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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)517 final.
Brussels-17October1978
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheprovisional application toDominica/afterithasattained
independence ,ofthearrangements providedforinDecision76/568/EEC
ontheassociation oftheoverseascountries andterritories with
.^.-theEuropeanEconomicCommunity
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C0M(78)517final.

Recommandation for a
COUNCIL DECISION
ontheprovisional application toDominica ,
after ithasattained independence ,
ofthearrangements provided forinDecision 76/568/EEC
onthe association ofthe overseas countries and territories
with theEuropean Economic Community
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Decision 76/568/EECof29June 1976
onthe association ofthe overseas countries and territories
withtheEuropean Eoonomic Community ^\aslastamended "by
Decision 78/465/EEC ,andinparticular thesecond subparagraph
ofArticle 55(2 )thereof ,
v''OJNoL176 ,1.7.1976 ,p.1WOJNoL147»3.6.1978 ,p,39

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Whereas,pursuanttothelatterprovisionofDecision76/568/eEC^
thearrangements provided ,forthereinmaycontinuetoapply-
provisionally ,underconditionslaiddown"bytheCouncil,to
countriesandterritories whichbecomeindependent ;
WhereasDominica,whichismentionedinAnnexIrelatingtotheListof
countriesandterritoriesreferredtobythatDecision,,achieves
independence on3November1978;
Whereasitshouldbedecidedtocontinuetoapplyprovisionally
thearrangements providedforintheabove-mentioned Decisionto
thisStateandtolaydowntheconditionsforsuchapplication
withoutprejudicetosubsequentrecoursetothefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle55(2)andtoArticle56thereof;
-WhereastheACP-EECConventionofLomeisopen,inaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle89thereof,totheaccessionof
acountryorvterritorytowhichPartPouroftheTreatyappliesand
whichhasbecomeindependent ;whereassuchaccessioncantakeplace
onlyfollowingarequestbytheStateconcernedandwiththeapproval
oftheACP-EECCouncilofMinisters ;
WhereasDominicahassubmittedarequestforaccessiontotheACP-EEC
ConventionofLome;
WhereastheprovisionalapplicationofDecision76/568/EECwithregard
tothatStateshouldbelimitedintime;
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;

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Whereas ,inorder toavoid anybreak incontinuity infinancing
decisions infavour ofDominica ,between itsaccession tothe
ACP-EEC Convention ofLome andtheentry into force ofthe
decision adjusting theamounts made available totheEuropean
Development Fund which theCouncil istotake pursuant to
Article 1(4)of "theInternal Agreement onthefinancing and
administration ofCommunity aidof1975 »Dominica should be
permitted tocontinue tobenefit until thedate oftheentry into
force ofthesaid Decision from theprovisions ofDecision 76/568/EEC
relating tofinancial andtechnical co-operation ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
•)
Thearrangements laid down byDecision 76/568/EECshall remain
provisionally applicable toDominica until thelatter accedes
totheACP-EEC Convention ofLome andnot later than 2November 1979 •
Dominica shall moreover continue tobenefit from theprovisions
ofthesaid decision relating tofinancial andtechnical co-operation
until thedate ofentry into force oftheDecision adjusting the .
amounts made available totheEuropean Development Fund which the
Council istotake pursuant toArticle 1(4)oftheInternal Agreement
onthefinancing andadministration ofCommunity aidsigned on
11July 1975-
•?/•••

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Article2
QuestionsrelatingtotheapplicationofDecision76/568/EEC
toDominioa,afterithas"becomeindependent ,shall "bedealtwith,
asnecessary,"bydirectcontact "betweenthecompetentauthoritiesof
thatStateandoftheCommunity.
Article3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom3November1978.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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