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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)598 final
Brussels,18November1977
Recommendation fora
COUNCIL DECISION
amendingDecision76/568/EEContheassociationof
theoverseascountriesandterritories withthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(77)598final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
AtitsmeetinginFiji,theACP-EECCouncilofMinistersaddedthe
followingproductstothelistofeligibleproductsunderexportearnings
stabilization systemsetupbytheLomeConvention :cloves,gumarabic,
wool,mohair,pyrethrum,vanilla,ylang-ylang.
TheDecisionof29June1976ontheassociation oftheO.C.T.withthe
CommunityprovidesforasystemsimilartothatsetupundertheConvention.
Accordingly,sincetheperiodofoneyearafterwhichthelistofproducts
canbeamended,hasnowelapsed,,thelistshouldbeextendedasregards
theO.C.T.

Recommendation fora
COUNCILDECISION
amendingDecision76/568/EEContheassociation of
theoverseascountriesandterritories withthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision76/568/EECof29June1976onthe
association oftheoverseascountriesandterritories withtheEuropean
(1)EconomicCommunity (hereinaftercalledtheDecisiorT),andinparticular
Article19(3)thereof,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
(2)WhereasArticle17(1)oftheACP-EECConvention ofLome(hereinafter
called"theConvention"),signedon28February1975,setsoutthelistof
productsoriginating intheACPStateswhicharecoveredbythesystem
guaranteeing stabilization ofexportearnings;
Whereas,byitsDecisionNo3of14April1977addingcertainproductsto
thelistinArticle17(1)oftheConvention,theACP-EECCouncilofMinisters
includednewproductsinthelistofproductsinArticle17(1);
WhereastheprovisionsoftheDecisionreflectthoseoftheConvention,
Whereasthe12-monthperiodreferredtoinArticle19(3)oftheDecision
haselapsedandwhereastheproductswhichhavebeenaddedtothelistin
Article17(1)oftheConvention meettherequirements laiddowninthe
saidArticle19(3);
(1)OJNoL176,1.7.1976;p.8.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1976,p.1

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WhereastheseproductsshouldthereforebeaddedtotheListin
Article19(1)oftheDecision,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
ThefollowingproductsshallbeincludedinthelistinArticle19(1)
oftheDécision :
n)cloves
o)gumarabic
p)wool
q)mohair
r)pyrethrum
s)vanilla
t)ylang-ylang .
Article 2
ThisDecisionshallapplytoexportsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle 1
witheffectfromAJanuary1976.
Doneat FortheCouncil,
ThePresident