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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)749 final
Brussels,7December1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION (EEC)
ontheprovisional application oftheStateofAntiguaandBarbuda
ofthearrangements providedforinDecision80/1186/EECon
theassociation oftheoverseascountries andterritories
withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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Introc action
io TheBritish ,overseas territory ofAntigua achieved iiidepesidenoe
on1Novsffiusr 1981 asthestate ofAatigua ®sidBarbuda®
2o Antigua andBarbuda requested accession tothe eseorxd AGP-EJSG
Convention ofLome la&letter dated2November 1981 from theVise
Prisae Miaister 8My<>LoBeBird ,tothePresident oftheAGP=SEG "
Council o
3° Inview ofth®delay f°rth®arrangements andprocedures tobe
undertakes fortheaccession tothessoond Ooiave&tion ofLoa»i of
acountry which hasachieved independence ,itshould "bedecided
tocontinue toapply provisionally thearr&ng©sa3nts provided for
intheDecision relating totheassociation oftheoverseas
countries aadterritories totheEuropean .Eoonosio Coianr'Aiaity -
4s The8S2a provisions were made atthe tiiae *&sa .theRepublic of
Djibouti (former Territory ofAf&rs fendleeaa ),Solomon Islands (
Tuvalu ^Dominica ,StoLuoie ,theRepublic ofKiribati (forraer
Gilbert Islands ),St»VInosatendtheGrenadises ,Vanuatu (former
Anglo-Pranoh Condominl-uia ofthaKVr?Estrides )mriBelize "bsoe®@
independent *

Proposal fora
COUNCIL DECISION
ontheprovisional application totheStateofAntiguaandBarbudaofthe
arrangements provided ,forinDecision 80/1186/EEContheassociation of
theoverseas countries andterritories withthe
European Economic Community
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDeoision80/1186/EECof16December 1980onthe
association oftheoverseas countries andterritories withtheEuropean
Economic Community (1),andinparticular theseoondsubparagraph of
Artiole142(2)thereof;
*
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
(1)OJNoL361,31.12.1980 ,p.1

2
Whereasspursuanttothesecondsubparagraph ofArticle142(2}of
Decision 8O/H86/EEC9thearranstentsprovidedforthereinmay
contimetoapplyprovisionally ;madarconditions laiddownbythe
Courici13tocountries sadterritories whichbeooaeindependent j
WhareasAntigua ,tahichismentioned inAanesItothesaidDecision ^
achieved independence on1lovaEther 1981asthestateofAntiguaand
Bar-buda|
Whereasitshould "bedecidedtocontinue toapplyprovisionally tothat
Stat©thearrangements provided forintha&bove=ffisntioned Decisionf
WhereasthesecoadACP~EECConvention ofLOIBIisopsnfinaccordance
withtheprocediira laiddowninArticle185thereof stoaccession by
countries orterritories referred toinPartFouroftheTreatywhich
havebecomeindependent !Whereassucha-ooessioa ©e&taksplaceonly
following &request "bytheStateconcerned end*jiththaapproval of
theACP-EEOCouncilofMinisters !
VJbsrsaaAntigua asidBarbudahassuli&itbed arsqasstforaccession to
thesecondACF-EECConvention ofLoasj
HASDECIDED ASIDLLOWSs
Article 1
Thearra»geiaents laiddoan "byBeoisioa 80/1186/MSshallcontinuetoapjjly
provisionally toAntigua .wdBarbuda «ntiXthsisttsr«so®d9stothes&aonfl
ACP-=EJSGConvention ofLsalo

Artide 2
Questions relatingtotheapplication toAntiguaandBarbudaof
Decision80/1186/EECshallbedealtwithasnecessary "bydirectcontact
betweentheoompetent authorities ofthatStateandoftheCommunity .
ThisDecision shalltakeeffecton1November 1981.
DoneatBrussels ,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident