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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)163 final
Brussels,12May .1978
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
i . . " ,
authorizing theCommissiontoopennegotiations fortheconclusion
ofagreements extendingtheperiodofapplication oftheInterim
Agreements betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,theMaghreb
andtheMashreqcountries .
(submitted -totheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(78)163 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Interim Agreements concluded with Algeria ,Morocco ,Tunisia ,Egypt ,
Jordan ,Syria andLebanon pending the entry into force oftheCooperation
Agreements expire on30June this year .Asoftoday ,itisnot certain
that the ratification ofthese agreements will becompleted intheMem­
berStates before 8May ,thelatest date which would allow them to
enter into force on1July 1978 .Inthese circumstances ,thenecessary
steps will have tobetaken toprolong the Interim Agreements until 31
December 1978 .
Accordingly ,the Commission issubmitting herewith arecommendation for
aCouncil decision which would authorize ittoopen negotiations with
the countries concerned inorder toconclude agreements prolonging the
Interim Agreements until 31December 1978 .

RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
authorizingtheCommissiontonegotiateagreementsextendingthe
Iperiodofapplication oftheInterimAgreementsbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityontheonehandandAlgeria,Morocco,
Tunisia,Egypt,Jordan,LebanonandSyriaontheotherhand.,
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES, -
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
Whereas,pendingtheentryintoforceoftheCooperation Agreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityontheonehandandAlgeria,
Morocco,Tunisia,Egypt,Jordan,LebanonandSyriaontheother,it
necessarytoextendbeyond30June1978theperiodofapplication of
theInterimAgreementsconcludedwiththosecountries,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
SoleArticle
The,Commissionisherebyauthorizedtonegotiate,onthebasis
ofthedirectivesannexedhereto,agreementsextendingtheperiod
ofapplication oftheInterimAgreementsconcludedbetweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityontheonehandandAlgeria,Morocco,
Tunis/a,Egypt,Jcirdan,LebanonandSyriaontheother.
TheCommissionshallconductthenegotiations inconsultation
withtheArticle113Committee.

ANNEX
(i)TheInterimAgreementswithAlgeria,Morocco,Tunisia,Egypt,
Jordan,LebanonandSyriawillbeextendeduntil31December
1978;
(ii)Article11(1)oftheInterimAgreementswithAlgeriaand
Tunisia,Article12(1)oftheInterimAgreementwithMorocco
andAnnexCofthesaidAgreementswillbeadaptedtotake
accountofthefurtherperiodcoveredbytheagreements by
virtueofsuchextension.
(iii)Article13(2)(b)and(3)oftheInterimAgreementwithAlgeria
willbeadaptedinordertotakeaccountoftheapplication
oftheperiodsandtimetablesfixedinArticle20(2)(b),(3)
and(4)oftheCooperation Agreement.