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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(74)2238 final
Brussels ,18December 197^
RECOMMENDATION FOR A
COUNCIL DECISION
CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY 'SPOSITION WITHIN THE
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
INTHE MATTER OFALOCAL COSTS STANDARD
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
COMm )2238 final

ΠΧΡΙ,ΛΝΔΤΟΠΥ ΡΤΪΊΟΗΛίίυΐΐΜ
Theaimof -this Recommendation istosecure thoadoption bythe
Council ofanumber ofdirectives concerning theposition theCommunity
should adopt vithin O.KCD v;ith regard "totheframing ofanagreement for
aLocal Cost standard .
Thereconunendat ionfollowr -vine anthose presented by
theCommission tothoCouncil re1''tin-1.0 vehor agreements still
under discussion vritbin 01T.OD concerning export credits fornuclear power
stations andaeroplrnes ,end •:he : -.;r .n-j,-ircady concluded within
OKCD concern in,-;credit terns for ;xouric1 sr.telli-U *commimicat ions stations ,
fortihioh theCommission ha:;rsubmitted aproposal for aCouncil Decision
brincinj thematter toaconclusion .
Inthis sphere ,too ,itappe.-rs neo9>.;o';r „Lo -.void c'istorsion of
competition .-mldeterioration ofcredit term .Thuc theCommiosion
considers that theCommunity should define theprinciples ofitscommercial .
policy onthis subject andparticipate intheframinj oftheagreement
within O^CD .
7or thir -.purpose therepresentatives oftheilember "tatosandthe
Co ;unisfjion have repeatedly conferred *.rithin thePolicy Coordination Group
o:Credit Insurance ,Guarantees f-ndFinrnoial Credit 0andhave arrived
'■joint approach .TheCommission therefore eonriders itappropriate
fo •theCouncil tolaydown certain .^uidelincc fortheCommunity 'sposition
or .thebasis oftheconclusions reached inthose consultations ,andrecommends ,
th ,titshould adopt forthis purpose theDecision thedraft ofwhich is
annexed hereto .
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RECOMMENDATIOilFORACOUNCILDECISION
CONCERNING THECOMMUNITY'SPOSITIONWITHIN
THEORGANISATION FORECONOMICCOOPERATION ANDDEVELOPMENT
INTHEMATTEROFALOCALCOSTSTANDARD
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCCM-IUITITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theBuroperjiEconomic 1
Community,andinparticularArticle113thereof; ,
HavingregardtotheRecommendation fortheCommission ;
.Whereasitindesirabletoissuecertaindirectives onthepositionto
fceadoptedbytheCommunitywithintheOrganisation forEconomio
Cooperation anDevelopmentwithregardtotheframingofanagreement
coveringaLor..-iCostastandard }
HAS–.D1®AT,pr.
SoinArticle
Inthecourseofnrrivin.;;atanagreementwithintheOrganisation
forEconomicCooperation andDevelopmentforaLocaldosisstandard,ihe
CommissionshallexpresstheCommunity'spositioninaccordance v/iththe
directives annexed.
Itshallactin-consultation withtheSpecialCommitteereferredto
inArticle113oftheTreatywhichshallassistitinitstask*
/ DoneatBruasels *»•»
FortheCouncil
ThePrésident '1 "

AHtJKX
TheCommissionshallendeavourtoachieve,withintheOrganisation
forEconomicCooperationandDevelopment ,anagreementbasedonthe'
followingprinciples J
I.SCOPE
Allofficiallysupportedcontractsrelatedtoexportsonsupplieror
buyercredittermsshall,savenshereinafterprovided,"besubjectin
respectoflocalooBts,tothefollowingStandard.
Il#THESTANDARD
iNottofinanceorcovercreditformorethan100percentofthe
valueofthegoodsandservicesexported(exported"goodsandservices"
includinggoodsandservicer,supplier?.bythirdcountries).Thismeans
thattheamountoflocalcosts.supportedoncredittermsmustnotexceed
"thepaymentstobereceivedforthegoodsandservicesexportedbythe
completionoftheexporter'scontractualobligations (thedateofcompletion
beingdeterminedaccordingtotheacceptedstandardsoftheBerneUnionfor
thedetermination ofstartingpointsforcredits).
Nottograntrapportur.derclause1aboveforcreditsorcredit
guaranteesforlocalcostscarryinginterestratesormaturitytermsmore
favourablethanthosesupportedfortheexportsofgoodsandServiceBto
whichsuchlocalcostsarerelated.
"Localcost3"meanexpenditureforthesupplyofgoodsandservices
fvomthebuyer'scountry.Thesegoodsmdnervicesmustbenecessary
e_therforperformingtheexporter'scontractorforcompletingtheprojeot
ofwhichtheexporter'scontraotformspart.
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III.ΚΧΟΙΠ3ΙΟΝ ΟΡΟΕΚΤΑΐίίΤΠΛΙΙΠΛΟΤΙΟΝΠ
TheLocalCostsStandardshallnotapplyto:
(a)tfaneactionathataroforpurelymilitarypurposestindercontracts
negotiatedorincourseofnegotiation betweenthedefenceauthorities
ofaparticipating GovernmentrndanyotherGovernment }
00transactionswithdevelopingcountriodwhichareeligiblefor
'consideration asOfficialDevelopmentAosiotaftoe(ODA)bythe
DevelopmentAssistanceCommitteeorv^hich,althoughfinanced
whollyorinp-"tfromotherfund,3thanODAcomeundera
participating .•••.antry1.v..iidscheme.
IV*PRnor?;TTf,P-,FROt'ttik
1»Anydero.ji).+.ionfromtheLocr.lCostsStandardshalltakeplaceonly
inexception.-,?,a-wec,
P.Anysuchderogationshall "benotifiedinaccordancewiththe
appropriatepro^dures.
3.Eachnotification shallapenify:
(:■.)thetot;.1amountoflocalcosts;
(b)therjmour.tofthepaymentstobereceivedbythodateofcompletion .
oftheexporter'scontractualobligations ;
f')thevalueofgoodsandservicesexported;
e.>"1oftheseparticularsbeingexpressedrsapercentageofthetotal
V.'.j.ueofthoofficiallysupportedror.l.-.".H.