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COMMISSION OETHEEUE.0FEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(73)434 final
Brussels ,22March 1973
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION "TOTHE COUNCIL
ontheAgreement onTrade andTechnical Cooperation "between
theEuropean Economic Community andtheMember States ,of
theonepart ,andtheLebanese Republic -oftheother part
Recommendation
for e.
COUNCIL DECISICION
ontheconclusion oftheProtocol relating totheAgreement
onTrade andTechnical Cooperation "between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheMember States ,oftheonepart ,
andtheLebanese Republic ,oftheother part
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
CŒî(73 )434final

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Commu nication from theCommission totheCotmcil ontheAgreement on
Trade andTechnical Cooperation between theEuropean Economic Community
and theMember States ,ofthe onepart ,andthe Lebanese Republic ,of
-theother part
1.TheAgreement onTrade andTechnical Cooperation between theEuropean
Economic Community andtheLebanese Republic ,concluded on21May19^5 »
entered into force on1July 1968 .After theexpiry date of30June 1971t
itwasprolonged fortwosuccessive one-year periods byCouncil Decisions
of12July 1971 and 13July 1972 . .
2.Under theprovisions ofArticle 4(2)oftheActconcerning theConditions
ofAccession andtheAdjustments totheTreaties ,thenewMember States
undertake toaccede ,.under theconditions laid down inthis Act ,toagree­
ments orconventions concluded bytheoriginal Member States andanyofthe
Communities ,acting jointly .
However ,theActconcerning theConditions ofAccession does hotlay'down
anyparticular conditions applying totheAgreement with Lebanon .The
original Contracting Parties andthenewMember States should therefore
conclude anadditional instrument providing for theaccession ofthese
States tothe ;Agreement . . , ,
Astheprovisions ofArticle 4apply from 1January 1973 ,this obligation
would nodoubt becomplied with ifthese States accede totheAgreement
within areasonable' period oftime after that date .

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Astothesubstance oftheAgreement ,itshould benoted that asregards the
section oftheAgreement ontechnical cooperation ,which provides that
Member States should coordinate themeasures which they take orenvisage
with Lebanon ,theaccession ofnewMember States does notentail any
particular consequence forthem apart from that mentioned herein .
3.TheCommission accordingly submits totheCouncil :
-adraft Protocol ontheaccession ofthenewMember States totheAgreement
onTrade andTechnical Cooperation between theEuropean Economic Community ,
oftheonepart ,andtheLebanese Republic ,oftheother part (Annex I);
-arecommendation for aCouncil Decision onthe conclusion ofthat Protocol
(Annex II).
Since theaccession ofthenewMember States tothis Agreement isprescribed
byArticle 4oftheActonAccession ,theCommission considers that signature
andsubsequent conclusion oftheProtocol cantake place without negotiations
being first entered into forthat purpose .
TheMember States and theCouncil should therefore designate thepersons
empowered tosign theProtocol .
4.Finally ,theLebanese request of15December 1972 that thetwoAgreements
beconcurrent ,andconsequently that theprovisions ofArticle XIIofthe
1965 Agreement beadjusted inaccordance with theconclusions ofthe
Permanent Representatives Committee of1February 1973 ,canbedealt with
bymeans ofadeclaration bytheCommunity atthetime when asupplementary
protocol totheAgreement signed on18December 1972 isnegotiated .

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ANNEX I
(Draft)
Protocol relating totheAgreement onTrade andTechnical Cooperation
"between theEuropean Economic Community and theMember States ,,ofthe
onepart ,and theLebanese Republic ,oftheother part
TheGovernment oftheKingdom ofBelgium ,
theGovernment oftheKingdom of .Denmark ,
theGovernment oftheFederal Republic ofGermany ,
theGovernment oftheFrench Republic ,-
theGovernment ofIreland ,
theGovernment oftheItalian Republic ,
theGovernment oftheGrand Duchy ofLuxembourg ,
theGovernment oftheKingdom oftheNetherlands ,
theGovernment oftheUnited ICingdom ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland ,
andtheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities ,.
oftheonepart ,and
theGovernment oftheLebanese Republic ,
oftheother part ,
Considering .,that theKingdom ofDenmark,' Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom of
Great Britain andNorthern Ireland ,should ,byreason oftheir accession to
theEuropean Economic Community ,become Contracting Parties totheAgreement
onTrade andTechnical Cooperation between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheMember States ,oftheonepart ,andtheLebanese Republic ,ofthe
other part ,signed on21May19^5 andlast prolonged on13July 1972 ;
HAVE AGREED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
TheKingdom ofDenmark ,Ireland ,theUnited Kingdom ofGreat Britain and
Northern Ireland hereby become Contracting Parties totheAgreement onTrade
andTechnical Cooperation between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Member States ,oftheonepart ,andtheLebanese Republic ,oftheother part ,
signed on21May1965 .hereinafter called theAgreement .

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Article 2
Thetexts oftheAgreement ,andtheProtocols and .Declarations annexed
thereto ,drawn upintheEnglish andDanish languages andannexed tothis
Protocol ,shall "beauthentic inthesame wayastheoriginal texts .
Article 3
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities shall notify theGovernment ofthe
Lebanese Republic ofthecompletion oftheinternal procedures required in
theCommunity andintheMember States forentry into force ofthis Protocol .
TheGovernment oftheLebanese Republic shall notify theCouncil ofthe
European Communities ofthecompletion oftheprocedures required inthe
Lebanese Republic forentry into force ofthis Protocol .
This Protocol shall enter into force onthefirst day ofthemonth
following the last ofthese notifications .
Article 4
This Protocol isdrawn upintwocopies intheDanish ,Dutch ,English ,
French ,German ,Italian andArabic languages ,these texts being equally
authentic .

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AKREX II
Recommendati on
for a
COUNCIL DECISION
ontheconclusion oftheProtocol relating totheAgreement onTrade and
Technical Cooperation "between theEuropean Economic Community andtheMember
States ,oftheonepart ,andtheLebanese Repubic ,oftheother part ,
THECOUNCIL OPTIEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article 113thereof ;
Having regard totherecommendation oftheCommission ;
Whereas theEuropean Economic Community andtheMember States ,oftheone
part ,andtheLebanese Republic ,oftheother part ,have concluded an
Agreement onTrade andTechnical Cooperation ,signed atBrussels on
21May 19<->5 ;
Whereas under theterms ofArticle 4(2)oftheActconcerning theConditions
ofAccession andtheAdjustments totheTreaties thenewMember States
undertook toaccede toagreements orconventions concluded bytheoriginal
Member States andanyoftheCommunities ,acting jointly ;
Whereas ,consequently ,aProtocol ontheaccession ofnewMember States to
thesaid Agreement should beconcluded ;
DECIDES ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
TheProtocol andthedeclaration annexed thereto relating totheAgreement
onTrade andTechnical Cooperation between theEuropean Economic Community
andtheMember States ,oftheonepart ,andtheLebanese Republic ,ofthe
other part ,signed atBrussels on21May19^5j shall beconcluded ,on
behalf oftheEuropean Economic Community .Thetext oftheProtocol 1is
annexed tothis Decision .

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Article 2
ThePresident ofthe .Council ishereby authorized todesignate thepersons
empowered tosign theAgreement andtoconfer onthem thepowers required
inorder to "bind theCommunity .

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Joint Declaration bytheContracting Parties
TheGovernments oftheMember States andtheCouncil oftheEuropean
Communities ,oftheonepart ,and .theGovernment oftheLebanese Republic ,
oftheother part ,declare thr.t they areprepared toimplement this
Protocol provisionally ,each foritspart andinaccordance with its
provisions ,with effect from thedate ofsignature .