COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC91) 517 final 
Brussels, 11 December 1991 
Proposal for a 
extending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements 
applicable to agricultural products and certain goods 
resulting from the processing of agricultural products 
originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific 
States (ACP States) or in the overseas 
countries and territories (OCT) 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. With Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 the Community agreed to apply the 
arrangements laid down in the Fourth ACP-EEC Lomé Convention signed on 
15 December 1989 for agricultural and processed products from ACP States or 
the OCT before the date of entry into force of the Convention and the new 
Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories (OCT). 
2. However, the Community limited the application of the Regulation to 
29 February 1992. 
Meanwhile the Convention has entered into force. 
The new Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories 
of 25 July 1991 has also entered into force. It provides that all products 
originating in the OCT shall be totally exempt from customs duties and 
charges having equivalent effect when imported into the Community. As a 
result, so far as the OCT are concerned, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) 
No 715/90 have become obsolete. The applicability of Regulation (EEC) No 
715/90 for the ACP States should therefore be extended beyond 
29 February 1992 for the period of validity of the Convention. 
The purpose of the attached proposal for a regulation is such an extension, 
limited to the ACP States. 
3. The financial implications fall within the framework of the financial 
implication of the Commission proposal on the introduction of the 
arrangements concerned in 1990 (C0M(90) 213 final). 
Proposa I for 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 
Of 
extending Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements 
applicable to agricultural products and certain goods 
resulting from the processing of agricultural products 
originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific 
States (ACP States) or in the overseas 
countries and territories (OCT) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90(1), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 523/91<2), and in particular Article 31 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas at present the application of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is limited to 
29 February 1992; whereas, however, the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé 
on 15 December 1989, entered into force on 1 September 1991(3> and applies until 
29 February 2000; whereas, as a result, the application of Regulation (EEC) No 
715/90 should be extended to the latter date as far as products originating in 
the ACP States are concerned; 
Whereas, moreover, with Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of 
the overseas countries and territories (OCT) with the European Economic 
Community<4>, the Community adopted special arrangements for products 
originating in the OCT; whereas these new arrangements which entered into force 
on 20 September 1991 provide that all products originating in the OCT shall be 
totally exempt from customs duties and charges having equivalent effect when 
imported into the Community; whereas, as a result, as far as the OCT are 
concerned, the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 have become obsolete; 
whereas, as a result, Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 should be extended exclusively 
for products originating in the ACP States; 
(1) OJ No L 84. 30.3.1990, p. 85. 
(2) 0J No L 58, 5.3.1991, p. 1. 
(3) 0J No L 229, 17.9.1991, p. 287. 
(4) 0J No L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1. 
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Articles 1 to 25 and 27 to 30(1) and (2) as well as Article 31 and Annex I to 
Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 are extended until 29 February 2000, insofar as 
agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of 
agricultural products originating in the ACP States are concerned. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 20 September 1991. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all 
Member States. 
Done at For the Council 
The President 
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