The trade agreement between the European Economic Community (EEC) and Israel will be signed in Brussels May 11, it was announced today. Signing the accord will be, for the EEC, Garret Fitzgerald, Foreign Minister of Ireland and president of the EEC Ministerial Council, and Francois-Xavier Ortoli, president of the European Commission. Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon will sign on Israel’s behalf.
After the signing, the final wording of the accord will be studied in the May session of the European Parliament, in order that the text be published in the official journal. The agreement should go into effect July 1. Reservations have been made, however, by the EEC, concerning finished agricultural products. These questions will be studied by the Council of Agriculture ministers in order that the complete accord go into effect as soon as possible.
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