RESOLUTION 19.6.81
embodying the opinion of the European Parliament on the proposals from the Council of the European Communities for Regulations concerning the conclusion of Protocols to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus and to the Cooperation Agreements between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Lebanese Republic consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community.

The European Parliament,

• having regard to the texts of the Council Regulations concerning the conclusion of Additional Protocols to the Agreements between the EEC and Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan and the Lebanon respectively,
• having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 238 of the EEC Treaty (Doc. 1- 8/81),
• considering the urgent need to extend to the Hellenic Republic the contents of the Agreements concluded between the European Community and Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan and the Lebanon,
• aware of the importance of the relations established by the Community with the Mediterranean countries as part of the general approach to Mediterranean policy,
• having regard to the report of the Committee on External Economic Relations and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (Doc. 1-257/81),
  1. Approve as a whole the contents of the Council Regulations concerning the conclusion of Additional Protocols to the Cooperation Agreements between the EEC and Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan and the Lebanon;
  2. Urges the Community to take into due consideration the capacity of the Community market to absorb the products from non-member countries imported on the basis of the concessions which the Community has granted within the context of external relations and in particular under the Mediterranean policy;
  3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the report of its committee to the Council and the Commission.