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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Preparatory work
forthenegociation ofanew
International SugarAgreement
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1thJunenext ,theCouncil oftheInternational Sugar Organisation
meet inLondon todecide whether "torequest theSecret ary-General of
NCTAD toconvene inSeptember 1976aUnited Nations Conference forthene-
gation OJ.anewInternational Sugar Agreement .
European Economic Community –v;hich isnotamember ofthisOrganization
hasobserver svatus atitsCouncil meetings –hasuptonowrefrained from
ingaposition onthetimeliness orotherwise ofconvening suchaconference
onwhether toparticipate init,ifconvened .
TheCommunity h«.sequally refrained fromtaking partinthepreparatory work
ichha3resulted ,altar twoyears ofdiscussion ,inthepreparation ofa
aftagreement which would besubmitted asthebasic working document ofthe
Conference . ,
Commission considers itnecessary -inthelight ofvarious approaches
cently made toitbytheSecretariat andcertain members oftheInternational
garOrganization ~that theCommunity should make known itsattitude tothe
question ofnegotiation ofanewInternational Sugar Agreement atthenext
meeting oftheOrgani aation' aCouncil .
Community could onthisoccasion express thefollowing point ofview :
(i)theEuropean Economic Community isinfavour ofsetting upanewInterna­
tional ^ugarAgreement ,andoftalcing part init;
(i)theCommunity considers thatthedraft agreement atpresent envisaged by
theInternational Sugar Council ^doc.CONC/l2)doesnottakesufficient
account oftherecent evolution oftheinternational situation andofthe
problems currently facing thesizgar market ;
(iii)iftheInternational Sugar Council should defe'r itsdecision toconvene
anegotiating conference andenvisage further preparatory work ,theCommunity
might well bewilling totake part inthis work .
TheCommission recommends totheCouncil that adecision should betaken inthe
nsesuggested above ,inBufixcient time topermit theCommunity tomake known
point ofview atthemeeting oftheInternational Sugar Council on'lSth June
next . J
Commission willadvise theCounoil astotheresults oftheLondon meeting .