ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(78)130
Vol.1978/0046

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenne etdelaCommunauté européenne del'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiés conformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
Inaccordance withCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
Community andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity (OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocuments inthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung (EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeit zugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)130 final .
• Brussels ,21March 1978 *
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCIL DECISION
Addition tothe directives for the negotiation of
anew International Cereals Agreement ,including
anew Food Aid Convention
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COX(78 )130final .

Backqround
1.Itnowseemsclearthatthenegotiations currentlytakingplace
willneitherhreakdownnorbecompletedbytheendofthepresent
conference on23March.
Furthertimewillbeneededforthecorrpletionofthesenegotiations
inasecondround.
2.Inthatcasetheneedwillalsoarisetoprovideforthecontinuance
oftheexistingadministrative frameworkoftheInternational Wheat
Agreement,1971,whichwillexpireon30June1978unlessfurther
extended.ToachievethisasimpleextensionofthatAgreementfor
oneyearis"likelytobeproposedbefore23March.
1 ' ' -,
-■.!\ '. -
3.Theexistingdirectiveswillremainvalidforthesubstantive negOtia
tions,butitisnecessary ,tosupplementthemtocovertheprocedural
contingencyofanextensionofthepresentAgreement.
Proposal ; /
■.■" • ' ■■■.
4.Forthispurpose,theCommissionproposesthattheCouncilshould
authoriseittonegotiate,onbehalfoftheCommunity,Protocolsof
Extensionforoneyearo^theexistingWheatTradeConventionand
_FoodAidConvention,withoutmodification oftheircontent.

Recommendation for
CouncilDecision
of •.
authorizingtheCommissiontoconductnegotiations,onbehalf
oftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,tofurtherextendtheIn­
ternational WheatAgreement,1971
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof25June1974regardingthe.con­
clusionbytheCommunityoftheInternational WheatAgreement,1971,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereastheInternational WheatAgreement,1971,asextendedwillexpire
on30June1978unlessfurtherextended,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:*
/
SoleArticle
TheCommissionisherebyauthorizedtoconduct,onbehalfoftheCommunity,
negotiations fortheextensionbyoneyearoftheInternational WheatAgree
ment,1971.
Fortheapplication ofthisDecision,theCommissionshallbeassistedby
theSpecialCommitteeprovidedforinArticle113oftheTreaty.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident