Extension of Cooperation between Portugal and European Communities

Signed in Brussels, as an extension of the Agreement of July 22, 1972 between the EEC and Portugal, a Financial Protocol aimed at the rapid economic and social development of Portugal and an Additional Protocol with provisions concerning commercial measures as well as social, industrial, economic and technological cooperation. Both Protocols came into force on November 1, 1978. On the same day, along with the Additional Protocol, an Interim Agreement was signed, which provides for the activation of certain provisions of the Additional Protocol regarding the trade of goods, until the latter comes into force. On the occasion of the signing ceremony of the above agreements, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, José Manuel Medeiros Ferreira, in his speech makes a first reference to his country’s intention to submit an application for membership with the aim of joining the European Communities.