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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
/*•F. !COM(79 )466 final
Brussels ,6September 1979
V
Ci .j-"*!Recommendation fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
ontheconclusion oftheAgreements intheform ofexchanges
"of .letters between theEuropean Economic Community and
Barbados ,thePeople 'sRepublic oftheCongo ,Fiji ,
theCooperative Republic ofGuyana ,Jamaica ,the
Republic ofKenya ,theDemocratic Republic of
Madagascar ,theRepublic ofMalawi ,Mauritius ,
theRepublic ofSurinam ,theKingdom ofSwaziland ,
theUnited Republic ofTanzania ,Trinidad andTobago ,
theRepublic ofUganda ,andtheRepublic ofIndia on
ontheguaranteed prices forcane sugar for1979 /80
Recommendation for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
fixing for1979 /80theguaranteed prices applicable for'cane
sugar originating intheoverseas countries andterritories
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(79 )466 final

EXPIAD ,1°""' 'v-
1.(a) Bydecision oftheCouncil ,theComriission wasauthorized to
enter into negotiations on .theguaranteed !prices forcane sugar
for1979/80with theStates referred toinarticle 3oftrie
Protocol No3onACP sugar annexed totheACP-ESC Convention of
Lom§,theRepublic ofSurinam and .with theRepublic ofIndia .
Theresults ofthose negotiations have tobeapproved bythe
relevant authorities oftheCcrrmunity andthecountries referred
toabove „TheCommission recommends totheCouncil that the
results beembodied inagreements intheform ofexchanges of
letters between theCanrnunity ontheonehand andeach oftheACP
States concerned aiidtheRepublic ofIndia ontheother according
tothe annexed drafts .
(b) According totheDeclaration XXIannexed totheFinal Actofthe
ACP-EEC Convention ,ofLome ,theCcrtmunity undertook toensure for
sugar originating "mcertain overseas countries and .territories
(OCT )thesame treatment asprovided forinProtocol No3onACP
sugar .TheCormission reccsrmends that theCouncil fixforsugar
originating inthecountries -specified bythesaid Declaration
thesame guaranteed prices for1979/80asthose agreed with the
ACP States .
2.ANNEXES ;I.Recanmendation for a.Council Regulation concerning the
conclusion oftheAgreements intheform ofexchanges of
letters ontheguaranteed prices forcane sugar for1979/80
between theEuropean Economic Community andBarbados ,,the
People 'sRepublic oftheCongo ,Fiji ,theRepublic of
Guyana ,Jamaica ,theRepublic ofKenya ,theDemocratic
Republic ofMadagascar ,theRepublic ofMalawi ,Mauritius ,
theRepublic ofSurinam ,theKingdom ofSwaziland ,the
United Republic ofTanzania ,Trinidad andTobago ,the
Republic ofUganda andtheRepublic ofIndia .
II.Drafts exchanges ofletters .
III .Recommendation foraCouncil Regulation fixijng theguaranteed
prices applicable forcane sugar originating intheoverseas
countries andterritories (OCT )for1979/80.
3.Financial implications
Thefinancial implications have been taken into account inthe
framework ofthefinancial implications oftheagricultural prices for
1979/80andofthedraft budget proposals for1980 .

ANNEX I
Pecornmendat ion fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
ontheconclusion oftheAgreenents inthe£om c-fexchanges ofletters
between theEuropean Economic CbriTnunity andBaxbados ,thePeople 'sRep.iblic
oftheCongo ,Fiji ,theCooperative Republic ofG.iyana ,Jamaica ,theRe­
public ofKenya ,theDenvocratic Republic ofMadagascar ,theRepublic of
Malawi .,Mauritius ,theRepublic ofSurinam ,theKingdom ofSwaziland ,the
United Republic ofTanzania ,Trinidad axxXTobago ,theRepublic ofUganda ,
and theRepublic ofIndia ontheguaranteed prices forcane sugar for
1979/80
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Ecorouic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totherecommendation frcru theCcsmiission ,
Whereas Protocol 3onACP sugar annexed totheACP-EEC Convention ofLane
(1)•andtheAgreement between theEuropean Economic Camiunity andtheRe­
public ofIndia oncane sugar (2),areimplemented in .thecontent ofthe
managanent ofthe cciiKon organization ofthe sugar' market ;
Whereas itisappropriate toapprove theAgreements intheform of
exchanges ofletters between theEuropean Economic Ccrariunity andtheStates
referred ,toinarticle 3oftheProtocol 3onACPsugar andtheRepublic of
Surinam ,andalso theRepublic ofIndia ,ontheguaranteed prices forcane
sugar for1979/80,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)OJNoL25,30.1.1976 ,p.1.
(2)OJNoL190 ,23.7.1975 ,p.36.

Article 1
TheAgreements intheform ofexchanges ofletters between theEuropean
Economic CO-TTUP ;'tyaridBarbados ,thePeople 'sRep.iblic oftheCongo ,Fiji ,
theCooperative Republic ofGuyana ,Jamaica ,theRepublic ofKenya ,the
Democratic Republic ofMadagascar ,toeRepublic ofMalawi ,Mauritius ,the
Republic ofSurinam ,theKingdom ofSwaziland ,theUnited Republic ofTan­
zania ,Trinidad and .Tobago andtheRepublic ofUganda ,on .theguaranteed
prices forcane sugar for1979/80,andtheAgreement intheform ofan
exchange ofletters between theEuropean Economic Carrmunity and .theRepu­
blic ofIndia ontheguaranteed prices forcane sugar 1979/80,arehereby
approved onbehalf oftheCommunity .
Thetexts ofthese Agreorients areannexed tothis Regulation .
Article 2
ThePresident oftheCouncil isauthorized ,todesignate theperson
empowered tosign theAgreements referred toinArticle 1inorder tobind
the CcirrrTunity ,
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities „
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

ANNEX IT
AGREEMENTS
ij":t1"1^).o :'.inCj:exciiaiees oxlet'-.ers becwefci "!theEuropecj )Economic Gcfsnunity
andEarbados ,thePeople 1sRepublic oxtheCongo ,Fij \ftheCooperative
Rspubl icofGuyana .Jarrtajoa ,LbeKep.iblxc oiKenya ,trieDemocratic Republic
ofMadagascar ,theRepublic ofMalawi ,r-iaux.i.Lius ,.theRepublic ofSurinam ,
theKingdom ofSwaziland ,theUnited Republic ofTanzania ,Trinidad and
Tobago andtheRepublic ofUgaaxia ,ontieguaranteed prices forcane sugar
for 1979/80
Letter No1
Brussels ,
Sir ,
1.Therepresentatives oftheACPStates referred tointheProtocol No3
onACPsugar annexed totheACP-EEC Convention ofLane ,theRepublic
ofSurinam ,andoftheCommission ,onbehalf oftheEuropean Economic
Com-raini ty,have agreed within theframework ofthenegotiations pro­
vided forinArticle 5(4)ofthesaid Protocol ,thefollowing :
Fortheperiod 1July 1979 to30June 1980 theguaranteed prices re­
ferred toinArticle 5(4)oftheProtocol shall ,forthepurpose of
intervention within theterms ofArticle 6oftheProtocol ,be
a)forrawsugar ,34.13 ECUper100kilograms ,
b)forwhite sugar ,42=30 ECUper 100kilograms .
These prices ,which represent anincrease of1.5% over those ofthe
preceding year ,shall refer tosugar ofstandard quality asdefined in
ConTnunity legislation ,unpacked ,c.i.f .,European ports oftheCommu­
nity .
2.Itisnoted bytheparties totheagreement that ,having regard to
market conditions generally andtoother relevant factors and
following discussions with theimporters ,theACPStates concerned
strongly hoped that itv.ould bepossible tosecure ,inaddition tothe
agreed guaranteed prices ,apremium onCcntnunity markets during the
delivery period 1979/80.
3.A1through retroactivity isnotprovided forinrespect ofthe1979/80
prices itisagreed that this year 'sdecision does notprejudice the
position oftheACPStates inrelation toretroactivity inanyfuture
negotiation inaccordance with Article 4(3)ofProtocol No3annexed
tothe ACP-EEC Convention ofLone ,

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4.Itwasnoted that theCouncil ofMinisters oftheCarmunity hadnot
authorized theinclusion ofanyfactor inrespect offreight charges
inthedetermination oftheguaranteed prices forthedelivery period
1979/80.TheACPStates reiterated their concern attheburden of
these charges andrequested that thesubject should remain open for
further consideration .TheCamunity took note ofthis request .
Ishould beobliged ifyouwould acknowledge receipt ofthis letter and
confirm that this letter andyour reply constitute anAgreement between the
Governments oftheabove mentioned ACPStates andtheCommunity .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
For the Council
oftheEuropean Ccrrcnunities

Letter No2
Brussels .
Sir .
Ihave thehonour toacknowledge receipt ofyour letter oftoday which
reads asfollows :
VI ft
Ihave thehonour toconfirm theagreement oftheGovernments oftheACP
States referred tointhis letter with theforegoing .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance oftryhighest consideration .
For the Goveriments

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AGREEMENT
intheformofanexchangeoflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofIndiaontheguaranteedpricesforcanesugarfor1979/80
LetterNo1
Brussels.
Sir-
1.Therepresentatives oftheRepublicofIndiaandoftheCommission,on
behalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,haveagreedwithinthe
frameworkofthenegotiations providedforinArticle5(4)ofthe
AgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepublicof
Indiaoncanesugar,thefollowing:
Forthe.period 1July1979to30June1980ontheguaranteedprices
referredtoinArticle5(4)oftheProtocolshall,forthe-purposeof
intervention withinthetermsofArticle6oftheProtocol,be
a)forrawsugar,34.13ECUper100kilograms,
b)forwhitesugar,42.30ECUper100kilograms.
Theseprices,whichrepresentanincreaseof1.5%overthoseofthe
precedingyear,shallrefertosugarofstandardqualityasdefinedin
Communitylegislation,unpacked,c.i.f.,EuropeanportsoftheCommunity.
2.Itisnotedbythepartiestotheagreementthat,havingregardto
marketconditionsgenerallyandtootherrelevantfactors,
theRepublicofIndia
stronglyhopedthatitwouldbepossibletosecure,inadditiontothe
agreedguaranteedprices,apremiumonCommunitymarketsduringthe
deliveryperiod1979/80.
3.Althoughretroactivity isnotprovidedforinrespectofthe1979/80
pricesitisagreedthatthisyear'sdecisiondoesnotprejudicethe
positionoftheRepublicofIndiainrelationtoretroactivity inany
futurenegotiationinaccordancewithArticle4(3)ofAgreementon
canesugar.

4.Itwasnoted that theCouncil ofMinisters oftheCaimunity hadnot
authorized theinclusion ofanyfactor inrespect offreight charges
inthedetermination oftheguaranteed prices forthedelivery period
1979/80.TheRepublic ofIndia reiterated itsconcern attheburden
ofthese charges andrequested that thesubject should remain open for
further consideration .TheCaimunity took note ofthis request .
Ishould beobliged ifyouwould acknowledge receipt ofthis letter and
confirm that this letter andyour reply constitute anAgreement between
your Government andtheCoirmunity .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
For the Council
oftheEuropean commission

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Letter No2
Brussels .
Sir .
Ihave thehonour toacknowledge receipt ofyour letter oftoday which
reads asfollows :
fl II
Ihave thehonour toconfirm theagreement ofmyGovernment with the
foregoing .
Please accept ,Sir ,theassurance ofmyhighest consideration .
For the Government
oftheRepublic ofIndia

Annex III
Recommendation for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
fixing for1979/80theguaranteed prices applicable forcane sugar
originating intheoverseas countries andterritories
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 136thereof .
Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas ,inaccordance with theterms ofAnnex XXItotheFinal Actofthe
AACP-EEC Convention ofLome ,theCommunity guarantees ,forcane sugar
originating intheoverseas countries andterritories mentioned inthesaid
Annex ,thesame treatment asprovided forinProtocol 3onACPsugar
annexed tothesaid convention ;
Whereas Council Decision 76/568/EEC of29June 1976 ontheassociation of
2theoverseas countries andterritories with theEuropean Economic Community
embodies theapplication ofthis principle ;whereas inaccordance with
Article 4(4)ofAnnex IVtothat Decision theguaranteed prices arefixed
annually ;
Whereas theguaranteed prices valid for1979 /80forcane sugar originating
intheACPStates have been fixed byAgreements intheform ofexchanges of
letters with the relevant ACPStates ;whereas itisnownecessary forthe
Council tofixthesame guaranteed prices forcane sugar originating inthe
overseas countries andterritories concerned ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Fortheperiod 1July 1979 to30June 1980 theguaranteed prices referred
toinArticle 4(4)ofAnnex IVtoDecision 76/568/EECshall beasfollows :
JojNoL25,30.1.1976 ,p.1
*0JNoL176,1.7.1976 ,p.8

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(a)forrawsugar ,34.13 units ofaccount per100kilograms ;
(b)forwhite sugar ,42.30 units ofaccount per 100kilograms .
These prices .refer tosugar ofstandard quality asdefined in
Community rules ,unpacked and cifEuropean ports intheCommunity .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply with effect from
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done atBrussels , For the Commission
The President