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Recommendation for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the 
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of 
Tunisia 
COM(87) 7 final 
Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 January 1987 
(87/C 104/04) 
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 Republic of Tuni­
sia (1), signed in Tunis on 25 April 1976, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia 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 5 of the Protocol. 
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
0) OJ No L 169, 26. 6. 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. 
No C 104/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 4. 87 
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL 
adapting the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the 
Republic of Tunisia 
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, 
of the one part, and 
THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA, 
of the other part, 
HAVING REGARD TO the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the 
Republic of Tunisia, signed at Tunis on 25 April 1976, hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement', 
CONSIDERING that the Community and Tunisia 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 54 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 Tunisia 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 REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA, 
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 Tunisia covered by the Agreement and listed in the 
Annex 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 Tunisia shall be subject to 
the higher of the two rates. 
2. Where the customs duty on a product, listed in 
the Annex, is lower for Tunisia 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 Tunisia. 
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply 
within the limits and the special conditions foreseen for 
the tariff reductions laid down in Articles 19 and 21 of 
the Agreement. 
4. Customs duties on imports of products originating 
in Tunisia listed in the Annex 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. 
5. For the purposes of eliminating customs duties 
for new potatoes falling under the Common Customs 
Tariff heading number 07.01 A II ex a) originating 
in Tunisia, a reference quantity of 2 600 tonnes is 
established. 
Should the volume of imports of this product 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. For the products listed in the Annex other than 
those mentioned in paragraphs 4 and 5, the Community 
may establish a reference quantity as provided for in 
paragraph 5 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 difficulties on the 
Community market. 
Article 2 
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 within heading No 08.02 ex A of 
the Common Customs Tariff originating in Tunisia, 
within a quantitative limit of 28 000 tonnes. 
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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 Tunisia exported to the Com­
munity. 
For this same product, from 1989 onwards and for each 
subsequent year, the Community shall draw up together 
with Tunisia, 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) of the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal. 
Article 3 
Article 20 of the Agreement is replaced by the fol­
lowing: 
Article 20 
'1. Customs duties on imports into the Com­
munity of wine of fresh grapes falling within head­
ing No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff 
originating in Tunisia applicable at the time of entry 
into force of the Additional Protocol dated... shall 
be phased out in accordance with the rules set out 
in Article 1 of that Protocol. 
This provision shall apply within the limit of a 
Community tariff quota of 160 000 hectolitres. 
Customs duties on imports of the said wines into the 
Community shall be reduced by 80% for imports in 
excess of the quota. 
2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply 
provided that the import prices of wine originating 
in Tunisia plus the customs duties actually levied 
are not less at any given time than the Community 
reference prices or the prices resulting from the 
application of the specific provisions of paragraph 4 
and 5. 
3. Wine of fresh grapes falling within heading 
No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff orig­
inating in Tunisia which is entitled to a designation 
of origin under Tunisian law, listed in exchange of 
letters concluded between the Contracting Parties 
and put up in containers holding two litres or less, 
shall be exempt from customs duties on importation 
into the Community within the limit of an annual 
Community tariff quota of 50 000 hectolitres. 
For the purposes of applying this paragraph, Tuni­
sia shall be responsible for verifying the identity of 
the above wines in accordance with its national 
rules; all the wine concerned shall be accompanied 
by a certificate of designation of origin issued by 
the relevant Tunisian authority, in accordance with 
the model given in Annex D to this Agreement. The tariff exemption provided for in this paragraph 
shall apply once the exchange of letters referred 
to in the first subparagraph has been concluded 
following verification of the equivalence of Tunisian 
and Community legislation with regard to wine 
entitled to a designation of origin; it shall apply 
from the date fixed in that exchange of letters. 
4. For wine of fresh grapes falling within heading 
No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff pre­
sented in containers of two litres or less, the fixed 
amount added to the price referred to in Article 17 
of Regulation (EEC) No 337/79 on the common 
organization of the market in wine shall be phased 
out at the rate indicated below within the limit of 
an annual volume of 10 000 hectolitres: 
On the entry into force of the Additional Protocol 
the fixed amount shall be reduced to 75 % 
on 1 January 1988 the fixed amount shall be reduced 
to 62,5 % 
on 1 January 1989 the fixed amount shall be reduced 
to 50 % 
on 1 January 1990 the fixed amount shall be reduced 
to 37,5 % 
on 1 January 1991 the fixed amount shall be reduced 
to 25 % 
on 1 January 1992 the fixed amount shall be reduced 
to 12,5% 
on 1 January 1993 the fixed amount shall be reduced 
to0%. 
5. The Community may fix a special frontier 
price for wine of fresh grapes falling within heading 
No ex 22.05 of the Common Customs Tariff pre­
sented in containers of more than two litres if for 
the marketing year current at the entry into force 
of the Additional Protocol, it is established on the 
basis of information available at the end of this 
current marketing year that there is a fall in the 
level of exports of these wines to the Community 
compared to the previous marketing year. This lat­
ter marketing year shall serve as a reference year. 
For subsequent marketing years, the exports made 
shall be compared to the reference year. 
Such special frontier price shall be fixed each year 
before the marketing year and shall apply within 
the limit of an annual volume of 150 000 hectolitres. 
The situation shall be reviewed before 1 January 
1990.' 
Article 4 
1. For each marketing year during the period 
between the date of entry into force of this Protocol 
and 31 December 1990, within the limit of a quantity 
of 46 000 tonnes per marketing year, by derogation 
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from Article 16 (1) and (2) and Annex B of the Agree­
ment, a special levy shall be charged on imports of 
unprocessed olive oil falling within subheading 15.07 A 
I a) or b) of the Common Customs Tariff wholly 
obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from that 
country to the Community. This levy shall be equal 
to the difference between the threshold price fixed 
in accordance with Articles 4, 9 and 10 of Council 
Regulation No 136/66/EEC and the free-at-frontier 
price fixed in accordance with the procedure referred 
to in Article 38 of this Regulation. 
2. When determining the free-at-frontier price 
referred to in paragraph 1, the Community shall take 
into consideration: 
— the price guaranteed by the Tunisian Government 
to its producers, 
— the cost involved in transporting the olive oil cif to 
the Community frontier crossing point. 
Prices shall be adjusted to take account of any differ­
ences in quality by comparison with the designation or 
quality for which the threshold price was fixed. 
3. Before 30 June 1990 the Community and Tunisia 
will, taking the Community's policy in this sector into 
account, review the arrangements to be applied as from 
1 January 1991. 
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. 
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 
Tunisia. 
For the Council of the 2. The Cooperation Council shall determine as soon 
as possible the composition of this Committee and 
how it shall function, in accordance with Article 46 
paragraph 3 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 Tunisia shall as from 1995 exam­
ine the results of the cooperation between the Contract­
ing 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 Cooper­
ation Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Tunisia. 
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 
European Communities 
For the Republic of Tunisia 
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ANNEX 
CCT 
heading No 
01.01 
07.01 
07.03 
07.05 
08.02 Description 
Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies: 
A. Horses: 
II. For slaughter (a) 
III. Other 
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 vegatables, shelled or unshelled: 
I. Peas: 
ex a) from 1 September to 31 May: 
— from 1 October to 30 April 
II. Beans (of the species Phaseolus): 
ex a) from 1 October to 30 June: 
— from 1 November to 30 April 
G. Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar 
edible roots: 
ex II. Carrots and turnips: 
— from 1 January to 31 March 
ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic: 
— Onions, from 15 February to 15 May 
ex L. Artichokes: 
— from 1 October to 31 December 
M. Tomatoes: 
ex I. From 1 November to 14 May: 
— from 15 November to 30 April 
S. Sweet peppers 
Vegetables provisionnally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other 
preservative solutions, but not specially prepared for immediate consumption: 
B. Capers 
Dried leguminous vegatables, chelled, whether or not skinned or split: 
A. For sowing: 
ex I. Peas (including stick peas) and beans (of the species Phaseolus): 
— Peas 
ex III. Other: 
— Broad beans and horse beans 
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: 
ex A. Oranges 
— Fresh (2) 
ex B. Mandarines, including tangerines and satsumas; Clementines, wilkings or 
other similar citrus hybrids: 
— Fresh 
ex C. Lemons: 
— Fresh 
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CCT 
heading No 
08.08 
ex 08.09 
12.03 
16.04 
20.02 
20.06 Description 
Berries, fresh: 
A. Strawberries: 
ex II. From 1 August to 30 April: 
— From 1 November to 31 March 
Other fruit, fresh: 
— Melons, from 1 November to 31 May 
Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing: 
E. Other (b) 
Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar substitutes: 
E. Tunny 
Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid: 
A. Mushrooms 
— Cultivated mushrooms 
— Other 
ex C. Tomatoes: 
— Peeled tomatoes 
H. Other, including mixtures 
— Carrots and mixtures 
— Other 
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: 
ex 7. Peaches and apricots: 
— Apricots 
ex 9. Mixtures of fruit: 
— Fruit salad (•') 
b) 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(4) 
2. Of less than 4.5 kg: 
ex bb) Other fruits and mixtures of fruit: 
— Apricot halves, peach halves and nectarine halves 
(b) 
(') 
(2) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities of 
the Community. 
This concession is solely for seeds complying with the provisions of the Directives on the marketing of 
seeds and plants. 
Reference quantity of 2 600 tonnes. 
Within the limit of a Community tariff quota of 28 000 tonnes. 
In accordance with the conditions referred to in Article 19 of the Agreement. 
Within the limit of the tariff quota referred to in Article 21 of the Agreement. 
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Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties on Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 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 coming under 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 heading 
No 07.01 A II ex a) of the Common Customs Tariff 
(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 purpose would be to draw up 
indicative export timetables designed to prevent deliveries being concentrated around sensitive 
periods for the Community market.