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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)676final.
Brussels/7December1978
t
,yRecommendation fora
CouncilDecision
approvingonbehalfofthe^EuropeanEconomicCommunitytheFifth
International TinAgreement
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC78)676final

Recommendation fromtheCommissiontotheCouncil
1
AccordingtotheCouncilDecisionof29April1976,theCommunity
hassignedonthatsamedatetheFifthInternational TinAgreement.
FollowingtheDecisionoftheCouncilof21June1976(l),the
Communityhasdepositedon30Juni1976withtheSecretary–Generalofthe
UnitedNationsOrganization anotification statingthattheCommunity
intendstoapprovetheAgreementandthattheCommunitywillconsider
itselfprovisionally apartytotheAgreementwhenitentersintoforce
provisionally .TheAgreementhasenteredintoforceprovisionally on
1July1976(2)anddefinitively on14July1977*
AllMemberStatesoftheCommunityhavenowdepositedtheirinstru­
mentsofratification ,approvaloracceptance.Thed§layfordepositing
suchinstrumentsexpireson31December1978*
ThereforetheCommission recommendstotheCounciltoapprovethe
FifthInternational TinAgreementonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community,andtodeposittheinstrumentofitsapprovalwiththe
Secretary-General oftheUnitedNationsOrganization.
(1)O.J.NoL222,14.8.1976 »P-1»
Agreement.
(2)O.J.NoL288,20.10.1976.withintheAnnexthetextofthe
1

Recommendation fora
CouncilDecision
approvingonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunitytheFifth
International TinAgreement .'.»
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities ,
,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereastheFifthInternational TinAgreementwassignedon"behalfofthe
Communityon29April1976,subjecttoitsapproval;
WhereasinaccordancewiththeCouncilDecisionof21June197$(1)the
Communityparticipates provisionally inthatAgreementundertheterms
ofArticle50thereof; 1.
I
WhereastheAgreement enteredintoforceprovisionally on1July1976
anddefinitively on14June1977?
WhereastheCommunitymustnowapprovetheFifthInternational Tin
AgreementjjnaccordancewithArticle48thereof,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
1
4
Article1
TheFifthInternational TinAgreementisherebyapprovedonbehalfofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,ThetextofthisAgreementisattachedtothe
CouncilDecisionof21June1976ontheprovisionalapplicationofthe
FifthInternational TinAgreement(l).
Article2.-
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisauthorizedtodesignatetheperson
empoweredtodeposittheinstrumentofapproval.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
(1)O.J.NoL222,'14i8.19?6,p.1.
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