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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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■i Brussels .22July 1977
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Commission communication tothe Council
concerning thenegotiations between theEuropean Economic
Community and .theRepublic ofMalta fortheconclusion ofan
Additional Protocol totheAgreement
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Commission communication tothe Council
concerning thenegotiations "between theEuropean Eoonomic
Community andtheRepublic ofMalta fortheconclusion ofan
Additional Protocol totheAgreement
1. Thenegotiations between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Republio ofMalta fortheoonlousion ofanAdditional Protocol tothe
Agreement establishing anassociation between theEuropean Economio Community
andMalta were completed inBrussels on29.June 1977 *
The draft Protocol and aDeclaration tobeannexed tothePinal Act
arereferred tointheenclosed exchange ofletters ,dated 14July 1977 »
between theHeads ofDelegation ,whorecorded their agreement adreferendum
with the content ofthe documents .
TheCommission isalso sending theCouncil astatement bytheMaltese
delegation regarding Malta 'srequest foraccess toEEC institutions .
2. There have also been three exchanges ofletters (enolosed )on
matters relating tofood aid ,Malta 'squantitative restrictions andthetariff
treatment applied byMalta totheCommunity .
3. These texts embody theresults ofthenegotiations oarried outin
accordance with theCouncil directives ofApril 1977 *
However ,asregards thetariff reductions ongoods ofCommunity
origin imported into Malta ,theMaltese delegation stressed thecurrently
very speoial situation ofMalta 'seconomy andasked tobeallowed tomaintain
thepresent level ofreduotionB which itacoords theCommunity .This'
matter will bere-examined intheoourse ofthenegotiations forthe
agricultural review duetotake place next year .
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Asregards chocolate ,preserved meat ,theinorease incertain
tariff -quotas ,theinolusion inthese quotas ofafurther product andthe

2.
conversionofthequotasintoceilings,and.thecontinuation oftheCommon­
wealthsystemforcertainhorticultural productsuntil31December1977»,
theCommunitydelegationhasagreedtodoeverythingpossibletomeetthe
requestsputforward "bytheMaltesedelegation.
4.TheCommissionrecommendsthattheCouncilapprovetheoutcome
ofthesenegotiations andapplytheproceduresforthesignatureand
conclusionoftheProtooolwithMalta.
TothisendtheCommissionistransmitting totheCouncilarecomm-'
endationforaRegulationconcludingtheProtooolandadoptingimplementing
provisions,andthetextoftheProtocol.-
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TelegraphicAddress:
MALTAREPBRUSSELS
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STATEMENT BYTHEMALTADELEGATION REGARDING MALTA'S
REQUESTFORACCESSTOEECINSTITUTIONS
Malta'soptionforneutralityisnotjustabreakwiththe
past,muchlessapoliticalgimmicktosuitthetransientneeds
ofahistorical moment.Itisaveryseriousattempttogiy.ft
Maltaanewandlastingpoliticalstatusandanewinternational
roleintheserviceof.peaceandstabilityamongnationsandin
'theMediterranean regioninparticular.
TheguaranteeswhichMaltaisseekingfromItalyandPrance
ontheonehandandfromLibyaandAlgeriaontheotherwill,it
ishoped,ensureMalta'sinitialeoonomicviability ;butthey
arenotplannedtogobeyondthat.Similarlythepresent
economioprotocolwiththeCommunitywill,-forpracticalpurposes,
endin1979*ButtheneedforMaltatopreserveherstatusof
neutralitywillcontinueafterthatdate.IndeedMaltamust
then,morethanever,beabletowithstandwhateverpressures
,mightbebroughttobearonherandwhatevertemptations ,shemi$vt
comeacrosstoabandonthatstatus*
Moreover,becauseofherstatusofneutralityMaltacould
joinneithertheArableaguenortheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andwillthereforebedeniedtheeconomioadvantagesthatwould
derivefrommembershipofeitheroftheseorganisations .In
otherwordswithoutsomespeoialrelationship withtheE.E.C.or
:withtheArabWorld,Maltawouldbedeprivedforeverofany
regionaleoonomicsupport.
TheArabStateshavefullyrecognisedthelong-term
economioadvantagesMaltawillbeforegoingasapriceof.her
neutrality.TheyhavemadeupforthisbygivingMalta"aocess"
tofundswhicharenormallyopenonlytoArabcountriesandby
treatingMalta,inmanyrespects,asifitwereanArabState.
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ForMaltatokeepahealthybalanoebetweenherrelations
withWesternEuropeandhertieswiththeArabStates,theArab
speoialarrangementforMaltamusthavesomeeuropeanequivalent.
WhatweseekthereforefromtheCommunityissomethingcomparable
totheaocesstoArabFundsgiventoMaltabytheArabStates.
OnlyinthiswaywilltheCommunitygiveoonoreteevidenceofan
equalsupportofMalta'snewrole.'Onlysucharelationship^ couldoffsetthepullthatwouldotherwisedrawMaltapolitically
olosertotheSouthernshoresoftheMediterranean .
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Datot βΙΐΜΐΝ·EmbassyofMalta,Brussola
Wehavecalledthisrelationship "accesstotheinstitutions
oftheCommunity".
Inordertominimisethedifficulties andpavethewayfora
mutuallyacceptablesettlement ,theMaltadelegationwishesto
clarifythatitsrequestimpliesthattheCommunity'sinvolvement
inourdevelopmentafter1979couldcomeaboutjustaqwellfrom
anadhoomachineryandanadhocfundasfromaspecial
relationship withthealreadyexistinginstitutions oftheCommunity.
IfthisprincipleisbonoededbytheCommunity,amutually
acceptablelegalformulaCanbeworkedout.TheMaltadelegation
expressesitshopethatthenecessaryinternalCommunitypolitical
consultations becarriedoutintheshortesttimepossible.

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Sir.
Completionofthenegotiations fortheconclusionof
aProtocoltotheAssociation Agreementfootwear ,the
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicofMalta.
On29June1977theCommunitydelegationandtheMaltese
delegation,meetinginBrusselstonegotiateaProtocoltothe
Association AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theRepublicofMalta,recordedtheiragreementadreferendum onthe
followingtexts,whichwillbesubmittedtotheauthoritiesofthe
twqdelegationsforapproval!
1.
AdditionalProtocoltotheAgreementestablishing anassociation
betweentheEuropeanEoonomioCommunityandMaltacontaining
measurestoextendthefirststageofthesaidAgreementand
JointDeclaration bytheContractingParties{
Exohangesoflettersooncemingquantitativerestrictions
appliedbyMaltato-}heCommunity,thetarifftreatmentapplied
byMaltatotheCommunity,andfoodaid.
IhavethehonourtosendyouherewiththeEnglishversionsof
thesedocuments.Thetextsintheotherlanguageswillbesettled
bythelegalandlinguisticrevisionprooadure.
Mr.A.J.B.Soler,
Chargéd'Affaires
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2.
Ishould "begratefulifyouwouldoonfirmyouragreementwith
thecontentofthisletter*
PIeaseaooept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
M^
PieryeJDuchateau
Director
HeadoftheCommunityDelegation
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