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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)654 final
Brussels,11November 1981
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
approvingtheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement-1979
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0MC81)654finalt–,
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Explanatory Memorandum
TheCommunityhassignedtheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement,1979
andisapplyingthesaidAgreementonaprovisionalbasis.
Theperiodsetfortheratification oftheAgreementexpireson31Decem­
berI98I.Failingitsdefinitiveentryintoforce-on23April1982,the
Agreementwillterminate.
TheCommunityshouldthereforeapprovetheInternational NaturalRubber
Agreement,1979»before31DecemberI98I.

Commission Recommendation tothe Council
Inaccordance with theCouncil Decision of22April I98O ,theCommunity
has signed the International Natural Rubber -Agreement ,1979 *
2Following theCouncil Decision of23September I98O ,theCommunity
deposited with the Secretary –General oftheUnited Nations thenotification
indicating that theCommunity intended toapprove theAgreement andwould
apply the Agreement provisioally ,asanimporting member ,when itcame
into force inaccordance with Article 61.TheAgreement entered into force
provisionally on23October I98O .
Atpresent only theUSSR ,theCommunity and several ofitsMember States
have still not deposited their instruments ofratification .These Member
States however dotheir utmost inorder toratify assoon aspossible .
Itmaybetrue that the International Natural Rubber Council could agree
toonce more extending theratification period ,atlatest until 23April
1982 when theAgreement would expire ifithadnotentered into force
definitively bythen .But inthepresent circum stances itseems necessary
now +0prepare without further delay theapproval oftheAgreement bythe
Community .
Consequently ,theCommission recommends that theCouncil approve theInter­
national Fatural Rubber Agreement ,1979 » behalf ofthe European Economic
Community andtake steps todeposit itsinstrument ofapproval with the
Secretary-General oftl'3United Nations before 31December I98I .
OJNoL213 ,16.0.192D ,p.1,with thetext oftheAgreement inannex
20JtfoL"39,2.10 .1'/fp.30

AnnexI
Recommendation fora
CouncilDecisionapprovingthe
International NaturalRubberAgreement,1979
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES , -
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof;,■
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission ;
WhereastheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement,1979wassignedon"behalf
oftheCommunityon30May1980subjecttoitsbeingconcludedatalaterdate
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeCouncilDecisionof23September1980^,the
CommunityisapplyingtheAgreementprovisionally inaccordancewiththe
provisionsofArticle60thereof;' -'
WhereastheAgreemententeredintoforceprovisionally on23OctoberI98O;
WhereastheCommunityshouldapprovethe.International NaturalRubberAgree­
ment,1979inaccordancewithArticle59thereof;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:'
.,sArticle1
TheInternational NaturalRubberAgreement,1979isherebyapprovedonbehalf
oftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.ThetextoftheAgreementisannexedto
theCouncilDecisionof22AprilI98OconcerningthesigningoftheInter*-
2nationalNaturalRubberAgreement,1979•
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilisherebyauthorizedtodesignatetheperson
empoweredtodeposittheinstrumentofapproval.
DoneatBrussels,
• FortheCouncil
0JNoL259,2.10.1980,
20JNoL213,16.8.1980,P.30
P.1

FINANCIAL KEMDRANBUM
*I-
Budget heading :2988 .Advances pending completion oftheprocedures
for theratification ofinternational agreements .
Legal basis ,objective :
The Community isparticipating inthe International ,Natural Rubber
Agreement ,1979 virtue ofaCouncil Decision of22April I98O .The
Council decided that thecontributions both totheadministrative budget
andforthefinancing ofthebuffer stock would bepaid bytheMember
States .However ,ascertain Member States were unable topaytheir
contributions until such time astheir ratification procedures hadbeen
completed ,itwasdecided tocreate item 2988 toenable theCommission
topayadvances .InI98I theCommission paid USf>25000onbehalf of
Italy .
Financial implications :
» /1982 :advances fortheadministrative budget :USp43500 .
Method ofcalculation :
Itispossible that the ratification procedures will notbeterminated
before December 31,1981 inBelgium andItaly .Since thecontributions
totheAdministrative budget are due onJanuary ,1ofeach year ,the
Commission could then becalled upon toadvance the amounts ,inorder
toavoid twoMember States tolose their voting rights ,which would
endangerthe position oftheCommunity assuch intheAgreement .
Theadministrative budget proposed for1982 amounts toUSf>1.5million .
Onthat basis ,thecontributions ofBelgium and Italy totheadministra­
tive budget would beintheorder ofUSf>6,750 andUSf>36,750 repec –
tively .