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OFTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOROFFICIALUSEONLY
GeneralSecretariat
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
extendingtheDecisionof28April1981ontheapplication
oftheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforships
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC82)872final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Atitsmeetingof28April1981theCouncildecidedtoconclude
onbehalfoftheCommunitytheOECDUnderstanding onexportcredits
forshipsasitresultedfromthenegotiations heldunderthe
auspicesoftheOECDandcompleted on18March1981.Atthesame
meetingtheCouncilalsoadoptedmeasuresrelatingtotheapplication
oftheUnderstanding bytheCommunity.
2.Thedecisionof28April1981applieduntil31July1981.Since
thenithasbeenextendedonseveraloccasions,thelasttime
until31January1983bythedecisionof28July1982.
3.TheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforshipsisaninstrument
ofinternational discipline inthefieldofexportcredits.Itis
intheCommunity'sinterestthatitshouldcontinuetobeapplied
after31January1983,but,asinthepast,itisdesirablethat
theextensionshouldbeforalimitedperiodonly.
4.TheCommissionthereforeinvitestheCounciltoadoptthedraft
decisionsubmittedherewith,extendingtheapplication ofthe
Understanding until31July1983.

PROPOSAL FOBA
COUNCILDECISION
extendingtheDecisionof28April1981onthe
application oftheOECDUnderstanding onexport
creditsforships
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,

WhereastheCouncilDecisionof28April1981ontheapplication
oftheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforshipsceasesto
beapplicable on31January1983;
Whereas,intheinterestsoftheCommunityandinorderto
strengthentheprincipleofinternational cooperation,itis
necessaryfurthertoextendtheperiodofapplication bythe
Communityofthisinstrumentofinternational discipline,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article 1
TheDecisionof28April1981ontheapplication oftheOECD
Understanding onexportcreditsforshipsisherebyextended
until31July1983.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,1983.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident