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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)197 final
Brussels,24April1981
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
authorizing theCommissiontoopennegotiations withtheACPStates
referredtoinProtocol No7annexedtotheSecondACP-EECConvention
ofLoméandwiththeRepublicofIndiaconcerning theguaranteed
pricesforcanesugartoapplyinthe1981/82deliveryperiod
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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COM(81)197final V 1X/

EXPLANATORY NOTE
1.Protocol No7onACPsugar annexed totheSecond ACP-EEC Convention ofLomi
andtheAgreement with India oncane sugar place anobligation ontheCommunity ,
topurchase and import -atguaranteed prices -cane sugar which theexporting
countries concerned cannot commercially market intheCommunity atprices -*
equivalent toorinexcess oftheguaranteed prices .TheProtocol and the
Agreement also require that theguaranteed prices shall tienegotiated annually .
2.Thecurrent guaranteed prices apply until 30June 1981 .Theattached recommendation
for aCouncil Decision accordingly seeks authority forthe Commission tonegotiate ,
onbehalf oftheCommunity ,theguaranteed prices tobeapplied inthe 1981 /82
delivery period which begins on1July 1981 .
3.TheCouncil 'sattention indrawn tothefollowing :
-During last year 'snegotiations '
(a)itwas agreed that although retroactivity was notprovided for inrespect
ofthe1V80 /81prices this did notprejudice theposition oftheACP States
and India inrelation toanyfuture negotiation inaccordance with Article 4<
oftheabove-mentioned Protocol and Agreement ;
(b)TheACPStates andIndia explained that ocean freight charges had risen by
\
almost 60Xsince "last year ,thus constituting animportant factor ,and
requested that theCommunity should give ,serious consideration tothe
possibility ofalleviating theeffect ofthese charges .TheCommunity ,while
reiterating that Article 5(4)oftheProtocol and theAgreement setthe
*guaranteed price atthe cif stage ,recognized theconcern ofthesupplying
States atthe increasing levels offreight rates and undertook theconsider
the requests ofthe ACPStates and India .Subsequently theACP States
furnished anote onthe subject which was circulated totheCouncil
(Doc 4649 /81).
Financial tnplications
4.This recommendation for aDecision does not Involve implications other than
those already taken into account intheagricultural prices proposals (Doc .
COM (81)50 final -Volume IIof3.3.1981 ). J

PECOMMENDATIQN FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theCommission toopen negotiations with theACPStates
referred toinProtocol No7annexed tothe Second ACP-EEC Convention
ofLomd andwith theRepublic ofIndia concerning theguaranteed prices
forcane sugar toapply inthe 1981 /82delivery period
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES /
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 113thereof , V-
Having regard totherecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas theSecond ACP-EEC Convent ionofLome entered into force on1January 1981;•
Whereas anagreement oncane sugar between theEuropean Economic Community andthe
Republic ofIndia (1),hereinafter referred toasthe "Agreement ",entered into
force on18July 1975 ;
Whereas Protocol No7onACPsugar annexed tothesaid Convention ,hereinafter
referred toasthe "Protocol ",andtheAgreement provide that theguaranteed
prices forthequantities ofcane sugar concerned shall benegotiated annually ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Sole Article
1.TheCommission ishereby authorized toopen negotiations with theACPstates
referred tointheProtocol andwith theRepublic ofIndia ontheguaranteed
prices referred tointheProtocol andtheAgreement toapply inthe 1981 /82
delivery period .
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2.TheCommission shall conduct these negotiations inconsultation with re­
presentatives oftheMember States and inconformity with thefollowing
guideline :
.-Theguaranteed prices ciffree outshould benegotiated insuch away
that the returns guaranteed tothe ACP States and tothe Republic ofIndia
fortheir rawcane sugar deliveries totheCommunity arecomparable with
theguaranteed net return totheCommunity producers ofrawbeet sugar .
Theprices thus negotiated shall notapply before thestart ofthedelivery
period which begins on1July 1981 .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
(1)OJNoL190,23.7.1975 ,p.35