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Date: 1977-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 151/77 of 18 January 1977 concluding the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria concerning the import into the Community of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria

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                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 151 /77
                                                       of 18 January 1977
              concluding the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the
              European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of
              Algeria concerning the import into the Community of tomato concentrates orig­
                                                       inating in Algeria
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         patterns for the products in question, there should be
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       provision for applying these import arrangements for
                                                                    the whole of 1977,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
 thereof,                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the recommendation from the
 Commission ,                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the                      The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
 European Economic Community and the People's                       between the European Economic Community and the
 Democratic Republic of Algeria was signed on 26                    People's Democratic Republic of Algeria concerning
April 1976 ;                                                        the import into the Community of tomato concen­
                                                                    trates originating in Algeria, is hereby concluded on
Whereas an Interim Agreement (') signed on the same                 behalf of the Community.
date for the advance implementation of the trade prov­
isions of the Cooperation Agreement entered into                   The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regula­
force on 1 July 1976 ;                                              tion .
Whereas the Agreement in the form of an exchange                                               Article 2
of letters relating to Article 19 of the Cooperation
Agreement and Article 12 of the said Interim Agree­                The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
ment and concerning the import into the Community                   designate the person empowered to sign the Agree­
of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria should                ment for the purpose of binding the Community (2).
be concluded ; whereas the Agreement expires on 30
June 1977 ; whereas the Community intends to main­                                             Article 3
tain its trading relations with that country ; whereas
the provisions governing the second part of 1977                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
should not be less favourable than those laid down for              following that of its publication in the Official
the first ; whereas in order not to disrupt trading                Journal of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 January 1977.
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                Anthony CROSLAND
                                                                   (■*) The date of signature of the Agreement will be published
                                                                        in the Official Journal of the European Communities on
(') OJ No L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1976, p . 2 .                                the initiative of the Secretary-General of the Council .
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                                                   AGREEMENT
             in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Commu­
             nity and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the import into the
                         Community of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria
                                                A. Letter from Algeria
             Sir,
             With a view to implementing the 30 % reduction in the Common Customs Tariff
             provided for in Article 19 of the Cooperation Agreement concluded between the Euro­
             pean Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and in
             Article 12 of the Interim Agreement, and following the clarifications exchanged
             concerning the conditions governing imports into the Community of tomato concentrates
             prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid and falling within
             subheading 20.02 ex C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Algeria, 1 have
             the honour to inform you that the Algerian Government undertakes to take all necessary
             measures in order that the quantities supplied to the Community from 1 January to 31
             December 1977 shall not exceed 100 tonnes .
             To this end the Algerian Government declares that all exports to the Community of the
             said products will be effected exclusively by exporters whose operations are controlled by
             the Societe de gestion et de developpement des industries alimentaires (SOGEDIA).
             The guarantees relating to quantities will be met in accordance with the procedures
             agreed between SOGEDIA and the Directorate-General for Agriculture of the Commis­
             sion of the European Communities.
             I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Community with the fore­
             going.
             Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                  For the Algerian Government
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                                           B. Letter from the Community
           Sir,
           I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today worded as follows :
                'With a view to implementing the 30 % reduction in the Common Customs Tariff
                provided for in Article 19 of the Cooperation Agreement concluded between the Euro­
                pean Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria and in
                Article 12 of the Interim Agreement, and following the clarifications exchanged
                concerning the conditions governing imports into the Community of tomato concen­
                trates prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid and falling within
                subheading 20.02 ex C of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in Algeria, I
                have the honour to inform you that the Algerian Government undertakes to take all
                necessary measures in order that the quantities supplied to the Community from 1
                January to 31 December 1977 shall not exceed 100 tonnes .
                To this end the Algerian Government declares that all exports to the Community of
                the said products will be effected exclusively by exporters whose operations are
                controlled by the Societe de gestion et de developpement des industries alimentaires
                (SOGEDIA).
                The guarantees relating to quantities will be met in accordance with the procedures
                agreed between SOGEDIA and the Directorate-General for Agriculture of the
                Commission of the European Communities.
                 I should be grateful if you would confirm the agreement of the Community with the
                foregoing.'
           I am able to confirm the agreement of the Community with the foregoing and that
           consequently the 30 % reduction in the Common Customs Tariff will apply to the quanti­
           ties of tomato concentrates originating in Algeria referred to in your letter from 1 January
           to 31 December 1977 .
           Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                         For the Council
                                                                 of the European Communities