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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)209 final
Brussels/27thApril1981
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
extendingtheprovisional arrangements fortradeestablished
inRegulation (EEC)n°439/81
oftheRepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStates
oftheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,meetingwithinthe
Council,extendingtheprovisional arrangements applicable
totradebetweentheHellenicRepublicandtheACPStatesin
productscoveredbythatCommunityDRAFT DECISION
(presented bytheCommission toth«Council)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
FollowingthesessionoftheACP/EECCouncilofMinisters on9and10
April1981,anagreement hasbeenmadebetweentheCommunity andthe.
ACPStatesbyvirtueofwhichtheCommunity hasundertaken toextend
until1stJuly1981thetimelimitoftheprovisional arrangements for
tradebetweentheHellenicRepublicandtheACPStateslaiddownin
Regulation (EEC)439/81andbytheDecisionoftheRepresentatives
oftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesoftheCECA,whichbearsthedate
of20January1981(0JN°L53/81,onpages19and65respectively ).
Suchacommitment wastakenafterestablishing that,providedthat
anagreement oncertainpointsremainsinsuspense,theACPStates
willbeabletosignaprotocolbefore1stJuly1981containing the
adjustments andtransitional measurestothesecondACP/EECConvention
totakeintoaccounttheaccessionoftheHellenicRepublic.x
Inordertoensurethatthisagreementiscompliedwith,theCommission
/-proposestotheCounciltoadoptthetextoftheattachedRegulation,
-recommends' thattheRepresentatives oftheMemberStateGovernments
oftheCECAadoptthedecisionofwhichadraftisalsoattached.
Thetwotextsaimatextendingthetimelimitofthetradearrangements
arisingfromtheregulation andthedecisionmentioned aboveuntil
30June,1981atthelatest.
Beforethisdate,andaccordingtothedevelopment ofthenegotiations ,
theCommission proposestoputforwardnewproposals.

Proposal for Council lation No !
extending the provisions larrangements
for trade established inRegulation (EEC )r<°439 /81
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)n°439/81of20January 1981
laying down theprovisional arrangements fortrade between theHellenic
Republic and theACPStates (1),and inparticular Article 1thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas itisagreed toextend exceptionally for twomonths theprovisional
arrangements fortrade laid down intheabove-mentioned regulation which is
due toexpire on30April 1981 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
Theprovisional arrangements applicable totrade between theHellenic Republic
andtheACPStates laid down inRegulation (EEC )N°439/81shall remain applicable
until 30June 1981 atthe latest .
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing itspublication
inthe Official Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at
For the Counc iI,
The President
(1)0JN°L53,27.2.1981 ,p.19
N.B. Tobepublished inthe 0Jbefore 29April 1981

DRAFT
DECISION
\
OFTHEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBERSTATESOFTHE
•EUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY -MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL
OF
extendingtheprovisional arrangements
applicable totradebetweentheHellenic
RepublicandtheACPStatesinproducts
coveredbythatCommunity.
THEREPRESENTATIVES OFTHEGOVERNMENTS OFTHEMEMBERSTATESOFTHE
EUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY,MEETINGWITHINTHECOUNCIL,
WhereastheMemberStateshaveconcluded amongthemselves theTreaty
establishing theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity;
Whereasitisagreedtoextendexceptionally fortwomonthstheprovisional
arrangements applicable totradebetweentheHellenicRepublicandthe
ACPStateslaiddowninDecision 81/57/ECSCoftheRepresentatives ofthe
Governments oftheMemberStatesoftheECSCof20January1981(1)in
respectofproductscoveredbythatCommunity;
InagreementwiththeCommission,
HAVEDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
Theprovisional arrangements applicable totradebetweentheHellenic
RepublicandtheACPStateslaiddowninDecision 81/57/ECSCshall
remainapplicableuntil30June1981atthelatest.
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<1>0JN°L53,27.2.1981,p.65

Article2
The Member States shall take the measures necessary toimplement this
Deci sion .
Done at
The President