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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)83 final
Brussels,27thFebruary 1981
COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
ONTHEACCESSION OFGREECE TOTHE
FOODAIDCONVENTION -1980
C0MC81)83final

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SUMMARY
Inthis communication the Commission draws attention
-toGreece 'saccession totheFood AidConvention ,1980 ;and
totheexpiration ofthis Convention on30.6.1981
Byvirtue ofArticle A(1)oftheActofAccession theobligations ■
arising from theCommunity 'smembership oftheFood AidConvention 1980
were extended toGreece from 1.1.1981 .
Article XVIII (2)oftheFood AidConvention 1980 provides forits
extension beyond 30.6.1981 iftheWheat Trade Convention 1971 is
further extended orifanewWheat Trade Convention replacing itenters
into force .
Inthelight oftheforegoing itisproposed that
anextension oftime until 31.12.81 fordeposit ofinstruments of
accession byGreece should besought ;
theExecutive Secretary oftheInternational Wheat Council be
informed ofattendance byGreece ,asamember State ofthe
Community ,atthenext meeting oftheFood AidCommittee ;
approval t)egiven foranextension oftheFood AidConvention 1980
beyond 30.6.1981 andwith effect from such extension ,foramodest
increase intheCommunity 'sminimum annual contribution inorder to
take account ofthe inclusion ofGreece .

Food AidConvention ,1980
1.With aview tothemeeting oftheFood ;,AidCommittee (hereinafter referred
toasthe "Committee ")duetobeheld inMarch ,application oftheFood Aid
Convention ,1980 (hereinafter referred toasthe "Convention ")(1)presents
theCommunity with twosets ofproblems resulting from :
i)Greece 'saccession totheCommunity on1January 1981
ii)theexpiry oftheConvention on30June 1981 .
1.ACCESSION OFGREECE TOTHE CONVENTION
2.TheConvention isamixed-type agreement ,signed both bytheCommunity and
itsMember States ;Article 111(3 )oftheConvention mentions asmembers the
"European Economic Community anditsmember States ".
Pending ratification oftheConvention byalltheMember States ,the
Community hasnotyetconcluded orapproved itbuthasbeen applying it
provisionally (Article XVof*the Convention )andisthus "provisionally
regarded asaparty thereto ".
(1)Seetext ofConvention inALIM 14No5576 /80of7March 1980

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Greece isnotoneofthesignatories .Ifthe Comrr.'jnity follows normal
practice itwill notconclude orapprove theConvention until Greece ,like
theother Member States ,hasratified it.
3.AtCommunity level Greece 'saccession (1)hastwoimplications :
i)theConvention isbinding onGreece ,asontheother Member States ,as
from 1January 1981 (2);
ii)Greece isobliged toaccede totheConvention ,despite thefact that it
hasnotstrictly speaking been "concluded "(3).
4.Under Article XVIoftheConvention there aretwoprocedures foraccession :
(a)thefirst (Article XVI(l ))applies to"anyGovernment referred toin
paragraph (3)ofArticle III "that hasnotsigned this Convention ".
Instruments ofaccession were inthis case tobedeposited notlater -
than 30June 1980 ,buttheCommittee mayextend that deadline .
(1) Actconcerning theconditions ofaccession oftheHellenic Republic
(OJNoL291 ,19.11.1979 ,p.17).
(2) SeeArticle 4(1)oftheActofAccession :
"TheAgreements orConventions entered into byanyoftheCommunities
/ ..../ with aninternational organisation /., /shall ,under
theconditions laid down intheoriginal Treaties andinthis Act ,be
binding ontheHellenic Republic ".
(3) SeeArticle 4(2 )oftheActofAccession :
"TheHellenic Republic undertakes toaccede ,under theconditions laid
_■down inthis Act ,toAgreements orConventions concluded bythepresent
Member States andanyoftheCommunities ,acting jointly ".
Here itshould bepointed outthat theCommunity haslegally committed
itself byapplying theConvention infull ,inaccordance with the
declaration ofprovisional application .SeeCouncil Decision (ALIM 52
No8218 /80)andArticle XVofthe'Convention .

Legally ,this procedure issuited tothecase ofGreece ,which
i)neither signed theConvention noracceded toitbefore 30June 1980 ;
ii)isclearly covered byArticle 111(3 )among the "member States "ofthe
Community -which arenototherwise identified inthis provision .
Ithastheadvantage ,insofarastheCommunity 'sminimum annual
contribution isconcerned ,ofnotinvolving anyobligation tonegotiate any
modification (upwards )ofitsamount (1650000 t).
(b)Thesecond procedure provided forintheConvention (Article XVI(2 ))
covers thecase of"anyGovernment other than those referred toin
paragraph (3)ofArticle III",which ,asnoted above ,cannot legally
refer toGreece .
Theapplication ofthis second procedure fortheaccession ofGreece to
theConvention would ,unlike inthevirtually automatic case ofthe
deadline extension procedure ,have tobesubject tothe "conditions "
considered appropriate bytheCommittee ,inother words negotiations on
theCommunity contribution .This isnotadmissible from thelegal
k'
point ofview :ifGreece were toaccede inthis manner itwouMlfean
that ,forGreece 'saccession ,aseparate procedure would havector be
applied forextending toGreece that part oftheConvention falling
within theCommunity 'sjurisdiction .
TheCommission istherefore oftheopinion that it
must ,onbehalf oftheCommunity ,asktheCommittee ,pursuant to
Article XVI(l ),togrant Greece anextension to31December 1981 ofthe
time limit fordepositing itsinstrument ofaccession .

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This request should bemade totheCommittee beforo itsMarch meeting and
•bepresented insuch awayastoavoid confusion w..L:htheprocedure for
extending theConvention that istobeinitiated atthat meeting .
II.EXTENSION OFTHECONVENTION BEYOND 30JUNE 1981 .
6.Unlike theprocedure described under Iabove ,which would beconsidered
simply asanarrangement relating toadministration oftheConvention ,
extension oftheConvention beyond 30June 1981 must bedecided ,insofar
astheCommunity isconcerned ,inaccordance with thelatter' snormal
,procedures .
7.With regard toanyextension oftheConvention ,theCommunity should state
that itisprepared tomake aslight increase intheCommunity contribution .
Admittedly ,according totheprocedure adopted under I,there isno
obligation tochange theamount until 30June 1981 .Nevertheless,' an
undertaking toincrease itafter that date (1)would belikely tomake the
other parties totheConvention taore inclined toaccept theaccession of
Greece asavirtually automatic affair .
8.Thecontracting parties have twoprocedures available forextending the
Convention .Inaddition ,totheentry into force ofaprotocol ,a
simplified procedure hasbeen provided forinArticle XVIII ofthe
Convention :iftheWheat Trade Convention ,1971 isfurther extended ,orif
anewWheat Trade Convention replacing itenters into force ,theCommittee
mayextend theFood AidConvention foracorresponding period oftime .itsMarch meeting and
~:htheprocedure for
that meeting .
(1)Byreference to-the rules laid down intherules ofprocedure forthe
members notreferred toinArticle 111(3 )(Article XVI (2)). •

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Inorder tokeep within thesimplified procedure ,theCommunity could ,in
accordance with itsinternal procedures andinthelight ofthe "minimum "
nature ofthecontributions provided forinArticle 111(3 ),enter into a
unilateral undertaking toincrease itscontribution asfrom 1July 1981
(which would thus rise from 1650000 tto1670000 t).
10.Since ,inaddition totheCommunity request that Greece begranted an
extension ofthedeadline ,thematter ofextending theduration ofthe
Convention istobeplaced ontheagenda fortheMarch meeting ,the
presence ofGreek delegates isjustified atthis meeting along with the
delegates oftheother Member States .
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10.Inconclusion ,itisrequested that theCouncil approve thefollowing
procedure :
(i)that theCommission should seek from theCommittee setupbythe
Food AidConvention anextension oftime forGreece ,asprovided for
inArticle XVI (1)oftheConvention ;
(ii)that theCommission should inform theExecutive Secretary ofthe
Convention ofthepresence ,inMarch 1981 ,ofGreek delegates inthe
Community delegation ;
(iii)that theCouncil should agree toanextension oftheConvention
beyond 30June 1981 andtoa20000 tincrease intheCommunity
contribution .

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Date:13.281
1.8U0C6THEADING:6000,6001,9201APPROPRIATIONS :
2.TITLE:Commission communication totheCouncil ontheaccession ofGreecetothe
FoodAidConvention ,1980.
3.LEGALBASIS:Article 4oftheActofAccessi on
4.AIMSOfPROJECT :
Increaseinthecommitments oftheCommunity from
1.650:000t.to1.670.000 t.ofwheat
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET •
<BFP,IMHVIII»FMRN»IAIIII
-ooxKKFoodaid
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
-NATIONALPERIOD OF12MONTHS
•0,7Mecu
2,85MecuCURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
I 1
~0,7Mecu
2,85MecuFOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
5 I
5.0.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
5.2NETHOOOFCALCULATION a)Agricultural refunds
6001:increaseinfoodaiddelivery 20000t.x55ecu=1.1.Mecu
6000:•reductionofcommercial deliveries 20000t.x92ecu=1,8Mecu
- •
b)Foodaid *
9201:increaseindeliveries of20000t.at142.6ecu=2,85Mecu
6.0CANTHEPROJECT 0£FINANCED FROMAPPR0PRIATI0NS ENTERED INTHERELEVANT CHAPTER OFTHECURRENT BUDGET ?
6000,6001:Yes' 9201:NoXSÎXNOX Iχχχχχ -5
6.1CANTMTPROJECT BEFINANCED BYTRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OFTHECURRENT BUDGET
YES^
0.2WILLASUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET86NECESSARY ?
N0
6.JWILLFUTURE 0UDGET APPROPRIATIONS 0ENECESSARY ?
;NO
OBSERVATIONS :