethatthepricesofimportsintotheCom­
munityarenotlessthanthepricessetoutintheAnnexandalsotopreventany
deflectionoftrade.
Theseassuranceswithregardtoquantitiesandpriceswillbeimplementedinthemanner
agreedbetweenthe"JuntaNacionaldasFrutas"andtheDirectorate-General forAgriculture
oftrieCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities .'
IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheprovisionsofArticle3ofProtocol8oftheAgreement
andtheArrangements agreedbythisexchangeofletterswillbeapplicablefrom1February1973.
TheCommissionhasdecided,inviewoftheassuranceswhichhavebeengiven,thatimports
fromPortugaloftomatoeswhichhavebeenpreparedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegar
oraceticacidwillbeexemptfromimportlicensing,asprovidedforinArticle1(4)ofCom­
missionRegulation (EEC)No1558/71of20July1971.
Ibegtoremindyouthatthisexchangeoflettersformspartofaprovisionalsolutionapplicable
untiltheestablishment ofacommonimportsystem,subjecttoanymeasureswhichmaybetaken
before31January1973toobviatedifficultiesonthemarketoftheenlargedCommunity .The
przcesmentionedinthisexchangeoflettersarevalidfortheperiod1February1973to31January
1974.
Iamalsoabletoconfirmtoyouthat,shouldthecasearise,inspiteoftheeffortsoftheCom­
munity,thatthedefinitivesystemhasstillnotcomeintoforceby30June1973,theCommu­
nityispreparedtolaydownarateofincreaseofthequantitiesforthefollowingyear,should
thatprovenecessaryinviewofthestateofthemarket,theterm'stateofthemarket'beingtaken
initswidestsensetocoveralsoexportsfromtheCommunity .
Atthesametimeandunderthesameconditionstheminimumpricesvalidfrom1February
1974willbefixed.Iwishtomakeitclearthat,shouldthisprovisionalsystembemaintained
beyond30June1973,theminimumpricetobeobservedbyPortugalonthemarketofthenew
MemberStatesshouldbemodifiedbyprogressivestages—andinanycasebeforetheendof
thetransitionalperiod—totheminimumpriceapplicabletoPortugueseexportstothepresent
Community .
IshouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementofyourGovernmentwiththe
fourprecedingparagraphs .
Pleaseaccept,YourExcellency,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
(signed)Director-General

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LetterNo3
Sir,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftodayinwhichyouinformedme
asfollows:
'IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheprovisionsofArticle3ofProtocolNo8ofthe
Agreementandthearrangementsagreedbythisexchangeofletterswillbeapplicablefrom
1February1973.TheCommissionhasdecided,inviewoftheassuranceswhichhavebeen
given,thatimportsfromPortugaloftomatoeswhichhavebeenpreparedorpreservedother­
wisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidwillbeexemptfromimportlicensing,asprovidedforin
Article1(4)ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1558/71of20July1971.
Ibegtoremindyouthatthisexchangeoflettersformspartofaprovisionalsolutionappli­
cableuntiltheestablishment ofacommonimportsystem,subjecttoanymeasureswhich
maybetakenbefore31January1973toobviatedifficultiesonthemarketoftheenlarged
Community .Thepricesmentionedinthisexchangeoflettersarevalidfortheperiod1February
1973to31January1974.
Iamalsoabletoconfirmtoyouthat,shouldthecasearise,inspiteoftheeffortsofthe
Community ,thatthedefinitivesystemhasstillnotcomeintoforceby30June1973,
theCommunityispreparedtolaydownarateofincreaseofthequantitiesforthefollow­
ingyear,shouldthatprovenecessaryinviewofthestateofthemarket,theterm"stateof
themarket"beingtakeninitswidestsensetocoveralsoexportsfromtheCommunity .
Atthesametimeandunderthesameconditionstheminimumpricevalidfom1February1974
willbefixed.Iwishtomakeitclearthat,shouldthisprovisionalsystembemaintained
beyond30June1973,theminimumpricetobeobservedbyPortugalonthemarketofthe
newMemberStatesshouldbemodifiedbyprogressivestages—andinanycasebeforethe
endofthetransitionalperiod—totheminimumpriceapplicabletoPortugueseexportstothe
presentCommunity .
IshouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementofyourGovernmentwith
thefourprecedingparagraphs.'
IhavethehonourtoconfirmtheagreementofmyGovernmentwiththeforegoing.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
(signed)Ambassador

OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 369
NoticeconcerningthedateofentryintoforceoftheAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublic
TheExchangeofInstrumentsnotifyingthecompletionoftheproceduresnecessaryfor
theentryintoforceoftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePortugueseRepublic,signedatBrusselson22July1972,tookplaceatBrussels
on21December1972.TheAgreementshall,pursuanttoArticle39thereof,enterinto
forceon1January1973.