CELEX: 21977A0527(01)
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation - Final Act

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                                                   INTERIM AGREEMENT
                        Between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic
               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
               of the one part, and
               THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC,
               or the other part,
                                                           PREAMBLE
               WHEREAS a Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
               Lebanese Republic was signed this day in Brussels;
              "WHEREAS, pending the entry into force of that Agreement, certain provisions of the Agreement
              relating to trade in goods should be implemented as speedily as possible by means of an Interim
              Agreement,
              HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement, and to this end have designated as their Pleni­
              potentiaries :
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
                    David OWEN,
                    President-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities,
                    Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ;
                    Claude CHEYSSON ,
                    Member of the Commission of the European Communities ;
              THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC :
                    Fouad BOUTROS,
                    Minister for Foreign Affairs.
                           TITLE I                                 to increasing the rate of growth of Lebanon's trade
                                                                   and improving the conditions of access for its pro­
                 TRADE COOPERATION                                 ducts to the Community market.
                          Article 1                                                A. Industrial products
The object of this Agreement is to promote trade                                          Article 2
between the Contracting Parties, taking account of
their respective levels of development and of the need             Subject to the provisions of Articles 5 , 6 and 8 ,
to ensure a better balance in their trade, with a view             customs duties and charges having equivalent effect
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on imports into the Community of products                             on imports into the Community of products originat­
originating in Lebanon other than those listed in                     ing in Lebanon other than those listed in Annex II
Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European                      to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Economic Community, and other than listed in                          Community shall be abolished on the date of the
Annex A, shall be abolished on the date of the entry                  entry into force of the Agreement.
into force of the Agreement.
                                                                                              Article 5
                           Article 3
                                                                      The measures provided for in Article 1 of Protocol 7
 1.     In the case of customs duties comprising a                    to the Act concerning the conditions of accession and
protective element and a fiscal element, Article 2 shall              the adjustments to the Treaties referred to in Article 3
 apply to the protective element.                                     concerning imports of motor vehicles and the motor
2.     The United Kingdom shall replace customs                       vehicle assembly industry in Ireland shall apply to
                                                                      Lebanon.
duties of a fiscal nature and the fiscal element of such
duties by an internal tax, in accordance with Article
38 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession                                          Article 6
and the adjustments to the Treaties of 22 January
1972 .
                                                                      1 . Imports of the following products shall be
                                                                      subject to annual ceilings above which the customs
                           Article 4                                  duties actually applied in respect of third countries
                                                                      may be reintroduced in accordance with paragraphs 2
Quantitative restrictions on imports and measures                     to 5, the ceiling fixed for the year of the entry into
having an effect equivalent to quantitative restrictions              force of the Agreement being indicated in each case.
                    CCT
                   heading                                                                             Ceiling
                                                          Description                                 (tonnes)
                     No
                  31.03          Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic                          15 000
                  55.09          Other woven fabrics of cotton                                            200
2. From the following year, the ceilings indi­                        reimposed on imports of the product in question
cated in paragraph 1 shall be raised annually                         until the end of the calendar year.
by 5 % .
                                                                      5. When imports into the Community of a product
3 . For products falling within subheading 28.40                      subject to ceilings reach 75 % of the level fixed, the
B II (phosphates, including polyphosphates, other                     Community shall inform the Joint Committee.
than those of ammonia ), Chapter 76 (aluminium ),
heading No 42.02 (travel goods (for example, trunks,
suit-cases, hat-boxes, travelling-bags, rucksacks),                                           Article 7
shopping-bags, handbags, satchels, brief-cases, wallets,
purses, toilet-cases, tool-cases, tobacco-pouches,                    1 . The Community reserves the right to modify the
sheaths, cases, boxes (for example, for arms, musical                 arrangements applicable to the petroleum products
instruments, binoculars, jewellery, bottles, collars,                 falling within subheadings or heading No 27.10,
footwear, brushes ) and similar containers, of leather                27.11 A and B I, 27.12, 27.13 B or 27.14 of the
or of composition leather, of vulcanized fibre, of                    Common Customs Tariff :
artificial plastic sheeting, of paperboard or of textile
fabric) and heading No 55.05 ( cotton yarn, not put                   — upon the adoption of a common definition of
for retail sale) of the Common Customs Tariff, the                         origin for petroleum products,
Community reserves the right to introduce ceilings.
                                                                      — upon the adoption of decisions under a common
                                                                           commercial policy, or
4.     When a ceiling fixed for imports of a product
covered by this Article is reached, the customs duties                — upon the establishment of a common energy
actually applied in respect of third countries may be                      policy.
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2. In that event the Community shall ensure that                    affect the non-tariff rules applied to imports of
imports of these products will enjoy advantages                     petroleum products.
equivalent to those provided for in this Agreement.
                                                                                           Article 8
For the application of this paragraph consultations
shall be held within the Joint Committee at the                     For goods resulting from the processing of
request of the other party.                                         agricultural products listed in Annex B, the
                                                                    reductions specified in Article 2 shall apply to the
                                                                    fixed component of the charge levied on imports of
3.   Subject to paragraph 1 , this Agreement shall not              these products into the Community.
                                                8. Agricultural products
                                                         Article 9
             1 . Customs duties on imports into the Community of the following products originating
             in Lebanon which are listed below shall be reduced by the rates indicated for each of
             them .
                  CCT
                                                                                                    Rate of
                 heading                                Description                                reduction
                   No
                05.04        Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish),
                             whole and pieces thereof                                                80 %
                07.01        Vegetables, fresh or chilled :
                             ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic :
                                    — Onions, from 1 February to 30 April                            50 %
                                    — Garlic, from 1 February to 31 May                              50 %
                             ex S. Sweet peppers :
                                    — From 15 November to 30 April                                   40%
                07.05        Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not
                             skinned or split :
                             B. Other (than for sowing)                                              80%
                08.01        Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts ,
                             pineapples, avocados, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens,
                             fresh or dried, shelled or not :
                             ex A. Dates :
                                    — Dried                                                          80 %
                                 H. Other                                                            40 %
                08.02        Citrus fruit, fresh or dried :
                             ex A. Oranges :
                                    — Fresh                                                          60 %
                             ex B. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas);
                                    clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hy­
                                    brids :
                                    — Fresh                                                          60%
                              ex C. Lemons :
                                    — Fresh                                                          40 %
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                   CCT
                                                                                                                          Rate of
                 heading                                            Description                                          reduction
                   No
               08.02                     D. Grapefruit                                                                      80 %
              (cont'd)              ex E. Other :
                                             — Limes                                                                        80 %
               08.04                Grapes, fresh or dried :
                                    A. Fresh :
                                         I. Table grapes :
                                            ex a) From 1 November to 14 July :
                                                    — From 1 December to 30 April                                           60 %
                08.05               Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                    fresh or dried, shelled or not:
                                    B. Walnuts                                                                              50%
                                    D. Pistachios                                                                           50%
           ex 08.09                 Other fruit, fresh :
                                    — Watermelons, from 1 April to 15 June                                                  50 %
               08.12                Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No
                                    08.01 , 08.02 , 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 :
                                    E. Papaws                                                                               50 %
               09.09                Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway
                                    and juniper                                                                             80 %
               12.03                Seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing :
                                    E. Other (a )                                                                           50 %
               12.07                Plants and parts (including seeds and fruit) of trees,
                                    bushes, shrubs or other plants, being goods of a kind
                                    used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal,
                                    fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whole,
                                    cut, crushed, ground or powdered :
                                        A. Pyrethrum (flowers, leaves, stems, peel and roots)                               80 %
                                        B. Liquorice roots                                                                  80 %
                                        C. Tonquin beans                                                                    80 %
                                    ex D. Other :
                                             — Camomile, mint cinchona bark, quassia amara
                                                 (wood and bark), calabar beans, cubeb powder,
                                                 coca leaves, other wood , roots and bark ; mosses ,
                                                 lichens and algae                                                          80 %
               12.08                Locust beans , fresh or dried, whether or not kibbled or
                                    ground, but not further prepared ; fruit kernels and other
                                    vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human
                                    food, not falling within any other heading                                              80 %
           (a) This concession is solely for seeds complying with the provisions of the Directives on the marketing of seeds and plants.
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                    CCT
                                                                                                      Rate of
                  heading                                  Description                               reduction
                     No
                   20.01         Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or
                                 acetic acid, with or without sugar, whether or not con­
                                 taining salt, spices or mustard :
                                 A. Mango chutney                                                        80 %
 2. Paragraph 1 shall apply to fresh lemons of                       Articles 23 to 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72
 subheading 08.02 ex C of the Common Customs                         shall continue to apply.
 Tariff on condition that on the internal Community
 market the prices of lemons imported from Lebanon
 are, after customs clearance and the deduction of                   4. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 ,
 import charges other than customs duties, not less                  Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom shall be
 than the reference price plus the incidence on that                 authorized until 1 January 1978 to apply duties
 reference price of the customs duties actually applied              which may not be lower than those set out in
 in respect of third countries and a fixed amount of                 Annex C to imports of fresh oranges of subheading
 1-20 units of account per 100 kilograms.                            08.02 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff and of
                                                                     fresh mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas),
 3 . The import charges other than customs duties                    Clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids
 referred to in paragraph 2 shall be those to be used                of subheading 08.02 ex B of the Common Customs
                                                                     Tariff.
 for the calculation of the entry prices referred to in
 Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 on the common
 organization of the market in fruit and vegetables .
 However, the Community shall be entitled to                                                Article 10
calculate the amount to be deducted in respect of the
import charges other than customs duties referred to
 in paragraph 2 in such a way, according to origin, as               Customs duties on imports into the Community of
to avoid difficulties which may arise from the                       the following products originating in Lebanon shall
 incidence of those charges on entry prices .                        be applied at the following rates :
                    CCT
                  heading                                  Description                              Rate of duty
                     No
                 07.04           Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut,
                                 sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared :
                                     A. Onions                                                           15 %
                                 ex B. Other :
                                        — Garlic                                                         14 %
                         Article 11                                  in the import price, the Community shall take the
                                                                     necessary measures to ensure that :
 1 . Provided that Lebanon levies a special charge
 on exports of olive oil, other than olive oil having                ( a) the levy on imports into the Community of the
 undergone a refining process, falling within sub­                        the said olive oil, wholly obtained in Lebanon
 heading 15.07 A II of the Common Customs Tariff,                         and transported direct from that country to the
 and provided also that this special charge is reflected                   Community, is the import levy calculated in
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      accordance     with   Article   13  of    Regulation        However, subject to the application by the
      No 136/66/EEC on the establishment of a com­                Community of Article 39 (5) of the Act concerning
      mon organization of the market in oils and fats,            the conditions of accession and the adjustments to
      less 0-50 unit of account per 100 kilograms ;               the Treaties referred to in Article 3 as regards the
                                                                  specific duties or the specific part of the mixed duties
 (b) the amount of the levy calculated in the manner             in the customs tariffs of Ireland and of the United
      described under ( a) is reduced by an amount               Kingdom, the reduced duties shall be rounded off to
      equal to that of the special charge paid but not           the fourth decimal place.
      exceeding four units of account per 100 kilo­
      grams .
                                                                                         Article 13
 2. If the Lebanon does not levy the charge referred
 to in paragraph 1 , the Community shall take the                1.    Should specific rules be introduced as a result of
 steps necessary to ensure that the levy on imports
 into the Community of olive oil, other than olive oil
                                                                 the implementation of its agricultural policy or
                                                                 modification of the existing rules, or should the
 having undergone a refining process, falling within
 subheading 15.07 A II of the Common Customs
                                                                 provisions on the implementation of its agricultural
 Tariff, is the import levy calculated in accordance             policy be modified or developed, the Community
                                                                 may modify the arrangements laid down in the
 with Article 13 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC on the
 establishment of a common organization of the                   Agreement in respect of the products concerned.
 market in oils and fats, less 0-50 unit of account per          In such cases the Community shall take appropriate
 100 kilograms.                                                  account of Lebanon 's interests.
3. Each Contracting Party shall take the measures
 necessary for the implementation of paragraph 1 and,           2. If the Community, in applying paragraph 1,
in the event of difficulties and at the request of the           modifies the arrangements made by this Agreement
other Contracting Party, shall supply the information            for products covered by Annex II to the Treaty
 required for the proper operation of the system .               establishing the European Economic Community, it
                                                                 shall accord imports originating in Lebanon an
                                                                 advantage comparable to that provided for in this
4. Consultations on the operation of the system                 Agreement.
 provided for in this Article shall take place within the
 Joint Committee at the request of one of the Con­
tracting Parties.                                               3 . The application of this Article may be the
                                                                subject of consultations in the Joint Committee.
                         Article 12
1.     The rates of reduction specified in Article 9                              C. Common provisions
shall apply to the customs duties actually applied in
respect of third countries.                                                              Article 14
2. However, the duties resulting from the
                                                                1 . The products originating in Lebanon referred to
reductions made by Denmark, Ireland and the United
                                                                in this Agreement may not enjoy more favourable
Kingdom may in no case be lower than those applied
by the said countries to the Community as originally
                                                                treatment when imported into the Community than
constituted .
                                                                that applied by the Member States between
                                                                themselves .
3 . In derogation from paragraph 1 , should the
application thereof temporarily result in tariff                2. For the application of paragraph 1 , account
movements away from alignment on the final duty,                shall not be taken of the customs duties and charges
Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom may                     having equivalent effect resulting from the
maintain their duties until the level of these duties           application of Articles 32, 36 and 59 of the Act
has been reached on the occasion of a subsequent                concerning the conditions of accession and the
alignment, or they may apply the duty resulting from            adjustments to the Treaties referred to in Article 3 .
a subsequent alignment as soon as a tariff movement
reaches or passes the said level.
                                                                                         Article IS
4.     The reduced duties calculated in accordance
with Article 9 shall be rounded off to the first                1 . Subject to the special provisions relating to
decimal place.                                                  frontier-zone trade, Egypt shall grant the Community
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treatment in the field of trade no less favourable than        of    these   products    to    conform   with    such
most-favoured-nation treatment.                                modifications.
2.     Paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of the
maintenance or establishment of customs unions or                                     Article 20
free-trade areas .
                                                               The Contracting Parties shall refrain from any
3 . Furthermore, Lebanon may derogate from the                 measure or practice of an internal fiscal nature
provisions of paragraph 1 in the case of measures              establishing, whether directly or indirectly,
adopted with a view to regional economic integration           discrimination between the products of one
or measures benefiting the developing countries. The           Contracting Party and like products originating in the
Community shall be notified of such measures.                  territory of the other Contracting Party.
                                                               Products exported to the territory of one of the
                       Article 16                              Contracting Parties may not benefit from repayment
                                                               of internal taxation in excess of the amount of direct
                                                               or indirect taxation imposed upon them.
 1.    The Contracting Parties shall inform each other
on the occasion of the signing of this Agreement of
 the provisions they apply under their trade
 arrangements .                                                                       Article 21
2.     Lebanon shall be entitled to introduce into its         Payments relating to commercial transactions carried
trade arrangements with the Community new                      out in accordance with foreign trade and exchange
customs duties or charges having equivalent effect             regulations and the transfer of such payments to the
 and new quantitative restrictions or measures having          Member State of the Community in which the
equivalent effect and to increase the duties and the           creditor is resident or to Lebanon shall be free from
 quantitative restrictions or charges or measures              any restrictions.
having     equivalent   effect   applied   to   products
originating in or going to the Community, where
such measures are necessitated by Lebanon's                                           Article 22
industrialization and development requirements. The
Community shall be notified of such measures.
                                                               The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or
For the application of these measures, consultations           restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit
shall be held within the Joint Committee at the                justified on grounds of public morality, public policy
request of the other Contracting Party.                        or public security; the protection of the health and
                                                               life of humans, animals or plants ; the protection of
                                                               national treasures of artistic, historical or
                       Article 17                              archaeological value, the protection of industrial and
                                                               commercial property, or rules relating to gold or
                                                               silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions must not,
Where Lebanon applies quantitative restrictions in             however, constitute a means of arbitrary
the form of quotas or currency allocations to a given          discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade
product in accordance with its own legislation it shall        between the Contracting Parties.
treat the Community as a single entity.
                                                                                      Article 23
                        Article 18
For the purposes of implementing this title, the               1 . If one of the Contracting Parties finds that
Protocol to this Agreement shall determine the rules           dumping is taking place in trade with the other
of origin.                                                     Contracting Party, it may take appropriate measures
                                                               against this practice in accordance with the
                                                               Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the
                        Article 19                             General Agreement on tariffs and trade, under the
                                                               conditions and in accordance with the procedures
                                                               laid down in Article 25 .
In the event of modifications to the nomenclature of
the customs tariffs of the Contracting Parties
 affecting products referred to in this Agreement, the         2. In the event of measures being directed against
Joint Committee may adapt the tariff nomenclature              bounties or subsidies, the Contracting Parties
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 undertake to respect the provisions of Article VI of                                  Article 26
 the General Agreement on tariffs and trade.
                                                                Where     one   or  more     Member   States   of   the
                                                                Community or Lebanon is in serious difficulties or is
                         Article 24                             seriously threatened with difficulties as regards its
                                                                balance of payments, the Contracting Party
If serious disturbances arise in any sector of the              concerned may take the necessary safeguard
economy or if difficulties arise which might bring              measures. In the selection of measures, priority must
about a serious deterioration in the economic situation         be given to those which least disturb the functioning
of a region , the Contracting Party concerned may               of the Agreement. The other Contracting Party shall
take the necessary safeguard measures under the                 be notified immediately of them and these measures
conditions and in accordance with the procedures               shall be the subject of periodic consultations within
laid down in Article 25 .                                       the Joint Committee particularly with a view to their
                                                                abolition as soon as circumstances permit.
                         Article 25
                                                                                        TITLE II
 1.     In the event of a Contracting Party's subjecting                 GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
imports of products liable to give rise to the
difficulties    referred  to   in   Article  24    to   an
administrative procedure, the purpose of which is to                                   Article 27
provide rapid information on the trend of trade
flows, it shall inform the other Contracting Party.             1 . A Joint Committee is hereby established which,
                                                                for the purpose of attaining the objectives set out in
2. In the cases specified in Articles 23 and 24,               the Agreement, shall have the power to take decisions
before taking the measures provided for therein, or as          in the cases provided for in the Agreement.
soon as possible in cases to which paragraph 3 (b)             The decisions taken shall be binding on the
applies, the Contracting Party in question shall               Contracting Parties, which shall take such measures
supply the Joint Committee with all relevant                   as are required to implement them .
information required for a thorough examination of
the situation with a view to seeking a solution
acceptable to the Contracting Parties .                        2. The Joint Committee may also formulate any
                                                               resolutions, recommendations or opinions which it
                                                               considers desirable for the attainment of the common
In the selection of measures, priority must be given to        objectives and the smooth functioning of the
those which least disturb the functioning of the
Agreement. Such measures must not exceed the limits            Agreement.
of what is strictly necessary to counteract the
difficulties which have arisen .                               3 . The Joint Committee shall adopt its rules of
                                                               procedure.
The Joint Committee shall be notified immediately of
any safeguard measures, and these shall be the                                         Article 28
subject of periodic consultations within the Joint
Committee particularly with a view to their abolition
as soon as circumstances permit.                               1.     The Joint Committee shall be composed of
                                                               representatives of the Community, on the one hand,
                                                               and of representatives of Lebanon, on the other.
3 . For the implementation of paragraph 2, the
following provisions shall apply :
                                                               2. The Joint Committee shall act by mutual
(a) as regards Articles 23 and 24, consultation in the         agreement between the Community, on the one hand,
     Joint Committee shall take place before the               and Lebanon , on the other.
     Contracting Party          concerned     takes    the
     appropriate measures ;
                                                                                      Article 29
( b) where      exceptional    circumstances     requiring
     immediate action make prior examination
     impossible, the Contracting Party concerned may,          1 . The office of President of the Joint Committee
     in the situations specified in Articles 23 and 24,        shall be held alternately by the Contracting Parties, in
     apply forthwith such precautionary measures as            accordance with the modalities to be laid down in the
     are strictly necessary to remedy the situation .          rules of procedure.
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2. Meetings of the Joint Committee shall be called                                       Article 33
 by its President.
                                                              Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent                    a
The Joint Committee shall in addition meet                    Contracting Party from taking any measures :
whenever necessary, at the request of either
 Contracting Party, in accordance with the conditions         ( a) which it considers necessary to prevent the
to be laid down in its rules of procedure.                          disclosure of information contrary to its essential
                                                                    security interests ;
                        Article 30                            (b) which relate to trade in arms, munitions or war
                                                                    materials or , to research, development or
 1 . The Joint Committee may decide to set up any                   production indispensable for defence purposes
                                                                    provided that such measures do not impair the
 other committee that can assist it in carrying out its
duties .                                                            conditions of competition in respect of products
                                                                    not intended for specifically military purposes ;
2. In its rules of procedure, the Joint Committee             (c) which it considers essential to its security in time
shall determine the composition and duties of such                  of war or serious internal tension .
committees and how they shall function .
                                                                                         Article 34
                        Article 31
                                                              In the field covered by the Agreement:
Either Contracting Party shall, if so requested by the
 other Contracting Party, provide all relevant                — the arrangements applied by Lebanon in respect of
information on any agreements it concludes involving               the Community shall not give rise to any
tariff or trade provisions, and on any amendments to               discrimination between the Member States, their
 its customs tariff or external trade arrangements .               nationals, or their companies or firms,
Where such amendments or agreements have a direct             — the arrangements applied by the Community in
and particular effect on the functioning of the                    respect of Lebanon shall not give rise to any
Agreement, appropriate consultations shall be held                 discrimination between Lebanese nationals, com­
within the Joint Committee at the request of the                   panies or firms.
other Contracting Party so that the interests of the
Contracting Parties may be taken into consideration .
                                                                                         Article 35
                         Article 32
                                                              The Protocol and Annexes A, B and C shall form
                                                              an integral part of the Agreement. The declarations
 1.    The Contracting Parties shall take any general         and exchanges of letters shall appear in the Final Act,
 or specific measures required to fulfil their                which shall form an integral part of the Agreement.
obligations under the Agreement. They shall ensure
that the objectives set out in the Agreement are
attained .
                                                                                         Article 36
2. If either Contracting Party considers that the
other Contracting Party has failed to fulfil an               This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the
obligation under the Agreement, it may take                   territories to which the Treaty establishing , the
appropriate measures. Before so doing, it shall supply        European Economic Community applies under the
the Joint Committee with all relevant information             conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other,
 required for a thorough examination of the situation         to the territory of the Lebanese Republic.
 with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the
Contracting Parties.
                                                                                         Article 37
 In the selection of measures, priority must be given to
those which least disturb the functioning of the
Agreement. The Joint Committee shall be notified              This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the
 immediately of such measures, and these shall be the         Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and
subject of consultations within the Joint Committee if        Arabic languages, each of these texts being equally
the other Contracting Party so requests.                      authentic .
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                      Article 38                            2.    This Agreement shall enter into force on the
                                                            first day of the second month following the date on
                                                            which the notifications provided for in paragraph 1
1 . This Agreement shall be subject to approval by          have been carried out.
the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own
procedures . They shall notify each other when the          It shall be applicable until the entry into force of the
procedures necessary to this end have been                  Cooperation Agreement signed this day or until
completed.                                                  30 June 1978 at the latest.
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              Til bekræftelse heraf har undertegnede befuldmægtigede underskrevet denne interims­
              aftale.
              Zu Urkund dessen haben die unterzeichneten Bevollmächtigten ihre Unterschriften unter
              dieses Interimsabkommen gesetzt.
              In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatures below
              this Interim Agreement.
              En foi de quoi , les plénipotentiaires soussignés ont apposé leurs signatures au bas du
              présent accord intérimaire .
              In fede di che, i plenipotenziari sottoscritti hanno apposto le loro firme in calce al presente
              accordo interinale.
              Ten blijke waarvan de ondergetekende gevolmachtigden hun handtekening onder deze
              Interimovereenkomst hebben gesteld .
              Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den tredje maj nitten hundrede og syvoghalvfjerds.
              Geschehen zu Brüssel am dritten Mai neunzehnhundertsiebenundsiebzig.
               Done at Brussels on the third day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and
               seventy-seven .
               Fait à Bruxelles, le trois mai mil neuf cent soixante-dix-sept.
              Fatto a Bruxelles, addì tre maggio millenovecentosettantasette.
               Gedaan te Brussel, de derde mei negentienhonderdzevenenzeventig.
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           Für den Rat der Europâischen Gemeinschaften
           For the Council of the European Communities
           Pour le Conseil des Communautés européennes
           Per il Consiglio delle Comunità europee
           Voor de Raad van de Europese Gemeenschappen
           For præsidenten for republikken Libanon
           Für den Prâsidenten der Libanesischen Republik
           For the President of the Lebanese Republic
           Pour le président de la République libanaise
           Per il présidente délia Repubblica libanese
           Voor de President van de Libanese Republiek
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                                                         ANNEX A
                     relating to the products referred to in Article 2 excluded from the Agreement
                CCT
               heading                                            Description
                 No
              17.02              Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with
                                 natural honey) ; caramel :
                                 A. Lactose and lactose syrup :
                                     I. Containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure
                                         product
                                 B. Glucose and glucose syrup :
                                     I. Containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure
                                         product
              22.03              Beer made from malt
              22.06              Vermouths, and other wines of fresh grapes flavoured with aromatic extracts
              22.09              Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08) ; liqueurs and other spirituous
                                 beverages ; compound alcoholicpreparations(known as'concentrated extracts')
                                 for the manufacture of beverages :
                                 B. Compound alcoholic preparations (known as 'concentrated extracts') for
                                    the manufacture of beverages
                                 C. Spirituous beverages
              35.01              Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives ; casein glues :
                                 A. Casein
                                 C. Other
              35.02              Albumins , albuminates and other albumin derivatives :
                                 A. Albumins :
                                     II . Other :
                                          a ) Ovalbumin and lactalbumin
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                                                             ANNEX B
                                         relating to the products referred to in Article 8
                    CCT
                   heading                                               Description
                     No
           ex 17.04                 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, but not including liquorice
                                    extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing
                                    other added substances
                18.06               Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
                19.01               Malt extract
                19.02               Preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant
                                    food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by
                                    weight of cocoa
                19.03               Macaroni, spaghetti and similar products
                19.04               Tapioca and sago ; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or
                                    other starches
                19.05               Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal
                                    products (puffed rice, cornflakes and similar products)
                19.06               Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical
                                    use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
                19.07               Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing
                                    added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit
                19.08               Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not
                                    containing cocoa in any proportion
           ex 21.01                 Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes ; extracts, essences and
                                    concentrates thereof :
                                    — Excluding roasted chicory and extracts thereof
                21.06               Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders :
                                    A. Active natural yeasts :
                                        II. Bakers' yeast
           ex 21.07                 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing sugar,
                                    dairy products, cereals or products based on cereals (*)
           ex 22.02                 Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters and other
                                    non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling
                                    within heading No 20.07 :
                                    — Containing milk or milk fats
                29.04               Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
                                    derivatives :
                                    C. Polyhydric alcohols :
                                         II . Mannitol
                                        III . Sorbitol
           ( ) This heading covers only products which, on importation into the Community, are subject to the duty laid down
               in the Common Customs Tariff, comprising an ad valorem duty constituting the fixed component and a variable
               component .
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                CCT
               heading                                   Description
                 Ño
              35.05    Dextrins and dextrin glues ; soluble or roasted starches ; starch glues
              38.12    Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants, of a kind
                       used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries :
                       A. Prepared glazings and prepared dressings :
                           I. With a basis of amylaceous substances
              38.19    Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries
                       (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere
                       specified or included ; residual products of the chemical or allied industries ,
                       not elsewhere specified or included :
                       T. Sorbitol, other than that falling within subheading 29.04 C III
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                                                         ANNEX C
                    Minimum residual duties which may be applied under the terms of Article 9 (4)
                                                      1 . DENMARK
           Danish Customs
                Tariff                                      Description                       Rate of duty
             heading No
                  1                                             2                                  3
              08.02           Citrus fruit, fresh or dried :
                                 A. Oranges :
                                       I. Sweet oranges, fresh :
                                           a) From 1 to 30 April                                2-6 %
                                           b) From 1 to 15 May                                  1-2 %
                                          c) From 16 May to 15 October                          0-8 %
                                          d) From 16 October to 31 March                          4%
                                      II. Other :
                                          ex a) From 1 April to 15 October :
                                                  — Fresh                                        3 %
                                          ex b) From 16 October to 31 March :
                                                  — Fresh                                        4 %
                              ex B. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas);
                                      clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hy­
                                      brids :
                                      — Fresh                                                    4 %
                                                      II . IRELAND
           Irish Customs
                Tariff                                     Description                       Rate of duty
            heading No
                 1                                              2                                  3
              08.02           Citrus fruit, fresh or dried :
                              A. Oranges :
                                   I. Sweet oranges, fresh :
                                      a) From 1 to 30 April                                     2-6 %
                                      b) From 1 to 15 May                                       1-2 %
                                      c) From 16 May to 15 October                              0-8 %
                                      d) From 16 October to 31 March                             4 %
                                 II . Other :
                                      a) From 1 April to 15 October :
                                          1 . Fresh                                              3 %
                                      b) From 16 October to 31 March :
                                          1 . Fresh                                              4 %
                              B. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas);
                                 clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hy­
                                  brids :
                                 I. Fresh                                                        4 %
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                                              III . UNITED KINGDOM
             United Kingdom
             Customs Tariff                             Description                    Rate of duty
              heading No
                    1                                       2                               3 .
                08.02       Citrus fruit, fresh or dried :
                            A. Oranges :
                                 I. Sweet oranges, fresh :
                                    a) From 1 to 30 April                                 2-6 %
                                                                                          with a
                                                                                       minimum
                                                                                        charge of
                                                                                        /0-0688/
                                                                                          100 kg
                                    b) From 1 to 15 May                                   1-2 %
                                                                                          with a
                                                                                       minimum
                                                                                        charge of
                                                                                       / 0-0688/
                                                                                          100 kg
                                    c) From 16 May to 15 October                          0-8 %
                                                                                          with a
                                                                                        minimum
                                                                                        charge of
                                                                                         /0-0688/
                                    d) From 16 October to 31 March :                      100 kg
                                        1 . From 16 October to 30 November                 4%
                                                                                          with a
                                                                                        minimum
                                                                                        charge of
                                                                                         /0-0688/
                                        2 . From 1 December to 31 March                   100 kg
                                                                                          4-4 %
                                II. Other :
                                    a) From 1 April to 15 October :
                                        1 . Fresh                                          3 %
                                                                                          with a
                                                                                        minimum
                                                                                        charge of
                                                                                        /0-0688/
                                                                                          100 kg
                                     b) From 16 October to 31 March :
                                        1 . Fresh :
                                            aa) From 16 October to 30 November             4%
                                                                                         with a
                                                                                        minimum
                                                                                        charge of
                                                                                         /0-0688/
                                            bb) From 1 December to 31 March               100 kg
                                                                                          4-4 %
                            B. Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) ; Clemen­
                                tines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids :
                                I. Fresh :
                                    a) From 1 April to 30 November                         4%
                                                                                          with a
                                                                                        minimum
                                                                                        charge of
                                                                                         /0-0688/
                                                                                          100 kg
                                    b) From 1 December to 31 March                        4-4 %