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COI-WSSTOT'TCO^?TTICATIOF TOTHECOTTNCTI,0>TTHE
AOCERSTOW OFTHREEFORMEROCTTOTHEAOP–EEC
CO-^.rEvJTIOtTOfT/C:'!EA'IDPROPOSALS FOROERIM^TLKOAT .-
ACT?.RETATI?TO THERETO
j.On14-July "hhnACP–EEoCouncil oxMinis^crsapproved ,in8.ccor?iance
withArticle 89oftheACP–EiiJCConvention ofI,OPI<*,theaccess:onof
theRepublicofSurinam(Decision Eo,/!/?^) ?
theRer>n.bli.oofSeychelles *(TiecinionK0..5/76);
theComoroState .(Decision Tib„0/76)
Th^oeDecisions enteredintoforceonIf.July.
Byde-oositin.r with"theGeneralsecretariat oftheCouncilinstruments of
accencion ,theRepublic ofSurinam ,theRepublic of8e*T>el]enand
theComoroStateaccededtotheConvention rcp.p^ctxv^ly o-.i1.6July,
■?7Au/motand1P>Sentonher 197b«
TheCoTWiiRsion considers itcr.sontial thatthenoticeofthese
accessions bepublished inthe"L"seriesoftheOfficial Journal
(seeAnnexi).
2.TPAHSPEROFED?RESOURCE S
Article1(4)oftheInternal A^reeriient onthe?finanoin /r-andaclniinistratioj *
ofCommunity aidof11July1975readsas-follows
"Whereacountryorterritory whichhasbecomeindependent accedestothe
Convention ,theamonvitsindicate 1-!inTVira-Tanh ?(b)above°-hallhere'vu^ed
avnthoseindicated .innara.'Tanh 2(a)ahovecorresnondin.'-ly incre^s^d ny
adecision ta'cenbvtheCon.ncj1actin."unaninousl.y on.anro-oofsal fronthe
Oomnission ."
ContrastArticlel(^)j*'Inthiscase,thecountryconcerned will
continue toh'-.elif^Vilefortnefu^dsnrovi'ot
forinnararrar.h 2^c).sublettot'-ie!rw.naf'cncl
•pr*1"1 xn Tf*TTof*i"p.r*Oonv^*o*hi.O':"1*

Gomr.n on *thorof ">reproposes *tha-"t +»o©Council arloyvtaoecifp.on "to
this effect (\nnex II).
Thefibres proposed "bytheCommission have been vror><ed out ,ontheoasis
ofanequitable distribution ainon /rthecountries andterritories ofthe
total amount ofComruunity aida?.located toeacn area .Thetotal forthe
three States amounts to31.9 million 'units ofaccount .This amount comprises
million units ofaccount ingrants and6.6million units ofaccount in
special loans .Furthermore ,after consultation vrith the2nrope*n Investment
^,n]r,jtisproposed that 1million units ofaccount ofrisk cepital beOOV .PI
tr'-'.nsf erred .
Theshereearmarked forthe "reserve "hasnotbeen distributed orallocated
since this category does notexist inthecase ofthe ACP.
Asrer-ards Stabex ,itissu/y-ested that adeclaration should berecorded in
theMinutes oftheCouncil calling attention totheprovision ofArticle i,
nara-Tranh RoftheInternal Agreement (Annex TTT P.XS).
rphip ;r.omrn.mi cation does not .concern theordinary loan ontheresources of
theEuropean Investment Rank ,aproposition tothiso^crt .falU^-vn+'niv ,
its competence .
A.TmTST' -'-^T OPTHETE>rTSCONCER ?7!"^THEOCT
(a)Article S6,theDecision of?Q .Tune 1076provide t>?+:
"Jfanonntrv orterritory becomes iv>depend ent ,th°Council ,acting
nnaninously onaproposal from t,^Cm-ni^i'w ,shell onan-r
„er.fisw adjustments toth?s Decision ,inpart *cular to+*e
\mrt,from thepdiustrne^t toArticle *0oftho r.ho^ ^ion •->"
Via .SDsoft>etransfer tobecarried outintheInternal \ f
■noint2above ),the -names of .thothrob new'\CpStates arrtto "h®<••*•/»+"<•
1-st ofthe OCT' inft.nner TtotheDecision :
article 21('")oftheDécision ;
Article ?6ofthe Décision :
Article 7ofAnney IVtotheDeo ?.pion .
TheCommission therefore proposes that theCouncil edort r>deo ?.<o.o^
tothis effect (Annex III).

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(b)AlistoftheOCTalsoappearsin:
(i)AnnexItoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No706/76of30March1976
onthearrangements applicable toagricultural products and
certaingoodsresulting fromtheprocessing ofagricultural
productsoriginating intheAfrican,Caribbean andPacific
Statesorintheoverseas countries andterritories ;
(ii)theAnnextotheCouncilDecisionof9February 1976onimport
arrangements forrum,arrackandtafiafallingwithin
subheading 22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariffand
originating intheoverseas countries andterritories associated
withtheEuropean Economic Community ..
TheCommission therefore :
proposesthatthesaidRegulation beamended (AnnexIV),and
recommends thatthesaidDecision beamended (AnnexV).
6,_TARIFF QUOTAFORRUM
Asaresultoftheiraccession totheConvention ,thenewStateswill
automatically benefitunderProtocol No7oftheConvention onrumand
asACPStatesunderCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1464/76of21June1976
ontheopening ,allocation andadministra /fcionofaCommunity tariff
quotaforrum,arrackandtafiafallingvdthinsubheading 22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffaridoriginating intheACPStates(1976/77)*.
Atthesametime,theyrillceasetobenefitunderCouncilRegulation
No1465/76,whichregulated theimportation ofrumfromtheOCT. :
SincetheRepublicofSurinamiscurrently theonlyrumexporter among ■Vn**-r«r»ipr
ACPStates,theCommission proposes totakeaccountofthisfactfor
thepurposesoftheapplication ofRegulations Nos1464/76and1465/76
1Oncethesecountries aredeleted fromthelistintheAnnextotheCouncil Iter-5rpon
of9February 1976(seepoint3(b)above),theycanno.longerbenefitunder
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1465/76of21June1976ontheopening,
allocation ardadministration ofaCommunitytariffquotaforrum,arrack
rrdtafiafallingvdthinsubheading 22.09CIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
andoriginating intheoverseas countries andterritories associated with
theEuropean Economic Community (1976/77)-
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byincreasing thevolumeofthetariffquotaintheone
caseandreducingitintheotherandbyadapting ,inthelightofthe
tradeflowsrecorded ,thequotasharesallocated totheMemberStates
withinthesetwotariffquotas.(SeeAnnexVIandattachment .)
7.SUGJjR
TheRepublicofSurinam'is-the-onlysugarexporter amongthethre«newAGPStates-
Beforeaccession ,Surinamhadalreadyreceived asanOCTtreatment
identical tothatprovided forinProtocol Wo3asaresultofthespecial
arrangements provided forintheDeclaration bytheCommunity concerning
sugaroriginating inBelize,St.Kitts-Nevj.s-Anguilla andSurinam (AnnexXXI
totheFinalActoftheConvention )andimplemented bytheCouncil
Decision of25February 1975onimportsofcanesugaroriginating inthe
overseas countries andterritories ,assupplemented bytheCouncilDecision
of26March1975*Thesearrangements areincorporated inAnnexIVtothe
CouncilDecision of29June1976.
•>
Consequently ,theaccession oftheRepublicofSurinamtotheLom£Convention
entailsitsautomatic accession -toProtocol lTo.3<?nACPsugar,undertheconditions
resulting fromtheapplication toitsexportsofthespecial
arrangements forOCTsugarfor1975/76.
8„ECSCAGREE?SM1
TheAgreement (withtheACPStates)onproductsvrithintheprovinceofthe
European Coala^dSteelCommunity of28February 1975doesnotprovidefor
anyaccession procedure .Ittherefore follovrsthataccession cantake
placeonlybymeansofanagreement betweenallthecontracting partiesto
the1975Agreement .Itwouldfurthermore bepossible toenvisage
agreements withthesamecontentbetweentheMemberStatesoftheECSCand
eachofthethreenewACPStates.OncetheseStatesaredeletedfromthe .
listinAnnexItotheCouncilDecisionof29June1976(seepoint3(a)
p.bT-'e)theycannolongerbenefitundertheDecirionoftherepresentatives
'Or.ceSurinamisdeletedfromArticle 2ofAnnexIVtotheCouncilDecision
of29June1976,theprrangementr .laiddoiminthatAnnexvTillnolonger
applytoit.

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of .theGovernments ofthe Member Stages of .theEuropean Coal and Steel
.Community ,meeting within theCouncil of20January 1976 ,ontheopening
oftariff preferences forproducts within theprovince ofthat Community
originating intheoverseas countries and territories associated with
1theCommunity .
Since this Agreement has noreal economic significance for the three new
States inquestion ,which have nocoal orsteel industry ,andgiven that
theAgreement isonly inforce forfive years ,that isuntil 1980 ,andin
vie;v ofthe time that would beneeded for theMember States toratify any
supplementary Agreement ,itdoes not seem necessary topropose anyaction
onthis point .
10.PSCISIOF-frTO BETAKEN 3YTHEACP-EEC COUNCIL OFMINISTERS
(a)Article 48(3 )oftheConvention provides that :
"The list ofACP States inparagraph 2maybeamended bydecision of
the Council ofMinisters :
where athiri State inacomparable economic situation accedes to
this Convention :
M
This -list j.nalso applicable inconnection vn.th the stabilization of
ofexport eaiviings system provided forintheConvention (.Article 21(5))
The Comoros ard the Seychelles arereferred tobythecorresponding
provision oftheCouncil Decision of29June 1976 (Article 23(5 ))?vhich
clearly indicates that the EEC counts these countries asbeing among
the 3cast developed asa.result oftheproblems caused bytheir
geographical position asarchipelagos ,their income level and their
c'epordonce ona.small range ofexports and onstructural food imports .
The Commission therefore recommends tothe Council that the Community
tne f.i.rst paragraph ofArticle 1:
'"7"•>duties amlica.ble inthe Comrrunity toimports ofproducts within the
pvo'o.nce ofthePiro^ean Coal and Steel Community originating jnthe
countries ardterritories listed in/nnex ItoDecision 76/568/EEC ,the
charges having aneffect equivalent tosuch duties and thecollection of
sr.c.h duties a^dcharges shall besuspended ;hovrcver ,thetreatment applied
tothese products shall notbemore favourable than that applied bythe
I"oribcir ,Stat oftamong ,themselves .'•

ντΤιΑ/1.0/76-13
adopt afavouraole position inthe ACP-J5rlC Council ofMinisters on
theinclusion oxthese twonowACPStates inthe list inArticle 48
(draft decision :Annex VTl).
(o)Thelist inArticle ?AoftheConvention contain ?thelandlocked or
island ACPStater ,inad.di.tion totheACP States listed inArticle 4ft.
Bein,o -island Stater,"' ",theComoro State a^dthePenublio o<*Seychelles
therefore benefit aiitomat ioallyfrom the special advantage ,*:of
Articles 17,:para«ranh 1and 2,a"d 19, "oara.Tanh 2.
(c)Article 17,para^rraph 4oftheConvention reads asfollows :
"For certain special cases the system shall annly toexports of
the products inquestion irrespective ofdestination ."
Tothe TIinut.es ofthe negotiations for theACP–JJ55C Convention of I,oro <*war ,
annexed the
U^clar "tior ;onA.:rt?.r le17 \A)
(a)Forthemoment thespecial cases referred toareBurundi ,
Ethiopia ,Guinea-Bissau ,Rwanda and Sv~.7,iland :
(0)Itcanhedecided "bymutual agreement tomake a-^ychan~es in
the above list ofcountries *"
Asre'a.rns thecorrc^nnrninr provision fortheCC 1,aDeclaration on
Artiol»38,parar-raph 4 ■wasvrrit+en into theFinntes oftheConnci 1.1
1«For the moment the sr>oc ?alcases referred toare the Solor^on
T5»jInTir "1n•tho p-T)^Tnvr.lu *
2- itmo,y hedecider' 1toamend ,the above list ofeonrtri.es .
"hie Commission recommend ™,tothr ;Council that ,the Co^munit "adcot av*-e-roTfra
norsition inthe A.CP–ITvO Cnv.ne.il ofT^inisters onthe i.">e.lusi.on of t.'^e
Ren-inlic of3eirch'^ll osi.nthe States "nn~or'-iJ,- •inrpT ,Art ?cl*11^, *
f<-"!-raft dr>emigrations Ar>nerc VJTT ^•
Article 2oofthe Council Decision of2® .Tune 107fc >
(corr^pnondin ^rvpovi sion)r^ferr .totheno twocountries .

VIII/548/76-E
TucCouncilwillfindenclosed thefollowing proposal aandrecotur.ondations :
proposalforaCouncilDecisionadjusting theamounts maa.:available to
theEuropean Development Fund(197.5)for"t^eAGPStatesont*.aonehand
andthecountries andterritories andtheFrenchoverseas departments on
theotherhand(AnnexII);
proposalforaCouncilDecision adapting theDecision of29June1976
ontheassociation oftheoverseas countries andterritories withthe
European Economic Community (AnnexIII);
proposalforaCouncilRegulation amendingRegulation ITo706/76onthe
arrangements applicable toagricultural products andcertaingoods
resulting fromtheprocessing ofagricultural products originating in
theAfrican ,Caribbean andPacificStatesorintheoverseas countries
andterritories asregardsthelistofthecountries andterritories in
question (AnnexIV);
proposalforaCouncilRegulation amendingRegulations Eos1464/76and
1465/76ontheopening,allocation andadministration ofCommunitytariff
quotasforrum,arrackandtafiafallingvrithinsubheading 22.09CIof
theCommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheACPStatesandinthe
overseas countries andterritories associated withtheEuropean Economic
Community (1976/77)(AnnexTO);
recommendation foraCouncilDecision -amendingDecision "j6/l^&/'EFConimport
arrangements forrum,arrackandtafiafallingwithinsubheading 22.0901of
CommonCustomsTariffandoriginating intheoverseascountries and
territories associated vriththeEuropean Economic Community asregardsthe.
listofthecountries andterritories inquestion (AnnexV);
draftDecisionoftheACP–EECCouncilofMinisters amendingthelistsin
Articles 24and48,paragraph .2oftheConvention .(AnnexTil):
c^raftDeclaration oftheACP–EECCouncilofMinisters onArticle17,para-r "!.
oftheConvention (AnnexVTIl),

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A';C^oTOTT OPTHTi]REPTT3LI0 OPSTTFIM",TrTp;
I^PT7?LIC OPSTTfCKPTJ/^ TFIPCOFOPO RH
TOWEAOP-W !C07-WTFTI07T 0^I/>.Tp
T^eRe-ou'blie ofSurinam ,inaccordance Article -;9ofth.p
AGP–EPGCorrventionof7jOjp.fi ??ccnn.pfl "botheConvention o**
16July1976 "by«,or>oFsiti.a'~ itsinstrument ofac^esni.ow .
Consequently ,witheffectfromthisdate,anymentionofthe"AGPStates"
intheActsoftheInstitutions oftheOornnra'oity alsoar>pl?.r «?
totheRenvfol ?cofSurinam .
TheRer>uhli nofSeychelles ,in^ccorrianoo withArticle oQoft'-e
AOP–EPCConvention ofLomd?",ancenndtotheConvention o.n?7A.nT«t *'9'7'"
07'rlenositin ""itsinstrument ofaccession .
0o,-Recmertl7'v with,effectfromthisdate,amymentionofthe"ACPStates"inthe
ActsoftheInstitutions oftheCorwinity alsop.nnlientothePerniolie
ofSeychelles .
To.0ConoroState,ine.e,e.ordan/%owithArticle <39oft'-eA.CP–"vTTOnn^w"+i.n "
ofLorn1?"'',accededtotheConvention onT3Senterrher ?97^r)'r(*0T>or=it5vi"
itrsinstrument ofaccogsion .
Cons«»auertly ,witheffectfromthisdate,anymentionofthe"ACPStates"inthe
ActsoftheInstitutions ofthoGor.vun ?f-va?.sopnnliesto+'••«OtwotoStr-.
0#.'117To*TJP*'*30»Jp,v?r?9r?b,

PROPOSAL .FORACOTI7TCIL DECIfJIOTT OF
ADJUSTING THEAKOUflTS ISADEAVAILABLE TO"THE
0JHOPEVT^r^OFMSTTT FU^T(197.5)FORTHEAC?
STATES A13DFORTHECOUNTRIES AIvD"'•
TERRITORIES ATTT)THEFREFCnOVERSE\3"'DEPARTMENTS
THECOU1TCIL OFTIIEEUROPElrT C0I-MJTITTIE3 ,
Plavin^regardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Co^munit :
Havingre;<gardtotheInternal Afrreement onthefinancing anflacSninistrrvi
ofCommunity aicT^signedinBrusselson11July197?*hereinafter caller
the"Inter-oalAgreement",andinparticular Article 1(4)thereof,
Having;repardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
WhereasSurinam ,Seychelles andtheComoros ,i-iiicnhaveher.o^ftinoppo-^rV
andappearinAnnexItotheCouncilDecision of29June197'jont%c
association oftheoverseas countries andterritories Tsdththe
;->.xror)ean 75conoraic Oonrnunit;.' *,acceded "totheAHP–Contention oi1/
on36July.27Augustand1^Sentember19"6respective l-"-.
Tnere.astheamcantsriveninArticle 1,(3)(b)oftheInternal
ApT^ement shouldaccordingly hereducedarflthose~iveninArticle 1
(3)(a)increased ,
"\F>DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Article 1,(3)(a) ;ar?d3(h)oftheInternal Af.Teoment r."\allbe
replaced bythefollov/in^texts
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2OJ-To.L17^,.1July1976,p.0
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3032 «90million units ofaccount fortheAC?States ,comprising :
2125*30 irr'.llion units ofaccount ,intheform ofgrants
436o60 million units ofaccount intheform ofspecial loans
96.02 nillion units ofaccount inthoform ofrisk capital
375*00 million units ofaccount inthe form oftransfers wirsuian
toTitle IIoftheConvention ;
97.10 million units ofaccount forthecountries ar.clterritorie
and theFrench overseas departments ,comprising :
39*70 million units ofaccount intheform of /rants
33*40 million units ofaccount inthe form ofspecial loars
4-00 million units ofaccount inthe forfn ofrisk capital
20.00 million units ofaccount asareserve .
Article 2
This Decision shall hepublished intheOfficial Journal ofthe
European Communities .
none at Por the Counci

JTJ.
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCIL J3CI3I0IT 0?^..
AT)\?TI"0 DTSCISIOTT 76/566/EEO0>TTrT^
■ASSOCT\TIO>T OFTHJDOV^RSTAS coTr-frox^
% ATTOTE^RTTOHTmFÌ VITTOTOPJ?UPOP?ft?T
4 EOOWT-TTO COWWTTY
)
THECOUNCIL OPTHF.EUROPBIN COMKOHTTIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Cornrcmnity ,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecision of29June1976ontheassociation
oftheoverseas countries andterritories withthe"^rropean Economic
Conmmity\hereinafter calledthe"Decision",andinparticularArticle56
Ithereof ,
1Havingre^urritotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
V'pier©asSurinam,Seychelles andtheComoros,which .avmear .;"-
inAnnexItotheDecision ,accededtotheACP~F!?C -Convention ofLom<?
on16July,27Augustand13September 1976respectively ,'
ViheroactheDecision shouldconsequently headapted ,
rASDECIIFJ )ASFOLLOWS :
•- Article 1
1.InArticle 23,paragraph 5»oftheDecision thefollowing slvOJhedelated :
"theComoros "
"Seiche j.1es"
P.*.i.nArticle P.6ofth«Iteoiro.on follovrin -^shrillherlolo*fc<?c :
t?i;heComoron "
t?3ovoho1Ion"
3*Inth*?lir>"binAnnexI+,o+,KaDecision +.hf*foilrur?.nr% hocielot^o :
"■theComoros "
".^eychellea " /
"r;nr>iMam"

VJ.TI/54B/7w-E
Armex III 2
AmInArticle ?.o.Annex IVtothe Decision .the follovrin *:sha11he "deleted *
"Surinam 400G 1.
Article 2
Article 30ofthe Decision shs.ll "beamended toread asfollows :
"For the duration ofthis Decision the overall amount ofthe Community 's
aid shall be127*10 million units ofaccount .
This amount comprises :
].117-10 million units ofaccount from theEuropean Development Wind
(hereinafter called the ,Fund *)Jallocated asfollovrs :
(a)forthepurposes setoutinArticle 2fi,96.73 million units
ofaccount consisting of:
– ?9»70 million units ofaccount intheform of .<n?ants ;
- 34-40 million units ofaccount inthe form ofspecial loans ;
- 4*00 million units ofaccount intheform ofrisk capital ;
– 20.00 million units ofaccount inthe form ofareserve
(b)20million units ofaccount ,likewise from theFund ,intheform
oftransfers tothe countries and territories for the stabilization
ofexport earnings .
2.Forthepurposes setoutinArticle 28,upto10 million units of
account intheform ofloans from theBank ,made from itsownresources
ontheterms andconditions provided forinitsStatute ,andsupplemented ,
asageneral rule ,bra3^interest rate subsidy under theconditions laid
down inArticle AofAnnex V.
The total cost ofthe interest rate subsidies shall becharred a/^inst the
a-nourts ofaidprovided forinpoint 1(a).
3-Theamount ;■provided ,forintheform off;rants ,special loans andthe
reserve shr.ll beallocated asfollovrs :
-theFrench overseas territories anddepartments , –33-40 mill 3on
– ITetherli-nds Antilles -20.QOmillion r-,*<
n ^o. niMiAn v«n.

VIIl/S^AS-E
Annfir III p?-
Oftheportion allocated totheFrench overseas territories am
departments S
-13.0million units ofaccount shall beblocked ;
-7.7million units ofaccount shall beallocated for
theFrench overseas departments ?
00million units ofaocowrt shall heallocated asfinancial-2-Omxlli ^tholeas+favoured overseas countries and
territories ,irrespective ofthezones within which
they fall * ■ '
The«>».U«»W t»«h.French overseas t«rrtWl~ «*«U•"*"»*
•to12.7million "nitsofaccount ,consisting of!
in -Mllionunits ofaccount taken fromtheshare allocated tothe-*£en"n overseas territories andrterartments inaccordance
with paragraph 3,
2million w<ts ofaccount pursuant toDecision 76/569/^."
Article 3
Decision shall bepublished irOfficial Journal oftheSn.ronean Corcrrmit
t. „x. PortheOou-rilDone ats

VITT/^O/76-E
AITTTEX ITTA
KPJCXAmTIOF ITTRESPECT OFTIT?
a[Jr.LTCOFSURTMA-M ,THEREPUBLIC OF
O,LSSANDTFIECOMORO STATB A7TD
5mPE7 "
TheCouncilrecallsthat,inaccordance withArticle 1,(5)
]ofth<?Internal Agreement onthefinancing and
adminirtr ionofOomrmuiity aid,theabove-mentioned .AOP.States
willcontinue tolieeligible forthefundsprovided forin
Article1, .(3)^°)+»ha+.Apreerient ,nubpeottothe
ma^a'/ementmloslaiddovminTitleIIoftheAGP–T^T !
Convention o^

•J?FOPOP\LFORACOUNCILBFGUTA.TION(EEC)JTo„/y6.OF.AIQ?-ini?Tr,
ACREGARDSTHELIST0?TIECOUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES 117<*U^TI0!7(AI^IEXi)
FJ2GULATICN No706/76Oil'IMSARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TCA^::~GULTUT1AL
PRODUCTS ANDCERTAINGOODSRESULTING FRCZTHEPROGESSIT;G.C?ACRIGLLTURAL..
PRODUCTSORIGINATING IN-THE.AFRICAN,CARIBBEAN -ANDPACIFICST.-.TZCOR12THE
OVERSEASCOUNTRIES ANDTERRITORIES .
".Il 1■'*'■11111'1 1M*1 1'1"'•*1r''• 1
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COUNCILOF"HgFJF0PEA2STCCr:&rJNITHS ,
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Havingregard"totheTreatyestablishingth*»EuropeanEconomicCommunity,
r.rdinparticularArticlesA3a^d113thereof,
Havingrrrard+0CouncilRegulation(E*l)Fo1059/6?of?.GMay'<9&9laying
dPTr"\tMtrade©Trc.ti^rwnts app]ioahletocertainpood<5resultingfrom
1theproc^snxwfofagricultural prcdtiotntaalantemended "byRegulation
(F^G)Fo30^^/75''"pP^dinparticularArticle1?.thereof?
H*vrj.n«;regardtothoproposalfrom*thoCommission.
Havingre/«!xdtothoOpinionofthoEuropeanParliamentt
WhoraaqCouncilRegulation(E^c)Fo706/76of30March1976^laid,dotm
thoorrangomoutn applicabletoagricultural prcduotr,andcertaingr?od.fs
remit-in**fromthoproconningcfagricultural productnoriginatinginthe
^'TricUjCaribbeanandPrni.fi.ctStatoeorinthooversea.**c*intrrcs3"d
torrito.rien ;
WhereasSurinam,Poychollca andthoComoroohave"becomeindependent
ar"dappearintlwlifitor?+hecotritr3.eear.dterritor3.<*f ?referred .+.0
inArticlo1ofthat,Pegula.tion(Annexel)j-
th«saidStatesaccededtothethoACP–KtfCConventionofLomo^cn
3.6,"d1.y,27Augustand13September1?7^respectively andshouldconsecmontl ;
countedanon^thoAC?Stater?referredtoinArticle1ofRegulation Fo"0^/7^
O-,FoI,741?12Jur.e7p69ffp.1.
"OJFeL305r2^JTcvomher.1073,p.3„
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0-7NoLP5,31March7^,
"OJNoL25,30January "7076,p„2.

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followingphnll»*>deletedin.-theAnnextoRegulation No„7Q6/7o,
«!?>/*Comcron",s?S-vcbollnr »»"&.u»,33*«x".
i\rticln_2 /
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OMnangulationshallInMirUn**inits'entiretyer>ddirectlyapplicable
int-11HcoiborState'n » ' .
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AVJEX V
Β>ΧΟΤ® !ΠΏΠΆΤΙΟ «ΤΚ>ΚΑ.ΟΟΟΗΟΙΙ ΌΕΟΪ5ΙΟΝ "ΟΡ
AUENDIHCr ASRECORDS TJffiLIST C.?THECOUNTRIES AM)TTT?RiOr'IFQUESTION
–(ANNEX i)DECISIOr .76/I98/EECONtMPORT ARRANGEMENTS FORh.1',ARRACK
""" ANDTAFIA FALLING WTllIIN SUBHEAD Il\v ,22.09 CIOFTHECCEKOfl vJ^TOMS
""""TARIFF ANDORIGINATING I^TTHE0VERS ;:v<5COUNTRIES A15TDTEREITORIL ":ASSOCIATED
WITH THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .
ÏHBOOUNCIL OPTHEEUROFEAU CCKMONITIES ,
Having regard toth,oTreaty establishing theEuropean economic G.vnrmoity t
andinparticular Article' 13*5 "theroof *
Having regard tothereooanaendation frorathe Ooromission |
Whereas Council Decision 76/198/EECof9February 1976 .
.laid down import arrangements forrum ,arrack nndtafia
falling within subheading 22.09 CXoftheCommon Customs Tariff and
originating intheoverseas countries andterritories associated vrith the
European Economic Community ;
Whereas "Surinam ,Seychelles andthe *Comoros have "become independent
andappear inthelint ofthecountries andterritories referred toin
Article 1ofthesaid Decision (Annex )?
2
JJhereas thesaid States acoeded totheACP/EECConvention ofLoin<f on16July ,
27August and13September 197^respectively andchould connecniently be
counted among theACPStates towhich Protocol Ho7onruinanr-ocedto
thnConvention iflapplicable ;
l/hereas thelist intinAnnex tothesaid Decision should therefore he
amended } '
1OJTloh37,12Fobraaxy 197«»P»24.
2OJNoL55#30January 197^»P»2.

BASESCHES :ASSOLLOWSl
Ârtiola1 '<MMii'r' .<!»'tt.>mi
foHoslugshallbedaletedintheJkimsxtotheDcoieicn 76/I89/ESCof
QFnbruar >19760"Th®Oomorea Wj"Seychelles ""Surinam"# '
Article-2
Decisionshallpublished intheOfficialJournalofths
Kwopefm Coianmnitioa . " •<
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Forth«?>Counoil

ΥΧΙΙ/548/75-Ε
Proposal forCouncil Regulation (EEC)17© amending .Regulations (SEC)
Sorj .1.464/76and-1465/76ohtheopening ,'allocation andadmin ?.s+rat ionofCommunity
tariff ^quotas fo7£rum ,'arrafck^and tafia ."falling within' ,stifc–heading 2.2%OQofthe --
Common 'Customs Tariff andoriginating ,intheAG?States andthe
overseas countries and t©x"r -tones associated witn -"onoEuropean
Economic Community £1976/77)• -
THU C0U1TCIL OPTHEFIROPSAff (XHMTCIITISS .,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Eccnonio
..Community ,,andinparticular Artioles 113and136thereof
Having regard toCouncil Decision 76/196./EEC 011import arrangements ,
forram'3arrack andtafia falling x-rithin eunhoading 22.09 CIof
th*3Common Customs Tariff andoriginating in .theovcrceas countries
andterritories associated with theEuropean IHconornic Community ^1
andinparticular Article 3thereof a ... -
Having regard totheproposal from the .Consuls S3,on.
Whereas jpurnuant toD^oision 76/199/^0»theCouncil 9\rj
.Regula+don :(EEC')¥0 opened a.Comniunity .tariff quota for . .........
jfuovi arrack andtafia fulling within subheading ^2«Q9 C+ •©,<*■rh.e w–.
Common Cuo+omi Tariff andoriginating intheoverseas countries and
territories aBoooiated with theEuropean Economic Conanunityj whereas
Surinam .was .oneofthe "beneficiary countries .;whereas .account wastaken .ofthe-–.
., . ./•
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0-7Fo7«165,'25 .Tvns1976 ,p»7. ' s '•

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Community -imports ox"thosaidproduotsprigxnatins inSurinam
whenthevolumeofthetariffquotawasfixed;
Whereason16July*976"theRepublicofSurinamaccededtotheACP–EECContention
ofLom<51;'whftiWsthereference "toSurinamwasaccordingly
odeletedbyDecision!&//ESCfromtheAnnextoDecision
IG/^SQ/EZQ5-whereas,therefore,Surinamnolonger "benefits
underthetariffquotafortheproducts'inquestion ;whereas,
however,theRepublicofSurinamisnowcovered "byProtocolIT0.7totheT,er>*
Convention fpursuanttowhichaCommunitytariffquotawas"byRegulation ^
(ESC)No1464/76^openedforthesameproductsoriginating intheACPStates;
Whereastheahovementioned Decision 7S/'.^S/EECs,ndProtocol No7
laydownstrictrulesfcrthefixingoftheannualquotavolumes -
fortheproductninquontion ;whereas sasaresult,thevolumes
ofthetariff'quotasopened "byRegulations (toC)Fos1464/16and
1465/76should "baadjusted ;whereasduringthereferenceyear
usedforthefixingofth«volumeofthetariffquotafor-the-
overseascountries andterritories fonlytheBeneluxcountrr.esand
thoFederalRepubliccfGorn^-nyimportedquantities ofthe
productsinquestionoriginating intheraidoverseasconn<.rios
andterritories :■whereasthorharosallocated tothoseKenber -
S+k+?nrS.fhinthetvTo'tariffcru^tfninquestionphouldtherefore
alrsohead.iixnted ;
Whereastherezr.oarruron donot'disturbthecquilihriun ofthe•''
parl'etnfortheproductsinquestionanddonothar*ninterests
ritbinthe'CojrTunity ,
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1.JnArticle 1ofRegulation P>1464/?6*thevolunooftho
C*"irnr>iuni*ytariffcnotarhal.lhejnoreaT^d frcn16^013hectolitres
cfpurep.lceholto171166hootolitron .
Article2ofRegulation (EEC)FO1464/76rhall "be
rnplacd hythofollowing :
">07JToL2J3530January1976,p.1«
'07noL
-OJFo1,176,1Jvly".976,p.?>.

f»^p* vni/54S'76-E
• Article 2
1«Thetariff quota referred toinArticle 1shall "bedivided into
twoinstalments ..•Thafirst instalment flof125395hectolitres of
pure alcohol fshall 1)3forUnited Kingdom consunption * .!Thesecond
instalment ,of45771hectolitres ofpure alcohol ,shall l>eallocated
among theother Member States . '
2,The shares ofeach ofthe Member States towhich the second
instalment "inallocated pursuant toparagraph 1shall consist of
thefollowing quantities s
Eono lux ;4-627 .
J)nnrp3.;ck . 2700 ,
Gormany 24613 ,
-France 12Cf)%
Ireland 1000 «
Italy
Article \
1,InArticle 1ofRegulation (EFO)Fo14^5/7^9 volume ofthe
Cr>nmunity tariff shall tnfix^d at71571hectolitres ofpure alcohol <,
2« Article ?.cfRegulation Ce^G )Ko14^5'7 ^Fhall "be
rnrOae^d >vthn foIXrî-îî n*>;;
" Article 2
Suva Coffinunit-Tr tariff xjuota referred toin -Artiolo "Jehall b**
allocated amongst tb.oKonMr Stutors anfolle-vrns
~ ~-- --•_ (hectolitres ,ofpum rlcohol )
3^0-a^nra^r 1: 1-tO .
Gnrr^ny 631A7 ,
Franco
UrAt~d
Jr?.nr;ci.o'a 1C0 n"

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ThisRegulation shallenterintoforcoontho -thirddayxallowing
itspublication intii3'CiX–5iaiJournaloi'sagijuropsan Cour^unitis
ThisRegulation shall "bebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicable inallIfemDarStates®
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