Where one or more Member States of the Community or Egypt is in serious difficulties or is seriously threatened with difficulties as regards its balance of payments, the Contracting Party concerned may take the necessary safeguard measures.

amending Decision 2000/49/EC repealing Decision 1999/356/EC and imposing special conditions on the import of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt

(a) the potatoes destined for introduction into the Community shall have been produced in fields located in an approved "pest-free area" in Egypt as established by the Commission in accordance with Article 2 of this Decision;

Item 1 shall apply provided that Egypt levies on exports of the products referred to a special charge equal to the amount by which the variable component of the levy is reduced and reflected in the Community import price.

The Community shall appraise the requests for financing in collaboration with the Egyptian State and the beneficiaries, in accordance with the objectives set out in Article 9 (1), and shall inform them of the decisions taken on such requests.

Whereas the effects of the emergency measures will be assessed continually, in the import season 1997/98, and possible subsequent measures applicable to the introduction of potatoes originating in Egypt, will be considered in the light of the results of that assessment;

Member States shall submit to the Commission every three months a report of all analytical results of official controls on consignments of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt.

Whereas the Commission, by Decision 96/301/EC (3), authorised Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt;

concerning the provisional application of the trade and trade-related provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part

(2) Commission Decisions 2004/40/EC fn, 2004/39/EC fn, 2004/37/EC fn and 2004/38/EC fn set specific import conditions for fishery products originating in Guyana, Kenya, Serbia and Montenegro and Egypt, respectively.

Whereas a Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt, hereinafter referred to as 'the Cooperation Agreement', and an Interim Agreement (2) were signed on 18 January 1977;

the import into the Community of potatoes originating in Egypt was banned except where the potatoes originated in pest-free areas established in accordance with the FAO international standard for phytosanitary measures part 4:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/97 of 31 January 1997 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2184/96 concerning imports into the Community of rice originating in and coming from Egypt

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories to which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community applies under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other, to the territories of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

again amending Articles 6 and 17 of the Protocol concerning the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt

The entry into the territory of the Community of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L. which originate in Egypt, other than those already prohibited under the provisions laid down in Annex III, part A, point 10 to Directive 2000/29/EC, shall be prohibited.

(5) To implement the tariff concessions provided for in the provisional Agreement, it is necessary to replace the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 relating to tariff quotas and reference quantities for products originating in Egypt.

The Community and Egypt shall take any measures necessary to enable movement certificates EUR.l as well as forms EUR.2 to be submitted, in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of this Protocol, from the day on which it enters into force.

Customs duties on imports of products originating in Egypt and listed in Annex A in respect of which Community tariff quotas are indicated in the said Annex shall be phased out within the limits of such quotas.

From 1995 onwards, the Community and Egypt shall examine the results of the cooperation between the Contracting Parties in order to appraise the situation and the future development of their relations in the light of the objectives defined in the Agreement.

The Commission, by Decisions 96/301/EC (3), 98/ 105/EC (4) and 98/503/EC (5), required Member States to take additional measures temporarily against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt:

At Annex II the word 'Egypt` is inserted in alphabetical order into the title of the model Health Certificate E and is thereby added to the list of third countries from which imports of registered horses into the Community are permitted.

'- transported to packing stations officially approved by the Egyptian authorities to handle only potatoes eligible for export to the Community during the 1998/99 export season and on arrival at such an approved packing station:

Commission Decision of 11 August 1998 amending Decision 96/301/EC and authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (notified under document number C(1998) 2480)

- to foster the organization of contacts and meetings between Egyptian and Community industrial policy-makers, promoters and firms in order to promote the establishment of new relations in the industrial field in conformity with the objectives of the Agreement,

Commission Decision of 28 January 1998 amending Decision 96/301/EC and authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt

The Contracting Parties agree to interpret the Agreement to. the effect that the term 'Contracting Parties' appearing therein means on the one hand the Community and the Member States, or either the Member States or the Community alone, and on the other hand Egypt.

Such technical information shall be sufficiently detailed to give evidence that the specific risk factors both in the delta and in the desert region are sufficiently addressed while establishing the approved PFAs in Egypt.

Whereas Egypt has been free of dourine, glanders and vesicular stomatitis for more than 6 months and Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis has never occurred and vaccination against this disease is not practised;

Such technical information should be sufficiently detailed to give evidence that the specific risk factors both in the delta and in the desert region are sufficiently addressed while establishing the approved pest-free areas in Egypt.

whereas that technical information shall be sufficiently detailed to give evidence that the specific risk factors both in the delta and in the desert region are sufficiently addressed while establishing the approved PFAs in Egypt;

The measures provided for in Article 1 of Protocol 7 to the Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Treaties referred to in Article 10 concerning imports of motor vehicles and the motor vehicle assembly industry in Ireland shall apply to Egypt.

Throughout the duration of the loans accorded pursuant to this Protocol, Egypt shall undertake to make available to debtors enjoying such loans the foreign currency necessary for the payment of interest and commission and the repayment of principal.

The object of this Agreement between the Community and Egypt is to promote overall cooperation between the Contracting Parties with a view to contributing to the economic and social development of Egypt and helping to strengthen relations between the Parties.

As regards projects and measures financed by the Community, participation in tendering procedures and other procedures for the award of contracts shall be open, on equal terms, to all natural or legal persons of the Member States and of Egypt.

For the purpose of implementing Article 1, originating products the transport of which is effected without their entering into territory other than that of the Contracting Parties are considered as transported directly from Egypt to the Community or from the Community to Egypt.

The annual quotas for products originating in Egypt set out in Annex I are hereby opened from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004 and from 1 January to 31 December of the following years under the conditions set out in that Annex.

For each request for financial aid under this Protocol, a dossier shall be submitted to the Community by the beneficiary referred to in Article 8 (a) or, with Egypt's agreement, by those referred to in Article 8 (b).

The duties applicable within the tariff quotas from 1 January 2004 on imports of goods originating in Egypt covered by Annex II, table 3, of Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the Community and Egypt are set out in Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation.

(5) During the 2002/03 import season, a number of interceptions of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith were recorded and Egypt itself decided to ban all exports of Egyptian potatoes to the Community as of 24 March 2003.

RESOLVED to promote, having regard to their respective levels of development, economic and trade cooperation between the Community and Egypt and to provide a sound basis therefor in conformity with their international obligations,

Whereas in such a situation the import into the Community of potatoes originating in Egypt should be prohibited until the Commission establishes that such 'pest-free areas' have been approved in Egypt in accordance with the said FAO International Standard;

whereas furthermore as a result of considerable numbers of interceptions of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith on imports of potatoes originating in Egypt during the import season 1996/97, Decision 96/301/EC was amended and further strengthened by Decision 98/105/ EC (4) and the import into the Community of potatoes originating in Egypt was banned unless the emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as laid down in the Annex to the said Decision were complied with;

The competent authorities in each Member State shall undertake at random sampling of the consignments of peanuts and certain products derived from peanuts originating in or consigned from Egypt for analysis of aflatoxin B1 and total aflatoxin.

Whereas African horse sickness has not occurred in Egypt for more than 30 years and vaccination against this disease, which has been carried out in a part of the equine population in the southern governorates Assuan, Quena and Sohaq until 1994, has been discounted since more than 1 year;

Therefore it should be possible to permit for the import season 2000/2001 the entry into the territory of the Community of Solanum tuberosum L. which originate in Egypt from pest-free areas which have been approved in Egypt in accordance with the said FAO International Standard.

In order to determine whether goods originate in the Community or in Egypt it shall not be necessary to establish whether the power and fuel, plant and equipment, and machines and tools used to obtain such goods originate in third countries or not.

Whereas, following the receipt of requests from the New Zealand, Madagascar and Egyptian authorities, it is appropriate to add New Zealand and Madagascar to the list for fish meal and other meals, Madagascar to the list for snails and Egypt to the list for frog legs;

Whereas following a Commission veterinary inspection mission to Egypt the animal health situation as regards diseases in equidae appears to be under satisfactory control by well structured and organized veterinary services;

The Community and Egypt shall institute cooperation with the aim of contributing to Egypt's development by means of efforts complementary to those made by Egypt itself, and of strengthening existing economic links on as broad a basis as possible for the mutual benefit of the Parties.