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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)391 final
Brussels.16thJuly1979
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
ONTHEPROVISIONAL APPLICATION TOTHEREPUBLIC OF
KIRIBATI(FORMER^GILBERTISLANDS)OFTHEARRANGEMENTS
PROVIDED FORINDECISION 76/568/EEC
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(79)391final

Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
ontheprovisionalapplicationtotheRepublicof'
Kiribati(formerGilbertIslands)ofthe
arrangements providedforinDecision
76/568/EEC
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROEUANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/568/EECof29June1976on
theassociation oftheoverseascountriesandterritorieswith
theEuropeanEconomicCommunity(l),aslastamendedby
Decision79/310/fcEC(2),andinparticularthesecondsubparagraph
ofArticle55<2)thereof.
8OJNoL176,1.7.1976,p.8.
OJNoL72,23.3.1979,p.33

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Whereas ,pursuant tothesecond subparagraph of
Article 55C2 )ofDecision 76/568/EEC, •' .v
thearrangements provided fortherein maycontinue toapply -
provisionally ,under conditions laid down "bytheCouncil ,to
countries andterritories which "become independent ; •-
Whereas theGilbert Islands ,which appear .
inAnnex Iofthat Decision , ' ; , ' •
achieve independence on12July 1979 astheRepublic ofKiribati ;
Whereas itshould "bedecided tocontinue toapply provisionally
thearrangements provided forintheabove-mentioned Decision to
that State andtolaydown theconditions forsuch application ,
without prejudice ftosubsequent recourse' tothefirst subparagraph
ofArticle 55(2 )andtoArticle 56thereof ;
/
Whereas theACP-EEC Convention ofLome isopen ,inaccordance with
theprocedure laid down inArticle 89thereof ,toaccession by
acountry orterritory referred toinPart Four oftheTreaty and'
which hasbecome independent ;whereas such accession cantake place
only following arequest bytheState concerned andwith theapproval
oftheACP-EEC Council ofMinisters ;
Whereas theGilbert Islands have submitted arequest foraccession
totheACP-EEC Convention ofLom€ astheRepublic ofKiribati ;
Whereas theprovisional application ofDecision 76/568/EECwith
regard tothat State should belimited intime ;
/·

Whereas,inordertoavoidanybreakincontinuityinfinancing
decisionsinfavouroftheRepublicofKiribatibetweenitsaccession
totheACF-EECConventionofLom<§andtheentryintoforceofthe
decisionadjustingtheamountsmadeavailabletotheEuropean
Development FundwhichtheCouncilistotakepursuantto
Article1(4)oftheInternalAgreementonthefinancingand
administration ofCommunityaidof19751theRepublicofKiribati
shouldbepermittedtocontinuetobenefituntilthedateofthesaid
entryintoforcefromtheprovisionsofDecision76/568/EEC
relatingtofinancialandtechnicalco-operation ,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
I
i
Article1 '
ThearrangementslaiddownbyDecision76/568/EECshallremain
provisionally applicabletotheRepublicofKiribatiuntilthelatter
accedestotheACF-EECConventionofLom£,andnotlaterthan1March
1980.
However,theRepublicofKiribatishallcontinuetobenefit
fromtheprovisionsofthesaidDecisionrelatingtofinancialand
technicalcooperationuntilthedateofentryintoforceofthe
»
decisionadjustingtheamountsmadeavailabletotheEuropeanDevelopment
FundwhichtheCouncilistotakepursuanttoArticle1(4)ofthe
InternalAgreementonthefinancingandadministration ofCommunity
aidsignedon11July1975*

Article2
QuestionsrelatingtotheapplicationofDecision76/568/EEC
totheRepublicofKiribatishallbedealtwithasnecessarybydirect
contactbetweenthecompetentauthorities ofthatStateandofthe
Community. '
Article3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
Itshallapplyfrom
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident