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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
amendingCouncilDecisionof18May1981authorizing theCommis­
siontoopennegotiations withtheACPStatesreferredtoinPro­
tocol7annexedtothesecondACP-EECConvention ofLoméandwith
Indiaontheguaranteed pricesforcanesugartoapplyinthe
1981/82deliveryperiodCOM(81>684final
Brussels,18thNovember1981
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCILDECISION
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil)
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'''Explanatory note -;,
Thenegotiations onth«guaranteed .pricesfortheACPstatesforth»1931/S3
marketing year,whichshouldhaveenteredintoforceon1July1981,havenot
i* - «
sofarbeenconcludedbecauseoftheACPStates'rejectionofthe,Community' s\
offer. .1-,'' _ .
Atitsmeetingon19October,.1981,theAgriculture Councilnotedthatthe..
Commission intendedto"continuethenegotiations onthebasisofthe
presentmandateandatthe.sametimetopreparealterhative proposals '
whichitwouldsubmittotheCounciliftheneedarose."- ;
The"GeneralAffairs"Council,atitsmeetingon'26October1981,agreedto
examinenewproposalsoftheCommission,iftheactualnegotiations doriotsucceed®
SincetheACPstateshavenowoncemorerefusedtheCommunity'soffer,the.
presentproposalismadeinordertomodifythedecisiontheCouncilof18May1981
insuchawaythattheCommission ,cannegotiatetheguaranteedpricesbyreference
tothepercentage increaseintheCommunity'swhitesugarintervention pricefor
'1981/82whilestillremainingwithintheframeworkoftheprovisionsofthe
ProtocolonACPsugar:andtheAgreementwithIndia.i••
Accordingly,theattachedrecommendation foraCouncilDecisionseeksauthority
for,theCommission ,tonegotiate,on"a-newbasis,onbehalfoftheCommunity,the'
guaranteedpricestobeappliedinthe1981/82deliveryperiodwhichbeganon
1July1981. .'■./"'X\ '.-C-',-y■ \
FinancialImplications . .►-1\
Thisrecommendation foraDecisiondoesnotinvolveimplications other .thanthose
derivedfromtheapplication oftheProtocolonACPsugarandtheagreementwith'
Indiaalreadytakenintoconsideration within'the frameworkofthemanagementof
thecommonorganization ofthesugarmarket.
1)Doc.no6536/1/81Rev.1of15May1981

RECOMMENDATION FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
4
amending Council Decision of18May 1981 authorizing theCommission
toopen negotiations with theACPStates referred toinProtocol ?
annexed tothe second ACP-EEC Convention ofLome and with India
ontheguaranteed prices forcane sugar toapply inthe 'i981/
delivery period v ■ ~
ΙΜΙΙΙΙΙΙΙΙί–Ι·π1Γ·"'~·– ~ ■■■ ^^ΜΚ·–ΒΒ«Ι··Λ'.Ι·' 1I"■-«-1-
TH£ COUNCIL OF .THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,. ' .
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean *Econorale Community , .
and inparticular Article 113thereof , •
Having regard to^the recommendation from theCommission ,
' *
whereas 1tisadvisable tomodify Council Decision of18Kay 1981 concerning
negotiations with the ACP States referred to1nProtocol 7annexed tothe
second ACP-EEC Convention ofLotr.6 andwith India ontheguaranteed prices
'orcane sugar toapply inthe 1981 /82delivery period ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
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V % - - :;
' - ' Sole Article . •
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P«ragraph 2ofCouncil Decision of18May 1981 ishereby replaced bythe •
following ;' : . .•
2.The Co~ins1ss1 onshall conduct these negotiations inconsultation with the
representatives oftheMember States and 1riconformity with the following
guidelines : . '
-inrespect ofthe 1981 /82delivery period theguaranteed prices referred
toinparagraph 1shall be'negot iated insuch away thst the Increases
donotexceed thepercentage increase 1ntheCommunity 'sIntervention
price forwhite sugar in1981 /82bycomparison with 1980 /81,
-theprices thus negotiated shall apply with effect from 1stJuly 1981 .
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/ Done atBrussels ,
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' The President «