CELEX: 51976PC0237
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) suspending application of the condition on prices governing the importation into the Community of fresh lemons originating in the Mediterranean countries with which the Community concludes agreements. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(76)237 final.
                                             Brussels , 25th May 1976.
                            Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) .
     suspending application of the condition on prices governing
           the importation into the Community of fresh lemons
          originating in the Mediterranean countries with which
                     the Community concludes agreements .
                                              ! /
             ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  COM(76 ) 237 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                      It is laid down in the agreements with certain Mediter­
 ranean countries that the tariff concession on imports of fresh lemons from
 those countries into the Community is subject to observance of a stated pri­
 ce on the Community internal market .
                     Following the introduction of special measures for impro­
ving the marketing of Community lemons , the Council suspended application
 of the conventional price for the duration of the period of validity of the
 special measures , i.e. , until 31 May 1976 .  On 6 April 1976 , the Council,
extended the application of the special measures in respect of lemons until
31 May 1977 .  It would therefore be advisable to extend until that date the
suspension of the application of the conventional price for lemons imported
from those Mediterranean couhtries with which the Community has concluded
agreements containing such a clause , to extend such suspension to the simi-
                   I
lar clauses in the agreements which the Community recently signed with the
Maghreb countries and to make provision for extending the suspension to si­
milar clauses in agreements under negotiation with other countries to which
the overall Mediterranean approach is being applied .
                     The Commission therefore proposes that the Council should
adopt this proposal for a regulation.
                              FINANCIAL INCIDENCE
                     The abovementioned Regulation has no financial incidence .
 ---pagebreak---                                   proposai for
                 COJNCIL REGULATION ( EECV
    suspending application of the condition on prices governing
        the importation into the Community of fresh lemons
       originating in the Mediterranean countries with which
                  the Community concludes agreements .
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the European Economic Community has concluded agreements with several
Mediterranean countries providing , inter alia , for a reduced tariff on imports
into the Community of fresh lemons originating in those countries , provided
that a stated prices is observed on the internal Community market ;
Whereas the adoption of. Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2481/75 °f 29 September
1975 amending Regulation (EEC ) No 2511 /69 laying down special measures for
improving the production and marketing of Community citrus fruits     has ena­
bled the abovementioned condition to be suspended during the period for which
Regulation (EEC ) No 2511/69^       applicable ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 793/76 of 6 April 1976 amending Regulation
(EEC ) NO 1035/72 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegeta­
bles and Regulation ( EEC ) No 2511 /69 laying down special measures for improving
the production and marketing of Community citrus fruit 3, inter alia, maintains
in force the special measures in respect of Community lemons provided for in
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC ) 2511 /69 until 31 May 1977 I
  .OJ No L 254 , 1.10.1975 , P.<1
2 OJ No L 318 , 18.12.1969 , p. 1
3 OJ No L 93 , 8.4.1976 , p. 1                                        • * • f• •
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2-
Whereas , in these circumstances , the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC )
No 471/76 of 24 February 1976 suspending application of the condition on
prices governing the importation into the Community of fresh lemons , origina­
ting in Cyprus , Spain , Israel , Morocco , the Arab Republic of Egypt , Tunisia
and Turkey in accordance with Agreements between the European Economic Com­
munity and each of these countries'1' should be extended beyond 31 May 1976 }
Whereas the European Economic Community signed Cooperation Agreements with
Morocco on 27 April . 1976 and with Tunisia on 25 April 1976 containing the
same provisions governing imports of lemons as the Association Agreements
                                   2
concluded with those countries , and whereas the trade arrangements appli­
cable by the Community under those Agreements were extended in respect of
Tunisia by Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2107/75 of 6 August 1975^, as amen­
ded by Regulation (EEC) No 3415/75^, and in res­
pect of Morocco by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2108/75 of 6 August 1975^* as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3416/75^5 whereas
the Community signed, on the same . day as the Cooperation Agreement with each
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of those countries , Interim Agreements designed to bring forward the appli­
cation of certain provisions of the Cooperation Agreements relating to trade ;
Whereas on 26 April 1976 the Community signed a Cooperation Agreement and an
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Interim Agreement with Algeria containing , with regard to lemons , similar
provisions to those contained in the agreements between the European Economic
Community and Mprocco and between the European Economic Community and Tunisia
whereas comparable provisions are also to be included in the agreements under
negotiation with the Arab Republic of Egypt , Syria , Jordan and the Lebanon ;
 , OJ No L"  58 , 5.3.1976 , P. 5
   OJ No L  197 , 8.8.1969 , p. 1  and
         L  198 , 8.8.1969 , p. 1
   OJ No L  215 , 13.8.1975 , P.l
   OJ No L  337 , 31.12.1975 , P. 3
   OJ No L  215 , 13.8.1975 , P. 2
   OJ No L  337 , 31.12.1975 , P. 4
   OJ No L
         L
   OJ No L                                                              • • •/•
 ---pagebreak---  Whereas , therefore , application of the condition on prices governing the
 importation into the Community of fresh lemons originating in those Medi­
terranean countries with which the Community concludes agreements should be
 suspended during the period of application of Article 6 of Regulation ( EEC )
No 25II/69 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                     Article 1
                       There is hereby added to Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC )
No 47l /76 the following:
   " - Article 15(3 ) and (4 ) of the Cooperation Agreement and Article 8(3 )
       c and (4 ) of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic Com-
       1 munity and the Republic of Tunisia ;                               i.
      - Article 15(3 ) and (4 ) of the Cooperation Agreement and Article 6 ( 3 )
       ' and (4 ) of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic Com­
         munity and the Kingdom of Morocco ;
     - Article 15(3 ) and (4 ) of the Cooperation Agreement and Article 8(3 )
         and (4 ) of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic Com­
         munity and the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria . "
                                     Article 2
                       The second paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC )
No 471 /76 is hereby amended to read as follows :
                       " It shall be applicable until 31 May 1977 * "
            '                        Article 3
                       The Council , acting by a qualified majority on a proposal
from the Commission , may extend the application of Article 1 of Reflation
 (EEC ) N o 471 /76 to similar provisions in the agreements under negotiation
with the Arab Republic of Egypt , Syria , Jordan and the Lebanon.
                                     Article 4
                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communitie
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                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and.
directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                         For the Council ,
                                           The Président .