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OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GeneralSecretariatCOM(81)802 final
Brussels.23December1981
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Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
extendingtheperiodofvalidityoftheDecisionof28April1981
ontheapplicationoftheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsfor
ships
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC81)802final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Atitsmeetingof28April1981theCouncildecidedtoconcludeon
behalfoftheCommunitytheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsfor
shipsasitresultedfromthenegotiations heldundertheauspices
oftheCECDandcompletedon18March1981.Atthesamemeetingthe
Councilalsoadoptedmeasuresrelatingtoapplication ofthe
Understanding bytheCommunity.
2.Thedecisionof28Aprilapplieduntil31July;on20Julyadecision
wastakenextendingituntil,31January1982.
3.TheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforshipsisaninstrument
ofinternational disciplineinthefieldofexportcredits.Itisin
theCommunity'sinterestthatitshouldcontinuetobeappliedafter
31January1982,but,asinthepast,itisdesirablethatthe
extensionshouldbeforalimitedperiodonly.
4.TheCommissionthereforeinvitestheCounciltoadoptthedraftdecision
submittedherewith,extendingtheapplicationofttieUnderstanding until
31July1982.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILDECISION
extendingtheperiodofvalidity
oftheDecisionof28April1981onthe
application oftheOECDUnderstanding onexport
creditsforships
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community-andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,

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WhereastheCouncilDecisionof28April1981ontheapplication
oftheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforshipsceasesto
beapplicable on31January1982;
vWhereas,intheinterestsoftheCommunityandinorderto
strengthen theprincipleofinternational cooperation,itis
necessaryfurthertoextendtheperiodofapplication bythe
Communityofthisinstrumentofinternational discipline-
w....«
HASt.DOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article 1
TheDeriodofvalidityoftheDecisionof28April1981on
theapplication oftheOECDUnderstanding onexportcredits
forshipsisherebyextendeduntil31July1982.
Article 2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,1982.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident