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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)741final
Brussels/11January1979
Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION\ COUNCILDECISION
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Ç;ontheconclusionOftheinternational CocoaAgreement1975
V Vît--**"
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(78)741final

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHECOUNCIL
ByCouncilDecisionof28September1976,theCommunityisapplying
provisionally theInternational CocoaAgreement1975,whichentered
intoforceon1October1976.
Atitseleventhsession(24-28July1978),theInternational Cocoa
Councildecidedtoextendforafurtherperiod-thatisuntil
31March1979-thetimelimitssetforratification ,approvalor
acceptanceoftheAgreementbythemembersapplyingitprovisionally .
InviewofthefactthatalltheMemberStatesoftheCommunityhave
nowcompletedtheproceduresforratification orapprovalofthe
Agreement,theCommission recommendsthattheCouncilconcludethe
International CocoaAgreement1975onbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomic
Communityandconsequently deposittheinstrumentofconclusionwith
theSecretary-General oftheUnitedNations.

Recommendation fora
CouncilDecision
ontheconclusion bytheCommunityofthe
International CocoaAgreement1975
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
Whereas,.inaccordancewiththeCouncilDecision76/870/EECof20July1976
theCommunitysignedtheInternational' CocoaAgreement1975on.27July1976
subjecttotheconclusionthereof.
Whereas,inaccordancewithCouncilDecisionof28September1976,
theCommunityisapplyingthesaidAgreementprovisionally,asan
importingmember,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle68ofthe
Agreement;
WhereastheCommunityshouldapprovetheInternational CocoaAgreement
1975inaccordancewithArticle66thereof,
HASDECIDED'ASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
TheInternational CocoaAgreement1975,thetextofwhichhasbeen
publishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities (2),is
herebyapprovedonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity.
Article2
ThePresidentoftheCouncilshdlldeposittheinstrumentsprovided
forinArticle66oftheAgreement.
DoneatBrussels, POPCouncil
ThePresident
(1)OJNoL321,20.11.1976,p.29
(2)OJNoL321,20.11.1976,p.31