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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COΜ(82)232 final
Brussels ,6May 1982
COMMISSION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
concerning therequest bytheRepublic ofVanuatu tobenefit from the
provisions ofArticle 46§3,within the system forthestabilization
ofexport earnings instituted bythe Second Lomé Convention
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
concerning therequest bytheRepublic ofVanuatu tobenefit from theprovi­
sions ofArticle 46§3,within thesystem forthestabilization ofexport
earnings instituted bythe Second Lome Convention .
1)Byletter dated 26March 1981,the ACP Group informed the Communities
ofarequest bythe Republic ofVanuatu tobenefit from all-destinations
coverage forits exports ofthose commodities eligibLe under Stabex .
2)Insupport ofits request ,the Government ofVanuatu likens itssituation
tothat ofneighbouring islands which benefit from all-destinations co-
1
verage .
3)Article 23provides that the Stabex provisions shal I.operate tostabilize
earnings "derived from ,the ACPstates' exports tothe Community
4)Article 46§3provides that "inthe case ofcertainVACP States which do
not send thebulk oftheir exports tothe Community ,the Council ofMi­
nisters maydecide ,bywayofderogation from Articles 24and 30,that
the system shall apply totheir exports oftheproducts inquestion what­
ever their destination ".
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5)Theprovisions ofArticle 46§3cantherefore beseen asgranting an
important derogation tothegeneral intent ofthe system ,and should
consequently beapplied with restraint .
6)The attached table shows thetrend ofexports inthethree major export
commodities covered byStabex during theperiod 1977 to1981 .Itcan be
seen that onaverage thefollowing proportions oftotal exports ineach
commodi ty'have been sent tothe Community :
-copra 89 /»
-cocoa beans 90 A
-coconut oiI 100 %

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7)Onthe basis ofthe evidence provided bythis table ,thebulk ofVanuatu 's
exports arealready covered bythe normal provisions governing Stab »x.
INCONCLUSION
Itisproposed that atthe meeting ofthe Council ofMinisters ACP/EEC the
Council ofthe European Communities adopt theposition that itisinappro­
priate togrant thebenefits oftheprovisions ofArticle 46§3tothe
Republic ofVanuatu .
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VANUATU
Exports to
(int)1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
EECall
dest .%of
tota I
to EECEECall
dest .%of
tota I
to EECEECall
dest .%of
total
to EECEECall
dest .%of
tota I
to EECEECall
dest .%of
tota I
to EEC
Copra 35,932 43,881 8? 31,867 44,879 71 39,320 39,820 100 -26,432 26,733 99 46,563 47,563 99
Cocoa 846 846 100 995 1,096 91 483 556 87 576 723 80 803 878 91
Coconut oiI- - - 1,788 1,788 100 2,491 2,491 100 1,312 *1,312 100- - -
*Oilmill ceased production since April 1980 ;destroyed byfire .Not ■extreet^d to-'Te'sanve production innext 3-4 years .