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COMMISSION
OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
SecretariatBrussels ,25February 1976 *
CONFIDENTIAL
COM(76)66 final.
PAPUA -NEW GUINEA
REQUEST FOR MEMBERSHIP OP THE LOME CONVENTION
(communication from theCommission totheCouncil )
COM(76 )66final .

COMOTIC&TION' PROM EESCOMMISSIOU TOTKKCOUNCIL
I I–– II II II ι I II ' '
PAPUA KEWGUIMa SREQUEST FORMEMBERSHIP OPTHELOME COWETITIOlf
INTRODUCTION
OnX-3December 1975 >"th©Deputy Prime Minister of
Papua NewGuinea ,SirMaori Kiki and llinrister forDefence ,Foreign
Relations andTrade ,visited Brussels inorder toaddress tothe
European Community therequest ofhisGovernment tobecome aparty
totheLom6 Convention under thearrangements setoutinArticle JO
ofthat Convention .This request wastransmitted tothePresident
oftheCounci loftheEuropean Communities jand tothePresident ofthe
Commission .Jlsimilar demarche wa3_madc ;inBlantyre
ontheoccasion oftheACPMinisterial Meeting there on12and 13
December 1975 with theACP countries .Acopy oftherequest presented
tothePresident oftheCommission isattached atAnnex I#Sofarnoreply
has "been given either from theCouncil ortheCommission .
B\CKGROUND ■
Papua NewGuinea ,until 15September 19.75
administered byAustralia ,is .now .afully ,independent
country with membership oftheUnited Nations ,theCommonwealth and
the South Pacific Forura .
Ithasapopulation of million made upofmany ethnic
andlanguage groups .Thelevel ofdevelopment islow;butresources
arerich .Tboy include thovhil * cr.tropical apiculture ,coppor
(inBougainville ), pr! and,por^ibJ.v ,tugnificf.-t

off-shore oil and naiural ras.*
Arepresentative ofthe Commission attended the
independence celebrations anddelivered amessage ofcongratulations .
The PITG Government have made itclear for some timo that they were
very interested inmembership ofthe Lwritf Convention .TheAustralian
Government h~nalways supported this (l!r.Vlhitlam raised thequestion
during hisvir.it toBrussels inEocenber 1974 )«The newAustralian
Government has given noindication tint they will not continue totake
this view .InOctober the PITJ . rment officially recorded their
intention toapply for x"»rnicipation .""ii'.earrangements being
negotiated with the AC?countries ,inp..letter toMr. Cheysson .
This was acknowledged and noted inaformal reply from thelatter
which emphasised that any decision about F1IG would belong tothe
Council ofthe European CosnrvuniticH inconsultation with the ACP
countries ^Intheir Ministerial I^'eetin ^j.nGeorgetown inJune 1975
the AC?coimtries gave their support for FT7*accession toLom6 .This
was confirmed androirTcr-od attheFinntyra meeting j.«Diooniber 1975 .
LITAL P0STTI0TT
Th<a Conrminity'n relations wisii PNGare covered by
Article 116oftheAct ofAccession .This Article provides for
continued access totho UKmarket for PTC ?exports there ,under
the former Commonwealth preference arrangements until the end of1977 »
These arrangertentri irw berw'J.ewd atany time upuntil that date by
the Council ofHinders rid ,intartieul *?,inthe event ofindependence .
Trieterm ofthin ArW.*.lo ir.svke nomention ofassociation orother arrangement
t
* /'.r>ulilti /rv 1.o.r)t\ocoi-ton *.^rdXhwottn 5.nattached atAnnex II

PUG# Asfarasmembership oftfyaLome Convention isconcerned ,
PUGwould -therefore fall tinder thescope ofArticle $0ofthe
Convention which deals with requests from !*■third countries *and
which stipulates that :
–therequest must heapproved bytheACp/EECCouncil ofMinisters ;
–there should "beconcluded andratified anaccession agreement
between PNGandtheCommunity }
and furthermore implies that : '
–there should beanagreement between Member States increasing
theamount oftheEDFbyamending theInternal Agreement on
thefinancing andadministration ofCommunity Aid.
Inrespect ofthese legal requirements theCommission hasmade
certain recommendations totheCouncil initsDocument CCM(75 )5^8Pinal *
fordealing with requests from countries covered byArticle 90ofthe
Convention which might occur before theprocedure laid down bythe
Convention canbeputinto force through ratification ofthat
Convention# PUGfalls into thecategory ofcountries referred toin
Paragraph 2.2ofthat Communication .Under thefirst ofthese
♦
recommendations theContracting parties will give anadhocopinion
oneach request without waiting fortheentry into force ofthe
Convention .Inthis waynegotiations between theCommunity andthe
country concerned could bestarted ^ifappropriate .
Asfarasfinancial considerations areconcerned ,these would
beamatter forMember States todeliberate upon separately atthesame
time asthenegotiations referred toabove .

4-
Analysis ofRequc3t
This request from PNGandtheCommunity 'sresponse toitcarry
anumber ofimplications ,of "both economic andpolitical nature .
Economically ,accession ofPUGtotheLom6 Convention adds anew
dimension totheCommunity 'sspecial relationship with thecountries
ofthePacific region# PUG is,interms ofpopulation ,much larger than
anyofthethree other Lom6 signatories whoso total population isless ;
than onemillion .TheCommunity Member States would need
toestablish theamount offinancial resources tobemadeavailable Q
under thefinancial andtechnical cooperat iprovisions oftheConvention .
TheESC/a.CPCouncil ofMinisters would need toresolve such issues asthestatus of
t
PNGinrespect ofGTA.BES {level ofthresholds etc.)andinrespect of
Article 43oftheConvention .Apriori PEGwould appear toqualify
for the most favourable treatment inboth cases .She would also
qualify under STU3EX inrespect ofcopra ,cocoa ,coffee andtimber .
Asregards ti-ading arrangements ,clarification would also need tobe
sought inrespect oflinks with Australia .Itisunderstood that a
trade agreement between PUGandAustralia islikely only toprovide _
most favoured nation treatment forAustralian exports toPNG,This
would becompatible with theprovisions ofthe Lom<3 Convention .
There areanumber ofpolitical considerations .Itisclear
that theexistence ofArticle 116oftheAct ofAccession provides no
legal .basis forPNGtobeconsidered aspecial case formembership
oftheLom6 Convention .Atthesame time ,this provision puts PNGinto
aunique position vis~a-vi3 theCommunity .Concessions arcmade in
that provision which arenotenjoyed byanyother third country .This
reflects thewillingness oftheCommunity todeal sympathetically
with PNGandtotake unusual steps todoso,given theunusual
constitutional andtrading position ofthecountry .These speoial

arrangements went "beyond those inrespect oftheAsian Commonwealth .
Also ,there isanimplicit understanding that theeventuality
ofindependence would give rise toafresh setofcircumstances
inwhich theCommunity could make newprovisions .
Thequestion ofprecedent ,isimportant .TheStatement of
Intention ofl/2April 19^3 (copy atAnnex III)declares the
willingness oftheCommunity toconsider favourably requests for
association from third countries with aneconomio structure and
production comparable totheassociated states .These countries
aredefined inthe interpretative declaration made atthe same
time (copy also attached atAnnex IV)as "being notably the
countries oftheCommonwealth .More particularly ,theMember
States undertook tooppose theaccession ofsuch countries only
iffriendly relations between thecountry concerned andtheCommunity
didnotexist andwhere noseparate financial assistance arrangements
hadbe<jnmade .'(There isnt>interpretation that thecountries concerned
areexclusively African .
These political undertakings affect thequestion ofthe
creation ofaprecedence .Inthecase oftheLomS Convention ,
there isanadded considerations theACP countries must also
agree totheaccession ofanewmember .Inthepresent case ,this
support hasbeen made clear .TheACPview wasdefined atMalawi in
December 1975 "(relevant extract atAnnex V).
Inpractical terms PNG istheonly existing developing
Commonwealth country notalready covered byProtocol 22totheAct of
Accession ,ortheJoint Declaration ofIntent ,ontrade relations with the

Commonwealth Asian countries ^or -asdependencies falling under
theprovisions ofPart IVof -theRome Treaty ,Inaddition ,FUG
isafull member ofaregional organisation with three other ACP
countries (South Pacific Forum andSouth Pacific Bureau for
Economic Cooperation ).
Conclusions
Although there isnolegal obligations fortheCommunity
torespond favourably totherequest from PITGthere areanumber
ofconsiderations which indicate afavourable position ofprinciple
andthat itwould beappropriate torespond sympathetically and
,and ,without prejudice, /toexamine thequestion further with PUG
representatives .These reasons ares­
-PUGfalls into thecategory ofcountries covered bythe
I963 Statement ofIntention andisalready thesubject of
special arrangement under Article 116oftheActofAccession .
Inthis itisunique .Thequestion ofprecedence forother
countries isaccordingly ofnoreal consequence .
-Therequest hasthefull andofficial support oftheACP
countries (andAustralia ).
-PUG isamember ofaregional grouping with other ACPcountries .
-There areapparently nospeoial problems attached tothe
negotiation ofaccession totho Lom<5 Convention .
Accordingly ,itisproposed that theCommission should exchange
information with theFUGauthorities ,soastobeinaposition assoon
aspossible tomake full recommendations totheCouncil intholight of
those exchanges .

i'jTV Auu£1 +>'"'f>
Dear President „ :•'
Iiiavs the honour topresent toyou myGovernment *s
request to -accede tothe Convention ofLome .
Papua S?ov7 Guinea psrelations with Europe date "back tothe
second half ofthe nineteenth century .European colonisation
had asignificant impact onthe development ofPapua NewGuinea .-Even after thecolonial ties with Australia replaced
those with Europe ,close links were maintained .Hodoubt
the fact that Australia itself was only anewly independent
nation maintaining very close ties .•.".•'••hBritain ,contributed
toPapua I-Iew Guineaps continued inte ;.*stinEurope andits
markets -This isnoless true no# that Papua Kevr Guinea is
fully independent itself . ".
When the Community vras enlarged in1972 special recognition
was given toPapua New Guinea inArticle 116 „Itisthe
understanding ofayGovernment that atthe time ofthe en­
largement ofthe Community ,,considerable goodwill existed
within the Community and among the Member States ofthe
European Economic Community towards Papua Sew Guinea and thatthis goodwill found expression inthe words ofArticle 115
ofthe Treaty ofAccession .
During the enlargement negotiations fPapua New Guinea
indicated that itwould welcome the opportunity toenter into
anassociation agreement with the E.E.C.
layGovernment ha3 maintained acontinuing interest inestablishing stronger ties with the3.3.0 .and has not
waiverecl from its stated desire toenter into anassociation
agreement with the 2„.E.G„In1974 the then Chief Minister
wrote toIIr-Claude Cheysson and indicated myGovernment 's
continuing Interest inassociation .Inreply ,Kr.Cheyseon
confirmed that Article 116 was anindication ofthe goodwillfelt bythe Ke.:.ibor xStates ofthe European Economic Communitytowards Papua ITew Guinea *Hewent cntosaythat hebelieved
that this goodwill continued ,
Papua New Guinea took akeen interest inthenegotiations
between the European Economic Community and the A,0 ?.states .
Inorder tobekept fully informed oftheprogress that was
being made itwa3 arranged for aPapua New Guinea official
.../2

tosit inonthenegotiations a3part ofthePacific
delegation .Inall such matters ,myGovernment hasrelied -heavily onthe advice and guidance ofourPacific colleaguesFiji ,''.'astern Samoa and Tonga .
Itwas onthe advice ofthe Prime Minister ofFiji ,
Ratu Sir Kamisese Tiara ,that myPrime Minister requested
our then Commissioner toWashington ,?Jr.P.Katane to
attend tne A.C.P. Council ofMinisters' meeting in  
Georgetown .Atthat meeting theA.C.P. Council cfMinisters
publicly stated that they .would support Papua New Guinea 's
accession tothe Lome Convention .
The Prime Ministers ofthe Pacific states ofthe A.C.P.
group have personally assured myPrime Minister oftheir
wholehearted support for Papua New (•'?A:tK.ea ,saccession to
the Lome Convention .Papua New Guinea has played anactivepart inthe Mouth Pacific ?crura end the South Pacific Bureau
ofEconomic Co-operation .Inamajor foreign policy
.statement delivered bymetothe Papua Ecw G-uinea House
ofAssembly Istated that myGovernment 'sfirst priority
must betoclearly identify Papua Kew Guinea v/ith the otherisland nations ofthePacific region .
InHay this year the Commonwealth Meads ofGovernment issued
acommunique following their meeting inKingston inwhich theystated that they would welcome anindependent Papua Kew
Guinea 'smembership ofthe Commonwealth .
Immediately following independence ,Papua New Guinea formally
became amember ofthe Commonwealth ,amove that was fully
supported byall members ofthe Commonwealth .
.Article 90ofthe Lome Convention provides for the accession
o; member states whose economic structure and production
are comparable v/ith those ofthe A.C.P. states .
Papua New Guinea considers itmeets this criterion ;itisessentially asubsistence economy with about 80per cent
ofits people living inatraditional village society .Papua
New Guinea has avery underdeveloped industrial structure
andisalmost exclusively reliant onexports ofunprocessed
primary products .
.../3

Tosummarise ,myGovernment "believes that there issympathy
within the Community and among themember states for closer
ties between theCommunity andPapua New Guinea .Inaddition
theA.C.P «states fully support Papua Hex?Guinea 'saccession
totheLome Convention *Xwould therefore like toformally
register with you the desire ofmyGovernment toaccede to
the Convention ofLome .
Assuring your Excellency ofmyhighest consideration .
Yours sincerely p
MAORI KIKÏ .
HieExcellency ,,
President ofthe Commission
oftheEuropean Communities ,
200 rue dolaLoi „
'BRUSSELS .

ΡΑΓυΛ 5!··;.· !αυχΐϊ ^-\ (π·.το)
General Information
:vzr=.r-sr« r-rirr;as:u,r ;::n5S
1. Geographical
Area :Papua 234 1500 K:r.
Nev ;Guinea 181,000 Km
Theterritory oompricee Papua ,the south onstern quaurar .Iof
the island ofKew Guinea ,North ofAustralia ,and Nov Guinea ,
the north eastern rector ;the islands ofBismarck Arch ire!
the 2islands ofBougainville and 5r,ka ,to^elher with aIr.rrc
number ofsmaller inlands .
Offro-^ientod tojiO^rarliv ;the central l)ifhl«ndf.' arc e:>;Lri'-Mcl y
rugged ,and reach amaximum height of A•,(}£4mctros ,Sov fchof
the central highlands ,extensive :uwampy lovvlo «<•;.<•? ana rV:jt-.:no
plains run down tothe coast .
Clirrote
Hot ar.d moist aloi :;-;the coast ,bocomin# coldor ;.*ndclr.vc' -cr.
hi,~hci' altitudos .
Rainfall
lïeavy .
Temperatur o.
Hifti average annua .!temperature .
,Capital
i'ort Hcrosby (Papua )pop:66,244 »
Kain Toy.tis :Lae (Ngvj Guinea )and lìabsu'J (UevEritaiiO ,
2. (a)Porn]ation
Papua (1971 census )67 "1,3^4 ofwhom ubout 1f>,000 json-in
New Guinea (1971 oensue )1,795,602 ofwho :.-,about Jtfl.C'jO
îndi^onour -;.
(b)l'-felif:ion
Great majority ofinaif-enous population - .pantheistic .
Others ,including rion~indi{;enous population -mainly
Christian .
(o)Official _franAvare
•litnglish . •.
Wide diversity oflocal lan^uafres (more than 600)tomat
thediversity ofphysical fragmentation (over 1,000trib

Commy mioationr. •
Roads >
(Dec.1970 )-about 12^75 Kmofreads inPNGincluding 560 Km
ofurban roads and 1,610 Kmofsecondary road :.:.
Number ofmotor vehicles (Dec.1970 )17J514.
Inla nd watorwry
Principal River ;Sepik inNew Guinea ,navigable forabout /.f'DY
Shippin g . .
Regular whipping servicer .between Australia ,the ?;~rEast rnd
PKGportrj ,aswell asservices to Jlev;Zealand ,Ihrope ,Asia
and North America .
Comprehensive inter-island shipping service .
Aviation
Regular public transport services within iNG talso regulsv
air services toand from Australia .
Links established v.'ith international air routes .
Agovernment-owned airline isnovj established andisopcrutivr.fi
Kass Commun :oations «
Comprehensive telephone syctc.fi (11,702 telephones on30 .Jti:ie 1?
Broadcasting :acentral (Port -Moresby )aswell asregional
.'broadcasting :services ,with -progrii.naes inEnglish end local
languages operated bythe Australian Broadcast in/;Conu-irsion .
Anational broadcast in# system isplanned toetax't •operating
before tne end of1973 .
TV-from 1970 :Television Nov;Guinea ,
Press -Daily English newspaper' inPort Moresby .
Numerous news sheet and magazines variously inEnglish ,
Pidgin and other vernacular languages .
History . .'
Papua : 1883 -Government ofQueensland annexed Papua .
1884-British Protectorate proclaimed -named
British New Guinea . " ■
1901 –Under control ofAustralian Commonwealth
New Guinea : once German New Guinea .
1920 -was mandated bythe League ofNations to
Australia ,together with Bismarck
Archipelago ,Bougainville and Bvka .

The Papua and New Guinea Act of 19'19passed .1);.'Australian
Parliament provided for combination ofUNTrust territory
ofNC-inadministrative union with territory ofPapua ,under
title ofPapua New Guinea .
'1964 -First House ofAsootnlrty inaujmrat ed.
1968 -Second houoe elected ,
"-Introduction ofane«' Kinicrtori&l rs-yrrb ens
and an/idiiiiniritrator 'Executive Council .
1972 -Elect 5.onr;for new Houoe ofArwseinUy .
Coalition government established .
II.Political
1. Government v;as adi.iinr .cterod byan .'ulRiinautrator ,aCabinet anr .
alegislative House ofAssembl yvith 96ofits 100 monitors
elected "bypopular vote (March .197'-) <'-nd Aofficial <nor,;l ^rr;.
National Coalition Ccvermsent formed ,\rithnomination byKou::o
of/issc-.nhly of17members toboKini& tcro ,10cfv:hom are otl -
ofthe Administrator 'sExecutive Council --responsible for p;0icy
ir.a3r.ing and executive government .
PNGachieved internal self government on 1JWccwber V?73 »v:ith
Australia still exercising control over defence end externa }
affairo .
2. Political parti en
PangU Pati (1967 )-holds 60outofthe 100lfoufce ofAssembly ven:
Leader :Kichael' Soa&re (Prime Minister ).
People 'sProgress Party (1970 )-Meinbnr party inNat.Coalition .
Chaxrrnan :Juliur »Chan .
NCNational Party -Member party inNat .Coalition .
Lcaacr :Thomar >Naval i.
United Party (19^9)~Main opposition party inHouse ofAr.Geir.b3y .-
Leao.cr :MatIhias Toliiri^n .
••/•*

III . J'Jcono!!',.' /
1. Currency : Australian .dollar pk
Banhi n/rfacilities :ACentral Bank and aDeveD oprnent Bm:k ,bclh
independent ofAustralia .
4trading banks with branches intheprincipal towns ;also
:'.Savings Banks and Insurance Companies .
2. PubT jeFinance
Gross monetary sector product ,atmarket price ;:,increased by
approximately one-third in 1969-70 to$i\325 mi5.Hen ,at;arow .'it
ofthe construction ofthe Bougainville Copper project .Bu^ret ivy
deficits ,large and grev:ir:fr ,a?most entirely financed byir.cr«iiu:o <^;
grants and economic aid from Government ofAustral ia,amount irto
about 'f>180 uiijiionayear ,
Total local revenue for year ending June 1972 v.':.s estimated
r/,A84,671,511 andexpenditure -atfl\1?9,36?,??4 .About three-
ifourth ?,oftotal revenue cones from ir.cor-e taxes and cv >t. out *
IIorestriction onthe'repatriation b,yforeign investor ?ofcv-it ::!
orprofits .Tax incentives offered at;encouragement toir.voi--tr .crt .
The Government has set upreach inery for taking uoequity inrajor
'projects financed byover Bear ,capita !.
Trafic
Value ofovers gtrade for PUG in E.'i'OOO
Imports' I97O,i– –
1971 !jExports
i!1970 1971
Papua 65,105 70,530 'Papua 21,754 15 »ί;<!
ÏTeviGuinea 147.946 184,009 New Guinea 71,8c6 £6,7>
Principal trading partners are :Australia ,Japan ,UKand USA.
-Main exports :coconut products ,coffee ,cocoa ,timber and rubber .
Production ofcopper concentrates for export expected tobegin in
1972/73. . , •
- Rubber i'awholly exported toAustralia ,which provides puart:?rc£-wd
preference ,including price support .
Main import commodities :capital goods forindustrial dcvc;3 oprceni ,
and consumer goods .

Tariff r.
The •territory hasasingle column tariff ,ranging upio35'^
'advalorem' for "theprotection oflocal nascent induct rior;..
(a)Agriculture *
Freehold alienation ofland prohibited ,but leases
avai'Jable .
Output ofmain commercial crops (inton:'.).
ΡΛΡ0Λ Ϊ1ΚΊ 01Ι.ΤΙ
1%9 1^70 i
~ H
18.389 17,03'ί
Kubocr ♦.
Cacoa beans
Coffee beansS,876 5,319
1»152 855
288 •4L>8;Copra andall
|Coconut
jProducts ..
jCacoa beans
i!Ooffc.o bcanr .19(V 1970
ΑΛι*/Ι'ί*(ΛΛ»119 ,'-'-'-ίυιιΙ',»ί ι
o*>c. o■"> c~.'*■
*l'Oc »,ce.«v.-(;
οο ην7 ·*ο.οf'C ),/ fJt' J-•'■.y
?.?? 971
Staple food includes 'owoet potatoes ,yams ,taro ,sago n.»:d .
bananas .
Great potential for both import substitution and cxp:;:vt
promotion ,ifproduction ofrice ,peanuts and sugar c.no cu
boincreased .
(b)LivestocV -
There isextensive' grasslands and abcef-cattlc industry
isbeing developed .
Kon-indigenous holdings oflivestock numbers about 100,000
head .Considerable numbers •ofpigs andpoultry owned by
the indigenes .
(c)Fisherjer ,
..Commercial fiohing isexpanding ,and exports offresh fish ,
crayfish andprawns fortheyear 1970/71amounted to
f>i\2,292,000 .-Ajoint F1JG--Japanese group exported -344,200
oftuna in2;Vmonths from March 1970 .Further expansion of
this venture isbeing undertaken .

-6-
(d)Forer.try
ad be Theterritory 'oorbonwive timber resource :;cor..idoe
developed tosupply anannuo ,!]ofcut ofS00mill ;or.
super feet oftimber ,inperpetuity .
Timber production isofgrowing import r.ncc both for
local ,consumption and exports .
Lo^/sharvest cdinPUGterritory :-
Hardvood
Softvrood1970 ι
184,1500,000
29,500,0001071
2t>5 j?ü'»yj000 i-'u ;C'l'o>
29./;00,000
(«) îvinir;.c;
Deposits containing cold ,copver ,nic?-:o ],,xvor .r;ii„";r -.,
3ead and x.inc arc buin *investigated .
Several .wells ofna.yin*i0 .r:\r L*>.ve been di re .
The Bnr»,f;ainville Copper pro.i cotisexpec Ir:*.toor.,;:e••••.!
production in197?/73»with ansvcra (-<?ann' .:.:.:.! }.rc-.k:u ;.
of150,000 tons ofcopper inconcentrate ,md 1/,*72 j
offcold .
Indigenous rmall-seal 0go]clianc :->now account for *or..-*
ofthe f-o'J.doutput .
Production ofrol;l andsilver inFUG ,infine os:~
Gold
Silver1119 .
21).,523
17,68.1J2L1
r??,?77
16,897
(f)Induntry
Major manufacturing industries :generally those proccr .:-;n<-
local raw materials for export e./%production of
coconut oil and copra by-products ,plywood ,furniture ,cI.c.
Light industries :manufacture ofpaint ,concrete blo^V ."!-,
wirnt tobacco ,boat building ;andthe assembly ofelcctri cr.l
appliances .

-7-
(,'*) 7*ov.fi nm
Atanearly ctapre ofdevolor;ac»t ,hut ban con..'.o derabil o
potent ialfor growth .Value oftourism asanindustry ,
estimated atjik10.3 million .in19^9 1incrcaoSn# to
17,5 mi]lion inVjl?/l~S.
Forecast of_Poi'eseeabl eImport ant _Devo'i opnojrt a
Complete independence r.nticipated byend of19'M»/irr£.ri /;c.:ne?rt s
under Articles 109 (3)and 110 and 113ofTreaty ofAccession
may have tohereviewed ifthe .territory bocoincn independent
before 1January 1978 .
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Sco^tt ov, -jCbiciv^e ^

PAPUA NK.I OUINfíi (PITO)
Hifh Coiiiîiiir-oxoner Ler;ï ieV ..John-jon .l'A.
Pi- Kxcîwiel Soinarc ,KII/l.
Min jsteroflutcrior Dr.John •Ouine
Miuiotor ofIinarice «TiUiuy Chrui
Minister ofBuKir.oer !Developpicrrb j/or»rd iujs Kola
Minisîtcr ofIhnar , Paul Lapu n
Kinicrfcer of&Lhviroivrr-cnt Alfccrl tëoorjkilii
loriiivtor ofTr&J.o «Industry i'ocu Poiï

'STATEMENT' OFINTENTION' (>: ■' >*.
■ ''Ontheoccasion ofthesigning ofthe .Association Convention
between EEC .and the' African States and Madagasfcar associated with this
Community ,themember -States' oftheEEC ,as&emblfed in ,theCouncil ,
conscious oftheimportance' 'attached to'thedevelopment .of "inter -:/ .
african cooperation and trade and wishing-' todemonstrate their will ;
tocooperate onthe basis of .complete equality and friendly relations ,
according to .theprinciples 'of 'the .Charter ..of'the .:United Nations ,are
\villing toconsider favdurr.bly -,through negociation 'swith third
countries ,which would make such arequest andWhose economic structur
and production ;are .comparable with these' ofthe'associated States ,
■agreements which could involve one of'the following'.f ormulas ■
-accession to ,-this Convention',' according tothe ■'procedure layed
/•.down in"art .58ofthis.' Convention v■■ :"'•■>.■^.-;V:'. -• ' ;
-!associate agreements including reciprocal rights ..and"obligations
notably in 'respe ctof *trade ,
-trade agreements to ,facilitate ;and develop trade between such
countries and theCommunity .• , '
(x)adopted bythePermanent Representatives 'oftheMember States ,of
theEEC on1st/2dApril 1963 ' •

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Concerning requests byPapua-New Guinea ,Cape Verde Islands l/
and Sao Tome and Principe for accession tothe Lome Convention
/The Council ofACP Ministers :
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SUPPORTS therequests bythe above countries toaccede tothe
Lome Convention . '
IF?<rES the SEC also togive support totherequests bytheabove
countries toaccede tothe Lome Convention .o
URGES theCommunity and theabove countries toconclude the
necessary agreements pending formal approval ofthe *said requests
bytheACP/EECCouncil ofMinisters inaccordance with Article 90
ofthe Lome Convention .
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MANDATES the ACPCommittee ofAmbassadors togive necessary
support and assistance totheabove countries during theaccession
agreement negotiations between these countries and the Community .
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MANDATES its President tocommunicate the contents ofthis
^Dsolution tothePresident oftheEECaswell asthecountries
concerned . .
Done atBlantyre ,s*\2December 1975 .
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