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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the 
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic 
of Egypt 
COM(87) 7 final 
Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 January 1987 
(87/C 104/01) 
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 an Additional Proto­
col to the Cooperation Agreement between the Euro­
pean Economic Community and the Arab Republic of 
Egypt ('), signed in Brussels on 18 January 1977, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt 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. 
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
(') OJ No L 266, 27. 9. 1978, p. 1. (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 Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the 
Arab Republic of Egypt 
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, 
of the one part, 
and 
THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, 
of the other part, 
HAVING REGARD TO the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the 
Arab Republic of Egypt, signed at Brussels on 18 January 1977, hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement', 
CONSIDERING that the Community and Egypt 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, and that Article 46 of the Agreement provides for the possibility of improvements 
in its terms; 
CONSIDERING that certain rules should be foreseen to enable the traditional export trade of Egypt with 
the Community to be maintained; 
HAVE ACCORDINGLY 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 ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, 
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 originating 
in Egypt covered by the Agreement and listed in Annex 
A to this Protocol shall be phased out progressively 
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 from Spain and 
Portugal. This provision shall be applied in accordance 
with the rules hereinafter set out in this Article. 
In the course of this progressive elimination of customs 
duties and where the level of customs duty in force 
for imports into the Community as constituted on 31 
December 1985 from Spain differs from that for Portu­
gal, products originating in Egypt 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 Egypt than for Spain, Portugal 
or both, elimination of the duty shall commence once 
the duty on the same product from both Spain and 
Portugal has fallen below that applying to imports 
originating in Egypt. 
3. Customs duties on imports of products originating 
in Egypt listed in Annex A in respect of which Com­munity tariff quotas are indicated in the said Annex 
shall be eliminated progressively within the limits of 
such quotas. 
Once the volume of imports of these products exceeds 
the quotas, the Community shall apply the customs 
duties prevailing under the Agreement. 
4. For the purposes of eliminating customs duties, 
reference quantities are established in Annex A for 
certain products originating in Egypt. 
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 3, the volume of which shall be equal to the 
reference quantity. 
5. For the products listed in Annex A for which 
reference quantities are not therein fixed, the Com­
munity may establish a reference quantity as provided 
for in paragraph 4 if it discovers, in the light of the 
annual review of trade flows which it shall carry out, 
that the volume of imports threatens to cause difficult­
ies on the Community market. 
Article 2 
For the products originating in Egypt and listed in 
Annex B to this Protocol the customs duties applicable 
to imports into the Community are phased out in 
accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 to 5 of Article 1. 
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In the event of any of the products in Annex B being 
made subject to Community tariff quotas, the Com­
munity shall apply the Common Customs Tariff to the 
volume of imports in excess of such tariff quotas. 
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 fresh oranges falling under the Common Customs 
Tariff heading number 08.02 ex A originating in Egypt, 
within a quantitative limit of 7 000 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 
oranges originating in Egypt exported to the Com­
munity. 
For this same product, from 1989 onwards and for each 
subsequent year, the Community shall draw up together 
with Egypt, a forecast of production and deliveries. 
3. The possible adjustment provided for in para­
graph 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 this product, within the limits set out in 
Article 152 (2) (c) of the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal. 
Article 4 
Upon the entry into force of this Protocol, quantitative 
restrictions shall be removed from imports into the 
Community of the products originating in Egypt listed 
in Annex B of the Agreement and measures having an 
effect equivalent to quantitative restrictions on such 
imports shall be abolished also. 
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 possi­
bilities for cooperation in areas covered by the 
Agreement. 
For the Council of the The office of the Chairman of the Committee shall be 
held alternately by a representative of the Commission 
of the European Communities and a representative of 
Egypt. 
2. The Cooperation Council shall determine as soon 
as possible the composition of this Committee and 
how it shall function, in accordance with Article 40 
paragraph 2 of the Agreement. It may also decide, 
where appropriate, upon the submission of reports to 
the Council by the Committee. 
Article 6 
The Community and Egypt shall as from 1995 examine 
the results of the cooperation between the Contracting 
Parties in order to appraise the situation and the future 
development of their relations in the light of the objec­
tives defined in the Agreement. 
Article 7 
This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Cooper­
ation Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt. 
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 the said notification. 
Article 9 
This Protocol is drawn up in duplicate in the Arab, 
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ital­
ian, Portugese and Spanish languages, each of these 
texts being equally authentic. 
In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries 
have hereunto set their hands. 
Done at Brussels, 
>ean Communities 
For the Arab Republic of Egypt 
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ANNEX A 
CCT 
heading No 
03.03 
07.01 
07.04 
07.05 
08.01 
08.02 Description 
Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live or dead), chilled, 
frozen, salted, in brine or dried; crustaceans, in shell, simply boiled in water: 
A. Crustaceans: 
ex IV. Shrimps and prawns: 
— Fresh or frozen 
Vegetables, fresh or chilled: 
A. Potatoes: 
II. New potatoes: 
ex a) From 1 January to 15 May: 
— From 1 January to 31 March (') 
F. Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled: 
II. Beans (of the species Phaseolus): 
ex a) From 1 October to 30 June: 
— From 1 November to 30 April (2) 
ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic: 
— Onions, from 1 February to 15 May(3) 
— Garlic, from 1 February to 31 May(4) 
M. Tomatoes: 
ex I. From 1 November to 14 May. 
— From 1 December to 31 March 
ex S. Sweet peppers: 
— From 15 November to 30 April 
Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in 
powder, but not further prepared: 
A. Onions C) 
B. Other: 
— Garlic (6) 
Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split: 
B. Other (than for sowing) 
Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples, avocados, man­
goes, guavas and mangosteens, fresh or dried, shelled or not: 
ex A. Dates: 
— Dried dates 
H. Other (Mangoes, mangosteens and guavas) 
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: 
ex A. Oranges: 
— Fresh (7) 
ex B. Mandarines (including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines, wilkings 
and other similar citrus hybrids: 
— Fresh 
ex C. Lemons: 
— Fresh 
D. Grapefruit 
ex E. Other: 
— Limes 
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CCT 
heading N. 
08.04 
ex 08.09 
09.04 
09.09. 
12.03 
ex 12.08 Description 
Grapes, fresh or dried: 
A. Fresh: 
I. Table grapes: 
ex a) From 1 November to 14 July 
— From 1 February to 30 June 
Other fruit, fresh: 
— Watermelons, from 1 April to 15 June 
Pepper of the genus 'Piper'; pimento of the genus 'Capsicum' or the genus 
'Pimenta' 
Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway and juniper 
Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing: 
E. Other (a) 
Chicory roots, fresh or dried, whole or cut, unroasted; Locust beans, fresh or 
dried, whether or not kibbled or ground, but not further prepared; fruit kernels 
and other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human food, not 
falling within any other heading 
— except chicory roots 
(') Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 98 000 tonnes. 
(2) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 6 400 tonnes. 
(•*) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 10 100 tonnes. 
(4) Reference quantity of 1 600 tonnes. 
(5) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 4 900 tonnes. 
(6) Reference quantity of 1 000 tonnes. 
(7) Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 7 000 tonnes. 
(a) This concession is solely for seeds complying with the provisions of the Directives in the marketing of 
seeds and plants. 
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ANNEX B 
CCT 
heading N. 
07.01 
ex 08.09 Description 
Vegetables, fresh or chilled: 
ex K. Asparagus: 
— From 1 November to end February 
ex L. Artichokes: 
— From 1 October to 31 December {l) 
P. Cucumbers and gherkins: 
ex I. Cucumbers: 
— Small cucumbers (a), from 1 January to end February (J) 
T. Other: 
ex I. Courgettes: 
— From 1 December to 15 March 
Other fruit, fresh: 
— Small melons: (b), from 1 January to 31 March (]) 
(') Reference quantity of 100 tonnes. 
(a) 'Small cucumbers' are cucumbers of a length not exceeding 15 centimeters. 
(b) 'Small melons' are melons weighing 600 grams or less. 
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Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol 
(to be annexed to the Protocol) 
The Contracting Parties agree that should the entry into force of the Protocol not coincide 
with the start of the calendar year or, as the case may be, the seasonal year, the quantitative 
limits referred to in Articles 1 and 2 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 Egypt and subject to such limits under the Protocol 
shall begin on 1 January of each year, except in respect of oranges falling within heading 
No 08.02 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff, for which the date of 1 July shall apply. 
Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties concerning new potatoes falling within the 
Common Customs Tariff heading No 07.01 A II ex a) 
(to be annexed to the 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) both in the Community importing countries and in the 
Mediterranean exporting countries. 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 purposes would be to draw 
up indicative export timetables designed to prevent deliveries being concentrated around 
sensitive periods for the Community market.