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AGREEMENT

in the form of an exchange of letters relating to Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel concerning the import into the Community of preserved fruit salads originating in Israel (1985)

Sir,

In pursuance of Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement concluded between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel, and following the clarifications exchanged concerning the conditions governing imports into the Community of preserved fruit salads falling within subheadings 20.06 B II a) ex 9 and 20.06 B II b) ex 9 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Israel, I have the honour to inform you that Israel undertakes to take all necessary measures to ensure that the quantities supplied to the Community from 1 January to 31 December 1985 will not exceed 220 tonnes.

To this end the Government of the State of Israel declares that all exports to the Community of the products concerned will be effected exclusively by exporters whose operations are controlled by the Israeli Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.

The guarantees relating to quantities will be met in accordance with the procedures agreed between that Ministry and the Directorate-General for Agriculture of the Commission of the European Communities.

I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Community with the foregoing.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government

of the State of Israel

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today worded as follows:

'In pursuance of Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement concluded between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel, and following the clarifications exchanged concerning the conditions governing imports into the Community of preserved fruit salads falling within subheadings 20.06 B II a) ex 9 and 20.06 B II b) ex 9 of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Israel, I have the honour to inform you that Israel undertakes to take all necessary measures to ensure that the quantities supplied to the Community from 1 January to 31 December 1985 do not exceed 220 tonnes.

To this end the Government of the State of Israel declares that all exports to the Community of the products concerned will be effected exclusively by exporters whose operations are controlled by the Israeli Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.

The guarantees relating to quantities will be met in accordance with the procedures agreed between that Ministry and the Directorate-General for Agriculture of the Commission of the European Communities.

I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Community with the foregoing.'

I am able to confirm the agreement of the Community with the foregoing.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council

of the European Communities
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PROTOCOL 8

CONCERNING PRODUCTS WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY

ARTICLE 1

PRODUCTS WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY SHALL , WHEN THEY ORIGINATE IN THE ACP STATES , ON IMPORT INTO THE COMMUNITY BE ADMITTED FREE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AND CHARGES HAVING EQUIVALENT EFFECT .

ARTICLE 2

PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ORIGINATING IN THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , ON IMPORT INTO THE ACP STATES , BE ADMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PART THREE , TITLE I , CHAPTER 1 OF THE CONVENTION .

ARTICLE 3

IF THE OFFERS MADE BY FIRMS OF THE ACP STATES ARE LIKELY TO BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON MARKET AND IF ANY SUCH DETRIMENT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A DIFFERENCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION AS REGARDS PRICES , THE COMMUNITY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES , SUCH AS WITHDRAWING THE CONCESSIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 .

ARTICLE 4

CONSULTATIONS SHALL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE PARTIES CONCERNED IN ALL CASES WHERE , IN THE OPINION OF ONE OF THEM , THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLES 1 , 2 AND 3 CALLS FOR SUCH CONSULTATIONS .

ARTICLE 5

THE PROVISIONS LAYING DOWN THE RULES OF ORIGIN FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME SHALL ALSO SUPPLY TO THIS PROTOCOL .

ARTICLE 6

THIS PROTOCOL SHALL NOT AFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , OR THE POWERS OF JURISDICTION CONFERRED BY THAT TREATY .
NoL366/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.12.86
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofGuatemalaon
tradeintextileproductsconsequentontheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortuguese
RepublictotheCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
oftheonepart,and
THEGOVERNMENT OFTHEREPUBLICOFGUATEMALA
oftheotherpart,
CONSIDERING theaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublictotheEuropean
Communities on1January1986,
HAVINGREGARDtotheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Guatemalaontradeintextileproductsinitialledon27July1982,and,hereinafterreferredtoasthe
Agreement',
HAVEDECIDEDtodeterminebycommonaccordtheadjustmentsandtransitionalmeasuresoftheAgreement
consequentontheaccessionoftheKingdomofSpainandthePortugueseRepublictotheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,and
TOCONCLUDE THISPROTOCOL :
Communityinrelationtotheamountsdeterminedin
accordancewithparagraph2and2Aexceedthe
followingregionalpercentage :Article1
ThetextoftheAgreementasherebyamended,includingits
AnnexesandProtocolsforminganintegralpartthereof,shall
bedrawnupinSpanishandPortugueseandthosetextsshall
beauthenticinthesamewayastheoriginaltexts.Germany 28,5%
Benelux 10,5%
France 18,5%
Italy 15,0%
Denmark 3,0%
Ireland 1,0%
UnitedKingdom 23,5%
Greece 2,0%
Spain 7,5%
Portugal 1,5%Article2
TheAgreementshallbeamendedasfollows:
(1)Thefollowingparagraphisherebyinsertedinto
ProtocolC:
'2A.Forthepurposesofapplyingtheprovisionsof
paragraph2intheyear1986,theprecedingyear'stotal
importsfromallthirdcountriesshallbecalculatedon
thebasisofimportsintotheCommunityasconstituted
on31December1985andofimportsintoSpainand
Portugal.TradebetweentheCommunity,Spainand
Portugal,orbetweenSpainandPortugalshallbe
excludedfromthistotal.'
(2)Paragraph6ofProtocolCshallbereplacedbythe
following:
'Aquantitativelimitmaybefixedonaregionalbasis
whereimportsofagivenproductintoanyregionofthe(3)Thefollowingparagraphisherebyaddedto
ProtocolC:
'9A.In1986,forpurposesofintroducing
Communityquantitativelimitsorquantitativelimitsfor
regionsoftheCommunityotherthanSpainorPortugal,
shouldthefigurescalculatedonthebasisofparagraph
2Abeunavailable,orshouldthosefiguresbelowerthan
thoseresultingfromtherulesinforcepriorto
enlargement ,thelatterwillexceptionallycontinuetobe
used.
ForpurposesofintroducingregionallimitsforSpain
andPortugal,shouldtheimportfiguresfortheyear
1985beunavailable ,theimporttotalshallbe
establishedbythemeanssetoutinparagraph2Abuton
thebasisof1984importfigures.'.

27.12.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL366/15
Article3
ThisProtocolformsanintegralpartoftheAgreement .2.Itshallbeapplicablewitheffectfrom1January1986
andremaininforceduringtheperiodofvalidityofthe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheRepublicofGuatemalaontradeintextile
products.
Article5
ThisProtocolisdrawnupinduplicateintheDanish,Dutch,
English,French,German,Greek,Italian,Portugueseand
Spanishlanguages,eachofthosetextsbeingequally
authentic.Article4
1.ThisProtocolshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthedateonwhichthecontracting
partiesnotifyeachotherthattheproceduresnecessarytothis
endhavebeencompleted .
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 340/28

AGREEMENT

in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia amending the Agreement concerning certain wines originating in Tunisia and entitled to a designation of origin

Brussels, ...

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that requirements are met for the addition of wines bearing the designation of origin ‘Coteaux d'Utique’, originating in Tunisia, to the list of wines falling within the zero-duty tariff quota provided for in the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia.

I should be grateful if you would kindly confirm your Government's agreement to the contents of this letter.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council of the European Communities

Brussels, ...

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date worded as follows:

‘I have the honour to inform you that requirements are met for the addition of wines bearing the designation of origin ‘Coteaux d'Utique’, originating in Tunisia, to the list of wines falling within the zero-duty tariff quota provided for in the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia. I should be grateful if you would kindly confirm your Government's agreement to the contents of this letter’.

I hereby confirm my Government's consent to the foregoing.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
ANNEX A

AGREEMENT in the form of an exchange of letters on the Amendment of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit

A. Letter from the Community

Brussels, Sir,

The EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee on Community transit has proposed, in its Recommendation N° 1/87, certain amendments to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit. The proposed amendments are annexed hereto.

I have the honour to inform you that the Community is in agreement with these amendments and I would propose that they enter into force on 1 January 1988. I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Swiss Confederation to these amendments and to the date proposed for their entry into force.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council of the European Communities

B. Letter from the Swiss Confederation

Brussels, Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date, which reads as follows:

'The EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee on Community transit has proposed, in its Recommendation N° 1/87, certain amendments to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit. The proposed amendments are annexed hereto.

I have the honour to inform you that the Community is in agreement with these amendments and I would propose that they enter into force on 1 January 1988. I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Swiss Confederation to these amendments and to the date proposed for their entry into force.'.

I have the honour to confirm the agreements of the Swiss Confederation to the contents of the letter subject to notification of the conclusion of the national procedures laid down by the Constitution.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Swiss Confederation
AGREEMENTin the form of agreed minutes relating to certain agricultural products negotiated between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria under Article XXVIII of the GATT

Vienna, 4 July 1988.The European Economic Community and the Republic of Austria have concluded their negotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT concerning the modification or withdrawal of tariff concessions in Schedule XXXII - Austria with agreements on the following:

(ajoint communication to the Director-General of the GATT concerning Schedule XXXII - Austria;

(bExchange of Letters amending and supplementing the Exchange of Letters of 21 July 1972, as last amended by the Exchange of Letters of 14 July 1986;

(can Exchange of Letters providing for an Agreement on the withdrawal of the GATT conventional duty on chocolate.

For the Government of the Republic of Austria On behalf of the Council of the European Communities
AGREEMENT

in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol establishing for the period 16 June 1989 to 15 June 1991 the fishing rights and financial compensation provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on fishing off the coast of Guinea-Bissau

A. Letter from the Government of Guinea-Bissau

Sir,

With reference to the Protocol initialled on 9 June 1989 establishing fishing rights and financial compensation for the period 16 June 1989 to 15 June 1991, I have the honour to inform you

that the Government of Guinea-Bissau is ready to apply this Protocol on a provisional basis, with effect from 16 June 1989, pending its entry into force in accordance with Article 8 of the said Protocol, provided that the European Economic Community is disposed to do the same. The period of validity of licences valid at 15 June 1989 is extended to 1 August 1989.

This is on the understanding that a first instalment equal to half of the financial compensation specified in Article 2 of the Protocol is paid by 30 October 1989.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the European Economic Community's agreement to such provisional application.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the

Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau

B. Letter from the Community

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date, which reads as follows:

'With reference to the Protocol initialled on 9 June 1989 establishing fishing rights and financial compensation for the period 16 June 1989 to 15 June 1991, I have the honour to inform

you that the Government of Guinea-Bissau is ready to apply this Protocol on a provisional basis, with effect from 16 June 1989, pending its entry into force in accordance with Article 8 of the said Protocol, provided that the European Economic Community is disposed to do the same. The period of validity of licences valid at 15 June 1989 is extended to 1 August 1989.

This is on the understanding that a first instalment equal to half of the financial compensation specified in Article 2 of the Protocol is paid by 30 October 1989.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the European Economic Community's agreement to such provisional application.'

I have the honour to confirm the European Economic Community's agreement to this provisional application of the Protocol.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of

the Council of the European Communities
EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 136/22

SECOND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL

to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community

THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

of the on part, and

THE SWISS CONFEDERATION,

of the other part,

HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation, signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, hereinafter called ‘the Agreement’, and to the Additional Protocol to that Agreement consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, signed in Brussels on 14 July 1986,

WHEREAS, under Regulation (EEC) No 839/88, the collection of customs duties as applied by the Community of Ten to certain products imported from Spain and Portugal was totally suspended once the level of the duties fell to 2 % or less;

WHEREAS, on 15 June 1988, the Ministers of the Member States of the European Free Trade Association agreed to take similar measures on products imported from Spain;

WHEREAS the Additional Protocol to the Agreement does not make provision for the Swiss Confederation to suspend customs duties on goods imported from Spain;

WHEREAS, however, no further measures are necessary in trade between the Swiss Confederation and the Portuguese Republic, since the customs duties on products covered by the Agreement imported into Switzerland from Portugal had already been abolished before that country acceded to the Community,

HAVE DECIDED, by common accord, to provide for the total suspension of customs duties on products covered by the Agreement imported into Switzerland from Spain, when such duties fall to 2 % or less, and

TO CONCLUDE THIS PROTOCOL:

Article 1

1. The collection of customs duties applicable in Switzerland, pursuant to Article 3 of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement, on products imported from Spain shall be totally suspended as soon as the level of the duties falls to 2 % ad valorem or less.

2. Paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to specific customs duties the level of which does not exceed 2 % ad valorem.

Article 2

This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 3

This Protocol shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures. It shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Contracting Parties have notified each other that the procedures necessary to this end have been completed.

Article 4

This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate, in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
AGREED MINUTE

1.

A delegation of the Hong Kong Government and a delegation of the European Community met in Brussels on 13 June 1989 for consultations on problems arising from the adoption, following introduction of the harmonized system, of clarification by the CCC that short knitted garments with ribbing at the bottom should be classified under category 5, and the pursuant change adopted by the EC to classify these garments under category. The consultations were conducted in accordance with Article 14 (3) of the Agreement on Trade in Textile Products between Hong Kong and the Community initialled on 2 October 1986 in Brussels.

2.

As a result of the consultations and having regard to the migration of short knitted garments with ribbing at the bottom from categories 4, 7 and 83 to category 5, the two parties agreed to add the following quantities to the quantitative limits for category 5 established in Annex II of the said Agreement:

1989: 108 000

1990: 109 000

1991: 110 000

3.

It was further agreed that the regional shares for category 5 for the year 1989 will be increased in consequence of the additional quantity for category 5 referred to in paragraph 2 above by the following quantities:

Region

Additional Quantity in 1 000 pieces

FRG

FRA

UK

IRE

7

3

94

4

4.

As regards the regional shares for categories 4, 7 and 83 for the year 1989, it was agreed that they will be decreased in consequence of the quantities to be deducted from category 5 referred to in paragraph 3 above by the following quantities:

(1 000 pieces)

FRG

FRA

UK

IRE

Category 4

4

-

34

4

Category 7

-

3

-

-

Category 83 (tonnes)

1

-

11

-

Brussels, 13 June 1989.

Delegation of the Hong Kong Delegation of the European

Delegation of the Hong Kong

Government

Delegation of the European

Economic Community

Information concerning the amendment of the Agreement between the Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile products

In accordance with Article 2 of the Council Decision of 18 December 1989 on the provisional application of an Agreed Minute amending the Agreement with Hong Kong on trade in textile products, the Commission has notified the Council of Hong Kong's agreement thereto with effect from 1 January 1989.
21990A1231(02)R(02)

CORRIGENDUM TO: - Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra agreement between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra



Official Journal L 043 , 16/02/1991 P. 0055
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AGREEMENT

in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the provisional application of Protocol 2 establishing for the period from 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991 the crawfish fishing opportunities and corresponding financial compensation provided for in the Agreement on relations in the sea fisheries sector between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco

A. Letter from the Kingdom of Morocco

Sir,

With reference to Protocol 2, initialled on 20 March 1990 establishing crawfish fishing opportunities and the corresponding financial compensation for the period from 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991, I have the honour to inform you that the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco is ready to apply this Protocol on a provisional basis with effect from 1 April 1990, pending its entry into force in accordance with Article 7 of the said Protocol, provided that the European Economic Communty is disposed to do the same.

This is on the understanding that the financial compensation specified in Article 4 of the Protocol is paid before 30 August 1990.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the European Economic Community's agreement to such provisional application.

Please except, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government

of the Kingdom of Morocco

B. Letter from the Community

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date, which reads as follows:

'With reference to Protocol 2, initialled on 20 March 1990 establishing crawfish fishing opportunities and the corresponding financial compensation for the period from 1 April 1990 to 31 March 1991, I have the honour to inform you that the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco is ready to apply this Protocol on a provisional basis with effect from 1 April 1990, pending its entry into force in accordance with Article 7 of the said Protocol, provided that the European Economic Community is disposed to do the same.

This is on the understanding that the financial compensation specified in Article 4 of the Protocol is paid before 30 August 1990.

I should be obliged if you would confirm the European Economic Community's agreement to such provisional application.'

I have the honour to confirm the European Economic Community's agreement to this provisional application of the Protocol.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council

of the European Communities