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RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
ONTHEPROVISIONAL APPLICATION TOSAINTVINCENT,
AFTERITSINDEPENDANCE ,OFTHEARRANGEMENTS
PROVIDED FORINDECISION 76/568/EECONTHE
ASSOCIATION OFTHEOVERSEAS COUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES
WITHTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
(presentedbytheCommission totheCouncil)
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SUMMARYSTATEMENT
TheattachedtextisaRecommendation foraCouncilDecisiononthe
provisionalapplication toSt.Vincent,afteritsaccessionto
independence ,ofthearrangementsprovidedforinDecision76/568/EEC
ontheassociation ofoverseascountriesandterritories totheEEC.
St.VincentisaBritishOCTwhichaccededtoindependence on
27October1979«
ItsrelationswiththeEuropeanCommunityareadministered withinthe
cntextofDecision76/568/EEContheassociationofoverseascountries
.idterritories totheEEC.
iuchdecisionisrequiredforeachoverseasterritorybecomingindependent ,
untilsuchtimeasitaccedestotheACP/EECConventionofLome.

Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheprovisionalapplicationtoSaintVincent,
afteritsindependence ,ofthe
arrangementsprovidedforinDecision76/568/EECon
theassociation oftheoverseascountries andterritories
withtheEuropeanEconomioCommunity
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreaty,establishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,
HavingregardtoCounoilDecision76/568/EECof29June1976on
theassociation oftheoverseascountries andterritories withthe
1EuropeanEoonomicCommunity v',aslastamended "byDecision
78/465/EECandinparticularthesecondsubparagraphof
Article55(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission,
OJNoL176,1.7.1976,p.8
OJNoL147,3.6.1978,p.39

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Whereas,pursuanttothesecondsubparagraph ofArticle55(2)of
Decision76/568/.EBC,thearrangementsprovidedforthereinmay
continuetoapplyprovisionally ,underconditionslaiddownby
theCouncil,tocountriesandterritories whichachieveindependence ;
WhereasSaintVincent,whichappearsinAnnexIrelatingtothelist
ofcountriesandterritoriesreferredtobythatDecision,achieved
independence on27October1979>
Whereasitshouldbedecidedtocontinuetoapplyprovisionally
thearrangements providedforintheabove-mentioned Decisionto
thatStateandtolaydowntheconditionsforsuchapplication ,
withoutprejudicetosubsequentrecoursetothefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle55(2)andtoArticle56thereof;
WhereastheACP–EECConventionofLomeisopen,inaccordancewith
theprocedurelaiddowninArticle89thereof,totheaccessionof
acountryorterritorytowhichPartFouroftheTreatyappliesand
whichhasbecomeindependent ;whereassuchaccessioncantakeplace
onlyfollowingarequestbytheStateconcernedaridwiththe
approvaloftheACP–EECCouncilofMinisters;
WhereasSaintVincenthassubmittedarequestforaccessiontothe
ACP–EECConventionofLome;
WhereastheperiodofprovisionalapplicationofDecision76/568/EECto
thatStateshouldnotcontinuebeyondtheexpiryofthatDecision;
/

Whereas ,inorder toavoid any "break incontinuity inthefinancing
ofdecisions infavour ofSaint Vincent "between itsaccession tothe
ACP-EEC Convention ofLome andtheentry into force ofthedecision
adjusting theamounts made available totheEuropean Development
Fund which theCouncil istotake pursuant toArtiole 1(4)ofthe
Internal Agreement onthefinancing andadministration ofCommunity
aidsigned on11July 1975 »Saint Vincent should "bepermitted to
continue to "benefit until thedate ofthe entry into force ofthat :
decision from theprovisions ofDecision 76/568/EECrelating to
flaancial andtechnical cooperation ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Thearrangements laid down "byDecision 76/568/EECshall remain
provisionally applicable toSaint Vincent until thelatter accedes tothe
ACP-EEC Convention ofLom6 ,but inanyevent notbeyond theexpiry ofthis
Decision .
Saint Vincent shall ,moreover ,continue to "benefit from the
provisions ofthe said Decision relating tofinanoial andtechnical
co-operation until thedate ofentry into force ofthedecision adjusting
theamounts made available totheEuropean Development Fund which the
Council istotake pursuant toArticle 1(4)oftheInternal Agreement
onthefinancing andadministration ofCommunity aidsigned on
11July 1975 .

Article2
QuestionsrelatingtotheapplicationofDecision76/568/EEC
toSaintVincentafterithasachievedindependence shall "bedealt
withasnecessary "bydirectcontactbetweenthecompetentauthorities
ofthatStateandoftheCommunity.
Article3
ThisDecisionshallapplywitheffectfromthethirddayfollowing
itspublication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident