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COMMISSION EXTERNALDELEGATIONS
ACTIONPROGRAMME FOR1982
(Commission Communication totheCouncil)
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Initscommunication of22July,1977(C0M(77)368final)
theCommissioninformedtheCouncilofitsmediumtermpriorities
concerningtheopeningofnewexternaldelegations .Inaccordance
withthisprogramme,thepresentcommunication isintendedto
explainto".theCouncil'theCommissior.!spriorities,established
:inthecontextofthebudgetexercisefor1982,forthestrengthening
ofitsexternalrepresentation ,,namelytheopeningofDelegations
inIndia(NewDelhi)andBrazil(Brazitia).

CommissionDelegationinNewDelhi
ThecountriesofSouthandSouth-EastAsiahaveforseveralyears,andespecially
sincethefirstenlargementin1973,urgedtheCommunitytofortifyitslinks
withthembytheestablishment ofapermanentCommissionDelegationinthe
area.TheCommissionrespondedtothisrequestwhenitdecidedin1979to
openadelegationinBangkoktocoverbothSouthandSouthEastAsia.After
atwoyears'experience ,ithasbeenproventhatthegeographical distance
betweenBangkokandSouthAsiadoesnotpermittheBangkokdelegationto
covertheIndiansub-continent .
Bangladesh,NepalandBhutan.
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IndiaisthelargestcountryintheSouthAsiaregionandhasaninfluential
■ /-roleinthegroupofdevelopingcountries.Fromtheverybeginningofthe
Community,Indiahasbeenprominentamongthosedevelopingcountriesseeking
theestablishment ofacloserelationship withtheCommunity.Pnthebasis
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oftheseconsiderations andbearinginmindthatIndiawillalsobethefirst
SouthAsiancountrytoconcludeanewcooperation agreementwiththe v
Community,itseemsappropriate tositethedelegationinNewDelhi.In
addition,thereisnodoubt'thatNewDelhiofferstheeasiest-commumcation
facilitiestotheotherSouthAsiancountries.Adelegationinthisregion
wouldcover,thesixcountries–India,Pakistan,SriLanka,Bangladesh,Nepal
andBhutan.
ItshouldberecalledthatPresidentJenkins-duringhi'svisittoIndiain
May1980-announcedtheopeningofaCommissionrepresentation inNewDelhi
in1982.
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TheEuropeanParliament hasendorsedthisideasinceinthedraftinterim
reportoftheCommitteeonExternalEconomicRelationsoftheEuropeanParliament
(rapporteur DrBarryH.Seal)onacommercialandeconomiccooperation
agreementbetweentheEECandIndia,it"calls.forstepstobetakento
establishaCommissionofficeinNewDelhi".(Doc.PE63.149of6.3.1980)
Thenegotiations betweenIndiaandtheCommunityforanewCommercialand
EconomicCooperation Agreement,replacingthemorelimitedCommercialCooperation
Agreementof1974,wer.ecompleted'on14April1981andsignatureoftheagreement-
isexpectedinearlySummer.'Theopeningofanewdelegationwillgreatly
facilitatetherealisation ofbroadercooperationprovidedforinthenewagree-'
ment.Itwouldatthesametimefacilitatetheimplementation ofthe new-
cooperationagreementandothernewagreementsoradditionalprotocolswhich
othercountriesintheareamightwishtonegotiatewiththeCommunityonce;!
theIndianAgreemententersinto.effect. 'L'-""

2.
Inview oftheCommunity 'sincreasing development assistance inSouth Asia
(concentrated onSriLanka in1980 andonPakistan andBangladesh in1981 )
adelegation inthearea would also have avaluable role inconnection
with theplanning andimplementation oftheCommunity' s.development
assistance .Ineffect ,theIndian sub–continent istheprincipal beneficiary
ofCommunity aids tonon-associated developing countries . Inaddition ,
the opening ofadelegation intheregion would enable apositive information
programme toimprove theknowledge and image ofthe Community which is
necessary but impossible tocarry outfrom theDelegation inBangkok .
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Commission Delegation inBrazilia
1.Byitscommunication of22July 1977 (COM (77)368 final )the Commission
informed theCouncil of .itsmedium-term priorities astotheopening
ofexternal Delegations .Inaccordance with this programme thepresent
communication sets out fortheCouncil thepriorities as -tothe
strengthening ofitsexternal Representation which theCommission has
adopted forthe1981 budgetary exercise :that is,theopening of
Delegations inIndia (New Delhi )and Brazil (Brazilia ).
inthecase ofLatin America ,aregional approach wasdecided
upon when in1964 the High Authority established anoffice in
,Santiago ;This approach wasretained when in1978 theoffice ,which
hadmeanwhile become theDelegation forLatin America ,wastransferred
toCaracas ,Santiago then becoming asub-office .
Nevertheless ,since 1977 theCommission has also stressed that the
regional approach could notbeapplied tothose countries with
whom theCommunity hadcooperation agreements ,given that these
agreements require closer relations .TheCounci I'sRELEX 'group has
followed theCommission 'sviews onthis point ,since ,initsconclusions
ofJuly 1978 ,itapproved thecreation ofregional representations
subject toanyspecific problems that might beraised bycooperation
agreements . ,
2.Inthemedium-term programme ofopening delegations which was
included inits1977 communication ,theCommission drew attention
totheforeseable necessity toopen adelegation inBrazil ,given the
expected development ofcooperation with that country .
Acommercial andeconomic cooperation agreement with Brazil was
signed inSeptember 1980 :following ratification anditstaking effect ,
itw4i11replace themore limited commercial agreement Of1974.
But inthecase ofBrazil itisnotsimply aquestion oftheexistence ..
ofaneconomic andcommercial cooperation agreement . Brazil isa
sub–continent ofitself covering half of ,theterritory oftheLatin
American sub-continent ,itsarea being similar tothat oftheUnited .
States andalmost twice that ofEurope (Russia excluded ). Brazil 's
resources areextremely varied .Itisanimportant economic partner
andtheinvestments ofMember States oftheCommunity aregreater thg.n ■
those oftheUnited States ,^itspotential market isconsiderable andthe
political andeconomic dynamism ofthecountry despite present difficul­
ties make ittheprincipal Latin American .partner oftheCommunity ,
Theparticular characteristics of.Brazil therefore favour the opening
ofadelegation inthat country .There isalso thefact that the _
>language ofBrazil isPortuguese andnotSpanish asintherest of
Latin America arid itsinterests andneeds arenotnecessarily those
ofthe other countries ofLatin America .Moreover ,theCommunity 's
relations with Brazil are ataquite different level andareoften
closer tothose between industrialised countries . The broad character
ofBrazil necessitates adistinct information approach .Aspecial ,
effort isneeded toimprove knowledge oftheCommunity and itspolicies :
■this effort cannot beefficiently undertaken from Caracas .

On16/1/81theParliamentadoptedaresolutiononthesubjectofthe
frameworkcooperationagreementbetweentheCommunityandBrazil,in
whichit"considersitimportantthat,providedBrazilagrees,
apermanentdelegationfromtheCommissionshouldbeestablished
inBrazilsoastocontributeinapracticalwaytotheimplementation
ofthecooperation agreement".
TheconferenceoftheEuropeanandLatin-American Parliaments,heldin
BogotainJanuary1981,alsopronouncedinfavourofanextensionof
therepresentation oftheCommissioninLatinAmerica.
.Inorderthatthisdelegation mayplayitsproperroleandbeaccepted
bythegovernmentofBrazilitwillneedtobeestablished inBrasilia,
theofficialandadministrative papitalofBrazil.Forallthe
reasonsstatedaboveandforreasonsofgeographyandpoliticstheres­
ponsibilities ofthisdelegation wouldcoverprincipally Brazil.Its
creation,however,wouldconsiderably easetheburdenofworkofthe
Commission'sDelegationforLatinAmericainCaracas,andintheframe­
workofmultilateral relationsbetweentheCommunityaridLatinAmerica
theDelegationinBrasiliawouldofcoursecooperatewiththeDelejation
forLatinAmerica.