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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
EXTENDING THEPERIODOFAPPLICATION OF.REGULATION (EEC)No435/80
ONTHEARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TOAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND
CERTAIN GOODSRESULTING FROMTHEPROCESSING OFAGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTSORIGINATING INTHEAFRICAN,CARIBBEAN AND
PACIFICSTATESORINTHEOVERSEAS COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)COM(80)692final
Brussels,7November1980
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
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C0M(80)692final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM .
UnderCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°435/80,theCommunityagreedtoapply,
beforethedateofentryintoforceoftheACP-EECConventionofLom£,
signedon31October1979,andofthenewDecisionontheCommunity's
association withtheoverseascountries andterritories (OCT),the
arrangements laiddownintheConvention andtheDecisionconcerning
agricultural productsandfoodstuffsoriginating intheACPStatesorthe
OCT. - .'-
TheCommunity,however,limitedtheinitialapplication ofthesaid
Regulationtotheanticipated datefortheratification oftheConvention
(31Décembre 1980). .
'1'V .1 ,
ItisnotcertainthattheConvention andDecisionwillenterintoforce
on31December1980.Toavoidadiscontinuity intrade,itisnecessary
thereforetoextendtheapplication ofRegulation (EEC)N°435/80fora
furtherinterimperiodbeyond31December1980. ~
TheattachedproposalforaRegulation aimstoensuresuchanextension.
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Thefinancialimplications aredealtwithinthecontextofthefinancial
implications oftheCommission proposalconcerning theintroduction of
thesearrangements in1980(C0M(79)736final).

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
extendingtheperiodofapplicaiton ofRegulation (EEC)No435/80
onthearrangements applicabletoagricultural products
andcertaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural products
originating intheAfrican,Caribbean andPacificStatesorin
* theoverseascountriesandterritories
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THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNTIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)N°435/8C^of18February1980on
thearrangements applicabletoagricultural productsandcertaingoods
resultingfromtheprocessing ofagricultural productsoriginating inthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseascountriesand
territories (1),andinparticularArticle27thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasRegulation (EEC)N°435/80isapplicableonlyuntil31December
1980,thepresumeddateofentryintoforceoftheACP-EECConventionof
LomeandofthenewCouncilDecisionontheassociation oftheCommunity
withtheoverseascountries andterritories;
tWhereasitisnotcertainthattheConvention andtheDecisionwillenter
intoforceonthatdate;whereas,toavoiddiscontinuity intrade,itis
thereforenecessarytoextendtheperiodofapplication of.Regulation (EEC)
N°435/80beyond31-December1980,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
Article 1
InArticle27ofRegulation (EEC)N°435/80,-"31December1980"
isreplacedby"31March1981".
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(1)O.J.N°L55,28.2.1980,p.4 .../...

Article 2______ _,
ThisRegulation shaLLenterintoforceon1January1981.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates. ■
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Doneat FortheCouncil
ThePresident