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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)54final
Brussels,13February1979
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Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheprovisional application toSaintLucia,afterit
hasattainedindependence ,ofthearrangements providedfor
inDecision76/568/EEContheassociation oftheoverseas
countries andterritories withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheprovisionalapplication toSaintLucia,
afterithasattainedindependence ,
ofthearrangementsprovidedforinDecision76/568/EEC
ontheassociation oftheoverseascountries andterritories
withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/568/EECof29June1976
ontheassociation oftheoverseascountriesandterritories
(1withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,aslastamendedby
Decision78/465/ESC^^,andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle55(2)thereof,
(1)
(2)OJNoL176,1.7.1976,p.1
OJNoL147,3.6.1978,p.39

Whereas,pursuant "tothelatterprovisionofDecision76/568/EEC,
thearrangementsprovidedforthereinmaycontinuetoapply
provisionally |underconditionslaiddowntoytheCouncil,to
countriesandterritories which "becomeindependent ;
WhereasSaintLucia,whichismentionedinAnnexIrelatingtothelistof
countriesandterritoriesreferredtotoythatDecision,achieves
independence on22February1979J
Whereasitshouldtoedecidedtocontinuetoapplyprovisionally
thearrangements providedforintheatoove-raentioned Decisionto
thisStateandtolaydowntheconditionsforsuchapplication
withoutprejudicetosubsequentrecoursetothefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle55(2)andtoArticle56thereof;
WhereastheACP-EECConventionofLomeisopen,inaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle89thereof,totheaccessionof
acountiyorterritorytowhichPartPouroftheTreatyappliesand
whichhastoecomeindependent ;whereassuchaccessioncantakeplace
onlyfollowingarequesttoytheStateconcernedandwiththeapproval
oftheACP-22CCouncilofMinisters;
WhereasSaintLuciahassubmittedarequestforaccessiontotheACP-EEC
ConventionofLome;
WhereastheprovisionalapplicationofDecision
tothatStateshouldtoelimitedintime;76/568/EECwithregard

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V.7lereas,inordertoavoidanybreakincontinuitymfinancing
decisionsinfavourofSaintLucia,betweenitsaccessiontothe
ACP-EECConventionofLomeandtheentryintoforceofthe
decisionadjustingtheamountsmadeavailabletotheEuropean
Development FundwhichtheCouncilistotakepursuantto
Article1(4)oftheInternalAgreementonthefinancingand
administration ofCommunityaidof1975iSaintLuciashouldbe
permittedtocontinuetobenefituntilthedateoftheentryinto
forceofthesaidDecisionfromtheprovisionsofDecision76/563/EEC
relatingtofinancialandtechnicalco-operation ,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:'
Article 1
ThearrangementslaiddownbyDecision76/568/3ECshallremain
provisionally applicabletoSaintLuciauntilthelatteraccedes
totheACP-EECConventionofLomeandnotlaterthan21February19S0«
SaintLuciashallmoreovercontinuetobenefitfromtheprovisions
ofthesaiddecisionrelatingtofinancialandtechnicalco-operation
untilthedateofentryintoforceoftheDecisionadjustingthe
amountsmadeavailabletotheEuropeanDevelopment Fundwhichthe
CouncilistotakepursuanttoArticle1(4)oftheInternalAgreement
onthefinancingandadministration ofCommunityaidsignedon
11July1975.

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Article2
QuestionsrelatingtotheapplicationofDecision76/568/EEC
toSaintLucia,afterithasbecomeindependent ,shallbedealtwith,
asnecessary,bydirectcontactbetweenthecompetentauthorities of
thatStateandoftheCommunity.
Article3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom22February1979«
DoneatBrussels,
PortheCouncil
ThePresident