30.12.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL373/5
AGREEMENT
intheformofanexchangeoflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeriaontheimportationinto
theCommunityoftomatoconcentratesoriginatinginAlgeria
A.LetterfromAlgeria
Sir,
Withaviewtoimplementing the30%reductionintheCommonCustomsTariffduties
providedforinArticle19oftheCooperationAgreementconcludedbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomic'CommunityandthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicofAlgeria,and
followingtheclarificationsexchangedconcerningtheconditionsgoverningimportsinto
theCommunityoftomatoconcentratespreparedorpreservedotherwisethanbyvinegar
oraceticacidandfallingwithinsubheading20.02exCoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginatinginAlgeria,IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheAlgerianGovern­
mentundertakestotakeallnecessarymeasuresinorderthatthequantitiessuppliedto
theCommunityfrom1Januaryto31December1979shallnotexceed100tonnes.
TothisendtheAlgerianGovernmentdeclaresthatallexportstotheCommunityofthe
saidproductswillbeeffectedexclusivelybyexporterswhoseoperationsarecontrolledby
the'Societedegestionetdedéveloppement desindustriesalimentaires'(SOGEDIA)
(SocietyfortheAdministration andDevelopment oftheFoodstuffsIndustries).
Theguaranteesrelatingtoquantitieswillbemetinaccordancewiththeprocedures
agreedbetweenSOGEDIAandtheDirectorate-General forAgricultureoftheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities .
IshouldbegratefulifyouwouldconfirmtheagreementoftheCommunitywiththefore­
going.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
FortheAlgerianGovernment

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B.LetterfromtheCommunity
Sir,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftodaywordedasfollows:
'Withaviewtoimplementing the30%reductionintheCommonCustomsTariff
dutiesprovidedforinArticle19oftheCooperationAgreementconcludedbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePeople'sDemocraticRepublicof
Algeria,andfollowingtheclarificationexchangedconcerningtheconditions
governingimportsintotheCommunityoftomatoconcentratespreparedorpreserved
otherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidandfallingwithinsubheading20.02exCof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginatinginAlgeria,Ihavethehonourtoinform
youthattheAlgerianGovernmentundertakestotakeallnecessarymeasuresinorder
thatthequantitiessuppliedtotheCommunityfrom1Januaryto31December1979
shallnotexceed100tonnes.
TothisendtheAlgerianGovernmentdeclaresthatallexportstotheCommunityof
thesaidproductswillbeeffectedexclusivelybyexporterswhoseoperationsare
controlledbythe"Societedegestionetdedéveloppement desindustriesalimentaires"
(SOGEDIA)(SocietyfortheAdministration andDevelopment oftheFoodstuffsIndus­
tries).
Theguaranteesrelatingtoquantitieswillbemetinaccordancewiththeprocedures
agreedbetweenSOGEDIAandtheDirectorate-General forAgricultureofthe
CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities .
IshouldbegratefulifyouwouldconfirmtheagreementoftheCommunitywiththe
foregoing.'
IamabletoconfirmtheagreementoftheCommunitywiththeforegoingandthat
consequentlythe30%reductionintheCommonCustomsTariffdutieswillapplytothe
quantitiesoftomatoconcentratesoriginatinginAlgeriareferredtoinyourletterfrom1
Januaryto31December1979.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
OnbehalfoftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities