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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
onthenegotiations betweentheMemberStatesoftheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunityand"theLebaneseRepublicforthecon­
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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
onthenegotiations betweentheMemberStatesof
theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity andthe
LebaneseRepublicfortheconclusionofanAgreement
aspartoftheoverallMediterranean policy
1.Thenegotiations betweentheMemberStatesoftheEuropeanCoalandSteel
CommunityandtheLebaneseRepublicfortheconclusionofanAgreementaspart
oftheoverallMediterranean policywereconcludedinBrussels,on16February77*
Thetextofthedraftagreementwasinitialled bytheHeadsofthetwo
Delegations,whoindicatedtheiragreementtothecontents.Tliistext
representstheresultsofthenegotiations conductedonthebasisofthe
directivesoftheMemberStatesmeetingintheCouncilon16January1976#
2.TheCommissionconsidersthatithasfulfilleditsnegotiating mandate.It
thereforerecommendsthattheMemberStatesapprovetheresultsofthese
negotiations andsetinmotiontheprocedureforthesignatureand
conclusionoftheAgreementwithLebanon,thetextwhereofappearshereafter.

AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES OF
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY
AND
THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC _ >

THE KINGDOM OPBELGIUM .
THE KINGDOM OFDENMARK ,
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OFGERMANY ,
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ,
IRELAND ,
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC ,
THE GRAND DUCHY OFLUXEMBOURG ,
THE KINGDOM OFTHE NETHERLANDS and
THE UNITED KINGDOM OFGREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ,
being Member States oftheEuropean Coal and Steel Community
(hereinafter called "theMember States "),oftheone part ,and
THE .LEBANESE REPUBLIC ...> .oftheother part ,
WHEREAS theEuropean Economic Community and the Lebanese
Republic .are concluding aCo-operation Agreement concerning the
sectors covered bythat Community ,
PURSUING the same objectives and desiring tofind like
solutions for the sector covered bythe European Coal and
Steel Community ,
HAVE DECIDED ,inpursuit ofthese objectives and considering
that noprovision ofthis Agreement may beinterpreted as
exempting theContracting Parties from theobligations which
areincumbent upon them under other international agreements ,
TOCONCLUDE THIS AGREEMENT :

ARTICLE 1
This Agreement shall apply totheproducts covered by
theEuropean Coal andSteel Community which arespecified in
the Annex .
TITLE I
TRADE CO-OPERATION
ARTICLE 2
The object oftheAgreement istopromote trade between
theContracting Parties ,taking account oftheir respective
levels ofdevelopment andoftheneed toensure abetter
balance intheir trade ,with aview toincreasing therate
ofgrowth ofjtheLebanon trade andimproving theconditions of
access for itsproducts totheCommunity market .
ARTICLE3
Customs duties andcharges having equivalent effect on
imports intotheCommunity ofproducts originating intheLebanon
covered bytheEuropean CoalandSteel Community shall beabolished onthe
date cftheentry into forte oftheAgreement .

ARTICLE 4
1. Theproducts originating intheLebanon referred tointhis
Protocol maynot enjoy more favourable treatment when
imported into theCommunity than that applied bytheMember
States between tehmselves .
2. Fortheapplication ofthepreceding paragraph ,
account shall not betaken ofthe customs duties and charges
having equivalent effect resulting from theapplication of
Articles 32and36oftheActconcerning theConditions of
Accession and theAdjustments tothe Treaties#
ABTICLE 5
Quantitative restrictions onimports andmeasures havino-an
equivalent effect toquantitative restrictions onimports shall be^
_abolished onthedate ofthe .entrx -into force of-theAnreement .

ARTICLE 6
Articles 21to34oftheCo-operation Agreement signed
this day shall apply mutatis mutandis tothis Agreement .
ARTICLE 7
1. Iftheoffers made byLebanese ,,undertakings arelikely
tobedetrimental tothe functioning oftheCommon Markst
and ifany such detriment isattributable toadifference
intheconditions ofcompetition asregards prisma ,Jlember
States may take appropriate measures under theconditions
and inaccordance with the procedures laid down in
paragraph 2.
2. The Contracting Parties shall provide theJoint
Committee with all relevant information and shall give it
the assistance itrequires inorder toexamine the case
and ,where necessary ,toconsider appropriate measures .
IfLebanon fails toput e^d tothepractice
objected towithin theperiod fixed bytheJoint Cnrrr.ltte® ,,
crintheabsence ofagreement intheJoint Committee
within one month cfthe date onwhish the matter is
referred toit,theMember States may adopt the safeguard
measures th^y consider necessary to orput anend
to,anydetrirent'to the functioning cfthe Conrv»~ Market j
inparticular they maywithdraw tariff concessions .

ARTICLE â
TheAgreement shall not jnodify theprovisions ofthe
Treaty establishing theEuropeap Coal andSteel Community
orthepowers andjurisdiction deriving therefrom .
TITLE II
GENERAL ANDFINftL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 9
1. AJoint Committee ishereby established ,which
shall beresponsible for theadministration ofthe
Agreement and shall ensure itsproper implementation .
For this purpose ,itshall make recommendations and take
decisions inthecases provided forintheAgreement .
Thedecisions taken shall bebinding onthe
Contracting Parties which ,inaccordance with their
ownrules ,shall take such measures asarerequired to
implement them .
2. For thepurpose oftheproper implementation ofthe
Agreement ,the Contracting Parties shall exchange
information and ,attherequest ofeither Party ,shall hold
consultations within the Joint Committee .
3. TheJoint Committee shall adopt itsrul$8 of
procedure .

ARTICLE .10
1. TheJoint Committee shall t>ecomposed ofrepresent­
atives ofthe Community onthe one hand and of
representatives ofthe_RepubLic ofLebanon ontheother .
2. TheJoint Committee shall act bymutual agreement
between theCommunity and the Lebanon .,
ARTICLE 11
1. The office ofChairman oftheJoint Committee shall
beheld alternately byeach oftheContracting Parties ,
inaccordance with detailed rifles tobelaid down }nits
rules ofprocedure .
2. The Chairman shall convene meetings oftheJoint
Committee atleast once ayear inorder toreview the
general functioning oftheAgreement .
TheJoint Committee shall ,inaddition ,meet whenever
necessary ,atthe request ofeither Contracting
Party ,inaccordance with theconditions tobelaid down
inits rules ofprocedure .
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3. TheJoint Committee may decide tosetupanyworking
party that canassist itincarrying out itsduties .
ARTICLE 1?
Articles 40to46oftheCo-operation Agreement shall
apply mutatis mutandis tothis Agreement .

ARTICLE 13
This Agreement shall apply ,onthe onehand ,tothe
territories towhich theTreaty establishing theEuropean
Coal and Steel Community applies under theconditions laid
down inthat Treaty and ,ontheother ,totheterritory of
the Republic ofLebanon .
ARTICLE 14/
This Agreement isdrawn upinduplicate intheDanish ,
Dutch ,English ,French ,German ,Italian andArabic languages ,
each ofthese texts being equally authentic .
ARTICLE .15-'
This Agreement shall besubject toratification ,
acceptance orapproval bythe Contracting Parties in
accordance with their ownprocedures .They shall notify
each other when theprocedures necessary tothis end hav?
been completed .
This Agreement shall enter into force onthe first
day ofthe second month following the date onwhich the
notifications provided for ir>thefirst paragraph have been
carried out .

ANNEX

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Brussale
Nomenclature
headingRoDescription
26.01 Metalliooresandooneentrates androastedironpyritMi
A.Ironoraaandoonoentratea androastedironyyrltsst
II.Other
B.Manganeseoresandoonoentratee ,inoludlngmanganlferoue ironores
andoonoentratea withaoanganeaeoontentof20i>ormorebyweight
26.02 Slag,dross,soalingsandeimilarwaatefromthenanufaotureofiron
orateeli
A.Blaat-furnaoe dust
27.01 O0&I2briquettes,ovoidsandsimilarsolidfuelsmanufactured from
ooal
27*02 Lignite,whetherornotagglomerated
27.04 Colceandaemi-aolceofooal,ofligniteorofpeati
A.Ofcoalt
H.Other
B.Oflignite
73.01 Pigiron,coatirona&dspiegeleisen ,inpigs9biooks,lumpssadøimilarforms
73.02 Perro-alloys t
A«Ferro-manganese :
X*Containingmorethan2>byifeightofcarbon(highcarbonferro­
manganese/
73.03IWasteandscrapmetalofironorsteel
73.05 Ironorstoolpovrdersfspongeironorsteels
B.Spongeironorsteel
73.06 Puddledbarsandpilings;ingots,blocks,lumpsandsimilarforms,ofironorsteel
73.07 Blooms,billets,slabsand-sheetbars(inoludingtinplatebars),ofIronorateel;piecesroughlyshapedbyforging,ofironorsteelt
A.'BloomsandbilletsI
I.Rolled
B.Slabsandsheetbars(inoludingtinplatebare)I
I.Boiled

Brussels
Nomenclature
heading Ho
73.08
73.09
73.10
73.11
73.12
73.13Description
Iron orstael coils forre-rolling
Universal plates ofiron orsteel
Bars androds (inoluding wire rod),ofiron oreteel ,hot-rolled ,forged ,extruded ,cold-formed oroold-finished (including preoie ton-made );hollow mining drill eteel I
A.Notfurther worked than hot-rolled orertruded
D.clad orsurface-worked (forexample ,polished ,coated )i
I.Rot further worked than clad :
a)Hot-rolled orextruded
Angles ,shapes andSections ,ofiron orsteel ,hot-rolled ,forged ,extruded ,oold-formed orcold-finished ;sheet piling ofiron orsteel ,
whether ornot drilled ,punched ormade from assembled elements !
A.Angles ,shapes andseotionst
I.Rot further worked than hot-rolled orextruded
IV.Clad orsurface-worked (forexample ,polished ,ooated ):
a)Rotfurther worked than clad :
1.Hot-rolled orextruded
B.Sheet piling
Roop andstrip ,ofiron otsteel ,hot-rolled oroold-rolledi
A.Rot further worked than hot-rolled
B.Notfurther worked than cold-rolled :
I.Incoils forthemanufacture oftinplate (a)
C.Clai ,coated orotherwise surface-treated :
III .Tinned :
fe)Tinplate
V.Other (forexample ,coppers-plated ,artificially oxidised ,
lacquered ,nickel-plated ,varnished ,clad ,parkerised ,printed ):
a)Hotfurther worked than clad :
1.Hot-rolled
Sheets andplates ,ofiron orBteel ,hot-rolled oroold-rolledi
A*"Blectrical "fcheets and plates
B*Other sheets andplates :
!•Not further worked than hot-rolled
(a)Entry under this subheading issubject toconditions tobedetermined
bythecompetent authorities *

Brussels
Nomenclature
headingNoDescription
73.13,(cont'd)21.Rotfurtherworkaath«ncold-rolled ,ofathletoaf.saof:
b)Morethan1oretoutleanthan3™
c)1mmorless
III.Hotfurtherworkedthanburnished,polishedorglased
I*.Clad,coatedorotherwisesurface-treated :
b)Tinned:
1.Tinplate
2.Other
c)Zinc-coatedorl«ad~coated
a)Other(forexample,copper-plated,artificiallyortdised,lacquered,nickel-plated,varnished,clad,parkerloed,printed
V.Otherwiseshapedorworked:
a)Cutintoshapesotherthanrectangularshapes,butnotfurtherworked:
2.Otherprinted)
73.15 AlloysteelandhighcarbonsteelintheformsmentionedInheadings
Nos73.06to73.14:
A.HighcarbonHteel:
!•Ingots.biooms.billets,elabeondøheetbors:
b)Other
III.CoiXsforre-rolling
IV«Universalplatos
V.Barsandrods(includingwirerod)andhollowminingdrillsteel;
angles,shapesandsections:
b)Hotfurtherworkedthanhot-rolledorextruded
d)Cladorsurfa&t-worked (forexample,polished,coated):
1.Hotfurtherworkedthanclad!
aa)Hot-rolledorextruded
VI.Hoopandstrip:
a)Rotfurtherworkedthnahot-rolled
c)Clad,coatedorotherwisesurface-treated :
1.Notfurtherworkedthanclad:
aa)Hot-rolled

Brusaala
Romenolature
heading ltoDescription
73.15 4
(oont'd )VII»Shaata andplates »
a)Rotfurther worked than hot-rolled
b)Hotfurther r-orked than cold-rolled ,ofathickness of:
2.Less than 3na
e)Polished ,clad ,coated orotherwise aurface-treated
d)Otherwise ahaped orworked *
1*Cutinto shapes other than rectangular shapes ,butnotfurther worked
B«Àlloy steel s
X.Ingots ,blooms ,billeta,slab*andsheet barsi
b)Other
XII»Colis forre-rolllng
IV•Universal platee
V.Bare androds (inoluding wire rod)andhollow »ini«gdrill atc.l :angles ,shapee andaeotionsi
b)Rotfurther worked than hot-rolled orextruded
d)Clad orsurface-worked (forexample ,polished ,coated ):
1*Notfurther worked than hot-rolled
2*Sotfurther worked than cold–rolled ,ofathickness of!
bb)Leas than 3um
3.Polished ,clad ,coated orotherwise surface-treated
4*Otherwise ahaped orworked :
aa)CutInto shapes other than rectangular ahapes,butnot1.Rotfurther worked than clad *
aa)Hot-rolled orextruded
71.Hoop andstript
a)Hotfurther worked than hot–rolled
c)Clad ,coated orotherwise surface-treated *
1•Hot further worked than olads
aa)Hot-rolled
TXIm Sheets andplates i
a)"Kleotrioal "sheets andplates
b)Other sheets endplates :
further worked

Brussels
Nomenclature .
heading HoSeaorlptlon
73.16 Hallway andtramway traok construction material ofIron oret»el ,the
following !rails ,oh«oJc~i*lla »awltoh blades ,orosaloga (orfrogs ),
orosaing pleoes ,point rods ,rack rails ,sleepers ,fish-plates ,ohairs ,
chair wedges ,sole plates (base plates ),rail ollps ,bedplates ,ties and
other material specialised forjoining orfixing rails :
kmBalles
II.Other .
B.Cheok-ralls
0«Slsspsra
!£•9iah-platea andaole plateas
i
I*Rolled

InitialloAatBrunnolo,onsixteenth ,February1977~
Head.ofthedelegation {loadofthe
oftheEuropeanSconosnioConamuiity Lebanese'delegation

PICHEFINANCIERE
• v«-établie'pourlebudgetdel'exercice1977
A.PREMIEREPARTIS:CREDITSD'INTERVENTION
(pouractionsanciennesetnouvelles)
1.LIGNESBUDGETAIRES CONCERNEES
Recettes:TitreI
2.INTITULEDELALIGNEBUDGETAIRE
Ressourcespropres
3.BASEJURIDIQUE
TraitédeParis
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AccordentrelesEtatsmembresdelaCommunauté -Européenne duCharbonet
del'AcieretlaRépubliqueLibanaisedanslecadredelapolitique
méditerranéenne delaCommunauté *
5,CREDITS(enu.c.)
L'accordprévoitl'octroi .delafranchisetarifaireenfaveurdesproduits
CECAexportésparleLibanverslaCEE.Lesexportations duLibandeces
produitssesontchiffréesen1975àenviron500o00099$d®cm
exportations concernentcependantlesferraillespourlesquellesledroit
duTDCestnul.Ladiminutiondesrecettesquiendécoulerapourlebudget
communautaire estdoncinsignifiante .
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étantfonctiondel'évolutiondeséchangesentrelesEtatsmembreçdela
CommunautéEuropéenneduCharbonetdel'AcieretleLiban,nepeutfaire
l'objetd'uneestimationsignificative austadeactuel,
8.INFORMATION SURLEPERSONNELETSURLESCREDITSDEFONCTIONNEMENT NECESSAIRES
POURLAREALISATION DEL'ACTION
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