Protocol of the seventeenth session of the Hellenic - Romanian intergovernmental Joint Committee for economic, industrial and technical co-operation.

On the basis of the Agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the Hellenic Republic and the Romanian People's Republic signed on June 30, 1971, the Joint Committee held its meeting in order to analyse and determine the possibilities to develop economic cooperation in various fields of interest, among them, agriculture and food industry. Both sides have the intention to intensify cooperation in this field and expressed their willingness to sign as soon as possible an agreement between the Ministries of Agriculture of the two countries. The Greek side will support the efforts of Romania's accession to the E.U. through training courses on subjects of common agricultural policy so that it may help the Romanian side during the pre-accession stage of harmonisation of its economy to the "acquis communautaire".