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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM (79)739 final
/ , ; Brussels ,6thDecember 1979/•
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
CONCLUDING THE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND INDONESIA ,
MALAYSIA ,THEPHILIPPINES ,SINGAPORE ANDTHAILAND -
MEMBER COUNTRIES OFTHE ASSOCIATION OFTHE
SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(79 )739 final

Explanatory Memorandum
1.Bydecision of29October 1979 »'theCouncil authorised theCommission
toopen negotiations with Indonesia ,Malaysia ,thePhilippines ,Singapore
andThailand -member countries ofthe Association ofthe South-East Asian
Nations ,with aview totheconclusion ofacooperation agreement .
2.Inaccordance with that Council deoision ,and inconsultation with
theArticle 113Committee ,theCommission conducted negotiations with
Indonesia ,Malaysia ,thePhilippines ,Singapore andThailand' on8November
and 29-30 November 1979 * -
»
Inthecourse ofthenegotiations *4draft agreement wasdrawn up.'
The draft agreement t ~
(i)isnonpreferential andofanevolutionary nature ;
(ii)provides foraclause onmost favoured nation treatment andaProtocol
which takes into consideration the fact that one ofthe Parties
(Thailand )hasnotacceded totheGeneral Agreement onTariffsand
Trade ;
(Lii),aims toconsolidate ,deepen anddiversify commercial relations between
the tworegions andprovides foraclause whereby theParties will seek
1their counterpart 'sviews onmeasures likely tohave anadverse effect
t
ontrade between thetworegions ;
(iv)shall bring about economic cooperation inallfields deemed suitable
bytheParties ;inaddition ,thechapter oneconomio cooperation
contains provisions togive effect totheparagraph oftheMinisterial
Declaration ofNovember 1978 oninvestment promotion andprotection ;
(v)recognises thelevel ofdevelopment oftheASEAN countries ;
(vi)provides foraJoint Cooperation Committee tosupervise andpromote
thevarious activities envisaged ;
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The Heads ofthe Delegations exchanged the text ofthedraft Agree­
ment on30November 1979 having noted that itcorrectly represented the
results ofthenegotiations .
*
3*The Commission considers that thedraft Agreement isacceptable to
the Community .Ittherefore recommends that the Council *
(i)pending conclusion oftheAgreement takes thenecessary decisions in
connection with thesigning thereof ;
(ii)adopts theRegulation ,thedraft ofwhich isannexed hereto .

PROPOSAL
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )NO.
of
concluding theCooperation Agreement 'between theEuropean
Economic Community andIndonesia ,Malaysia ,thePhilippines ,. .
Singapore andThailand –member countries oftheAssociation
ofthe South-East' Asian Nations
THE COUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
0
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Eoonomic Community
andinparticular Articled 113and235thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ^,
Whereas the conclusion ofthe Cooperation Agreement between theEuropean
Economic Community andIndonesia ,Malaysia ,thePhilippines ,Singapore and
Thailand -member countries ofthe Association ofthe South-East Asian... <
Nations appears necessary fortheattainment ofthe ends ofthe Community
inthesphere ofexternal economic relations ;whereas certain forms t>f
economic cooperation provided forbytheAgreement exceed thepowers of
action specified inthesphere ofthecommon commercial polioy ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION %
Article 1
The Cooperation Agreement between theEuropean Economio Community and
Indonesia ,Malaysia ,thePhilippines ,Singapore andThailand –member
countries oftheAssociation ofthe South –East Asian Nations ,the text of
which isannexed tothis Regulation ,ishereby concluded onbehalf of
the Community .
(l)Opinion delivered on 6*•I••

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Article2
PursuanttoArticle8oftheAgreement,thePresidentoftheCouncil
shallgivenotification thattheproceduresnecessaryfortheentry
intoforceoftheAgreementhavebeencompletedonthepartofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity^.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingits
publicationinthe,OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddireotly
applicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels.
PortheCouncil
& ThePresident
(l)ThedateofentryintoforceoftheAgreementwillbepunishedinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .

COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .AND
JNB9N1IIA# MALAYSIA ,THiPHILIPPINBI ,
STNG?^PORE AND THAILAND -
MEMBER COUNTRIES 0?THt^OCIATION OFTHE
SOUTH-EAST AitANNATIONS

TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities -oftheonepart,'
andtheGovernments ofIndonesia,Malaysia,thePhilippines,Singaporeand
Thailand-membercountriesoftheAssociation ofSouth-EastAsianNations,
hereinafter referredtoasASEAN, -
oftheotherpart,
Havingregardtothefriendlyrelations ,andtraditionallinksbetweenthe
membercountriesofASEANandtheMemberStatesoftheCommunity;
\ '''' ; •,./.<• '
AffirmingtheircommoncommitmenttosupportmutuallytheeffortsofASEAN
andtheCommunitytocreateandtostrengthenregionalorganisations
committedtoeconomicgrowth/socialprogressandculturaldevelopment and
aimingtoprovideanelementofbalanceinInternational relations;
Inspiredbytheircommonwilltoconsolidate,deepenanddiversifytheir
commercial andeconomicrelationstothefullextentoftheirgrowing
1
capacitytomeeteachother'srequirements onthebasisofcomparative
advantageandmutualbenefit; •
Affirmingtheirwillingnesstocontributetotheexpansionofinternational
tradeinordertoachievegreatereconomicgrowthandsocialprogress;
Consciousthatsuchcooperationwillbebetweenequalpartnersbutwill
takeintoaccountthelevelofdevelopment ofthemembercountriesof
ASEANandtheemergenceofASEANasaviableandcohesivegrouping,which
hascontributedtothestabilityandpeaceinSouth-EastAsia;\
Persuadedthatsuchcooperation shouldberealisedinanevolutionary and
pragmaticfashionastheirpoliciesdevelop;
Affirmingtheircommonwilltocontributetoanewphaseofinternational .,
economiccooperation andtofacilitatethedevelopment oftheirrespective
humanandmaterialresources,onthebasisoffreedom,equalityandjustice;

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*Havedecidedtoconclude aCooperation Agreement andtothisendhave
Cdesignated astheirplenipotentiaries :
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities
TheGovernment oftheRepublicofIndonesia "
TheGovernment ofMalaysia
TheGovernment oftheRepublicofthePhilippines
TheGovernment oftheRepublicofSingapore
TheGovernment oftheKingdomofThailand
Whohavingexchangedtheir«ullpowers,foundingoodanddueform,
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:

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Article 1
Most-fayouredNationTreatment
ThePartiesshall,intheircommercialrelations,accordeachothermost-
favourednationtreatmentinaccordance withtheprovisions oftheGeneral
Agreement onTariffsandTrade,withoutprejudice,however,tothe
provisions oftheprotocolannexedtothisagreement.

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ArticLe2
Commercial Cc–peration
1.ThePartiesundertaketopromotethedevelopment anddiversification
oftheirreciprocal commercial exchangestothehighestpossibleleveltaking
intoaccounttheirrespective economicsituations;
2.ThePartiesagreetostudywaysandmeansofovercoming ,trade
barriers,andinparticular existingnon-tariff andquasitariffbarriers,
takingintoaccounttheworkofinternational organisations ;
3.ThePartiesshallinaccordance withtheirlegislation andinthe
conductoftheirpolicies: '
(a)cooperateattheinternational levelandbetweenthemselves inthe
-solutionof"commercial problemsofcommoninterestincludingtrade
relatedtocommodities ;
(b)usetheirbestendeavours togranteachotherthewidestfacilities
forcommercial transactions ;
(c)takefullyintoaccounttheirrespective interests andneedsfor
improvedaccessformanufactured ,,semi-manufactured andprimaryproducts
aswellasthefurtherprocessing ofresources;
(d)bringtogethereconomicoperatorsinthetworegionswiththeaimof
creatingnewtradepatterns;
(e)studyandrecommendtradepromotion measureslikelytoencourage
theexpansionofimportsandexports; .-
(f)seekinsofaraspossibletheotherparties',viewswheremeasures
werebeingconsidered whichcouldhaveanadverseeffectontrade
betweenthetworegions.
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'Article 3
EconomicCooperation
J
1.TheParties,in theLightofthecomplementarity oftheirinterests
andoftheirlong-termeconomiccapabilities,shalIbringabouteconomic
cooperation inallfieldsdeemedsuitablebytheParties.
Amongtheobjectives ofsuchcooperation shallbe:
-theencouragement ofclosereconomiclinksthroughmutually
beneficial investment;
-theencouragement oftechnological andscientific progress;
-theopeningupofnewsourcesofsupplyandnewmarkets;
-thecreationofnewemployment opportunities .
2.Asmeanstosuchends,thePartiesshallasappropriate encourage
andfacilitateinteralia: . •,
-acontinuous exchangeofinformation relevanttoeconomic
cooperation aswellasthedevelopment ofcontactsandpromotion
activities betweenfirmsandorganisations inbothregions;
-thefostering,betweenrespectivefirms,ofindustrial and
technological cooperation ,includingmining;
-cooperation inthefieldsofscienceandtechnology,energy,
environment ,transport andcommunications ,agriculture ,
fisheries andforestry.
InadditionthePartiesundertaketoimprovetheexistingfavourable
investment climateinteraliathroughtheextension,byandtoallMember
StatesoftheCommunity andbyandtoallmembercountriesofASEAN,
ofinvestment promotion andprotection arrangements whichendeavourto
applytheprincipleofnon-discrimination ,aimtoensurefairandequitable
treatment andreflecttheprincipleofreciprocity .

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3.WithoutprejudicetotherelevantprovisionsoftheTreaties
establishing theCommunities,thisAgreementandanyactiontakenthere-
undershallinnowayaffectthepowersofanyoftheMemberStatesofthe
Communities toundertakebilateralactivitieswithanyofthemember
countriesofASEANinthefieldofeconomiccooperation andconclude,
whereappropriate,neweconomiccooperation agreementswiththese
countries.

Article4
'Development Cooperation
1.TheCommunityrecognisesthatASEANisadevelopingregionandwill
expanditscooperation withASEANinordertocontributetoASEAN's
effortsinenhancingitsself-reliance andeconomicresilience andsocial•
wellbeingofitspeoplesthroughprojectstoacceleratethedevelopment
oftheASEANcountriesandoftheregion'asawhole.
2.TheCommunitywilltakeallpossiblemeasurestointensifyits
support,withintheframeworkofitsprogrammesinfavourofnon-associated
developingcountries,forASEANdevelopment andregionalcooperation .
3.TheCommunitywillcooperatewithASEANtorealiseconcreteprojects
andprogrammes,interalia,foodproduction andsupplies,development of
theruralsector,educationandtrainingfacilities andothersofawider
charactertopromoteASEANregionaleconomicdevelopment andcooperation .
4.TheCommunitywillseekacoordination ofthedevelopmentcooperation
activitiesoftheCommunityanditsMemberStatesintheASEANregion
especiallyinrelationtoASEANregionalprojects.
5.ThePartiesshallencourageandfacilitatethepromotionof
cooperation betweensourcesoffinanceinthetworegions.

Article 5
Joint Cooperation Committee
AJoint Cooperation Committee shall beset uptopromote and keep under
review thevarious cooperation activities envisaged between theParties
inthe framework ofthe Agreement .Consultations shall beheld inthe
Committee atanappropriate level in-order tofacilitate the implementation
and tofurther the general aims ofthe present Agreement .The Committee
will normally meet atleasts once ayear .Special meetings ofthe
Committee shall beheld atthe request ofeither Party .
The Joint Cooperation Committee shall adopt itsown Rules ofProcedure
andprogramme ofwork .

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Article 6
OtnerAare'errcents
,,ri.
Subjecttotheprovisions concerning economiccooperation inArticle.3(3)
theprovisionsofthisAgreementshallbesubstituted forprovisions
ofAgreements concludedbetweenMemberStatesoftheCommunities and
Indonesia,Malaysia,thePhilippines,Singapore andThailandtotheextent
towhichthelatterprovisions areeither ,incompatible .withoridentical
totheformer. .

Article 7
Territorial Application
ThisAgreementshallapplytotheterritoryofIndonesia,Malaysia,the
Philippines,SingaporeandThailandandtotheterritories inwhichthe'*
Treatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunityisappliedandunder
theconditions laiddowninthatTreaty.

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Article 8
Duration
ThisAgreementshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayofthemonth
followingthedateonwhichthePartieshavenotifiedeachotherofthe
completionoftheproceduresnecessaryforthispurpose/andshallremain
inforceforaninitialperiodoffiveyearsandthereafterforperiods
oftwoyearssubjecttotherightofeitherpartytoterminateitby
writtennoticegivensixmonthsbeforethedateofexpiryofanyperiod.
However,theAgreementmaybeamendedbymutualconsentoftheParties
inordertotakeintoaccountnew'situations .

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Article9
AuthenticLanguages
f
ThisAgreementisdrawnupinsixcopiesintheDanish,Dutch,English,
French,GermanandItalianlanguageseachofthesetextsbeingequally
authentic.

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Protocol
concerningArticle 1oftheAgreement ,
1.Accordingtotheprovisionsofthisprotocol*theEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandapartythatisnotacontractingpartyoftheGeneral
AgreementonTariffsandTradeshall,with*regardtoimportedorexported
goods,granteachothermost-favoured nationtreatmentinallmatters
relatingto: '
■-customsdutiesandchargesofall-kindsincludingtheprocedures
.forcollecting suchdutiesandcharges;'
-regulationsconcerningcustomsclearance,transit,warehousing ,
ortranshipment ;
-directorindirecttaxesandotherinternalcharges;
~regulations concerningpaymentsincludingtheallocationof
foreigncurrencyandthetransferofsuchpayments;
-regulationsaffectingthesale,purchase,transport,distribution
anduseofgoodsontheinternalmarket.
2.Paragraph 1shallnotapplyto:" .
(a)advantagesgrantedtoneighbouring countriestofacilitatefrontier-
zonetraffic;.
<b)advantagesgrantedwiththeobject,ofestablishing acustomsunionora
freetradeareaor"as,requiredbysuchacustomsunionorfreetrade
'area; ■.
(c)advantagesgrantedtoparticularcountriesinconformitywiththe
GeneralAgreementonTariffsandTrade;
<d)advantageswhichthemembercountries -oftheAssociationoftheSouth-East
AsianNationsgranttocertaincountriesinaccordancewiththeProtocol
onTradenegotiations betweendevelopingcountriesinthecontentof
theGeneralAgreementon^TariffsandTrade-;
Ce)advantagesgrantedortobegrantedwithintheframeworkofASEAN
providedthesedonotexceedthosethataregrantedormaybegranted
withintheframeworkofASEANbymembercountriesofASEANwhichare
'contractingpartiesoftheGATT.