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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)595 final
Brussels .25November 1975
RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL REGULATION
concluding anAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
he .State ofIsrael andconcerning theimportation into theComm
offruit salads originating inIsraeland the .State ofIsrael andconcerning theimportation into theCommunity (
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(75 )595 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 9°fProtocol No1annexed ,totheAgreement between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheState ofIsrael ,signed ,on11May1975 »makes
provision forareduction ofthecustoms duties onimports into theCommunity
ofcertain products ,including fruit salads ,originating inIsrael ,subject
totheconditions agreed upon "byexchange ofletters being respected .
Consequently ,theCommission recommends that theCouncil adopt thedraft
Regulation ontheannexed Exchange ofLetters ,which lays down theconditions
governing theimportation into theCommunity offruit salads originating in
Israel .
TheRegulation inquestion should enter into force on1January 1976 ,asthe
validity oftheRegulation concluding thepreceding Exchange ofLetters expires
on31December 1975 *

Recommendation
for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No
OP .
concluding theExchange ofLettersrelatingtoArticle 9°fProtocol Ho1tothe
Agreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community andtheStateofIsrael •
andconcerning theimportation intotheCommunity offruitsalads
- originating inIsrael–-
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ; 1
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community andtheStateofIsrael(l)
hasbeensignedon11May1975 »
WhereastheExchange ofLettersrelatingtoArticle 9Protocol No1tothe
Agreement betweentheEuropean Economic Community andtheStateofIsraeland
concerning theimportation intotheCommunity offruitsaladsoriginating in
Israelshouldbeconcluded ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
TheExchange ofLettersrelatingtoArticle 9ofProtocol No1totheAgreement
betweentheEuropean Economic Community andtheStateofIsraelandconcerning
theimportation intotheCommunity offruitsaladsoriginating inIsraelis
concluded onbehalfoftheCommunity .
ThetextoftheExchange ofLettersisannexedtothisRegulation .
a«•/•••
(1)O.J.NoL136of28.5.1975 ,P.3

Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncilshallbeauthorized todesignate theperson
empowered tosigntheExchange ofLettersreferred toinArticle 1,andto
investhimwiththenecessary powertocommittheCommunity .
Article 3
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1January 1976•
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMemberStates *
DoneatBrussels , PortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX
Letter No1
Sir ,
Inpursuance ofArticle 9 Protocol No1totheAgreement concluded "between
theEuropean Economic Community andtheState ofIsrael andfollowing the
clarifications exchanged concerning imports into theCommunity ofpreserved
fruit salads ofsubheading No20.06 BII(a)ex9or20.06 BII(b)ex9
oftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating inIsrael ,Ihave thehonour to
inform youthat Israel undertakes totake allnecessary measures inorder
that thequantities supplied totheCommunity from the 1stJunuary uptoand .
including 31December 1976 donotexceed .... tons .
Tothis endtheGovernment ofIsrael states that allexports totheCommunity
ofpreserved fruit salads originating inIsrael will beeffected exclusively
through exporters whose activity issupervised bytheIsraeli Ministry ofTrade
andIndustry .
Theguarantees relating toquantities will beachieved inaccordance with the
'procedures agreed between theIsraeli Ministry ofTrade andIndustry andthe
Directorate-General forAgriculture oftheCommission oftheEuropean Communities
Ishould begrateful ifyouwould kindly confirm theCommunitys *agreement with
theforegoing .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
(signed )Ambassador

Letter N°2
Your Excellency .
Ihave thehonour toackowledge receipt ofyour letter oftoday worded asfollows
"Inpursuance ofArticle 9°fProtocol Wo1totheAgreement concluded between
theEuropean Economic Community and theState ofIsrael andfollowing the
clarifications exchanged concerning imports into theCommunity ofpreserved
fruit salads ofsubheading No20.06 BII(a)ex9or20.06 BII(b)ex9
noftheCommon Customs Tariff ,originating inIsrael ,Ihave thehonour to
inform you that Israel undertakes totake allnecessary measures inorder
that thequantities supplied totheCommunity from the 1stJanuary upto
andincluding 31December 1976 donotexceed tons .
Tothis endtheGovernment ofIsrael states that allexports totheCommunity
ofpreserved fruit salads originating inIsrael will beeffected exclusively
through exporters whose activity issupervised bytheIsraeli Ministry of'
Trade and Industry .
Theguarantees relating toquantities will beachieved inaccordance with
theprocedures agreed between theIsraeli Ministry ofTrade andIndustry and
ItheDirectorate-General forAgriculture oftheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities .
Ishould begrateful ifyouwould kindly confirm theCommunitys 'agreement
with theforegoing ."
Iaminaposition toconfirm "theCommunitys' agreement with theforegoing .
Please accept ,your Excellency ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
(signed )Onthebehalf oftheCouncil
ofEuropean Communities

Anna*ioDbc........ •FINANCIAL STATEMENT
6thNovember 1975
1.LineofthaBbdgatconcerned:Chapter12(customsduties)
2.Titleoftheaction:UnC1^eeuon(^c)concerningtheconclusionoftheagreement ,byexchangeofletters,regardingarticle9°fprotocol
numoer1oftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthestate'''ofIsraelconcerning theimportation intotheCommunityoffruitsaladsoriginatingmIsrael &
3.Legalbasts:Article113-TreatyofRome
4.ObjectivesoftheactioniEstablish ,byanexchan~oofletters,thelimitation byIsraeloffruitsaladsexportstotheCommunitywithinthe
framework oftheapplication ofthetari£Preduction
I5.0Costoftheaction dupingthecaspaign Icurrentexercise()folloulngexerclseï J
IchargetotheECBudget 10.000UCI10.000 UC
I.chargetothenationaladalnistrations
chargetoothernationalsectors
5.1fctinatedcosts Tear Year
5.2Uethodofcalculation Upon"thebasisofstatistics available andforlimitation duringtheyear1975(200tons),thepriceoffruitsaladsbeingabout400UC/t,thelossto
theCommunity throughnon–application ofcustomsdutiescanbeestimated asfollows:
iverageCCT=21,5%■ )T-■+'+■ /Ratereduced )limitation*.loss(
bvRS*£a«à-i*1+.Vio 1•Ratereduced ]Limitation xloss(fulltariff-effective
by55%asinthe j• tariff)
IsraelAgreement srateapplied=9,6)«=200x47,6UC(86-38,4)'»9,520UC
~6TTPassiblefinancingbycreditswrittenIntotherelativechapterofthecurrentBidget^––■–
No
.6.2PossiblefinancingbytransfersbetieSirehj
Yes NointersofthajfrSntBudgotI
•6.3NecessityforasupplK^ntar^BLidget . Yes No
6.KCceeftstt be»rittenintofuturebudgeta
Co«ents:(l)Itis'aquestionofnonapplication ofcustomsduties