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COMMISSION O F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0MC86) 618 final
Brussels, 5 November 1986
REPORT FRO M  TH E C O M M ISSIO N  T O  T H E 
C O M M ITTEE O F A CP-EEC A M B A SSA D O R S
concerning the progress made with the processing of 
the transfer requests presented for the application year 
1985 by virtue of the system for the stabilization of 
export earnings set down in the Third A CP-EEC Convention.
(Report referred to at Article 168 §  4 of the Convention)
C0M(86) 618 final

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L  Requests presented for the application year 1985
1 . The Commission received 38 transfer requests from 20 A C P  States for the 
application year 1985:
A C P  State
Benin
Burundi
Chad
ComorosI t
I I
II
Cote d'Ivoire 
EthiopiaI I
FijiGabon
GambiaI I
Grenada 
Guinea Bissau
II I I
M ozambique
Niger
Sao Tomé and Principe 
Senegal
Solomon Islands 
Sudan
II
TanzaniaI I
1 1
Togo
TongaI I
Vanuatu1 1
Western SamoaProduct
palm nut and kernel oil 
cotton not carded or combed
11 11 M M II
cloves
copra
vanilla
essential oils 
wood in the rough 
coffee 
beans
coconut oil
wood in the rough
groundnut products
oil-cake
fresh bananas
groundnuts
cashew nuts and kernels 
cotton not carded or combed 
shrimps and prawns 
palm nuts and kernels 
cashew nuts and kernels 
cotton not carded or combed 
tea 
beans
cocoa beans groundnut products 
sawn timber 
groundnut products 
oil-cake
cashew nuts and kernels
cotton not carded or combed
raw sisal
cocoa beans
copra products
vanilla
cocoa beans
copra
wood in the rough

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II. Progress made with the processing of the requests
O n 30 September 1986, 36 of the 3 8  requests presented had been processed. 
The appraisal of the two other requests will probably be finalised before the end of October.
W e have noticed from the processing of the 36 requests, that 1 3  must be 
refused, and 23 will result in transfers. The latter situation will most likely 
be the outcome of the two requests, where appraisal has still not been 
concluded. Thus the total number of transfers will rise to 25.
Transfer decisions have already been taken for 17 requests (see paragraph 
14). The decisions for the 6 other requests, where processing has been 
completed, w ill probably be taken before the end of October (see paragraph
III. Refusal transfer requests
5. Tw o requests have been judged inadmissible, because the dependence threshold has not been reached (Art. 161 of the Convention).
Eleven requests are not admissible, because the fluctuation threshold has not 
been attained (Art. 162 of the Convention):A C P  State product
Burundi
Solomon Islandscotton not carded or combed 
sawn timber.
A C P  State product
Chad
ComorosI Icotton not carded or combed
copra
vanilla
essential oils 
wood in the rough 
fresh bananas 
groundnuts
cashew nuts and kernels 
shrimps and prawns 
cocoa beans 
copraI I
Gabon 
Grenada 
Guinea Bissau
II II
I f M
VanuatuI f
Delays in completing statistical crosschecking (Article 168 par. 1)
On 3 1  M ay 1986, statistical crosschecking had been completed for nine transfer requests:

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Benin
FijiGambia (two requests)
SenegalSudan (two requests )
TogoWestern Samoa
8. For the following nine requests crosschecking was finished before the end of 
June:
Comoros (cloves)Guinea Bissau (palm nuts and kernels)
M ozambique (three requests)
NigerTanzania (cashew nuts and kernels)
Tonga (two requests)
9. Crosschecking has since been completed fo, all remaining eligible requests, 
namely:
Côte d'Ivoire 
Ethiopia (two requests)Guinea Bissau (cotton not carded or combed)
Sao Tomé and PrincipeTanzania (cotton not carded or combed and raw sisal)
V . Delays in finishing consultations (Article 168 par. 2)
, .  r j '  a t Artirlp 164 of the Convention have been
10-  necesÏÏÿto 16 transfer requests, following important changes in production 
and exports.
“ · A < rtdcI leai 681 S paragrah° 2)llfor^twelvee request J submit ted6 by ^he ^oflowing^ACP
States:
FijiGambia (groundnut products)
Guinea Bissau (two requests)
M ozambique (three requests)
Niger
SenegalSudan (groundnut products)
TogoTonga (vanilla)
12 Since that date, consultations for the appraisal of two requests introduced by 
Benin and Sao Tomé and Principe have been finished.
13· r ^ g T a n r T a n l i a  *
finalised during October.

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V I. Transfer decisions
14. O n 9  July and 19 August 1986, the Commission decided 1 7  Stabex transfers, 
a. Decision of 9 July 1986:
A C P State Product Amount
Comoros cloves 2,058,262Gambia groundnut products 3,721,6251 1 oil-cake 20,525Niger beans 5,873,613Senegal groundnut products 12,567,437Sudan oil-cake 13,697,302Tanzania cashew nuts and kernels 4,321,555Togo cocoa beans 9,314,603Western Samoa wood in the rough 59,208
Total 51,634,130 E C U
The total amount of transfers decided up to that date did in fact increase to 
67,634,130 ECU , because advance decisions had already been taken for two 
transfers before the outcome of appraisals. Advances were paid to the 
Gambia (1 million E C U  for groundnut products) (l) and to Senegal (15 
million ECU) (2). Consequently the amounts of the two transfers rise to:
Gambia
Senegalgroundnut products 4,721,625
27,567,437
h. Decision of 19 August 1986:
A C P  State
Ethiopia
Fiji
Guinea Bissau 
M ozambique
Sudan
TongaProduct
beans
coconut oil 
palm nut and kernels 
cashew nuts and kernels 
cotton not carded or combed 
tea
groundnut products 
copra productsAmount
6,968,238
263,918
198,712
2,232,855
6,617,256
97,166
28,873,394
501,720
Total 45,753,259 E C U
(1)
(2)Commission Decision of 20 November 1985.
Commission Decisions of 23 December 1985 and 2 1  March 1986.

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15. Six other requests have now  been processed. The amounts calculated total:
A C P  State
Benin
Ethiopia
Guinea Bissau
Sao Tomé and
Principe
Tanzania
Tongaproduct amount
palm nut and kernel oil 3,454,606
coffee 21,119,708
cotton not carded or combed 225,603
cocoa beans 1,626,901
cotton not carded or combed 1,114,311
vanilla 102,985
Total 27,644,114 E C U
The Commission Decision on these transfers is likely to be taken before the 
end of October.
V II. Expenditure for the application year 1985 and the system's funds
16. The amount of the transfers decided on 9  July and 19 August 1986, and the 
six remaining transfers . for which the amounts are now known, total 
141,031,503 EC U . A s the two transfers, for which processing has not been 
finalised, are unlikely to exceed nine million ECU , the total amount of the 
transfers for the 1985 application year will not be greater than 150 million 
E C U .
This is smaller than the annual instalment from the Stabex funds of 185 
million EC U . The system w ill therefore be able to cover all losses in export 
earnings for the application year 1985.
V III. Payment of the transfers
17. Seven of the 1 7  transfers already decided, have been paid. The amount of the
transfers paid, taking into account the advances, totals 49,615,273 EC U . For 
the remaining transfers, the Commission does not yet have the information on 
the utilisation of ressources, which the A C P  States must provide in
accordapce with Article 170 paragraph 3  of the Lomé Convention, before the 
signature of the transfer agreement. Once this information is available, the 
amounts can be paid.
IX . Enlargement of the Community
18. A s enlargement only took effect from 1  January 1986 and as the protocole
for accession referred to at Article 284 of the Convention has still not 
entered into force export to Community destinations are based on the
•  statistics to the Community of 10 Member States. W e can expect that the
conditions w ill be fulfilled, whereby the system operates for the application 
year 1986 on the basis of statistics which w ill include Spain and Portugal. 
This change will not however have a rétroactif effect on the amounts of the
•  transfers for the application year 1985, which were calculated on the basisof exports to the Community of 1 0  Member States. These w ill remain
definite.