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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Commission communication totheCouncil
Generalguidelinesfortheinclusionofsesameseedinthelist
ofproductscoveredbytheexportearningsstabilization system
setupbytheLoméConvention
DRAFTDECISION OFTHEACP-EECCOUNCIL OFMINISTERS
addingaproducttothelistinArticle17(1)oftheACP-EECConvention
ofLoméCOM(78)734final
Brussels-20December1978
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INTRODUCTION
Article 16oftheLome Convention provides fortheimplementation ofasystem
forguaranteeing thestabilization ofearnings from exports bytheACPStates
totheCommunity ofcertain commodities listed inArticle 17(l)of "theCon-
vention# ^
Article 17(3)stipulates that if,notsooner than twelve months following
theentry into foroe oftheConvention ,oneormore products notcontained
inthelist given inArticle 17(l)»butupon which theeconomies ofoneor
more ACPStates depend toaconsiderable extent ,areaffected bysharp fluc­
tuations ,theACP-EEC Council ofMinisters maydecide whether theproduct or
produots should beincluded inthelist ,without prejudice tothetotal amount
allocated tocover commitments under thesystem . >
Onthis basis ,theACP-EEC Counoil ofMinisters ,which metinFiji on13and
14April 1977 ,adopted Decision n°3adding thefollowing products tothe
list inArticle 17(l)oftheLome Convention :vanilla ,cloves ,pyrethrum ,
ylang-ylang ,gumarabio ,wool andmohair#
Onthebasis ofinformation given totheACP-EEC Subcommittee ontheStabi­
lization ofExport Earnings on7February 1978 ,.theChairman ofthis Sub­
committee ,H»E«Mr«S.O. SY,theSenegalese Ambassador ,wrote on10February
1978 totheEECCo-Chairman oftheSubcommittee ,Mr.M®HAUSWIRTH ,trans­
mitting ,onbehalf oftheACPGroup ,Ethiopia 'srequest forsesame seed to
beinoluded inthelist ofproducts covered bytheexport earnings stabili­
zation system# This letter wasaccompanied bythenecessary statistical in-
formation® Through thesame ohannels ,theCommission received ,byletter
dated 2May1978 ,thestatistical data relating toSudan#
Atitsmeeting on13and14March 1978 ,theACP-EEC Council ofMinisters
instructed theACP-EEC Committee ofAmbassadors tocontinue examining the
ACPrequest *

1,Technicaldetails(l)
11,TheCommissionhassufficientinformationtoconcludethat,contrary
tothetrendinUpperVolta(2),EthiopiaandSudanaretoalarge
exLentstructurally dependentonexportsofsesameseedandthatthese
exportsaresubjecttoconsiderablefluctuations# Theconditionslaid
downinArtiole17(3)oftheConventionfortheinolusionofother
productsinthelistarethereforemet.
12.Ethiopia'speroentagerateofdependencehasvariedasfollows:
Ï22E1221im2211222â .2222.
10.76.615.3 '16,14.72.35(3)
Therehavealfeo"beenBharpfluctuations inexportstoalldestinations
and.toalesserextent,inunitvalues:
EB»000
^'000
Tonnes
Unitvalue:
EB/tonne
Sf/tonnemi
40,184
17,.321.4
57,891
694
299.21973
42,689
20,279.8
72,252
591
280.72211
83,726
40,146.7
84,574
990
474.7mi
72,147
34,594.6
57,249
1,260
604.31976
26,666
12,786.4
23,413
lf139
546.11221
l6r212(3)
7,773.7(3)
12,924(3)
1,254(3)
601.5(3)
Inadditiontothesefigures,otherinformationconcerningproduction ,
localconsumption ,eto.has"beenobtained.
I»/«
(1)ThefollowingdetailswillbesupplementedbyaCommissionworking
papertobetransmittedattheappropriate time.
(2)UpperVolta'srateofdependencehasvariedasfollowsJ
222322242225.
4.12.75.5
(3)Provisionalfigure*2216
1.1mi
1.8

3-
13*Sudan'spercentagerateofdependencehasvariedasfollowst
Í223223A123112311231
7.013.57.89.07.9(1)
Therehas"beenconsiderable fluctuation inexportstoalldestinations ,
andtotheEECspecifioially :
LSd«000
^«000
Tonnes
UnitValuei
LSd/tonne
S^/tonne1213
10,706
37,086.6
101,863
105
346.1im
16,511
47,413.0
83,508
198
567.81231
n,939
34,284.0
56,624
211
605.51976
17,290
49,649.9
88,755
194
559.41231.
18,255(1)
52,421.1(1)
92,989(1)
196(1)
562.7(1)
ExportstotheEEC(Italy'ssharevaries'between65and80%):
LSd'000
$*000
Tonnes
UnitValuet
LSd/tonne
iltonne4,145
14j358.7
36,388
114
394.65,947
17,077.4
33,280-
179
513.11,757
5,045.4
11,260
156
448.13,389
9,731.9
19,370
175
502.41,822(1)
5,232.1(1)
8,000(l)
225(1)
654.0(1)
Inadditiontothesefigures,otherinformationoonoerningproduction
hasbeensupplied.
14.Inconclusion,itcanbeseen,onthebasisofthedataprovidedby
thetwocountriesthatthecriterialaiddowninArticle17(3)are
met.
2.Entryintoforce
Sincetherequestfortheinclusionofsesameseedinthelistwasmade
in1978,theCommissionproposesthatadecisionforthispurposeshould
takeeffectasfrom1January1978.Thefirstyearofapplicationforany
transfersinrespectofthisproductwill,thereforebe.thecalenderyear1978.
AdraftdecisiontobesubmittedbytheCommunitytotheAGP/EECCounoil
ofMinistersisappendedtothepresentCommunication .
(l)provisionalfigure

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DRfi.PTDECISION OPTHEACP-EECCOUNCILOPMINISTERS
addingaproducttothelistinArticle17(l)oftheACP-EECConvention
ofLomé
THEACP-EECCOUNCILOPMINISTERS,•
HavingregardtotheACP-EECConventionofLom6,hereinaftercalledthe
"Convention",andinparticularArticle17(3)thereof,
I
Whereasthe12-monthperiodreferredtoinArticle17(3)haselapsedand
whereastheotherconditionslaiddowninthatparagraphhavebeenmetin
respeotofaproductandwhereasthisproductshouldthereforebeadded
tothelistcontainedinArtiole17(l)oftheConvention,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article1
Thefollowingproduotshallbeincludedinthelistoontainedin
Artiole17(l)oftheConventionj -
Sesameseed. '
Article2
TheACPStates,theMemberStatesandtheCommunityBhallbebound,
fortheirpart,totakethemeasuresnecessarytoimplementthisDecision*
Artide3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceon•••••••••••••••
ItshallapplytoexportsoftheproduotreferredtoinArticle1
asfrom1January1978*
DoneatBrussels,•••••••••••
FbrtheACP-EECCounoilofMinisters
ThePresident