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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)70 final
Brussels-25February1981
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Proposalfor
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COUNCIL"REGULATION
onthetradearrangements applicable toAfrican,Caribbean
andPacificStateswhichfailedtoratifytheSecond
ACP-EECConvention ofLoméby1January1981
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(81)70final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article183ofthesecondLomeConvention,signedon31October1979,
stipulatesthattheConvention"shallenterintoforceonthefirstdayof
thesecondmonthfollowingthedateofdepositoftheinstruments of
ratification oftheMember ,Statesandofatleasttwo-thirds oftheACP
States,andoftheactofnotification oftheconclusion oftheConvention
bytheCommunity".Theseconditions weremetattheendofNovember1980,
andtheConvention enteredintoforceon1January1981.
TheSameArticlealsospecifiesthedateasfromwhichtheConvention
becomesapplicable tothoseACPStateswhichhavenotcompletedtheabove
procedures beforethedateofentryintoforce,namely,"thefirstdayof
thesecondmonthfollowingthecompletion ofthesaidprocedures".
SomeACPStatestowhichthisappliescannottherefore becoveredbythe
Convention'sprovisionsinrespectofthem,particularly withregardto
Chapters 1and2,withtheresultthatproductsoriginating inthosestates
should,uponentryintotheCommunity,besubjecttotheimportarrangements
applicable underordinarylaw.
Astheinstruments ofratification maybedeposited bythesestatesatany
time,application bytheCommunityofthird-country arrangements tosuch
productswouldgiverisetotemporarydisturbances whichwouldneedlessly
complicatelifeforCommunityfirmsandthecustomsadministrations .Itis
inordertoavoidsuchdifficulties thattheCommission proposesthatthe
Counciladoptthefollowingregulation.

Proposal for a
COUNÇIL_REGULAIION
onthetrade arrangements applicable toAfrican ,Caribbean
andPacific States which failed toratify theSecond
ACP-EEC Convention ofLome by1January 1981
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES /.
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEEC,andinparticular
Article 113thereof .
Having regard totheproposal oftheCommission ,,
.1Whereas theSecond ACP-EEC Convention signed atLome on31October
1979 entered into force on1January 1981 ; ~
Whereas ,inorder "nottodistrupt trade patterns ,thetrade arrangements
provided forinthesaid Convention should beimplemented autonomously
inrespect ofcertain ACPStates towhich theConvention cannot beapplied
from 1January 1981 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION ; -
Article 1
From 1January to30June 1981 thetrade arrangements applicable tothe
ACPStates listed intheAnnex which have notcompleted theprocedures
»
referred toinArticle 182 ofthe convention shale beasset out in
Chapters 1and 2ofTitle IoftheConvention aswell asinCouncil
2 .. .11 . » •Regulation (EEC)No435/80aslast amended byRegulation No3486 /80.
I V
However ,thetrade arrangements between theStates listed intheAnnexes
hereto andGreece arethose setout inCouncil Regulation (EEC)No /81.
0JNoL347,22.12.1980 ,p.1
20JNot55,28.2.1980 ,p.4
30JNoL365,31.12.1980 ,p.2
40JNoL

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Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingthatofits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCounciI
ThePresident

ListofACPStateswhichhavenotyetdepositedtheirinstruments
ofratification undertheLomeConvention : '
Nigeria
Tchad
Djibouti
Mauritania