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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
CONTAINING ADRAFTRECOMMENDATION OFTHEEEC-ISRAEL JOINTCOMMITTEE
CONCERNING COOPERATION INAGRICULTURE ANDFISHERIES
Inaccordance withthedesireexpressed bytheIsraelidelegation on
severaloccasions andinparticular atthemeetingoftheWorkingParty
onCooperation on28July1977andatthesecondmeetingoftheJoint
Committee on7December1977,theCommunity hasagreedthatproposals
concerning cooperation inagriculture andfisheriesshouldbetransmitted
totheIsraelidelegation assoonaspossible.
Asaresultofthecontactswhichit'hashadwiththeIsraelirepresentati
ves,theCommission proposesthattheCouncilapprovethecontentofthe
attacheddraftrecommendation sothatitmaybepresentedtothe
institutions oftheEEC-Israel Agreement.
Thisdraftrecommendation selectsfrompossibilities explored/
theareaswinch
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aretobegivenpriorityandthewaysandmeansofproducingconcrete
achievements withinashorttime.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED :
-Annex_I :Draftrecommendation fromtheEEC-IsraelJointCommittee
•concerningcooperation inagriculture andfisheries.
"6DDS2-II :Mem0onthetechnicalcontactsbetweentheIsraeliauthori
tiesandtheCommissiondepartments .

ANNEXI
Draftrecommendation oftheEEC-IsraelJointCommittee
concerningcooperationinagricultureandfisheries
TheJointCommittee,
HavingregardtoArticle18oftheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheStateofIsrael,signedinBrusselson11May1975,
WhereascooperationshouldbeestablishedbetweentheCommunityandIsrael
inagriculture andfisheries;
«
WhereasitisthetaskoftheJointCommitteetoseekthewaysandmeans
ofpromotingsuchcooperation andtomaketheappropriaterecommendations ,
HEREBYRECOMMENDS :
1.That,inaninitialstage,thefollowingbetakenintoaccountwitha
viewtoimplementing cooperation betweentheCommunityandIsraelin
agriculture andfisheriesforthemutualbenefitofbothparties:
a)inordertodevelopproduction byimprovingcapacities andtechniques
-stock-farming methodsandtechniquessuitedtothevariousclimates
andinparticulartheuseoflow-potential aridorsemi-aridpastu­
re'land;
-methodsofrecyclingagricultural waste,inparticularinto
feedingstuffsforanimals,includingfish;
-harnessingofwaterresourcesandmodernirrigationmethods;

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-techniquesfortheplantingandcultivationoffoddercrops;
-reafforestation methodsandtechniques;
b)forthepurposeofruraldevelopmentandinordertoimproveagricul­
turalstructuresandthemethodsofmarketingandsellingtheproduce
ofthesectorsinquestion :
~methodsoforganizingextensionservicesinconjunctionwiththe
agricultural researchandtrainingdepartments;
-methodsofintegratingagricultural developmentintoregional
development ;
-methodsofstandardization ;<
-producers'organizational techniques.
2.Thatthewaysandmeansindicatedbelowbeconsideredasappropriatefor
promotingsuchcooperation :
-theencouragement ofappropriate exchangesofinformation inareas
recognizedasbeingofmutualinterestandmeasurestopromotethe
dissemination ofthisinformation,inparticularthroughexchangesof
expertsandfact-finding missions;
-theencouragement oftheorganization ofround-table conferences,
symposia,one-dayseminars,etc.,onsubjectsrelatingtotheareas
ofmutualinterest;
-theencouragement ofcontactsbetweenusersoftechniques whichareof
priority;
-attheadministrative cooperationlevel,measurestostepupexchanges
ofinformation betweenexpertsintheareasofmutualinterestreferred
toabove.
3.ThattheJointCommitteebekeptregularlyinformedastotheimplementa-
Τ*tionofthisrecommendation .

ΑΝΝΕΧII
COOPERATION BETWEENTHECOMMUNITY ANDISRAELINAGRICULTURE AND
FISHERIES
Noteonvisitofatechnicaldelegation fromISRAEL
April14th1978
AninformalmeetingtookplaceonApril14thbetweenatechnicalteam
fromtheIsraelMinistryofAgriculture andrepresentative ofthe
Directorates GeneralforAgriculture ,,Development andInternalMarket
andIndustrialAffairsconcerningpossiblepriorityareasforcooperation
betweentheCommunityandIsraelinagriculture andfisheries.
Thediscussion wasbasedontheCommission'sworkingpaperonguide-lines
forcooperation of8.11.1977<distributedthe11.11.1977),whichwas
considered bybothsidesasaworkinghypothesisor"umbrella",butdid
notinanywayconstitute acommitment byeitherdelegationtothespeci­
ficareasofactioncontainedinit.
1.TheIsraelirepresentatives pinpointed areasofcooperation whichhe
considered wouldbeofinterest,fromIsrael'spointofview,forboth
partiesandforwhichthebasesofcooperation alreadyexist.These
are:
-recyclingofagricultural waste(whichhascloselinkswithanimal
feedingtechniques andanimalhusbandry),
-pesticideandpesticides residueresearch,
-techniquesofre-afforestation .
TheIsraelidelegationalsooutlinedareasofexperienceinIsrael
which,basedontheirknowledge tofagricultural problemswithinthe
Community,mightbeofinteresttotheCommunity :
-aquaculture (fishfarming,inparticularusingre-cycledagricultural
waste),
-vegetableoilproduction-improvementofproductiontechniquesparti
cularlyintheoliveoilsector(newharvestingtechniques byphysio­
logicalmethodsforolivessuitableforprocessing), ./.

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~irrigationmanagementandmodernirrigationmethodsingeneral,
butalsoappliedtospecificcrops.
TheIsraelirepresentative alsoindicatedthatproblemsofrangemana
gementor,aridandsemi-aridpastureswouldbeasuitableareaofcoo­
perationwiththeCommunity,theresultsofwhichcouldalsobeof
benefittothirdcountries,especiallyinviewofexistingactivities
inthisfield.
TheCommissionrepresentative indicatedthat,asidefromtheinterest
presentedbyirrigation,management,re-afforestation andrecycling
ofagriculturalwaste,improvementofanimalstrainsandimprovedmethods
*relatingtohighproteinandfoddercropswouldalsobeofinterest.
TheIsraelirepresentative pointedout,however,thatIsrael'sexperience
withhighproteincropswaslikelytobeoflimitedvaluetotheCommunity.
Itwas,however,notedthatwhiletheabovetopicswere,primafacie,
thoselikelytobeofpriorityinteresttobothsides,allthetropics
intheabovementioneddocumentshouldberetainedforconsideration .
2.Similarly,alltheareasofactionrelatingtoruraldevelopment and
improvementofagriculturalstructuresandmarketingshouldberetained
forfurtherconsideration,butbothsidesconsideredthatthefollowing
mightbetakenaspossibleareasofpriority:
-organization ofextensionserviceslinkedwithresearchservicesand
agriculture education,
-integrationofagricultural developmentinregionaldevelopment,
-marketingstandards,
-organization ofproducergroups.
3.Onthequestionofmethodsofimplementation ,itwasrecognized onboth
sidesthatmuchwasalreadybeingundertakenintheareasoutlined.
Withregardtoimproveddissemination ofinformation,itwasnotedthat
theprioritiestoberetainedwoulddependlargelyontherequirements
ofthedifferentfieldsofaction.

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Withregardtoimprovedadministrative cooperation,theIsraelirepre­
sentativesuggestedthatthismightbeachievedthroughtheestablish­
mentofspecializedteams.However,theCommission'srepresentative
indicatedthatthisislikelytopresentpracticalandinstitutional
difficultiesfortheCommunity.Bothsidesacknowledgedtheneedto
considerfurtherhowadministrative cooperationcouldbestbeenhanced,
inordertoachieveabettermutualunderstanding .
TheIsraelirepresentative indicatedthataSteeringCommittee,orat
leastliaisonofficersoneachside,shouldbenamedtoactasa
coordination linkonquestionsofagricultural cooperation .
TheCommissionrepresentative saidthatthisideawouldbeconsidered
byherauthoritiesbutthatshefeltthattheJointCommittee(Commission
Mixte)isandshouldremainthelinkbetweenthetwosidesbackedby
therelevantdepartments concerned..
A.Withregardtothefundsavailableforimplementingagricultural
cooperation,theCommissionrepresentative insistedthatcostswould
becoveredbythosebenefitingdirectlyfromanyschemeimplemented .
TheIsraelirepresentative indicatedthatshesawnoreasonwhyfunds
shouldnotbeallocatedfromexistingresourcestomeettheneedsof
projectsresultingfromfuturecooperation .
5.TheCommissionrepresentative saidthattheCommission'sserviceswould
considerhowbesttopresentthepossibleprioritiesoutlinedatthis
meetingthetheCouncil.-Sheoutlinedtheproceduretobefollowedby
theCommunity.AreporttotheCouncil(Mediterranean Group)onthe
outcomeofthismeetingandaformalCommissionproposalwouldbemade
regardingthedraftrecommendation .Followingfurtherdiscussionin
theCouncil,aworkinggroupwouldbesetupundertheauthorityof
theJointCommittee (Commission Mixte)onthetexttobesubmitted
tothisCommittee.

ATTENDANCE LIST
-Meetingof14January1978
NAME PostandDepartment
ISRAEL
Mrs.Yahalomah SHEHORY DeputyDirectorGeneral,Ministryof
Agriculture ,Israel
Mr.YoashVAADIA ChiefScientist,MinistryofAgricul­
ture,Israel
Mr.AbyKENETT ActingChargéd'Affaires,Israeli
Mission
Mr.Benjamen SAFRAN CounsellorforAgricultural Affairs,
IsraeliMission
EECCOMMISSION
Mrs..FrançoiseGAUDENZI D.G.VI/A/2
Mr.JohnJ.SCULLY D.G.VI/E/3
Mr.AnthonyKINCH D.G.III/A/3
Mr.Jean-Paul BOURJAC D.G.VI/H/2
Mr.JeanTHIBEAUX D.G.VI/H/3
Mr.OlafDIETTRICH D.G.VIII/1
Mr.RichardLEWIS D.G.VI/A/2