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AGREEMENT

IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC REGARDING PREPARED OR PRESERVED TOMATOES FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 20.02 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

LETTER NO 1

BRUSSELS , . . . SIR ,

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO ARTICLE 3 OF PROTOCOL 8 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC SIGNED ON 22 JULY 1972 AND TO THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS OF 5 DECEMBER 1975 .

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO INFORM YOU THAT FOR 1981 THE COMMUNITY IS READY TO RENEW THE VOLUME AGREED FOR THE PRECEDING YEAR . ACCORDINGLY , THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKES TO ADOPT THE NECESSARY MEASURES IN ORDER THAT THE QUANTITIES OF TOMATOES THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 20.02 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND SUPPLIED TO THE COMMUNITY IN 1981 , DO NOT EXCEED 90 000 TONNES .

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KINDLY CONFIRM THE AGREEMENT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT TO THE CONTENTS OF THIS LETTER .

PLEASE ACCEPT , SIR , THE ASSURANCE OF MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION .

ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL

OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

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LETTER NO 2

BRUSSELS , . . . SIR ,

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF TODAY ' S DATE WORDED AS FOLLOWS :

' I HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO ARTICLE 3 OF PROTOCOL 8 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC SIGNED ON 22 JULY 1972 AND TO THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS OF 5 DECEMBER 1975 .

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO INFORM YOU THAT FOR 1981 THE COMMUNITY IS READY TO RENEW THE VOLUME AGREED FOR THE PRECEDING YEAR . ACCORDINGLY , THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKES TO ADOPT THE NECESSARY MEASURES IN ORDER THAT THE QUANTITIES OF TOMATOES THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 20.02 C OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND SUPPLIED TO THE COMMUNITY IN 1981 , DO NOT EXCEED 90 000 TONNES .

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KINDLY CONFIRM THE AGREEMENT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT TO THE CONTENTS OF THIS LETTER . '

I HAVE THE HONOUR TO CONFIRM THE AGREEMENT OF MY GOVERNMENT WITH THE CONTENTS OF THAT LETTER .

PLEASE ACCEPT , SIR , THE ASSURANCE OF MY HIGHEST CONSIDERATION .

FOR THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC