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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)693final.
Brussels-12November 1980
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Proposalfora _"..
COUNCILDECISION :
extendingtheperiodofapplicability oftheDecisionof4April1978
ontheapplication ofcertainguidelinesinthefieldofofficially
supportedexportcredits
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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COM(80)693final.
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM |
ExtensionoftheDecisionof4April1978
ontheapplication ofcertainguidelines
inthefieldofofficially supported
exportcredits
1.On4April1978theCouncildecidedtoapplycertainguidelines
forofficially supportedexportcreditstothirdcountrieswherethe
repaymenttermwastwoyearsormore.TheDecisionof4April
wasvaliduntil31October1978.Itwasrenewedbyadecisiondated
16November1978,until31May1979,.andsubsequently renewed'
until30November1979(Decisionof12June"J979),31May1980
(Decisionof10December1979)and30November1980(Decisionof'"
28May1980). .;;
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2.TheCommunityisreasonablysatisified sofarwiththeoperation
ofthisinstrumentofinternational disciplineinthefieldof
exportcredits.ItisthereforeintheinterestsoftheCommunity
thatitshouldcontinuetobeappliedafter30November.Aswas
previouslythecase,itremainsdesirablethat^theextensionshould
againbpiforalimitedperiodonly.However,-asnegotiations are
presentlygoingonwithaviewtoapossiblerevision .oftheConsensus
itisnpwsuggestedthattheapplication oftheguidelines be
prolongedforarestrictedperiod,i.e.i;till 27February1981*
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,- - '!ιι; ..3.The;Commissionaccordingly proposesthattheCounciladoptthe
decisionofwhich-adraftisattached. -
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4.Asbefore,theguidelines,basedonArticle113oftheEEC
Treaty,willapplyonlytoexportsgoingtonon-membercountries;
official;supportgrantedbyMemberStatesforcreditonin^tra-
CommunitysaleswillcontinuetobegovernedbyArticles92and
93andpetsbasedontheseprovisions,andbytheprinciple?laid
downby{heCommissior .withintheframeworkof-'thoseprevisions .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILDECISION
extendingtheperiodofapplicability ,oftheDecision
of4April1978ontheapplication ofcertainguide­
linesinthefieldofofficially supportedexportcredits
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THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES - *
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HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof-
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,

WhereastheCouncilDecisionof4April1978ontheapplication of
certainguidelinesinthefieldofofficiallysupportedexport
credits,aslastextendedbytheDecisionof28May1980,ceasesto
beapplicable on30November1980;' •;
Whereas,intheinterestsoftheCommunityandinordertostrengthen
theprincipleofinternational cooperation,itisnecessaryfurther
toextendtheperiodofapplicationofthatDecision.
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
,. Article111
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Theperiodofapplicability of~the'Decisionof4April1978onthe
applicationofcertainguidelinesinthefieldofofficiallysupported
exportcreditsisherebyextendeduntil27February1981.
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ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,
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ForthejCouncil
The:President