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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)642 final
Brussels ,23rd October 1980
RECOMMENDATION FORA^OUNCIL DECISION'/AAUTHORIZING THECOMMISSION VoNEGOTIATE
ANINTERIM TRADE AGREEMENT .WITHZIMBABWE r:J
vV -;^
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COM (80)642 final

Ccri.x.iseion Communication tothe Council
Thenegotiations between theRepublic ofZimbabwe andtheCommunity Lavs
nowbeen completed ,andtheagreement fortheaccession ofZimbabwe to
thesecond ACP–EECConvention signed inLom6 on31October 1979 has "beer >
initialled bythecontracting parties .
Asthis agreement (andalso theagreement onproducts within theprovince
oftheEuropean Coal andSteel Community )cannot enter into force until
ithasbeen ratified bythesignatory states inaccordance with their
respective constitutional requirements ,theCommission considers it
politically desirable togrant Zimbabwe interim trade arrangements which
will apply from 1January 1981 (when thetrade arrangements similar to
those oftheOCTwill nolonger beineffect and J.twill notbepossible ,
forobvious reasons ,toextend them )until thedate ofactual application
oftheaccession agreement .
TheCommission proposal isthat interim contractual trade arrangements be
made for Zimbabwe .
These arrangements would comprise ,insubstance ,theprovisions ontrade
"contained inthesecond ACP-EEC Convention ,signed inLoml on31October
1979 .\ :
Theadoption ofthese provisions would amount toaccording Zimbabwe trade
treatment similar tothat enjoyed atpresent bytheACPStates ,towhich
therelevant trade provisions intheConvention will apply as -soon asit
enters into force .
Consequently ,theCommission recommends that theCouncil adopt thedecision
attached hereto . v

Recommendation for a
COUNCIL DECISION (EEC)
authorizing theCommission tonegotiate aninterim trade agreement with
Zimbabwe ^
THE COUNCIL OPTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
living regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof ,
Having regard totheRecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas the agreement ontheaccession ofZimbabwe tothe second
ACP-EEC Convention ofLomS wassigned on j
Whereas the said agreement canenter into force only after ratification
andwhereas ,consequently ,interim arrangements should bemade fortrade
between Zimbabwe andtheCommunity ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Sole Article
The Commission ishereby authorized tonegotiate aninterim agreement >
between theEuropean Economic Community andZimbabwe inorder toestablish
thetrade arrangements applicable asfrom 1January 1981 .
The Commission shall conduct thenegotiations inconsultation with a
committee composed ofrepresentatives oftheMember States ,inaccordance
with thedirectives annexed hereto .
Done atBrussels ,
9 .• . . 'L
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For the Council
The President

ANNEX
'DIRECTIVES
Theinterimagreementmustprovidefortradearrangements betweenthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityandZimbabwe,tobeapplicableasfrom
1January1981andidenticaltothosecontainedinthesecondACP-EEC
Convention,signedatLomlon31October1979*