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EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

CONCERNING THE SUBJECTS OF CONSULTATIONS FOR WHICH PROVISION IS MADE IN POINT 9 OF THE EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA ON TRADE IN THE SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT SECTOR

LETTER NO 1

SIR ,

WITH REFERENCE TO CERTAIN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RAISED DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THIS ARRANGEMENT , I HAVE THE HONOUR TO POINT OUT THAT IT WAS AGREED DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT , WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE APPLICATION OF THIS ARRANGEMENT , IF BULGARIA WERE TO RAISE ANY CONCRETE PROBLEMS , THEY COULD BE COVERED BY THE CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN POINT 9 WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERAL CONTENTS OF THAT POINT . THESE PROBLEMS INCLUDE :

1 . SUPPLY OF LIVE ANIMALS WITHIN THE QUANTITY AGREED FOR MEAT ;

2 . SUPPLY OF MEAT WITHIN THE QUANTITY AGREED FOR LIVE ANIMALS ;

3 . THE POSSIBILITY OF ADVANCE USE , DURING A GIVEN YEAR , OF A LIMITED PROPORTION OF THE QUANTITY AGREED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR ;

4 . THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING IMPORTS OF QUANTITIES OVER AND ABOVE THOSE FIXED IN POINT 2 OF THE ARRANGEMENT WHERE THE COMMUNITY MARKET SITUATION SO PERMITS .

FOR ITS PART , THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE PREPARED TO UNDERTAKE THE SAID CONSULTATIONS IN A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION IN RESPECT OF ANY REQUESTS PUT FORWARD BY BULGARIA .

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER .

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

ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

LETTER NO 2

SIR ,

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

" WITH REFERENCE TO CERTAIN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RAISED DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THIS ARRANGEMENT , I HAVE THE HONOUR TO POINT OUT THAT IT WAS AGREED DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT , WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE APPLICATION OF THIS ARRANGEMENT , IF BULGARIA WERE TO RAISE ANY CONCRETE PROBLEMS , THEY COULD BE COVERED BY THE CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN POINT 9 WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERAL CONTENTS OF THAT POINT . THESE PROBLEMS INCLUDE :

1 . SUPPLY OF LIVE ANIMALS WITHIN THE QUANTITY AGREED FOR MEAT ;

2 . SUPPLY OF MEAT WITHIN THE QUANTITY AGREED FOR LIVE ANIMALS ;

3 . THE POSSIBILITY OF ADVANCE USE , DURING A GIVEN YEAR , OF A LIMITED PROPORTION OF THE QUANTITY AGREED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR ;

4 . THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING IMPORTS OF QUANTITIES OVER AND ABOVE THOSE FIXED IN POINT 2 OF THE ARRANGEMENT WHERE THE COMMUNITY MARKET SITUATION SO PERMITS .

FOR ITS PART , THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE PREPARED TO UNDERTAKE THE SAID CONSULTATIONS IN A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION IN RESPECT OF ANY REQUESTS PUT FORWARD BY BULGARIA .

I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD KINDLY ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER . "

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

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA