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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)237final.
Brussels,25thMay1976.
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC).
suspendingapplication oftheconditiononpricesgoverning
theimportationintotheCommunityoffreshlemons
originatingintheMediterranean countrieswithwhich
theCommunityconcludesagreements.
!/
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(76)237final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
ItislaiddownintheagreementswithcertainMediter­
raneancountriesthatthetariffconcessiononimportsoffreshlemonsfrom
thosecountriesintotheCommunityissubjecttoobservanceofastatedpri­
ceontheCommunityinternalmarket.
Followingtheintroduction ofspecialmeasuresforimpro­
vingthemarketingofCommunitylemons,theCouncilsuspendedapplication
oftheconventional priceforthedurationoftheperiodofvalidityofthe
specialmeasures,i.e.,until31May1976.On6April1976,theCouncil ,
extendedtheapplicationofthespecialmeasuresinrespectoflemonsuntil
31May1977.Itwouldthereforebeadvisabletoextenduntilthatdatethe
suspensionoftheapplicationoftheconventional priceforlemonsimported
fromthoseMediterranean couhtrieswithwhichtheCommunityhasconcluded
agreementscontainingsuchaclause,toextendsuchsuspensiontothesimi-
I
larclausesintheagreementswhichtheCommunityrecentlysignedwiththe
Maghrebcountriesandtomakeprovisionforextendingthesuspensiontosi­
milarclausesinagreementsundernegotiation withothercountriestowhich
theoverallMediterranean approachisbeingapplied.
TheCommissionthereforeproposesthattheCouncilshould
adoptthisproposalforaregulation.
FINANCIAL INCIDENCE
Theabovementioned Regulationhasnofinancialincidence.

proposaifor
COJNCILREGULATION (EECV
suspendingapplicationoftheconditiononpricesgoverning
theimportationintotheCommunityoffreshlemons
originatingintheMediterranean countrieswithwhich
theCommunityconcludesagreements.
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityhasconcludedagreementswithseveral
Mediterranean countriesproviding,interalia,forareducedtariffonimports
intotheCommunityoffreshlemonsoriginatinginthosecountries,provided
thatastatedpricesisobservedontheinternalCommunitymarket;
Whereastheadoptionof.CouncilRegulation(EEC)No2481/75°f29September
1975amendingRegulation (EEC)No2511/69layingdownspecialmeasuresfor
improvingtheproductionandmarketingofCommunitycitrusfruitshasena­
bledtheabovementioned conditiontobesuspendedduringtheperiodforwhich
Regulation(EEC)No2511/69^applicable;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No793/76of6April1976amendingRegulation
(EEC)NO1035/72onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinfruitandvegeta­
blesandRegulation (EEC)No2511/69layingdownspecialmeasuresforimproving
theproductionandmarketingofCommunitycitrusfruit3,interalia,maintains
inforcethespecialmeasuresinrespectofCommunitylemonsprovidedforin
Article6ofRegulation(EEC)2511/69until31May1977I
.OJNoL254,1.10.1975,P.<1
2OJNoL318,18.12.1969,p.1
3OJNoL93,8.4.1976,p.1 •*•f••

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Whereas ,inthese circumstances ,theprovisions ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)
No471/76of24February 1976 suspending application ofthecondition on
prices governing theimportation into theCommunity offresh lemons ,origina­
ting inCyprus ,Spain ,Israel ,Morocco ,theArab Republic ofEgypt ,Tunisia
andTurkey inaccordance with Agreements between theEuropean Economic Com­
munity andeachofthese countries' 1'should beextended beyond 31May1976 }
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community signed Cooperation Agreements with
Morocco on27April .1976 andwith Tunisia on25April 1976 containing the
same provisions governing imports oflemons astheAssociation Agreements
2concluded with those countries ,andwhereas thetrade arrangements appli­
cable bytheCommunity under those Agreements were extended inrespect of
Tunisia byCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2107/75of6August 1975^,asamen­
dedbyRegulation (EEC)No3415/75^,andinres­
pectofMorocco byCouncil Regulation (EEC)No2108/75of6August 1975^*as
amended byRegulation (EEC)No3416/75^5whereas
theCommunity signed ,onthesame .dayastheCooperation Agreement with each
7ofthose countries ,Interim Agreements designed tobring forward theappli­
cation ofcertain provisions oftheCooperation Agreements relating totrade ;
Whereas on26April 1976 theCommunity signed aCooperation Agreement andan
8Interim Agreement with Algeria containing ,with regard tolemons ,similar
provisions tothose contained intheagreements between theEuropean Economic
Community andMprocco andbetween theEuropean Economic Community andTunisia
whereas comparable provisions arealso tobeincluded intheagreements under
negotiation with theArab Republic ofEgypt ,Syria ,Jordan andtheLebanon ;
,OJNoL"58,5.3.1976 ,P.5
OJNoL197 ,8.8.1969 ,p.1and
OJNoL198 ,8.8.1969 ,p.1
L215 ,13.8.1975 ,P.l
OJNoL337 ,31.12.1975 ,P.3
OJNoL215 ,13.8.1975 ,P.2
OJNoL337 ,31.12.1975 ,P.4
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Whereas,therefore,applicationoftheconditiononpricesgoverningthe
importationintotheCommunityoffreshlemonsoriginatinginthoseMedi­
terraneancountrieswithwhichtheCommunityconcludesagreementsshouldbe
suspendedduringtheperiodofapplicationofArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)
No25II/69,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThereisherebyaddedtoArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)
No47l/76thefollowing:
"-Article15(3)and(4)oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle8(3)
cand(4)oftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom-
1munityandtheRepublicofTunisia; i.
-Article15(3)and(4)oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle6(3)
'and(4)oftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityandtheKingdomofMorocco;
-Article15(3)and(4)oftheCooperationAgreementandArticle8(3)
and(4)oftheInterimAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCom­
munityandtheDemocraticandPopularRepublicofAlgeria."
Article2
ThesecondparagraphofArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No471/76isherebyamendedtoreadasfollows:
"Itshallbeapplicableuntil31May1977*"
' Article3
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityonaproposal
fromtheCommission,mayextendtheapplicationofArticle1ofReflation
(EEC)No471/76tosimilarprovisionsintheagreementsundernegotiation
withtheArabRepublicofEgypt,Syria,JordanandtheLebanon.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitie

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand.
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePrésident.