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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)264final
Brussels,16June1978 ■
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION(EEC)
onthetemporarycontinuedapplicationtotheIndependentState
oftheSolomonIslandsofthearrangementsprovidedfor
inDecision76/568/EEContheassociationoftheoverseas
countriesandterritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommissions
COM(78)264final

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
ontheprovisional application tothe
Independent State ofthe Solomon Islands
ofthearrangements provided for in
Decision 76/568/EECoftheassociation of
theoverseas countries andterritories of
theEuropean Economic Communities ,
TheSolomon Islands ,overseas country oftheUnited Kingdom of
Great Britain andNorthern Ireland will achieve independence on
7July 1978 .
Theindependent state oftheSolomon Islands intends to
seek accession totheACP-EEC Convention ofLome .
Inview ofthedelay forthearrangements andprocedures tobe
undertaken fortheaccession totheConvention ofLome ofa
country which hasachieved independence ,itshould bedecided
tocontinue toapply provisionally thearrangements ^provided
forintheDecision relating toOCTs,totheSolomon Islands
after thelatter accedes toindependence andnotlater than
6July 1979 .
Thesameprovisions weremadeatthetimethattheTerritory of
Afars andIssas became independent astheRepublic ofDjibouti .

♦ Proposalfor
COUNCILDECISION v
-onthetemporarycontinuedapplicationtotheIndependentStateof
theSolomonIslandsofthearrangements providedforin
/ .
Decision76/568/EEContheassociation oftheoverseas
countriesandterritories withtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/568/EECof29June1976onthe
association oftheoverseascountriesandterritories withtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity .,aslastamended "byDecision78//EEC,andin_
particularthesecondsubparagraphofArticle55(2)thereof,
Whereas,thesaidsubparagraphofArticle55(2)laysdownthatthearrangements
providedforintheDecisionmaycontinuetoapplytemporarily ,tinderconditions
laiddownbytheCouncil,tocountriesandterritories whichbecomeindependent :
! -,
. -V
WhereastheSolomonIslandsmentionedinAnnexIsettingout
thelistofcountriesandterritories referredtointheDecisionwill
achieveindependence andbecometheIndependentStateoftheSolomon
Islandson7July1978; .
Whereasitshouldbedecidedtocontinuetoapply, '
temporarily thearrangements providedforintheDecisiontotheIndependent
StateoftheSolomonIslandsandtolaydowntheconditionsforsuchappli­
cationwithoutprejudicetosubsequentrecoursetothefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle55(2)andtoArticle56thereof;
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OJNoL176,1.7.1976,p.8
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WhereastheACP-EECConventionofLome'
isopen,inaccordancewiththeprocedureLaiddowninArticle89
thereof,totheaccessionofacountryorterritorytowhichPartPour
oftheTreatyappliesandwhichbecomesindependent;whereassuch
accessioncantakeplaceonlyfollowingarequestbytheStateconcerned
andwiththeconsentoftheACP-EECCouncilofMinisters;
\
WhereastheIndependentStateoftheSolomonIslandsintendstoseek
accessiontotheACP-EECConventionofLome;''
ι
Whereas,nevertheless,thecontinuedapplication oftheDecisionto
theIndependentStateoftheSolomonIslandsshouldbelimitedto
areasonableperiod,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
Thearrangements providedforin ,Decision76/56S/EEC
shallremainapplicable "totheSolomonIslandsafterthe.
-latter toindependen -,andnotlaterthan6July1979.
\ ■'
!
Article2
Questionsrelatingtotheapplicationof Decision
76/568/EEC .totheSolomonIslandsafterthey"become
independent ,shallbedealtwith,asnecessary,bydirectcontact
betweenthecompetentauthoritiesoftheIndependentStateoftheSolomon
IslandsandthecompetentauthoritiesoftheCommunity.

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Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication
intheOffioial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply with effect from 7July 1978 «-
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President