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Language: en
Date: 1975-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 29 September 1975 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters renewing the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part #Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters renewing the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part

29. 10 . 75                       Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 278/21
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COUNCIL
                                              COUNCIL DECISION
                                              of 29 September 1975
             on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters re­
             newing the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation between the Euro­
             pean Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the
                                      Lebanese Republic, of the other part
                                                    (75/636/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                  eration between the European Economic Community
COMMUNITIES,                                                 and the Member States, of the one part, and the Leba­
                                                             nese Republic, of the other part, signed at Brussels on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European        21 May 1965, shall be concluded on behalf of the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113            Community. The text of the exchange of letters is
thereof ;                                                    annexed to this Decision .
Having regard to the recommendation from the
Commission ;                                                                       Article 2
Whereas it is appropriate to extend the validity of the      The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
Agreement on trade and technical cooperation                 designate those persons empowered to sign the Agree­
between the European Economic Community and the              ment and to confer on them the necessary powers to
Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese             bind the Community.
Republic, of the other part, for a renewable period of
one year, in accordance with Article XII thereof,
                                                             Done at Brussels, 29 September 1975.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                                        For the Council
                      Article 1
                                                                                         The President
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
renewing the Agreement on trade and technical coop­                                      G. MARCORA
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                                                  AGREEMENT
           in the form of an exchange of letters renewing the Agreement on trade and tech­
           nical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the
            Member States , of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic , of the other part
                                                                                     Brussels,
            Your Excellency,
            We would refer to Article XII of the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation
            between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part,
            and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 21 May 1965, and
            have the honour to inform you on behalf of the European Economic Community and of
            the Member States that the Council of the European Communities and the Governments
            of the Member States have agreed to a further extension of the validity of the aforesaid
            Agreement for a period of one year from 1 July 1975 .
            The Council of the European Communities will notify the Government of the Lebanese
            Republic of the completion of the internal procedures necessary, both within the Euro­
            pean Economic Community and within the Member States, for the entry into force of
            this extension Agreement.
            This Agreement will enter into force on the first day of the month following the month
            of such notification .
            The Council of the European Communities and the Governments of the Member States
            hereby declare that they are prepared to apply this Agreement provisionally, each for its
            part and in accordance with its own arrangements, with effect from 1 July 1975, on condi­
            tion that the Government of the Lebanese Republic make a similar declaration .
            Please accept, Sir, the assurance of our highest consideration .
                                                                On behalf of the Council
                                                             of the European Communities
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                                                                                         Brussels,
             Sirs,
             In your letter of             you were so good as to make, on behalf of the European
             Economic Community and of the Governments of the Member States, the following
             communication :
                   'We would refer to Article XII of the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation
                   between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one
                   part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 21 May
                   1965, and have the honour to inform you on behalf of the European Economic
                   Community and of the Member States that the Council of the European Communi­
                   ties and the Governments of the Member States have agreed to a further extension of
                   the validity of the aforesaid Agreement for a period of one year from 1 July 1975.
                   The Council of the European Communities will notify the Government of the Leba­
                   nese Republic of the completion of the internal procedures necessary, both within
                   the European Economic Community and within the Member States, for the entry
                   into force of this extension Agreement.
                   The Agreement will enter into force on the first day of the month following the
                   month of such notification .
                   The Council of the European Communities and the Governments of the Member
                   States hereby declare that they are prepared to apply this Agreement provisionally,
                   each for its part and in accordance with its own arrangements, with effect from 1
                   July 1975, on condition that the Government of the Lebanese Republic make a
                   similar declaration .'
             I have the honour, on behalf of the Government of the Lebanese Republic, to inform you
             that the latter also agrees that the validity of the said Agreement be extended for a period
             of one year and that it hereby declares that it is prepared to apply provisionally, for its
             part and in accordance with its own arrangements, this extension Agreement with effect
             from 1 July 1975.
             Please accept, Sirs, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                      For the Government of
                                                                  the Republic of the Lebanon
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                                                 TRANSITION
           Letter from Ambassador Ulrich Lebsanft to the Contracting Parties on signing
          the Agreement by exchange of letters renewing the Agreement on trade and
           technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the
           Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part
           The Permanent Representative
           of the Federal Republic of Germany
           to the European Communities
                                                                            Brussels, 13 October 1975
           Your Excellency,
           In the name of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and with reference
           to the exchange of letters, signed today, extending the Agreement on trade and technical
           cooperation, I have the honour to inform you as follows :
           The Agreement on trade and technical cooperation between the European Economic
           Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the
           other part, which is extended by today's exchange of letters, shall also apply to Land
           Berlin, unless the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares the contrary
           to the other parties to the Agreement within three months following the entry into force
           of the extension Agreement.
            I have made a similar declaration to the representatives of the other parties of the Agree­
            ment .
            Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.
                                                                        LEBSANFT
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               Notice concerning the signature of the Agreement in the form of an exchange
               of letters extending the Agreement on trade and technical cooperation between
               the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part,
                                    and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part
               The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending the Agreement on trade
               and technical cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Member
               States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part, concluded by the
               Decision of 29 September 1975 was signed at Brussels on 13 October 1975 :
               — by His Excellency Ambassador Giorgio Bombassei Frascani de Vettor, the President of
                   the Committee of Permanent Representatives, and Mr Maurice Foley, Joint Director
                   General of the Directorate General for Development and Cooperation of the Commis­
                   sion of the European Communities, in the name of the Council of the European
                   Communities and by His Excellency Ambassador Joseph Van der Meulen, Permanent
                   Representative for Belgium, Mr Niels Ersbøll, Permanent Representative for Denmark,
                   His Excellency Ambassador Ulrich Lebsanft, Permanent Representative for Germany,
                   His Excellency Ambassador Jean-Marie Soutou, Permanent Representative for France,
                   His Excellency Ambassador Brendan Dillon, Permanent Representative for Ireland,
                   His Excellency Ambassador Giorgio Bombassei Frascani de Vettor, Permanent Repre­
                   sentative for Italy, His Excellency Ambassador Jean Dondelinger, Permanent Repre­
                   sentative for Luxembourg, His Excellency Ambassador E. M. J. A. Sassen, Permanent
                   Representative for the Netherlands, His Excellency Ambassador Donald Maitland,
                   Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, in the name of the Governments
                   of the Member States, of the one part ;
             . — by His Excellency Ambassador Kesrouan Labaki, Chief of Mission for Lebanon at the
                   European Communities, of the other part.
               The date on which this Agreement shall enter into force shall be published in the Offi­
               cial Journal of the European Communities.