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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(75)483 final .
Brussels ,1October 1975 »
Proposal foraRegulation (ESC )oftheCouncil
concluding the Agreement intheform ofanexchange ofletters
relating toArticle 3ofProtocol No8totheAgreement "between
theEuropean Economic Community andthePortuguese Republic
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM (75)i+8;5 final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article3ofProtocolNo8totheAgreementbetweentheCommunityandPortugal
providesthatpendingtheestablishment ofcommonrulesfortheimportationof
preservedtomatoes,thedutiesonimportsintotheEECoftheseproducts
originatinginPortugalshallbereducedby}&/<>providedthatPortugalobserves
theconditionsagreeduponintheexchangeofletters–namelyobservanceofa
minimumpriceforimportsintotheCommunityandanundertakingtoexercise
voluntaryrestraint.Moreover,Article3providesthatupontheestablishment
ofcommonimportationrules,theCommunityshallgrantPortugaladvantages
comparabletothoseresultingfromthetransitional arrangements .
TheCommonimportationrulesforpreservedtomatoesfixingaminimumprice
inrespectofthirdcountriesenteredintoforceon1September1975*
ordertoguaranteecomparableadvantagestoPortugal,theCommunityhasalready
adoptedaRegulation(No2148/75of14/8/1975)whichlaysdownthatthe30/6
tariffreductionshallbemaintainedinrespectofPortugalsubjecttothe
continuedobservancebythatcountryofthevoluntaryrestraintarrangements .
ThepurposeoftheexchangeoflettersannexedtothedraftRegulationisto
informthePortugueseauthoritiesthatthetariffreductionisbeingmaintained
andtoconfirm,fortherestofthecurrentyear,thevoluntaryrestraint
volumeagreedwithPortugal "byexchangeofletter'son19February1975*

REGULATION(EEC)No/75OFTHECOUNCIL
OP
concluding "theAgreementintheformofanexchangeofletters
relatingtoArticle3ofProtocolNo8totheAgreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortugueseRepublic
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission ;
WhereastheAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersrelatingto
Artiole3(2)ofProtocolNo8totheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomio
CommunityandthePortugueseRepublicsignedinBrusselson22July1972
shouldbeconcluded,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :

Article 1
TheAgreement intheform ofanexchange ofletters relating toArticle 3
ofProtocol No8totheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Community
andthePortuguese Republic isconcluded on "behalf oftheCommunity .
Thetext oftheletters isannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil ishereby authorized todesignate theperson
empowered tosign theAgreement intheform ofanexchange ofletters referred
toinArticle 1,andtoconfer onhimthepowers herequires toenter into
anundertaking onbehalf oftheCommunity .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation isbinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
Done at For the Council
The President

AGREEMENT
INTHEFORMOFANEXCHANGE OFLETTERS
RELATINGTOARTICLE3OFPROTOCOLNO8
TOTHEAGREEMENT BETWEEN "
THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
ANDTHEPORTUGUESE REPUBLIC

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LETTERNo1
Brussels.
I
IhavethehonourtorefertotheprovisionsofArticle3ofProtocolNo8
totheAgreement "betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthePortuguese
Republicsignedon22July1972.
Article3ofProtocolNo8laysdownthatpendingtheestablishment ofcommon
rulesfortheimportation oftomatoesthathavebeenpreparedorpreserved
otherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidofsubheading No20.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,thedutiesonimportsintotheCommunityofthese
productsoriginatinginPortugalshallbereducedty30$inaccordancewith
theconditionslaiddowninArticle6ofthatProtocol,providedthatthe
conditionsagreeduponintheexchangeoflettersareobserved.Uponthe
establishment ofcommonimportationrules,theCommunityshallgrantPortugal
advantagescomparabletothoseresultingfromthesetransitional arrangements .
Thetradearrangements withthirdcountriesprovidingfortheestablishment
ofcommonrulesforimportsofprocessedproductswithafruitorvegetable
baseenteredintoforceon1September1975*Thisbeingso,andinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle3(2)ofProtocolNo8,theCommunityhas
adoptedmeasuresgrantingPortugaladvantagescomparabletothosepreviously
granted.

IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheCommunityreduces "by30$the
dutiesonimportsintotheCommunityoftomatoespreparedorpreserved
otherwisethantyvinegaroraceticacidofsubheading No20.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,providedthatPortugalundertaketoadoptall
necessarymeasuresinorderthatthequantitiesoftomatoconcentrates
ofsubheading No20.02exCoftheCommonCustomsTariffsuppliedtothe
Communitydonotexceedavolumeto"bedeterminedannually.
Inaccordancewiththeexchangeoflettersof19February1975"thePortuguese
Governmentundertakestoadoptallnecessarymeasuresinorderthatthe
quantitiesoftomatoconcentrates ofsubheading No20.02exCsuppliedto
theCommunityin1975<1°no"texceed90000tonnes,comprising28000tonnes
fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted andatotalof62000tonnesfor
Denmark,IrolandandtheUnitedKingdom.
Moreover,theguaranteeswithregardtoquantitiesandthetechnical
arrangements agreedbetweenthe"JuntaNacionaldasPrutas"(NationalFruit
Office)andtheDirectorate-General forAgricultureoftheCommissionofthe
EuropeanCommunities remainvalid.
*
Ishouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementofyour
Governmentwiththeprecedingtwoparagraphs.
Pleaseaccept, ,theassuranceofnyhighestconsideration .
OnbehalfoftheCounoil
oftheEuropeanCommunities

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IhavethehonourtoinformyouthattheCommunityreduoes by305bthe
dutiesonimportsintotheCommunityoftomatoespreparedorpreserved
otherwisethanbyvinegaroraceticacidofsubheading No20.02Cofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,providedthatPortugalundertaketoadoptall
necessarymeasuresinorderthatthequantitiesoftomatoconcentrates
ofsubheading No20.02exCoftheCommonCustomsTariffsuppliedtothe
Communitydonotexceedavolumeto"bedeterminedannually.
Inaccordancewiththeexchangeoflettersof19February1975th®Portuguese
Governmentindertakestoadoptallnecessarymeasuresinorderthatthe
quantitiesoftomatoconcentrates ofsubheading No20.02exCsuppliedto
theCommunityin1975donotexceed90000tonnes,comprising28000tonnes
fortheCommunityasoriginallyconstituted andatotalof62000tonnesfor
Denmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom.
Xorcover,theguaranteeswithregardtoquantitiesandthetechnical
arrangements agreedbetweenthe"JuntaNacionaldasPrutasw(NationalFruit
Office)andtheDirectorate-General forAgricultureoftheCommissionofthe
EuropeanCommunities remainvalid.
Ishouldbegratefulifyouwouldkindlyconfirmtheagreementofyour
Governmentwiththeprecedingtwoparagraphs."
IhavethehonourtoindicatetheagreementofmyGovernmentwiththecontent
oftheforegoing.
Pleaseaccept.,theassuranceofnyhighestconsideration *
OnbehalfoftheGovernment
ofthePortugueseRepublio