6.7.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL168/43
AGREEMENTS
intheformofexchangesoflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandBarbados,thePeople'sRepublicoftheCongo,Fiji,theCooperative
RepublicofGuyana,Jamaica,theRepublicofKenya,theDemocraticRepublic
ofMadagascar ,theRepublicofMalawi,Mauritius ,theRepublicofSurinam,the
KingdomofSwaziland,theUnitedRepublicofTanzania,TrinidadandTobago
andtheRepublicofUganda,ontheguaranteedpricesforcanesugarfor1977/78
LetterNo1
Brussels,
Sir,
1.InthenegotiationsreferredtoinArticle5(4)ofProtocol3annexedtotheACP-EEC
ConventionofLometherepresentatives oftheACPStatesreferredtointhatProtocol
andtheCommission ,onbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,acknow­
ledgedthejointobligationsandresponsibilities derivingfromtheConventionandreaf­
firmedtheirdetermination fullytoimplementtheprovisionsoftheProtocol.
Followingtheconclusionsofthesaidnegotiationsthepartieshaveagreedasfollows:
Fortheperiod1May1977Co30June1978theguaranteedpricesreferredtoinArticle
5(4)oftheProtocolshallbe:
(a)forrawsugar,27-25unitsofaccountper100kilograms;
(b)forwhitesugar,33-83unitsofaccountper100kilograms.
ThesepricesshallrefertosugarofstandardqualityasdefinedinCommunityrules,
unpacked,andcifEuropeanportsoftheCommunity .
2.HavingregardtothechangeinthedefinitionoftheCommunity'sinterventionprices
andotherrelevantfactors,theCommunityexpectsthattheguaranteedpriceforACP
rawsugarandtheadoptionofthespecialself-balancing storagelevysystemforprefer­
entialsugarwillenabletheACPStatestosecureontheCommunitymarketduringthe
1977/78deliveryperiodapriceofnotlessthan28-20unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grams.
3.InrespectofACPwhitesugartheCommunityexpectsthattheguaranteedpricewill
resultinamarketpriceof35-60unitsofaccountper100kilograms.
ItaketheopportunitytoinformyouthattheCommunityhasjustadoptedamending
legislationinorderthataspecialself-balancing storagelevysystemshallapplyto
importedpreferentialsugarwitheffectfrom1July1977.
Ishouldbeobligedifyouwouldacknowledgereceiptofthisletterandconfirmthatthis
letterandyourreplyconstituteanAgreementbetweenyourGovernmentandtheCommu­
nity.
Pleaseaccept,-Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
FortheCouncil
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LetterNo2
Brussels,
Sir,
Ihavethehonourtoacknowledgereceiptofyourletteroftodaywhichreadsasfollows:
'1.InthenegotiationsreferredtoinArticle5(4)ofProtocol3annexedtothe
ACP-EECConventionofLometherepresentatives oftheACPStatesreferredto
inthatProtocolandtheCommission ,onbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community ,acknowledged thejointobligationsandresponsibilities derivingfrom
theConventionandreaffirmedtheirdetermination fullytoimplementtheprovi­
sionsoftheProtocol.
Followingtheconclusionsofthesaidnegotiationsthepartieshaveagreedas
follows :
Fortheperiod1May1977to30June1978theguaranteedpricesreferredtoin
Article5(4)oftheProtocolshallbe:
(a)forrawsugar,27-25unitsofaccountper100kilograms ;
(b)forwhitesugar,33-83unitsofaccountper100kilograms .
ThesepricesshallrefertosugarofstandardqualityasdefinedinCommunity
rules,unpacked,andcifEuropeanportsoftheCommunity .
2.HavingregardtothechangeinthedefinitionoftheCommunity'sintervention
pricesandotherrelevantfactors,theCommunityexpectsthattheguaranteedprice
forACPrawsugarandtheadoptionofthespecialself-balancing storagelevy
systemforpreferentialsugarwillenabletheACPStatestosecureontheCommu­
nitymarketduringthe1977/78deliveryperiodapriceofnotlessthan28-20units
ofaccountper100kilograms .
3.InrespectofACPwhitesugartheCommunityexpectsthattheguaranteedprice
willresultinamarketpriceof35-60unitsofaccountper100kilograms .
ItaketheopportunitytoinformyouthattheCommunityhasjustadoptedamending
legislationinorderthataspecialself-balancing storagelevysystemshallapplyto
importedpreferentialsugarwitheffectfrom1July1977.
Ishouldbeobligedifyouwouldacknowledgereceiptofthisletterandconfirmthat
thisletterandyourreplyconstituteanAgreementbetweenyourGovernmentandthe
Community .'
IhavethehonourtoconfirmtheagreementofmyGovernmentwiththeforegoing.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofmyhighestconsideration .
FortheGovernment of(')
(')ThisexchangeoflettersshalltakeplacemutatismutandisbetweentheCommunityandthe
followingACPStates:Barbados,thePeople'sRepublicoftheCongo,Fiji,theCooperativeRepu­
blicofGuyana,Jamaica,theRepublicofKenya,theDemocraticRepublicofMadagascarthe
RepublicofMalawi,Mauritius ,theRepublicofSurinam,theKingdomofSwaziland,theUnited
RepublicofTanzania,TrinidadandTobago,andtheRepublicofUganda.