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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels .9thJanuary 1980
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION
ONTRADE ARRANGMENTS BETWEEN SOUTHERN RHODESIA AND
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
(Communication from theCommission tothe Council )
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COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
Explanatory memorandum -
Following Southern Rhodesia 'sreturn tolegality asaterritory
having aspecial relationship with theUnited Kingdom anddue to
become independent ,itwould appear advisable totake immediate steps
tore-establish economic relations between the Community and that
territory inorder toassist the return tonormal ofitsexternal
economic relations and thus help facilitate the institutional developments
scheduled tocome about in1980 .
Tothis end,onthebasis ofArticles 43and 113 ofthe EECTreaty ,
the Commission proposes that Southern Rhodesia begranted access tothe
Community market ,onanautonomous andprovisional basis ingenerally the
same way asaccess isaccorded tothe OCT .These arrangements would
apply tothe territory under itspresent status and also under that
resulting from thescheduled institutional developments .
Accordingly theCommission proposes that the Council adopt ,
after obtaining theopinion ofParliament ,the regulation ofwhich
the draft isannexed hereto .

Annex
Proposalfor
CouncilRegulation...
ontradearrangments betweenSouthernRhodesiaandtheEuropeanEconomic
Community
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
i.jvingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
<ardinparticularArticles43and113thereof,
-.avmgregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,-
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
WhereasSouthernRhodesia'sreturntolegalitywillcontribute greatly
towardspolitical andeconomicstabilityinthatregionofAfricaand
whereasitistheCommunity'sdutytohelpachievethatobjective ;,
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whereastradearrangements shouldtherefore beestablished onanautonomous
i-aprovisional basis,likethoseappliedintradewiththeoverseas
countries andterritories (OCT),whichisatpresentgovernedby
CouncilDecision 76/568/EECof29June1976ontheassociation ofthe
OCT(1)andbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)n°706/76of30March1976onthe
arrangements applicable toagricultural productsandcertaingoods
resulting fromtheprocessing ofagricultural productsoriginating in
theAfrican,Caribbean andPacificStatesorintheoverseascountries
andterritories (2). *
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Productsoriginating intheterritoryofSouthernRhodesiashall
beadmittedfor,importation intotheCommunityinaccordance with
theprovisions ofArticle2ofDecision76/568/EECoranycorresponding
provisions thatmayreplacethem.
2.ImportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle2(2)ofthesaid
Decisionshallbeeffectedinaccordance withCouncilRegulation (EEC)
:M°706/76orwithanyRegulation thatmayreplace"it. -
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3.ForthepurposesofapplyingthisArticle,theconceptoforiginating
productsandthemethodsofadministrative cooperation relatedthereto
shallbethosedefinedinAnnexIItoDecision 76/568/EECof29June1976.
Forthepurposeofdetermining theoriginating statusofproductsfrom
SouthernRhodesia,however,productswhollyobtainedorprocessedinthe
African,Caribbean andPacificStatesorintheoverseascountries and.
territories shallnotbetakenintoaccount.
(1)0JN°L176,1.7.1976,p.8 -
(2)0JN°L85,31.3.1976,p.2
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Article 2
Articles 3to7andArticle 12ofDecision 76/568/EECoranycorresponding
provisions that may replace them shall beapplicable .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force ontheday ofitspublication
inthe Official Journal ofthe European Communities .
Itshall apply until 31December 1980 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .