CELEX: 21975A1013(01)
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-29 00:00:00
Title: 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

No L 278 /22                     Official Journal of the European Communities                         29 . 10 . 75
                                                  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