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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)52 final
Brussels,13February1980
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concerning theconclusionoftheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement.1979
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
1.Negotiation oftheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement,
1979,wascompleted on6October1979.Themainelementsofthenew
Agreementareaninternational bufferstockofamaximumof550,000
tons,apricerangebasedonlongtermtrends,andasystemforsemi­
automaticrevisionofthisrange.TheAgreement wasnegotiated bythe
Community anditsMemberStatesinaccordance withthedirectives
1)agreedbytheCouncil.Thesedirectives havebeensatisfactorily met
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intheobjectives andcontentoftheAgreement.Itisopenfor
signaturebetween2Januaryand30June1980.
2.TheCommission proposesthattheInternational NaturalRubber
Agreement,justopenedforsignature,besignedandconcludedbythe
Communityalone,ancJthatthefinancialchargesrelatingtoitbe
assumedbytheCommunity.'
3.Intheseconditions,theCommission recommendstotheCouncil ■-*
thedecisionannexedbelow. \ -
1)Councildocuments S/1699/78of12.10.78,1/313/78of15.11.78and
5600/79of19.3.79.

i Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
concerning theconclusionoftheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement,1979
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereastheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement,1979,constitutes aninstrument
• « .
forregulatinginternational tradewiththeessentialpurposeofachieving a
balancedgrowthbetweensupplyanddemandfornaturalrubberwithaviewto
stabilizing pricesofthisproductaroundtheirlong-termtrend;
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WhereastheconclusionofthisAgreement bytheCommunitywillcontribute ,toa
realization ofitscommoncommercialpolicy,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
\
Article 1
TheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement,1979,isherebyapprovedonbehalf
oftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.
ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedtothisDecision.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatethepersonempowered
tosigntheAgreementinordertobindtheCommunity..
: - .Article3
ThepresentdecisionshallbepublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
DoneatBrussels, ,•
fvFortheCouncil,
ThePresident