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COMMISSION OFTHEEtlROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)626Final
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/ •Brussels,,3December1975
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILREGULATION ,
concludinganAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePortugueseRepubliconthevoluntaryrestraintarrangements
forPortugueseexportsoftomatopreservesfor1976
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COK(75)626Final

EXPLANATORY MEMOHAÎTDtTM
TheCommonimportation z*ulesforpreservedtomatoesfixinga
minimumpriceinrespectofthird,countriesenteredintoforce
on1September1975•Inordertoguaranteecomparable
advantagestoPortugal,theCommunityhasalreadyadopteda
Regulation(No2148/75of14September1975)whichlaysdown
thatthe3($tariffreductionshallbemaintainedinrespect
ofPortugalsubjecttothecontinuedobservancebythat
countryofthevoluntaryrestraintarrangements .
Thepurposeoftheexchangeoflettersannexedtothedraft
Regulationistoconfirm,for1976fthevoluntaryrestraint
volumeagreedwithPortugalforthecurrentyear.

RECOMMENDATTON FOR
ACOUÎICTLREGULATION
concludinganAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
thePortugueseRepubliconthevoluntaryrestraintarrangementsfor
Portugueseexportsoftomatopreservesfor1976
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUHOPEANCOMKUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingto
Article3(2)ofProtocolNo8totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublicsignedinBrusselson22July1972
shouldbeconcluded.
HASADOFTEDTHISREGULATION :

Article 1
TheAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingtoArticle3
ofProtocolNo8totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andthePortugueseRepublicisconcludedonbehalfoftheCommunity..
ThetextofthelettersisannexedtothisRegulation.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisheretryauthorizedtodesignatetheperson
empoweredtosigntheAgreementintheformofanexchangeofletters.referred
toinArticle1,andtoconferonhimthepowersherequirestoenterinto,
anundertakingonbehalfoftheCommunity.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
v
ThisRegulationisbindinginits;entiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
Doneat ' FortheCouncil
ThePrésident

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RECOMMENDATION FOR
ACOUNCIL REGULATION
CONCLUDING ANAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC ONTHE VOLUNTARY
RESTRAINT ARRANGEMENTS FOR PORTUGUESE EXPORTS OFTOMATO
PRESERVES FOR 1976

LETTERNO1
!
Brussels,
IhavethehonourtorefertotheprovisionsofArticle3of
ProtocolNo8totheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
thePortugueseRepubliosignedon22July1972,aswellastothe
exchangeoflettersof 1975*
Ihavethehonourtoinformyouthatfor1976theCommunityis
readytorenewtheagreedvolumeforthecurrentyear.
■\
UndertheseconditionsthePortugueseGovernmentundertakestoadopt
allnecessarymeasuresinorderthatthequantitiesoftomato
concentrates ofsubheading No20.02exCsuppliedtotheCommunity
in1976donotexceed90000tonnes,comprising28000tonnesfor
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted andatotalof62000tonnes
forDenmark,Ireland .andtheUnitedKingdom.
Ishouldhegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementof
yourGovernmentwiththecontendsofthisletter.
Pleaseaccept, ,theassuranceofmyhighest
considération .
On"behalfoftheCouncil
oftheEuropeanCommunities

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LETTERNO2
Brussels,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletterto
todaywordedasfollows:
"IhavethehonourtorefertotheprovisionsofArticle3of
ProtocolHo8totheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanCommunity
andthePortugueseRepubliosignedon22July1972,aswellasto
theexchangeoflettersof 1975*
Ihavethehonourtoinformyouthatfor1976theCommunity
isreadytorenewtheagreedvolumeforthecurrentyear.
UndertheseconditionsthePortuguese Governmentundertakesto
adoptallnecessarymeasuresinorderthatthequantitiesoftomato
concentrates ofsubheading Ho20.02exCsuppliedtotheCommunity
in1976donotexceed90OOCTtonnes,comprising28000tonnesfor
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted andatotalof62000tonnes
forDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom.
Ishould "begratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementof
yourGovernmentwiththecontentsofthisletter.
Pleaseaccept, ,theassurancesofmyhighest
considération ."
OnbehalfoftheGovernment
ofthePortugueseRepublic