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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)340 final
Brussels .2July 1981
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
extending theDecision of28April 1981 ontheapplication oftheOECD
Understanding onexport credits for ships
(submitted tothe' Council bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Atitsmeetingof28April1981theCouncil ,decidedtoconcludeonbehalf
oftheCommunitytheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforshipsas
itresultedfromthenegotiations heldundertheauspicesoftheOECD
andcompleted on18March1981..Atth£samemeetingtheCouncilalso
adoptedmeasuresrelatingtoapplication oftheUnderstanding bythe
Community. ■
TheCouncilwishedtoestablish acommonperiodofapplication forthis
Understanding andtheArrangement onguidelinesforofficially supported
exportcredits,whichexpireson31July1981;itthereforeagreedthat
itsdecisionontheOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforshipswould
applyuntil31July1981.V
Itisthereforedesirabletoextendapplication oftheDecisionuntil
31January1982,thedatealsoproposedforextensionofthedecisionon
guidelines inthefieldofofficially supportedexportcredits.

PROPOSAL FORA
-.COUNCILDECISION
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extendingtheDecisionof28April1981onthe
applicationoftheOECDUnderstanding onexport.
creditsforships
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic .Community,
anainparticularArticle113thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,

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WhereastheCouncilDecisionof28April1981ontheapplication of
theOECDUnderstanding onexportcreditsforshipsceasestobe
applicable on31July1981;
Whereas,intheinterestsoftheCommunityandinordertostrengthen
theprincipleofinternational cooperation,itisnecessaryfurtherto
extendtheperiodofapplication bytheCommunityofthisinstrumentof
international discipline,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:
Article 1
TheDecisionof28April1981ontheapplication oftheOECDUnderstanding
onexportcreditsforshipsisherebyextendeduntil31January1982.
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Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1981
FortheCouncil
ThePresident