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COMMISSION Oj?THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)304 final .
Brussels ,17June 1975
Proposal fora
REGULATION (EEC )CFTHECOUNCIL
onthesafeguard measures provided forintheACP/ESC
Convention ofLomé Of28February 1975
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COK(75 )3o4final

Proposai for3
R3GÜMTI0N (SEC )C57TÜSCOUNCIL
11ϋ ι-ιΓ'*τ >1Τ 1* '" Γ II'Τ ··-~ι1 ^~·–-·■ "
onthesafeguard measures provided forin "theACP/EEC
Convention "ofLon£ of28IMwtoiry 1975
1
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COE-IUEITIIS ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,andinparticular Articles 43and113thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ^;
Whereas aConvention between theAfrica ^,Caribbean andPacific
States andtheEuropean Economic Community ,hereinafter called
theConvention ,wassigned inLom£ cn23February 1975 }
Whereas thedetailed miles forimplementing thesafeguard clause
provided forinArticle 10oftheConvention should belaid down ,
itbeing understood that theprocedures fortheapplication of
thesafeguard clauses provided forintheTreaty establishing the
European Economic Community andthose provided forinthe
Regulations ontheeommon organisation ofagricultural markets
arealso applicable ;
HASADOPTEE THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.TheCommission may .attherequest ofaMember State oronits

EXHAMTOHT HSÎlOSLinm
FollowingthesignatureoftheLomeConventiontheMember
StateswillsignanInternalAgreementontheappropriate
measuresandproceduresrequiredforimplementation ofthat
Convention,asconcernsmatterswithintheircompetence.
(FormatterswithinCommunitycompetencetheprovisionsof
theEECTreatyautomatically apply.).,.
ThesignatureofthisInternalAgreementisexpectedtotake
placecn,24June1975*
IntherecitalofthatInternalAgreement,itwill"bestated
thattheCouncilofthe'EuropeanCommunitieswillfixina
regulationtheproceduresaccordingtowhichthesafeguard
clauseprovidedfor£nArticle10oftheLom£Conventionmay
beputintooperation.
i
Indiscussions overthelastfewdaystheMemberStateshave
indicatedthattheyrequiretheofficialtransmission bythe
Commissionofaproposalfarsucharegulationbythetimeof
signatureoftheInternalAgreement(24June).

ovminitiative ,decide toapply toproducts originating inthe
African ,Caribbean andPacific States safeguard measfcfrea under
the-powor reserrod io-the "European -Eoononi<T C<rinitmity inArticle
lOof-thacConwenti^jn ,'•
IftheCommission receives arequest from aMember State it
shall take adecision thereon within three working days following
receipt oftherequest#
Member States shall benotified ofthesafeguard -measures ,which
shall apply immediately *"" .» '•
AnyMember State ,mayrefer anymeasure taken bytheCommission
totheCouncil .within tenworking days following thedayof
notification thereof .. .%
TheCouncil shall meet forthwith .Aoting byaqualified majority ,
itmayauend or'rMoiM thelaeanu^e inmiesiidn .
Article 2
Without prejudice totheapplication ofArticle 1,theCommission
mayauthorise aMember State totake safeguard measures to
counteract thedis+uzbances -ordifficulties referred toin
Article 10oftheConvention#
IftheCommission receives arequest .,from the .Member State
concerned ,itshall take adecision thereon within three working
days following receipt oftherequest .; '•

TheCommission 'sdecision shall benotified -toallMember States ,
AnyMember State mayrefer theCommissions decision tothe
Council within tenworking days ofnotification thereof .The
Council shall meet forthwith ..Acting byaqualified majority ^it
mayamend orrescind thedecision taken bytheCommission ,
Themeasures taken inimplementation ofthedecision "of~tfk5 »Com~
niGSicm ,.orwh&ro appropriate -oftheCouncil »andan^-anefidraent
thereto ;shall benotified bytheMember State concerned to
theCommission andtotheother Member -States .
Article 3
Without prejudice totheapplication ofArticles 1and2?the
Member State orStates concerned may ,inanemergency ?introduce
safeguard measures .They shall notify /the .Commission andthe
other Member States ofsuch measures forthwith .
Using anemergency procedure theCommission shall ,within
five working days ofthenotification referred tointhefirst
subparagraph ^decide whether themeasures aretobemainisii^d
taforce ,modified orwithdrawn .
■I
TheCommission 'sdecision shall benotified toallMember States ,
Itshall beimmediately enforceable .
«6

AnyMember State mayrefer theCommission 'sdecision tothe
Council within tenworking days ofnotification thereof .
TheCouncil shall meet forthwith .Acting byaqualified
majority ,itmayamend orrescind thedecision talcen bythe
Commission .
Ifthematter isreferred to'theCouncil bytheMember State
which hastaken themeasures ,theCommission's' decision shall
besuspended .Thesuspension shall cease toapply thirty days
after the matter has been referred tothe Council ifthe latter
hasnotbythen amended orrescinded theCommission ^decision .
Article 4
Articles 2and3arenotapplicable totheproducts covered by
theRegulations 6nthecommon organisation ofagricultural markets .
Article 5
TheCommunity 'snotification ,asprovided forinArticle 10of
theConvention ,shall bemade totheCouncil ofMinisters by
the Commission .
••• '• ''■.•- •'*' .. . \ '...
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force atthesame time asthe
Convention *
Thedate of entry into force ofthis Regulation will bepublished
•intheOfficial -Journal oftheEuropean Communities .This Regulation
rhall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inallKorber