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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1389/77

OF 21 JUNE 1977

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 471/76 SUSPENDING APPLICATION OF THE CONDITION ON PRICES GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF FRESH LEMONS ORIGINATING IN VARIOUS MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1554/76 OF 29 JUNE 1976 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 ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ON 18 JANUARY 1977 THE COMMUNITY SIGNED WITH BOTH EGYPT ( 2 ) AND JORDAN ( 3 ) A COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND AN INTERIM AGREEMENT FOR THE ADVANCE IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT RELATING TO TRADE IN GOODS ; WHEREAS ON 3 MAY 1977 IT SIGNED A COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND AN INTERIM AGREEMENT WITH LEBANON ( 4 ) ;

WHEREAS THESE AGREEMENTS CONTAIN , WITH REGARD TO LEMONS , SIMILAR PROVISIONS TO THOSE SUSPENDED BY 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 ORIGINATING IN CYPRUS , SPAIN , ISRAEL , MOROCCO , THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT , TUNISIA AND TURKEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND EACH OF THESE COUNTRIES ( 5 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1388/77 ( 6 ) ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 471/76 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE FIFTH INDENT OF ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 471/76 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS :

" - ARTICLE 17 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND ARTICLE 10 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT ; " .

2 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 471/76 :

" - ARTICLE 17 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND ARTICLE 10 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN ;

- ARTICLE 16 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT AND ARTICLE 9 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC . " .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE INTERIM AGREEMENTS .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 21 JUNE 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

D . OWEN

( 1 ) OJ NO L 172 , 1 . 7 . 1976 , P . 3 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 126 , 23 . 5 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 126 , 23 . 5 . 1977 , P . 166 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 133 , 27 . 5 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 58 , 5 . 3 . 1976 , P . 5 .

( 6 ) SEE PAGE 3 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .