NoL325/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.12.75
AGREEMENT
intheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle3ofProtocol8ofthe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortuguese
Republic
LETTERNo1
Brussels,
IhavethehonourtorefertoArticle3ofProtocol8oftheAgreementbetweentheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublicsignedon22July1972.
Paragraph 1ofthatArticlelaysdownthatpendingtheestablishment ofcommonrules
fortheimportationoftomatoesthathavebeenpreparedorpreservedotherwisethanby
vinegaroraceticacidofsubheading20.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,theduties
onimportsintotheCommunityoftheseproductsoriginatinginPortugalshallbe
reducedby30%inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninArticle6oftheabove­
mentionedProtocol,providedthattheconditionsagreeduponbyexchangeoflettersare
observed.Paragraph2ofthesaidArticle3providesthat,upontheestablishment of
commonimportationrules,theCommunityshallgrantPortugaladvantagescomparable
tothoseresultingfromthesetransitionalarrangements .
Thesystemoftradewiththirdcountriesinthemarketinproductsprocessedfromfruit
andvegetablesestablishingcommonrulesforimportsenteredintoforceon1September
1975.Thisbeingso,inaccordancewiththeabovementioned paragraph2,theCommu­
nityhastakenthemeasuresnecessaryforgrantingPortugaladvantagescomparableto
thosewhichitpreviouslyenjoyed.
IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheCommunityreducesby30%thedutieson
importsintotheCommunityoftomatoesthathavebeenpreparedorpreservedotherwise
thanbyvinegaroraceticacidofsubheading20.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
providedthatPortugalundertakestotakeallnecessarymeasuresinorderthatthequanti­
tiessuppliedtotheCommunitydonotexceedavolumetobedeterminedannually.
Thevolumefor1975isthatfixedbytheAgreementintheformofanexchangeofletters
of19February1975.
Moreover,theguaranteesconcerningquantitiesandthetechnicalarrangements agreed
betweenthe'JuntaNacionaldasFrutas'andtheDirectorate-General forAgricultureof
theCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities remainvalid.
Ishouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementofyourgovernmentwith
theprecedingtwoparagraphs .
Pleaseaccept,,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
OnbehalfoftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities

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LETTERNo2
Brussels,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftodaywordedasfollows:
'IhavethehonourtorefertoArticle3ofProtocol8oftheAgreementbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublicsignedon22July
1972.
Paragraph 1ofthatArticlelaysdownthatpendingtheestablishment ofcommon
rulesfortheimportationoftomatoesthathavebeenpreparedorpreservedotherwise
thanbyvinegaroraceticacidofsubheading20.02CoftheCommonCustomsTariff,
thedutiesonimportsintotheCommunityoftheseproductsoriginatinginPortugal
shallbereducedby30%inaccordancewiththeconditionslaiddowninArticle6of
theabovementioned Protocol,providedthattheconditionsagreeduponbyexchange
oflettersareobserved.Paragraph2ofthesaidArticle3providesthat,upontheesta­
blishmentofcommonimportationrules,theCommunityshallgrantPortugaladvan­
tagescomparabletothoseresultingfromthesetransitionalarrangements .
Thesystemoftradewiththirdcountriesinthemarketinproductsprocessedfrom
fruitandvegetablesestablishingcommonrulesforimportsenteredintoforceon1
September1975.Thisbeingso,inaccordancewiththeabovementioned paragraph2,
theCommunityhastakenthemeasuresnecessaryforgrantingPortugaladvantages
comparabletothosewhichitpreviouslyenjoyed.
IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheCommunityreducesby30%thedutieson
importsintotheCommunityoftomatoesthathavebeenpreparedorpreservedother­
wisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidofsubheading20.02CoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,providedthatPortugalundertakestotakeallnecessarymeasuresinorderthat
thequantitiessuppliedtotheCommunitydonotexceedavolumetobedetermined
annually.
Thevolumefor1975isthatfixedbytheAgreementintheformofanexchangeof
lettersof19February1975.
Moreover,theguaranteesconcerningquantitiesandthetechnicalarrangementsagreed
betweenthe'JuntaNacionaldasFrutas'andtheDirectorate-General forAgriculture
oftheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities remainvalid.
Ishouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconformtheagreementofyourgovernment
withtheprecedingtwoparagraphs.'
Ihavethehonourtoconfirmtheagreementofmygovernmentwiththecontentofthe
saidparagraphs .
Pleaseaccept,,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
FortheGovernment
ofthePortugueseRepublic