No C 104/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 4. 87 
Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Fourth Additional Protocol 
to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel 
COM(87) 7 final 
Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 January 1987 
(87/C 104/02) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 238 
thereof, 
Having regard to the recommendation from the Com­
mission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment, 
Whereas it is necessary to approve the Fourth 
Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the State of Isra­
el^), signed in Brussels on 11 May 1975, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Fourth Additional Protocol to the Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel is hereby approved on behalf of the 
Community. The text of the Protocol is attached to this 
Decision (2). 
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall give the notification 
provided for in Article 8 of the Protocol (2). 
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
(') OJ No L 265, 27. 9. 1978. (2) The date of entry into force of the Protocol will be published 
in the Official Journal of the European Communities by the 
General Secretariat of the Council. 
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ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL 
adapting the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel 
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, 
of the one part, 
and 
THE STATE OF ISRAEL, 
of the other part, 
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel 
signed at Brussels on 11 May 1975, hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement', and to the Additional Protocol 
signed at Brussels on 8 February 1977, 
WHEREAS the Community and Israel wish to strengthen still further their relations in order to take account 
of the new dimension created by the accession to the European Communities of Spain and Portugal on 
1 January 1986; whereas Article 22 of the Agreement provides for the possibility of improvements in its 
terms; 
WHEREAS certain rules should be laid down to enable Israel's traditional export trade to the Community 
to be maintained, 
HAVE DECIDED to conclude a Protocol adapting certain provisions of the Agreement, and to this end have 
designated as their Plenipotentiaries: 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, 
Who having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form, 
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
1. Customs duties applicable under the Agreement 
to imports into the Community of products listed in 
Annex A to this Protocol and originating in Israel shall 
be dismantled over the same periods and at the same 
rates as provided in the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal in respect of imports into the Community as 
constituted on 31 December 1985 of the same products 
originating in Spain or Portugal. This provision shall 
be applied in accordance with the rules hereinafter set 
out in this Article. 
In the course of such dismantling, where the level of 
customs duties applied to imports into the Community 
as constituted on 31 December 1985 originating in 
Spain differs from that applied to imports originating in 
Portugal, products originating in Israel shall be subject 
to the higher of the two rates. 
2. Where the customs duty on a product listed in 
Annex A is lower for Israel than for Spain, Portugal or 
both, elimination of the duty shall commence once the 
duty on that product from both Spain and Portugal has 
fallen below that applied to imports originating in 
Israel. 
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply 
within the limits and in accordance with the special 
conditions concerning tariff reductions laid down in 
Articles 9 and 10 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement. 4. Customs duties on imports of products listed in 
Annex A and originating in Israel in respect of which 
Community tariff quotas are indicated in the said 
Annex shall be dismantled within the limits of such 
quotas. 
Once the volume of imports of such products exceeds 
the quotas, the Community shall apply the customs 
duties resulting from the Agreement. 
5. For the purposes of dismantling customs duties 
for certain products listed in Annex A and originating 
in Israel, the reference quantities indicated in the said 
Annex are hereby established. 
Should the volume of imports of one of these products 
exceed the reference quantity, the Community, having 
regard to an annual review of trade flows which it shall 
carry out, may make the product in question subject to 
a Community tariff quota as provided for in 
paragraph 4, the volume of which shall be equal to the 
reference quantity. 
6. Should the Community discover, in the light of 
an annual review of trade flows which it shall carry 
out, that the volume of imports of a product or products 
listed in Annex A, other than those referred to in 
paragraphs 4 and 5, threatens to cause difficulties on 
the Community market, it may establish a reference 
quantity as provided for in paragraph 5. 
Article 2 
1. Customs duties on imports into the Community 
of products listed in Annex B to this Protocol and 
originating in Israel shall be dismantled in the same 
way as indicated in Article 1 (1), (4), (5) and (6). 
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However, once the volume of imports of such products 
exceeds the Community tariff quotas, within the mean­
ing of Article 1(4), the Community shall apply the 
customs duties of the Common Customs Tariff. 
2. Elimination of customs duties for cut flowers and 
flower buds, fresh, falling within subheading 06.03 A 
of the Common Customs Tariff, shall be subject to 
certain conditions agreed by exchange of letters. 
Article 3 
1. For 1990 and for each successive marketing year, 
the Community shall decide, on the basis of the statisti­
cal review and analysis referred to in paragraph 2 
below, and taking into account factors relevant to the 
objective of maintaining traditional trade flows in the 
context of enlargement, whether to adjust the entry 
price, referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72, for 
the following products originating in Israel within the 
quantitative limits set out below: 
CCT 
heading No 
08.02 ex A 
08.02 ex B 
08.02 ex C Description 
Oranges 
Small citrus fruits 
Lemons Quantity 
(in tonnes) 
293 000 tonnes 
14 200 tonnes 
6 400 tonnes 
2. From 1987 onwards and at the end of each market­
ing year, the Community shall carry out, on the basis 
of a statistical review, an analysis of the situation for 
the said products originating in Israel and exported to 
the Community. 
For these same products, from 1989 onwards and for 
each subsequent year, the Community shall draw up, 
together with Israel, a forecast of production and deliv­
eries. 
3. The possible adjustment provided for in 
paragraph 1 refers to the sum to be deducted, in respect 
of customs duty, from the representative prices recorded 
in the Community for the purpose of calculating the 
entry price of each of these products, within the limits 
set out in Article 152 (2) (c) of the Act of Accession of 
Spain and Portugal. 
Article 4 
Customs duties on imports into Israel of the products 
listed below and originating in the Community shall be 
dismantled between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 
1995. The necessary arrangements shall be agreed by 
exchange of letters before 1 January 1990. CCT 
heading No 
ex 02.01 
ex 04.02 Description 
Meat of bovine animals, other than 
frozen 
Milk powder 
Article 5 
1. A Trade and Economic Cooperation Committee 
shall be set up for the purpose of improving the oper­
ation of the institutional mechanisms of the Agreement. 
The Committee shall facilitate: 
— the regular exchange of information on trade and 
production data and forecasts, 
— the regular exchange of information on the oppor­
tunities for cooperation in areas covered by the 
Agreement. 
The Committee shall be chaired alternately by a rep­
resentative of the Commission of the European Com­
munities and a representative of Israel. 
2. The Cooperation Council shall decide as soon as 
possible on the composition of this Committee and how 
it shall function, in accordance with Article 12 (2) of 
the Additional Protocol to the Agreement signed on 
8 February 1977. It may also decide, where appropriate, 
that the Committee should submit a report. 
Article 6 
From 1995 onwards the Community and Israel shall 
examine the results of cooperation between the Con­
tracting Parties in order to appraise the situation and 
the future development of their relations in the light of 
the objectives defined in the Agreement. 
Article 7 
This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agree­
ment between the European Economic Community and 
the State of Israel. 
Article 8 
1. This Protocol shall be ratified, accepted or 
approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with 
their own procedures; the Contracting Parties shall 
notify each other of the completion of the procedures 
necessary to that end. 
2. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first 
day of the month following such notification. 
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Article 9 In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries 
have hereunto set their hands. 
This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate in the 
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Portu­
guese, Spanish and Hebrew languages, each of these 
texts being equally authentic. Done at Brussels 
For the Council of the European Communities 
For the State of Israel 
No C 104/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 4. 87 
ANNEX A 
CCT 
heading No 
07.01 
08.01 
08.02 
08.08 
ex 08.09 
08.10 
08.11 
09.04 Description 
Vegetables, fresh or chilled: 
G. Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celerias, radishes and similar 
edible roots: 
ex II. Carrots and turnips: 
— Carrots, from 1 January to 31 March (!) 
ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic: 
— Onions, from 15 February to 15 May(2) 
S. Sweet peppers (3) 
ex T. Other: 
— Aubergines, from 15 January to 30 April (4) 
— Sticks of celery, from 1 January to 30 April (5) 
— Courgettes, from 1 December to the end of February 
Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avocados, man­
goes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or not: 
D. Avocados (6) 
H. Other 
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: 
ex A. Oranges: 
— Fresh (7) 
ex B. Mandarins, including tangerines and satsumas; Clementines, wilkings or 
other similar citrus hybrids: 
— Fresh (8) 
ex C. Lemons: 
— Fresh (9) 
D. Grapefruit 
Berries, fresh: 
A. Strawberries: 
ex II. from 1 August to 30 April: 
— from 1 November to 31 March (10) 
Other fruit, fresh: 
— Melons, from 1 November to 31 May(n) 
— Water melons, from 1 April to 15 June(12) 
Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added 
sugar: 
ex B. Other: 
— Grapefruit segments 
Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in 
sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for 
immediate consumption: 
ex B. Oranges: 
— Finely ground (13) 
ex E. Other: 
— Citrus fruits, finely ground (14) 
Pepper of the genus Piper; pimento of the genus Capsicum or the genus Pimenta: 
A. Neither crushed nor ground: 
II. Pimento: 
ex c) Other: 
— from 15 November to 30 April 
B. Crushed or ground 
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CCT 
heading No Description 
13.03 Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-
agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products: 
ex B. Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates 
— Pectic substances and pectinates 
20.02 Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid: 
ex C. Tomatoes: 
— Peeled tomatoes (,5) 
— Tomato concentrate (16) 
ex H. Other, including mixtures: 
— Celeriac, other than in mixtures 
— Cabbages, other than in mixtures 
— Gumbos, other than in mixtures 
20.06 
Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar 
or spirit: 
B. Other: 
II. Not containing added spirit: 
a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 
more than 1 kg: 
2. Grapefruit segments (17) 
ex 3. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines, 
wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids; 
— Finely ground 
7. Peaches and apricots: 
ex aa) With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight: 
— Apricots 
ex bb) Other: 
— Apricots 
ex 8. Other fruits: 
— Grapefruit 
— Oranges and lemons, finely ground 
ex 9. Mixtures of fruit: 
— Fruit salad (18) 
b) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity 
of 1 kg or less: 
2. Grapefruit segments (17) 
ex 3. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines, 
wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids: 
— Finely ground 
ex 8. Other fruits: 
— Grapefruit (19) 
— Oranges and lemons, finely ground (,9) 
ex 9. Mixtures of fruits: 
— Fruit salad (18) 
c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity: 
1. Of 4,5 kg or more: 
ex aa) Apricots: 
— Apricot halves 
— Apricot pulp(20) 
ex dd) Other fruits: 
— Grapefruit segments (21) 
— Grapefruit (21) 
— Citrus pulp (21) 
— Citrus fruit, finely ground (21) 
No C 104/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 4. 87 
CCT 
heading No 
ex 20.07 Description 
Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetables juices, whether or not contain­
ing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit: 
A. Of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at + 15° C: 
III. Other: 
ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight: 
— Orange juice (22) 
— Grapefruit juice (23) 
ex b) Other: 
— Orange juice (22) 
— Grapefruit juice (23) 
— Other citrus fruit juices 
B. Of a density of 1,33 g/cm3 or less at + 15° C: 
II. Other: 
a) Of a value exceeding 30 ECU per 100 kg net weight: 
1. Orange juice (22) 
2. Grapefruit juice (23) 
ex 3. Lemon juice and other citrus fruit juices: 
— Other citrus fruit juices, excluding lemon juice 
5. Tomato juice (24) 
b) Of a value of 30 ECU or less per 100 kg net weight: 
1. Orange juice (22) 
6. Tomato juice (24) 
(2 
(3 
(4 
(5 
(6 
(7 
(8 
(9: 
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(12: 
(13 
(14 
(15 
(16 Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 3 100 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 11 200 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 7 400 tonnes. 
Reference quantity 1 200 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 10 800 tonnes. 
Reference quantity 31 000 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 293 000 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 14 200 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 6 400 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 2 200 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 9 500 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 7 800 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 5 900 tonnes. 
Reference quantity 1 100 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 2 800 tonnes. 
In accordance with the conditions referred to in Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement. 
Reference quantity 13 700 tonnes (overall quantity for the two subheadings referring to grapefruit 
segments). 
In accordance with the conditions referred to in Article 9 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement. 
Reference quantity 2 000 tonnes. 
Within the limit of the Community tariff quota referred to in Article 10 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement. 
Reference quantity 2 900 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 82 700 tonnes (overall quantity for the four subpositions 
referring to orange juice), of which not more than 20 000 tonnes may be imported in packings of a 
capacity of 2 litres or less. 
Reference quantity 28 700 tonnes (overall quantity for the three subheadings referring to grapefruit juice). 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 8 500 tonnes (overall quantity for the two subheadings 
referring to tomato juice). 
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ANNEX B 
CCT 
heading No 
06.03 
06.04 
07.01 
07.04 
08.01 
08.02 
08.04 
08.09 
08.10 Description 
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental 
purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared: 
A. Fresh (') 
Foliage, branches and other parts (other than flowers or buds) of trees, shrubs, 
bushes and other plants, and mosses, lichens and grasses, being goods of a kind 
suitable for bouquets or ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, 
impregnated or otherwise prepared: 
B. Other: 
I. Fresh 
Vegetables, fresh or chilled: 
A. Potatoes: 
II. New potatoes: 
ex a) from 1 January to 15 May: 
— from 1 January to 31 March (2) 
B. Cabbages, cauliflowers and Brussels sprouts: 
ex III. Other: 
— 'Chinese cabbage', from 1 November to 31 December (3) 
D. Salad vegetables, including endive and chicory: 
ex II. Other: 
— 'Iceberg lettuce', from 1 November to 31 December (4) 
Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in 
powder, but not further prepared: 
ex B. Other: 
— Sweet peppers 
Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avocados, man­
goes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or not: 
A. Dates 
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: 
ex E. Other: 
— Cumquats 
Grapes, fresh or dried: 
A. Fresh: 
I. Table grapes: 
ex a) from 1 November to 14 July 
— From 1 February to 30 June(5) 
Other fruit, fresh: 
— Kiwi fruit, from 1 January to 30 April (6) 
— Pomegranates 
— Persimmons, from 1 December to 31 July 
Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added 
sugar: 
ex D. Other: 
— Dates 
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CCT 
heading No 
20.01 
20.06 Description 
Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with or 
without sugar, whether or not containing salt, spices or mustard: 
ex C. Other: 
— Gumbos and 'pearl onions' 
Fruit otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar 
or spirit: 
A. Nuts (including groundnuts), roasted, in immediate packings of a net 
capacity: 
ex I. Of more than 1 kg: 
— Groundnuts 
(') Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 17 000 tonnes. 
(2) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 450 tonnes. 
(3) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 250 tonnes. 
(4) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 200 tonnes. 
(5) Reference quantity 1 900 tonnes. 
(6) Reference quantity 200 tonnes. 
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Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the Protocol 
(to be annexed to the Additional Protocol) 
The Contracting Parties agree that should the entry into force of the Protocol not coincide 
with the start of the calendar or seasonal year, as the case may be, the quantitative limits 
referred to in Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the said Protocol shall be applied on a pro rata basis. 
The Contracting Parties further agree that the charging against quantitative limits of Com­
munity imports of products originating in Israel which are subject to such limits under the 
Protocol shall begin on 1 January of each year, except in respect of the following products, 
for which the dates set out below shall apply: 
CCT heading No 
08.02 ex A 
08.02 ex B 
06.03 A Description 
Oranges 
Small citrus fruits 
Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh Date 
ljuly 
ljuly 
1 November 
Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning new potatoes falling within subhead­
ing 07.01 A II ex a) of the Common Customs Tariff 
(to be annexed to the Additional Protocol) 
To avoid disturbance on the Community market, the Contracting Parties agree to meet 
within an advisory working party to examine the situation on the potato markets (state of 
harvests and supply situation). The members of this working party will be designated by the 
Governments of the main exporting and importing countries. 
The working party, chaired by the Commission, would meet at least three times a year and 
in particular before sowing takes place in the exporting countries and at the time of deliveries. 
These meetings would enable the main potato-exporting countries to be informed both about 
the receiving markets and about competing markets, and their purpose could be to draw up 
indicative export timetables designed to prevent deliveries being concentrated around sensitive 
periods for the Community market.