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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Decision on the accession of the Community to the International Convention 
for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas as amended by the Protocol annexed to the Final Act of the 
Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the State parties to the Convention signed in Paris on 10 July 
1984 
COM (85) 650 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 November 1985) 
(85/C 349/01) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas there is a need for international regulation of the management and conservation of highly 
migratory species in the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas; 
Whereas to that end an International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas was signed on 
14 May 1966 and entered into force on 21 March 1969; 
Whereas on 10 July 1984, at the end of a Conference of Plenipotentiaries, the States parties to the 
International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas signed a Final Act to which is 
annexed a Protocol amending the Convention so as to enable the Community to accede thereto; 
Whereas the Protocol must be approved, ratified or accepted by all the Contracting Parties to the 
Convention; 
Whereas the Protocol will enter into force on the 30th day following the deposit of the last instrument 
of approval, ratification or acceptance with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations; 
Whereas the Community must accede to the Convention in order to be a Contracting Party thereto 
from the entry into force of the Protocol, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
The accession of the European Economic Community to the Convention for the Conservation of 
Atlantic tunas, as amended by the Protocol annexed to the Final Act of the Conference of 
Plenipotentiaries of the States parties to the Convention signed at Paris on 10 July 1984, is hereby 
approved. 
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The texts of the Convention and the Protocol are annexed to this Decision. 
The President oftheCouncil shall depositthemstrument of accession v^ith the Director-Ceneralofthe 
FoodandAgncultureOrganizationoftheUnitedNationsinaccordancev^ithArticleXlV,paragraphs 
e^and^of the Convention. 
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FINAL ACT 
of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the State parties to the International Convention for the 
Conservation of Atlantic tunas 
(Paris, 9 and 10 July 1984) 
1. At the invitation of the Government of the Republic of France, a Conference of Plenipotentiaries 
of the States parties to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas was 
held in Paris on 9 and 10 July 1984. 
2. The following States were present at the Conference: Angola, Benin, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, 
France, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Japan, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Portugal, Sao Tome and 
Principe, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, United States, Uruguay, USSR and Venezuela. 
3. The European Economic Community, invited as an observer, and the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations were present at the Conference and participated in the 
proceedings. 
4. The Conference used as a basis for its discussion the final report of the Eighth Regular Meeting of 
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas held in Madrid, 9 to 
15 November 1983. 
5. The Conference agreed upon the attached Protocol relating to the modification of Articles XIV, 
XV and XVI of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas. 
6. The Conference also agreed that the provisions of Article XIV, paragraph 4, contained in the 
abovementioned Protocol, will, upon their entry into force, be applicable to the European 
Economic Community with the understanding that the European Economic Community will 
have the rights and obligations of a single Contracting Party, especially as concerns voting and 
contributions to the budget of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic 
tunas. 
7. The Conference took note of the explanations offered by the Japanese representative regarding the 
problems of a procedural nature which were not resolved during the course of the meeting. The 
representative, however, in a spirit of compromise, did not oppose the consensus reached in the 
Conference in order to ensure the early admission of the European Economic Community to the 
International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas. 
8. The Conference requested the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the International 
Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas to proceed to implement the internal 
procedures necessary for the approval, ratification or acceptance of the Protocol, so as to ensure 
its entry into force as soon as possible. 
Done at Paris, 10 July 1984. 
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Signing Parties to the Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the States parties to the International 
Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas 
ANGOLA 
BENIN 
BRAZIL 
CANADA 
CUBA 
FRANCE 
GHANA 
IVORY COAST 
JAPAN 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
MOROCCO 
PORTUGAL 
SAO TOME and PRINCIPE 
SENEGAL 
SOUTH AFRICA 
SPAIN 
URUGUAY 
USA 
USSR 
VENEZUELA S. Makiadi 
L. Nagnonhou 
A. Amado 
M. Hunter 
A. Alonso 
F. Renouard 
J. Q. Cleland 
K. Douabi 
S. Akiyama 
J. S. Choo 
A. EI Jai 
J. G. Boavida 
G. Posser da Costa 
B. C. Dioh 
H. A. Hanekom 
L. Casanova 
U. W. Perez 
C. J. Blondin 
Y. Vialov 
F. Alvino 
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PROTOCOL 
attached to the Final Act of the Conference of plenipotentiaries of the States parties to the 
International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas 
(Paris, 9 and 10 July 1984) 
Articles XIV, XV and XVI of the International 
Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas are 
modified as follows: 
ARTICLE XIV 
1. This Convention shall be open for signature by the 
Government of any State which is a Member of the 
United Nations or of any Specialized Agency of the 
United Nations. Any such Government which does not 
sign this Convention may adhere to it at any time. 
2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification or 
approval by signatory countries in accordance with their 
constitutions. Instruments of ratification, approval, or 
adherence shall be deposited with the Director-General 
of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United 
Nations. 
3. This Convention shall enter into force upon the 
deposit of instruments of ratification, approval, or 
adherence by seven Governments and shall enter into 
force with respect to each Government which 
subsequently deposits an instrument of ratification, 
approval, or adherence on the date of such deposit. 
4. This Convention shall be open for signature or 
adherence by any inter-governmental economic 
integration organization constituted by States that have 
transferred to it competence over the matters governed 
by this Convention, including the competence to enter 
into treaties in respect of those matters. 
5. Upon the deposit of its instrument of formal 
confirmation or adherence, any organization referred to 
in paragraph 4 shall be a Contracting Party having the 
same rights and obligations in respect of the provisions 
of the Convention as the other Contracting Parties. 
Reference in the text of the Convention to the term 
'State' in Article IX, paragraph 3, and to the term 
'government' in the Preamble and in Article XIII, 
paragraph 1, shall be interpreted in this manner. 
6. When an organization referred to in paragraph 4 
becomes a Contracting Party to this Convention, the 
member states of that organization and those which 
adhere to it in the future shall cease to be parties to the 
Convention; they shall transmit a written notification to 
this effect to the Director-General of the Food and 
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ARTICLE XV 
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations shall inform all 
Governments referred to in paragraph 1 of Article XIV 
and all the organizations referred to in paragraph 4 of 
the same Article of deposits of instruments of 
ratification, approval, formal confirmation or 
adherence, the entry into force of this Convention, 
proposals for amendments, notifications of acceptance 
of amendments, entry into force of amendments, and 
notifications of withdrawal. 
ARTICLE XVI 
The original of this Convention shall be deposited with 
the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations who shall send 
certified copies of it to the Governments referred to in 
paragraph 1 of Article XIV and to the organizations 
referred to in paragraph 4 of the same Article. 
II. The original of this Protocol, the English, French and 
Spanish texts of which are equally authentic, shall be 
deposited with the Director-General of the Food and 
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It shall 
be open for signature in Rome until 10 September 1984. 
The Contracting Parties to the International 
Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas that 
have not signed the Protocol by that date may 
nevertheless deposit their instruments of acceptance at 
any time. The Director-General of the Food and 
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations shall 
send a certified copy of this Protocol to each of the 
Contracting Parties to the International Convention for 
the Conservation of Atlantic tunas. 
III. This Protocol shall enter into force upon deposit with 
the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations of instruments of 
approval, ratification or acceptance of all Contracting 
Parties. In this regard, the provisions set out in the last 
sentence of paragraph 1 of Article XIII of the 
International Convention for the Conservation of 
Atlantic tunas shall apply mutatis mutandis. The date of 
entry into force shall be the 30 th day following the 
deposit of the last instrument. 
Done at Paris, 10 July 1984. 
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ANNEX 
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS 
Preamble 
The governments whose duly authorized representatives have subscribed hereto, considering their mutual interest 
in the populations of tuna and tuna-like fishes found in the Atlantic Ocean, and desiring to cooperate in 
maintaining the populations of these fishes at levels which will permit the maximum sustainable catch for food and 
other purposes, resolve to conclude a Convention for the conservation of the resources of tuna and tuna-like fishes 
of the Atlantic Ocean, and to that end agree as follows: 
Article 1 
The area to which this Convention shall apply, hereinafter referred to as the 'Convention area', shall be all waters 
of the Atlantic Ocean, including the adjacent seas. 
Article 11 
Nothing in this Convention shall be considered as affecting the rights claims or views of any Contracting Party in 
regard to the limits of territorial waters or the extent of jurisdiction over fisheries under international law. 
Article 111 
1. The Contracting Parties hereby agree to establish and maintain a Commission to be known as the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas, hereinafter referred to as 'the Commission', which shall carry 
out the objectives set forth in this convention. 
2. Each of the Contracting Parties shall be represented on the Commission by not more than three delegates. Such 
delegates may be assisted by experts and advisors. 
3. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Convention, decisions of the Commission shall be taken by a 
ma jority of the Contracting Parties, each Contracting Party having one vote. Two-thirds of the Contracting Parties 
shall constitute a quorum. 
4. The Commission shall hold a regular meeting once every two years. A special meeting may be called at any 
time at the request of a majority of the Contracting Parties or by decision of the Council as constituted in 
Article V. 
5. At its first meeting, and thereafter at each regular meeting, the Commission shall elect from among its members 
a chairman, a first vice-chairman and a second vice-chairman who shall not be reelected for more than one 
6. The meetings of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies shall be public unless the Commission otherwise 
decides. 
7. The official languages of the Commission shall be English, French and Spanish. 
8. The Commission shall have authority to adopt such rules of procedure and financial regulations as are 
necessary to carry out its functions. 
9. The Commission shall submit a report to the Contracting Parties every two years on its work and findings and 
shall also inform any Contracting Party, whenever requested, on any matter relating to the objectives of the 
Convention. 
Article IV 
1. In order to carry out the objectives of this Convention the Commission shall be responsible for the study of the 
populations of tuna and tuna-like fishes (the Scombriformes with the exception of the families Trichiuridae and 
Gempylidae and the genus Scomber) and such other species of fishes exploited in tuna fishing in the Convention 
area as are not under investigation by another international fishery organization. Such study shall include research 
on the abundance, biometry and ecology of the fishes; the oceanography of their environment; and the effects of 
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natural human factors upon their abundance. The Commission, in carrying out these responsibilities shall, in so far 
as feasible, utilize the technical and scientific services of, and information from, official agencies of the Contracting 
Parties and their political subdivisions and may, when desirable, utilize the available services and information of 
any public or private institution, organization or individual, and may undertake within the limits of its budget 
independent research to supplement the research work being done by governments, national institutions or other 
international organizations. 
2. The carrying out of the provisions in paragraph 1 of this Article shall include: 
(a) collecting and analyzing statistical information relating to the current conditions and trends of the tuna fishery 
resources of the Convention area; 
(b) studying and appraising information concerning measures and methods to ensure maintenance of the 
populations of tuna and tunalike fishes in the Convention area at levels which will permit the maximum 
sustainable catch and which will ensure the effective exploitation of these fishes in a manner consistent with 
this catch; 
(c) recommending studies and investigations to the Contracting Parties; 
(d) publishing and otherwise disseminating reports of its findings and statistical, biological and other scientific 
information relative to the tuna fisheries of the Convention area. 
Article V 
1. There is established within the Commission a Council which shall consist of the chairman and the 
vice-chairmen of the Commission together with the representatives of not less than four and not more than eight 
Contracting Parties. The Contracting Parties represented on the Council shall be elected at each regular meeting of 
the Commission. However, if at any time the number of the Contracting Parties exceeds forty, the Commission 
may elect an additional two Contracting Parties to be represented on the Council. The contracting Parties of which 
the chairman and vice-chairmen are nationals shall not be elected to the Council. In elections to the Council the 
Commission shall give due consideration to the geographic, tunafishing and tuna processing inre^st* of the 
Contracting Parties, as well as to the equal right of the Contracting Parties to be represented on the Council. 
2. The Council shall perform such functions as are assigned to it by this Convention or are designated by the 
Commission, and shall meet at least once in the interim between regular meetings of the Commission. Between 
meetings of the Commission the Council shall make necessary decisions on the duties to be carried out by the staff 
and shall issue necessary instructions to the Executive Secretary. Decisions of the Council shall be made in 
accordance with rules to be established by the Commission. 
Article VI 
To carry out the objectives of this Convention the Commission may establish panels on the basis of species, group 
of species, or of geographic areas. Each panel in such case: 
(a) shall be responsible for keeping under review the species, group of species, or geographic area under its 
purview, and for collecting and other information relating thereto: 
(b) may propose to the Commission, upon the basis of scientific investigations, recommendations for joint action 
by the Contracting Parties: 
(c) may recommend to the Commission studies and investigations necessary for obtaining information relating to 
its species, group of species, or geographic area, as well as the coordination of programmes of investigation by 
the Contracting Parties. 
Article VII 
The Commission shall appoint an executive secretary who shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The 
executive secretary, subject to such rules and procedures as may be determined by the Commission, shall have 
authority with respect to the selection and administration of the staff of the Commission. He shall also perform, 
inter alia, the following functions as the Commission may prescribe: 
(a) coordinating the programmes of investigation by the Contracting Parties; 
(b) preparing budget estimates for review by the Commission; 
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(c) authorizing the disbursement of funds in accordance with the Commission's budget; 
(d) accounting for the funds of the Commission; 
(e) arranging for cooperation with the organizations referred to in Article XI of this Convention; 
(f) preparing the collection and analysis of data necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Convention 
particularly those data relating to the current and maximum sustainable catch of tuna stocks; 
(g) preparing for approval by the Commission scientific, administrative and other reports of the Commission and 
its subsidiary bodies. 
Article VIII 
1. (a) The Commission may, on the basis of scientific evidence, make recommendations designed to maintain 
the populations of tuna and tuna-like fishes that may be taken in the Convention area at levels which will 
permit the maximum sustainable catch. These recommendations shall be applicable to the Contracting 
Parties under the conditions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article. 
(b) The recommendations referred to above shall be made: 
(i) at the initiative of the Commission if an appropriate panel has not been established or with the 
approval of at least two-thirds of all the Contracting Parries if an appropriate panel has been 
established; 
(ii) on the proposal of an appropriate panel if such a panel has been established; 
(in) on the proposal of the appropriate panels if the recommendation in question relates to more than 
one geographic area, species or group of species. 
2. Each recommendation made under paragraph 1 of this Article shall become effective for all Contracting Parties 
six months after the date of the notification from the Commission transmitting the recommendation to the 
Contracting Parties, except as provided in paragraph i of this Article. 
3. (a) If any Contracting Party in the case of a recommendation made under paragraph 1 (b) (i) above, or any 
Contracting Party member of a panel concerned in the case of a recommendation made under paragraph 1 
(b) (ii) or (Hi) above, presents to the Commission an objection to such recommendation within the six 
months period provided for in paragraph 2 above, the recommendation shall not become effective for an 
additional 60 days. 
(b) Thereupon any other Contracting Party may present an objection prior to the expiration of the additional 
60 days period or within 45 days of the date of the notification of an objection made by another 
Contracting Party within such additional 60 days, whichever date shall be the later. 
(c) The recommendation shall become effective at the end of the extended period or periods for objection, 
except for those Contracting Parties that have presented an objection. 
(d) However, if a recommendation has met with an objection presented by only one or less than one-fourth of 
the Contracting Parties, in accordance with subparagraphs (a) and (bj above, the Commission shall 
immediately notify the Contracting Party or Parties having presented such objection that it is to be 
considered as having no effect. 
(e> In the case referred to in subparagraph (d) above the Contracting Party or Parties concerned shall have an 
additional period of 60 days from the date of the said notification in which to reaffirm their objection. On 
the expiry of this period the recommendation shall become effective, except with respect to any 
Contracting Party having presented an objection and reaffirmed it within the delay provided for. 
(f) If a recommendation has met with objection from more than one-fourth but less than the majority of the 
Contracting Parties, in accordance with subparagraphs (a) and (b) above, the recommendation shall 
become effective for the Contracting Parties that have not presented an objection thereto. 
(g) If objections have been presented by a majority of the Contracting Parties the recommendation shall not 
become effective. 
4. Any Contracting Party objecting to a recommendation may at any time withdraw that objection, and the 
recommendation shall become effective with respect to such Contracting Party immediately if the recommendation 
is already in effect, or at such time as it may become effective under the terms of this Article. 
5. The Commission shall notify each Contracting Party immediately upon receipt of each objection and of each 
withdrawal of an objection, and of the entry into force of any recommendation. 
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Article IX 
1 The Contracting Parties agree to take all action necessary to ensure we enforcement of this Convention Each 
Contracting Party shall transmit to the Commission, biennially or at such other times as may be required by the 
Commission, a statement of the action taken by it for these purposes 
2 The Contracting Parties agree 
a) to furnish, on the request of the Commission, any available statistical, biological and other scientific 
information the Commission may need for the purposes of this Convention, 
(b) when their official agencies are unable to obtain and furnish the said information, to allow the Commission, 
through the Contracting Parties, to obtain it on a voluntary basis direct from companies and individual 
fishermen 
3 The Contracting Parties undertake to collaborate with each other with a view to the adoption of suitable 
effective measures to ensure the application of the provisions of this Convention and in particular to set up a 
system of international enforcement to be applied to the Convention area except the territorial sea and other 
waters, if any, in which a State is entitled under international law to exercise jurisdiction over fisheries 
Article X 
1 The Commission shall adopt a budget for the |oint expenses of the Commission for the bienmum following 
each regular meeting 
2 Lath Contracting Part' shall contribute annually to the budget of the Commission an amount equal to 
a US S I 000 (one t'lousand United States dollars) for Commission membership 
h US S 1 000 i nc thousind United States dollars for each Panel membership 
(c) If the proposed budget for ;omt expenses for any bienmum should exceed the whole amount of contributions 
to be n-ade by the Contracting Parties under (a) and (b) of this paragraph, one-third of the amount of such 
excess shall be contributed by the Contracting Parties in proportion to their contributions made under (a) and 
b of this paragraph For the remaining two-thirds the Commission shall determine on the basis of the latest 
ivailable information 
i) the total of the round weight of catch of Atlantic tuna and tuna-like fishes and the net weight of canned 
products of such fishes for each Contracting Party, 
ii the total of (i) for all C ontracting Parties 
r ach 0 ontracting Party shall contribute its share of the remaining two-thirds in the same ratio that its total in (i) 
bears to the total in (u) That part of the budget referred to in this subparagraph shall be set by agreement of all the 
0 ontracting Parties present and voting 
1 The Council shall review the second half of the biennial budget at its regular meeting between Commission 
meeting and, on the basis of current and anticipated developments, may authorize reapportionment of amounts in 
the C ommission budget for the second vear within the total budget approved by the Commission 
4 The executive secretarv of the Commission shall notifv each ( ontracting Partv of its vearlv assessment The 
contributions shall be payable on I Januarv of the vear for which the assessment was levied Contributions not 
received before 1 Januarv of the succeeding year shall be considered as in arrears 
> Contributions to the biennial budget shall be payable in such currencies as the Commission may decide 
6 At its first meeting the Commission shall approve a budget for the balance of the first vear the Commission 
functions and (or the following bienmum It shall immediately transmit to the Contracting Parties copies of these 
budgets together with notices of the respective assessments for the first annual contribution 
7 Thereafter, within a period not less than 60 day s before the regular meeting of the C ommission which precedes 
the bienmum, the executive secretary shall submit to each Contracting Party a draft biennial budget together with a 
schedule of proposed assessments 
8 The Commission mav suspend the voting rights of anv Contracting Party when its arrears of contributions 
equal or exceed the amount due from it for the two preceding vears 
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9. The Commission shall establish a working capital fund to finance operations of the Commission prior to 
receiving annual contributions, and for such other purposes as the Commission may determine. The Commission 
shall determine the level of the fund, assess advances necessary for its establishment, and adopt regulations 
governing the use of the fund. 
10. The Commission shall arrange an annual independent audit of the Commission's accounts. The reports of 
such audits shall be reviewed and approved by the Commission, or by the Council in years when there is no regular 
Commission meeting. 
11. The Commission may accept contributions, other than provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article, for the 
prosecution of its work. 
Article XI 
1. The Contracting Parties agree that there should be a working relationship between the Commission and the 
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. To this end the Commission shall enter into 
negotiations with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations with a view to concluding an 
agreement pursuant to Article XIII of the Organization's Constitution. Such agreement should provide, inter alia, 
for the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to appoint a 
representative who would participate in all meetings of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies, but without the 
right to vote. 
2. The Contracting Parties agree that there should be cooperation berweeen the Commission and other 
international fisheries commissions and scientific organizations which might contribute to the work of the 
Commission. The Commission may enter into agreements with such commissions and organizations. 
3. The Commission may invite any appropriate international organization and any Governemnt which is a 
Member of the United Nations or of any Specialized Agency of the United Nations and which is not a member of 
the Commission, to send observers to meetings of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies. 
Article XII 
1. This Convention shall remain in force for 10 years and thereafter until a majority of Contracting Parties agree 
to terminate it. 
2. At any time after 10 years from the date of entry into force of this Convention, any Contracting Party may 
withdraw from the Convention on 31 December of any year including the 10th year by written notification of 
withdrawal given on or before 31 December of the preceding year to the Director-General of the Food and 
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 
3. Any other Contracting Party may thereupon withdraw from this Convention with effect from the same 
31 December by giving written notification of withdrawal to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations not later than one month from the date of receipt of information from the 
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning any w.thdrawal, but 
not later than 1 April of that year. 
Article XIII 
1 Any Contracting Party or the Commission may propose amendments to this Convention. The Director-
General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations shall transmit a certified copy of the text 
of any proposed amendment to all the Contracting Parties. Any amendment not involving new obligations shall 
take effect for all Contracting Parties on the 30th day after its acceptance by three-fourths of the Contracting 
Parties. Any amendment involving new obligations shall take effect for each Contracting Party accepting the 
amendment on the 90th day after its acceptance by three-fourths of the Contracting Parties and thereafter for each 
remaining Contracting Party upon acceptance by it. Any amendment considered by one or more Contracting 
Parties to involve new obligations shall be deemed to involve new obligations and shall take effect accordingly. A 
government which becomes a Contracting Party after an amendment to this Convention has been opened for 
acceptance pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be bound by the Convention as amended when the said 
amendment comes into force. 
2. Proposed amendments shall be deposited with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization 
of the United Nations. Notifications of acceptance of amendments shall be deposited with the Director-General of 
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 
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Article XIV 
1. This Convention shall be open for signature by any Government which is a Member of the United Nations or of 
any Specialized Agency of the United Nations. Any such Government which does not sign this Convention may 
adhere to it at any time. 
2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification or approval by signatory countries in accordance with their 
constitutions. Instruments of ratification, approval, or adherence shall be deposited with the Director-Genera) of 
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 
3. This Convention shall enter into force upon the deposit of instruments of ratification, approval, or adherence 
by seven Governments and shall enter into force with respect to each Government which subsequently deposits an 
instrument of ratification, approval or adherence on the date of such deposit. 
Article XV 
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations shall inform all 
Governments referred to in paragraph 1 of Article XIV of deposits of instruments of ratification, approval or 
adherence, the entry into force of this Convention, proposals for amendments, notifications of acceptance of 
amendments, entry into force of amendments, and notifications of withdrawal. 
Article XVI 
The original of this Convention shall be deposited with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture 
Organization of the United Nations who shall send certified copies to the Governments referred to in paragraph 1 
of Article XIV. 
In witness whereof the representatives duly authorized by their respective Governments have signed the present 
Convention. Done at Rio de Janeiro this 14th day of May 1966 in a single copy in the English, French and Spanish 
languages, each version beinj; equally authoritative. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the common organization of the market in products 
processed from fruit and vegetables 
(COM(85) 642 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 December 1985) 
(85/C 349/02) 
THK COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES. 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas the basic provisions concerning the organization of 
the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables 
have been amended a number of times; whereas by reason of 
their number, their complexity and their dispersal among 
various Official Journals of the European Communities, 
these texts are difficult to use, and thus lack the clarity which 
should be an essential feature of all legislation; whereas they 
should therefore be consolidated in a single text, at the same 
time making certain amendments which experience has 
shown to be desirable; Whereas the operations and development of the common 
market in agricultural products must be accompanied by the 
establishment of a common agricultural policy to include in 
particular a common organization of agricultural markets 
which may take various forms depending on the product; 
Whereas the producer prices for certain products processed 
from fruit and vegetables which are of particular importance 
in the Mediterranean regions of the Community are 
considerably higher than in non-member countries; whereas 
the Community products should therefore be made more 
competitive by adopting the necessary measures to enable 
them to be sold at prices which compete with those charged 
by the major non-member producing countries; 
Whereas, to this end, a system of production aid should be 
introduced enabling the products in question to be 
manufactured at a price lower than that which would result 
from the payment of a remunerative price to producers of the 
fresh products; whereas this system should be linked to a