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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels ,17June 1974
Recommendation for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on "theconclusion ofanAgreement intheform
ofanexchange ofletters renewing theAgreement
onTrade and Technical Cooperation "between the
European Economic' Community andtheMember States ,
oftheonepart ,andtheLebanese Republic ,of
theother part
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(74 )897final

Explanatory memorandum
1.TheAgreementonTradeandTechnicalCooperation betweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheLebaneseRepublic,whichwassignedon21May
1965tenteredintoforceon1July1968foraperiodofthreeyears.
Itexpiredon30June1971and,attherequestoftheLebanese
Government,wasextendedforthreesuccessiveone-yearperiodsbyCouncil
decisionsof12July1971»13July1972and4June1973»
2.Initsletterof27May1974"tothePresidentoftheCounciland
thePresidentoftheCommission,theLebaneseMissiontotheEuropean
Communities statedthattheLebaneseGovernmentdesiredafurther
renewableextensionofoneyear,inaccordancewithArticleXIIofthe
Agreement.
3.Inadeclaration bytheContractingPartiesinannextotheAgreement
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheLebaneseRepublic,^it
wasagreedthatthe19&5AgreementonTradeandTechnicalCooperation
wouldcontinuetobevalidforthefieldsnotcoveredbytheformer
Agreement •
Furthermore ,inadeclaration annexedtothesupplementary Protocol
tothatAgreement,theCommunityandtheMemberStatesexpressedtheir
intentionofannuallyextendingtheAgreementonTradeandTechnical
CooperationforaslongastheAgreementsignedon18December1972re­
mainsinforce.
4.TheCommission recommendsthattheCouncil:
adoptthedraftdecisionwhichappearsin
AnnexIandwhichextendstheAgreementonTradeand
TechnicalCooperation betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheLebaneseRepublic ?
adoptthedraftexchangeofletterswhichappearin
AnnexII.
Althoughitwassignedon18Deeember1972thisagreementhasnotyet
comeintoforce.

VIII/882/74-E
AHF5XI
Reoone<M>dation fo?a
COPKCILK3CISIOI7
ontheconclusionofanAgreement
inthefcrmofanexchangeofletters
■renewingtheAgreementonTrade
andTechnicalCooperation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
andtheMemberStates,oftheonepart,
andtheLebaneseRepublic,oftheotherpa^t
THECOUNCILCETHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission ;
Whereasitisappropriatetoextendthevalidityofthe en
TradeandTechnicalCooperation betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityand
theMemberStates,oftheonepart,andtheLebaneseRepublic,oftheother
partforarenewableperiodofoneyear,inaccordancewithArticleXII
thereof;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article1
TheAgreementintheformofanexchangeoflettersrenewingthe
AgreementonTradeandTechnicalCooperation betweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheMemberStates,oftheonepart,andtheLebaneseRepublic,
oftheotherpart,signedatBrusselson21May19^5rshallbeconcludedon
behalfoftheCommunity,Thetextoftheexchangeoflettersisannexedto
thisDecision.

Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorisedtodesignate
thosepersonsempoweredtosigntheAgreementandtoconferonthemthe
necessarypowerstobindtheCommunity.
DoneatBrussels.
ν
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

L3FEX .II
Arfn'C rr^rn»Tm
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INTHE FORII OrAITEXCHANGE OPLETTERS
RENEWING THE AGRITHIENT ONTRADE
AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN ECONCHIC COI£!UNITY AND THE LEIBIS STATES CP
THEONEPART ,ANDTHELEBANESE REPUBLIC fCPTHEOTHER PART
A.Letter to "besent tothe Lebanese authorities :
Sir ,
Wewould refer toArticle XII oftheAgreement onTrade andTechnical
Cooperation "between theEuropean Economic Community andtheKent 2rStates ,
ofthe onepart ,andtheLebanese Republic ,ofthe other part ,signed at
Brussels on21llay1965 »andhave thehonour toinform you onbehalf of
theEuropean Economic Community and oftheMember States that theCouncil
oftheEuropean Communities andtheGovernments ofthe"ember States have
agreed toafurther extension ofthevalidity oftheaforesaid Agreement
foraperiod ofone year from 1July 1974 .
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities will notify theGovernment
oftheLebanese Republic ofthecompletion oftheinternal procedures
necessary ,both within theEuropean Economic Community andwithin the "
Ilember States ,fortheentry into force ofthis extension Agreement .
This Agreement will enter into force onthefirst day ofthemonth
following themonth ofsuch notification .
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities andtheGovernments ofthe
Member States hereby declare that they areprepared toapply this Agreement
provisionally ,each for itspart andinaccordance with itsownarrangements ,
with effect from 1July 1974 oncondition that theGovernment oftheLebanese
Republic make asimilar declaration .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofourhighest consideration .
Cnbehalf ofthe Council
oftheEuropean Communities

Letter"besenttothePresidentofthoCouncilofthe^Eurogean Communities
Sir,
Inyourletterof youweresogoodastomake,
on"behalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandof•theGovernments of
theMemberStates,thefollowingcommunication :
"WewouldrefertoArtioleXIIoftheAgreementonTradeand
TechnicalCooperation between'theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
MemberStates,oftheonepart,andtheLebaneseRepublio,oftheother
part,signedatBrusselson21I-Iay1965»havethehonourtoinform
youonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandofthe-MemberStates
thattheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities andtheGovernmentsofthe
ilemberStateshaveagreedtoafurtherextensionofthevalidityofthe
aforesaidAgreementforaperiodofoneyearfrom1July1974.
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunitieswillnotifytheGovernment
oftheLebaneseRepublicofthecompletionoftheinternalprocedures
necessary,bothwithintheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandwithinthe
IlemberStates,fortheentryintoforceofthisextensionAgreement.
TheAgreementwillenterintoforceonthefirstdayofthemonth
followingthemonthofsuchnotification .
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities andtheGovernments ofthe
MemberStatesherebydeclarethattheyarepreparodtoapplythis
Agreementprovisionally ,eachforitspartandinaccordancewithitsown
arrangements ,witheffectfrom1July1974»onconditionthatthe
GovernmentoftheLebaneseRepublicmakeasimilardeclaration".
Ihavethehonour,onbehalfoftheGovernmentoftheLebanese
Republic,toinformyouthatthelatteralsoagreesthatthevalidityof
thesaidAgreementbeextendedforaperiodofoneyearandthatithereby
declaresthatitispreparedtoapplyprovisionally ,foritspartandin
accordancewithitsownarrangements ,thisextensionAgreementwitheffect
from1July1974.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofn$rhighestconsideration .