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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)213 final
Brussels ,23rd April 1980
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ACCESSION OFTHE REPUBLIC OFZIMBABWE
TOTHE SECOND LOME ACP/EEC CONVENTION
(Communication from the Commission tothe Council )
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COMMUNICATION OFTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
Subject : Accession ofthe Republic ofZimbabwg tothe Second Lome
ACP/EECConvention . ""
Inaletter dated 18April 1980 ,theRepublic ofZimbabwe hasofficially
requested itsaccession tothe second ACP/EECConvention .
TheCommission considers itofthehighest political importance that the
Community should respond favourably tothis request asquickly aspossible .It
believes that theforthcoming meeting oftheACP/EECCouncil ofMinisters in
Nairobi onthe 8thand 9thMay 1980 provides theopportunity for theCommunity
toannounce ,for itspart ,that itaccepts the request .
1.The Repi /Mic ofZimbabwe bec.ame independent on18April 1980 .Interms
ofitsecoi itructureand production ^Zimbabwe isinacomparable position
totheother ACPStates andaccordingly meets theconditions setout inthe
provisions ofArticle 186oftheSecond Lom6 Convention .Moreover ,Zimbabwe 's
eligibility formembership oftheConvention isconfirmed bythefact that it
isanewly independent African country situated south oftheSahara .These
criteria are inline with those established bytheCommunity forthegeographical
extension ofthe Convention .
Zimbabwe 'seconomic features are asfollows :
Population approximately 7.1million .
PerCapita Gross national product approximately 480 U.S. dollars .
2.Inaccordance with theprovisions ofArticle 186,Sub-paragraph I,ofthe
Second Lome Convention ,anyrequest foraccession byacountry such asZimbabwe
requires approval bytheACP/EECCouncil ofMinisters .
3.Anysuch accession ,aswell astheconditions andmodalities arising from
itwill bethesubject ofanagreement between theCommunity andZimbabwe ,as
provided for intheArticle quoted above .Thenegotiations forthat agreement
will beundertaken bytheCommission ,inaccordance with directives tobe
established bytheCouncil onthebasis ofproposals tobetransmitted bythe
T)Since 22January 1980 ,theCommunity hasaccorded toSouthern Rhodesia
trade arrangements analogous tothose enjoyed bytheoverseas Countries and
Territories associated with theCommunity intheframework oftheassociation
decision of1976 ..

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Commission totheCouncil assoon aspossible .These directives will clearly
reflect thenecessity tofcvoid «nyprejudice totheadvantages enjoyed bythe
ACPStates signatory tothesecond Lome Convention andtoavoid anychanges '
intheprovisions ofthat Convention .
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4.Inthecourse ofMr.Cheysson 'srecent visit tothis country ,thefirst j
contacts took place andarecontinuing with aview toreviewing questions
likely toberaised during these negotiations . ,
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Accordingly ,thecommission proposes that thecouncil approve adraft
decision o-ftheACP/EECCouncil ofMinisters toapprove theRepublic of
Zimbabwe 'srequest foraccession tothe second Lom6 Convention .
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DRAFT DECISION NO
OFTHE ACP/EEC COUNCIL OFMINISTERS
approving therequest oftheRepublic ofZimbabwe toaccede tothe
second ACP/EECLom6 Convention . _ .
THE ACP/EECCOUNCIL OFMINISTERS ,
Having regard totheACP/EECConvention ofLom6 signed on28February 1975 ,and
inparticular article 91,sub-paragraph 3,
Having regard toDecision Number 1/80oftheACP/EECCouncil ofMinisters of18
*January 1980 ,*t,"pect ofthetransitional measures applicable from 1March 1980 ,
and inparticu^ui Article 1(f), ,
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Having regard tothesecond ACP/EECConvention ofLom6 signed 31October 1979 ,and
inparticular Article 186,
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Considering that theRepublic ofZimbabwe haspresented arequest to-accede tothe
second ACP/EECConvention ofLome andthat itisproper togive anearly favourable
response tothis request ,
Considering that theCouncil ofMinisters ,isinvested inaccordance with the
provisions ofArticle 91,third sub-paragraph ,ofthefirst Convention ofLome ,
with thepowers totake necessary interim measures until theentry into force of .
thesecond Convention ;andconsidering that therequest foraccession ofthe
Republic ofZimbabwe should beapproved during thecourse ofthat interim period
DECIDES
Article I
The request foraccession tothesecond ACP/EECLom6 Convention signed on31
October 1979 presented bytheRepublic ofZimbabwe isapproved .This S<ate may
accede totheConvention byconcluding anagreement with theEuropean Economic
Community . .
Article 2
This decision enters into force on...............................
Done atNairobi on
ThePresident oftheACP/EECCouncil ofMinisters