it * COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 01.12.1997 
COM(97) 641 final 
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 
TO THE ACP-EC COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS 
On the operation in 1996 of the 
export earnings stabilisation system under the 
fourth ACP-EC Convention as revised by the 
Agreement signed in Mauritius on 4.11.1995 

Stabex. application year 199t 
Report by the Commission pursuant to Article 207(4) of the revised fourth ACP-EC 
Convention 
Article 207(4) of the revised Lomé IV Convention states: 
"On 30 September ... the Commission shall report to the Committee of 
Ambassadors on the progress made with the processing of all transfers. " 
This report covers transfers for the 1996 year of application. 
The Commission found 20 ACP States to be eligible for 27 transfers under the system in 
respect of 1996. 
Following consultation under Articles 202 and 203 of the Convention, as appropriate, the 
total of eligible transfers is ECU 73 584 806. 
For the 1996 year of application the position regarding the financial resources available 
under the system is: 
ECU 
- allocation in respect of the 1996 year of 360 000 000 
application 
- balance for 1995 to be carried over to 1996 283 758 176 
- estimated interest up to 30 June 1997 18 528 392 
Total $02 38$ 508 
This means that all transfers eligible in 1996 can be covered, but the funds will not be 
available until the revised Convention comes into force, which will not be until the 
Financial Protocol is ratified. 
For the 1995 year of application a Decision of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers 
(No 2/96 of 28.6.1996) allowed funds unused under the first Financial Protocol to be 
used to advance the transfers approved in respect of that year. 
As a similar solution is not possible for 1996, the Commission decision determining 
Stabex transfers for that year had to be adopted subject to the revised Convention 
entering into force and having being ratified by the ACP State due to receive a transfer. 
This Decision was taken on 18 July 1997. 
The transfer agreements referred to in the Commission Decision will have to be signed, 
and the transfers paid out, immediately after the revised Convention enters into force and 
has been ratified by the ACP State due to receive the transfer. 
The list of transfers for the 1996 year of application is annexed to this report. 
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Sudan 
Burkina Faso 
Senegal 
Gambia 
Guinea-Bissau 
Sierra Leone 
Togo 
Central African Republic 
Rwanda 
Burundi 
Tanzania 
Madagascar 
Comoros 
Malawi 
Dominica 
Saint Lucia 
Saint Vincent and Grenadines 
Grenada 
Kiribati 
Vanuatu Product 
Gum arabic 
Beans 
Groundnut products 
Cotton, neither carded nor combed 
Shrimps 
Wood 
Green or roasted coffee 
Green or roasted coffee 
Wood 
Tea 
Pyrethrum saps and other extracts 
Uncured skins 
Green or roasted coffee 
Uncured skins 
Tea 
Vanilla 
Vanilla 
Cloves 
Essential oils 
Green or roasted coffee 
Tea 
Green bananas 
Green bananas 
Green bananas 
Green bananas 
Copra 
Cocoa beans 
Total: Reference 
level 
44.588.431 
5.742.997 
68.840.017 
1.231.825 
1.833.275 
1.137.372 
4.859.389 
14.740.715 
10.977.955 
2.940.718 
451.215 
2.495.512 
42.564.238 
1.979.515 
24.715.674 
14.370.540 
4.832.432 
729.792 
3.577.138 
10.253.156 
41.513.187 
30.498.935 
66.571.595 
36.419.452 
3.452.470 
2.300.210 
1.670.915 
445.288.670 Earnings in 
year of 
application 
24.545.800 
5.642.210 
53.833.025 
688.170 
1.227.510 
1.012.882 
2.677.801 
8.331.925 
6.457.550 
1.283.480 
0 
2.087.148 
34.667.200 
1.077.610 
21.417.493 
11.424.680 
1.453.750 
235.830 
2.747.520 
9.428.210 
39.901.525 
21.633.150 
61.982.100 
25.477.270 
1.043.827 
1.935.520 
1.342.430 
348.555.616 Loss of 
earnings 
20.042.631 
100.787 
10.006.992 
543.655 
605.765 
124.490 
2.181.588 
6.408.790 
4.520.405 
1.657.238 
451.215 
408.364 
7.897.038 
901.905 
3.298.181 
2.945.860 
3.378.682 
493.962 
829.618 
824.946 
1.611.662 
8.865.785 
4.589.495 
10.942.182 
2.408.643 
364.690 
328.485 
96.733.054 
Amount 
retained 
"franchise" 
445.884 
0 
3.002.098 
0 
0 
0 
48.594 
147.407 
109.780 
0 
0 
0 
425.642 
0 
247.157 
143.705 
48.324 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1.372.452 
1.376.848 
1.638.875 
155.361 
0 
0 
9.162.127 Transfer 
basis after 
amount 
retained 
19.596.747 
100.787 
7.004.894 
543.655 
605.765 
124.490 
2.132.994 
6.261.383 
4.410.625 
1.657.238 
451.215 
408.364 
7.471.396 
901.905 
3.051.024 
2.802.155 
3.330.358 
493.962 
829.618 
824.946 
1.611.662 
7.493.333 
3.212.647 
9.303.307 
2.253.282 
364.690 
328.485 
87.570.927 
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consultations * 
0 
0 
0 
77.384 
277.341 
36.326 
1.216.233 
2.525.216 
0 
0 
228.377 
0 
4.288.507 
499.168 
0 
0 
1.723.900 
290.582 
0 
161.813 
0 
0 
0 
905.491 
1.510.826 
115.140 
129.817 
13.986.121 
Transfer 
basis after 
consultation 
19.596.747 
100.787 
7.004.894 
466.271 
328.424 
88.164 
916.761 
3.736.167 
4.410.625 
1.657.238 
222.838 
408.364 
3.182.889 
402.737 
3.051.024 
2.802.155 
1.606.458 
203.380 
829.618 
663.133 
1.611.662 
7.493.333 
3.212.647 
8.397.816 
742.456 
249.550 
198.668 
73.584.806 CM 
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transferred 
19.596.747 
100.787 
7.004.894 
466.271 
328.424 
88.164 
916.761 
3.736.167 
4.410.625 
1.657.238 
222.833 
408.364 
3.182.889 
402.737 
3.051.024 
2.802.155 
1.606.458 
203.380 
829.618 
663.133 
1.611.662 
7.493.333 
3.212.647 
8.397.816 
742.456 
249.550 
198.668 
73.584.806 

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