PROTOCOL

relating to 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

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS ,

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ,

and

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

of the one part , and

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC ,

of the other part ,

CONSIDERING that the Kingdom of Denmark , Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , should by reason of their Accession to the European Economic Community , become Contracting Parties to 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 on 21 May 1965 and last extended on 13 July 1972 ;

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :

Article 1

The Kingdom of Denmark , Ireland , the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland hereby become Contracting Parties to 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 on 21 May 1965 , hereinafter called " the Agreement " .

Article 2

The texts of the Agreement , and the Protocols and Declarations annexed thereto , drawn up in the English and Danish languages and annexed to this Protocol , shall be authentic in the same way as the original texts .

Article 3

The Council of the European Communities shall notify the Government of the Lebanese Republic of the completion of the internal procedures required in the Community and in the Member States for entry into force of this Protocol .

The Government of the Lebanese Republic shall notify the Council of the European Communities of the completion of the procedures required in the Lebanese Republic for entry into force of this Protocol .

This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the last of these notifications .

Article 4

This Protocol is drawn up in two copies in the Danish , Dutch , English , French , German , Italian and Arabic languages , all these texts being authentic .

Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties

The Governments of the Member States and the Council of the European Communities , of the one part , and the Government of the Lebanese Republic , of the other part , declare that they are prepared to implement this Protocol provisionally , each for its part and in accordance with its provisions , with effect from the date of signature .

In witness whereof the undersigned , having been authorized for this purpose , have signed this Agreement .

Done at Brussels this sixteenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-three .