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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)197 final
Brussels,23April1980
Recommendation fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
onthesystemforguaranteeing thestabilization ofearningsfrom
certaincommodities exportedbytheACPStatesandtheoverseas
countries andterritories associated withtheCommunity
(submittedtotheCouncil;
, -^π
CouncilbythéCommission)
C0M(8Q)197final

EXF7.£NATORYNOT E
Article 2iofthesecond Lome Convention takes over theprovisions ofthe
first Convention concerning thesystem intended toguarantee thestabilisation
orexport earnings fortheACPcountries inregard totrade with theCorwiiunity
incertain basic commodities .
Hielist ofthese commodities isinArticle 25ofthenewConvention and , .
compared with thefirst Convention ,contains seme newproducts .
Itisalso intended tointroduce thesame system inthecontext oftheAssociation
ofoverseas countries andterritories with theEuropean Economic Community .
Itisalso laid down that thefirst year ofapplication ofthesystem istobe
*
theCalendar year inwhich theConvention enters into force .Thecommunication
ofthestatistical data bytheMember States forthenewproducts concerned must
therefore commence asfrom 1January 1980 .
Ontheother hand itisnecessary tolist theACPcountries andthecountries and
territories concerned . '
Theuseofthestatistical data ,which isthebasis ofthestabilisation system ,
implies that theMember States must supply theservices oftheCommission vith
details ofactual imports .
This isthesubject oftheannexed draft Regulation which isintended tc-replace
Council Regulation (EEC )No.2478/77of7November 1977 .

Recommendation fora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
onthesystemforguaranteeing thestabilization ofearningsfromcertain
commodities exportedbytheACPStatesandtheoverseascountries and
territories associated withtheCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle213thereof,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
WhereasACP-EECCouncilofMinistersDecision No1/80of18January1980
stipulates thattheprovisions concerning thesystemforthestabilization
ofexportearningscontainedinTitleII,Chapter 1,oftheACP-EECLom6
Convention,signedon28February1975,shallremaininforceafter
1March1980anduntil,atthelatest,31December1980;
1WhereasCouncilDecision No80/162/EECmaintains inforceafter1March
1980anduntil,atthelatest,31December1980theprovisions applicable
intheframeworkofCouncilDecision No75/568/EECof29June1976onthe
association ofoverseascountries andterritories withtheEuropean
2EconomicCommunity;
WhereasthesecondLomeConvention wassignedinLomeon31October1979,
andwhereasArticle25thereofestablishes alistofproductscoveredby
thesystemforthestabilization ofexportearningsprovidedforin
TitleII,Chapter 1thereof;
Whereasitisnecessarytoadaptaccordingly thenotification systemset
outinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2478/77"*soastoallowtheCommission
tohavethenecessarydatafrom1January1980withaviewtothe
introduction ofthisstabilization system;
0JNoL35of12.2.80,p.26
20Ji-'oL170of1.7.76,p.8
30JNoL287,11.11.77,p.1

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1'A-,TOFT5D V'"t? '"i_0N *
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'ith effect from 1February 1980 Member States shall before the endofeach
month forward tothe Commission astatement ofall theproducts listed in
Annex Iimported during theprevious month :
*-from the ACP andother States listed inAnnex II,
-from thecountries and territories listed inAnnex III .
Article 2
Hiestatement referred toinArticle 1shall give details ofallproducts :
-which areputinto free circulation intheMember State concerned ,
-which arehrought under theinward processing arrangements for
subseouent ra-expoi' tationintheform ofcompensating products .
Article 3
Thestatement referred toinArticle 1shall show thecountry ofor i;.oi:
+:heproducts ,according tothecommon geographical code inforce ,J_
quantities imported and thecifvalues ofthese imports ,inthe liatioi
currencies oftheMember States orinEuropean units ofaccount .
Article 4
Regulation (EEC )Noc478 /77ishereby repealed .
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe third dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Thus R..c -.'ucion shall bebinding iniuSentirety anddirectly applicable
inall .M.-ffiber States .
Done atBrussels , For the Council
lite President

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ANNEXI
roforrpHVn inArticle1NunexeCotte
1.Groundnuts ,shelled ornot 12.01-31 to12.01-35
2.Groundnut oil 15.07-7 1!and 15.07-87
3.Cocoa beans . , 18.01-00
4.Cocoa paste 18.03-10 tó18.03-30'
5.Cocoa butter 18.04-00
6.Raw orroasted coffee ■ 09.01-11 to09.01-17
7.Extracts ,essences or
concentrates ofcoffee *21.02-11 to21.02-15
8.Cotton ,not carded or^
combed , . 55.01-10 to55.01-90
9.Cotton linters 55.02-10 to55.02-90
10.Coconuts 08.01-71 to08.01-75
11.Copra 12.01-42
12.Coconut oil 15.07-29 ,15.07-77 and
.15.07-92
13.Palm oil 15.07-19 ,15.07-61 and
15.07-63
14.Palm nutandkernel oil 15*07-31 ,15.07-78 and
15.07-93
t
15.Palm nuts and kernels 12.01-44
16.Rawhides and skins III.01-11 to41.01-95
17.Bovine cattle leather "III.02-05 to41.02-98 -
18.Sheep and lamb skin leather III.03-10 to III.03-99
19.Goat and kid skin leather 41.04-10 to41.04-99
20.Wood intherough 44.03-20 to^4.03-99
21.Wood roughly squared orhalf - , -
squared ,but not further ' v
manufactured 44.04-20 to44.04-98
22.Wood sawn lengthwise ,but .
notfurther prepared .. 44.05-10 to I|I|.05-79
23.Fresh bananas 08.01-31
2m .Tea 09.02-10 to09.02-90
25.R?w sisal ' *' 57.04-10
26,Van ;.lia • 09.05-00
d.Cleve3 -whole fruit ,
cloves and stems 09.07-00

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28.Sheep 'sorlambs' wool ,
not carded orcombed
29.Fine animal hair ofAngora
goats -mohair
30.Gum arabic
31.Pyrethrum -flowers ,
leaves ,stems ,peel and .roots ;
saps and extracts from ' .
pyrethrum
32.Essential oils ,notterpene -
less ,ofcloves ,ofniaouli
and ofylang-ylang
33•Sesame seed
/
34.Cashew nuts and kernels
35 -Pepper
36.Shrimps andprawns
37.Squid
38.Cotton seeds
39.Oil-cake
40.Rubber
*51.Peas
*2.Beans
43.Lentils
41.Iron ore (ores ,concentrates ,
androasted iron pyrites )53.01-10 to53.01-iiO
53.02-95
13.02-91
12.07-10 and 13*03-15
33.01-23
12.01-68 .
08.01-77
09.04-11 and ,0.9i04-70
03.03-13
03.03-68
ex12.01-98
23.01-01 to23.04-99
10.01-20 to10.01-60
07.01-41 to07.01-43 ,
07.05-11,07.05-19and"07.05-6 ;
O7.OI-45to07.01-17 ,
07.05-25 and 07.05-65
07>0^30 and07.05-70
26:01-12 t^26 .01-18\- x
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-5- ANNEX II
,ACP and other States referred toinArticle 1
African States : ' 4
Mauritania ,Mali ,Upper Volta ,Niger ,Senegal ,Ivory Coast ,Ibgo ,Benin
Cameroon ,Chad ,Central Africa ,Gabon ,Congo ,Rwanda ,Burundi ,Somalia ,
Zaire ,Kenya ,Uganda ,Tanzania ,Botswana ,Lesotho ,•Swaziland ,Gambi a,
Giana ,Malawi ,Nigeria ,Sierra Leone ,.Zairbia ,Ethiopia ,Guinea ,Equatorial
Guinea ,Guinea-Bissau ,Liberia ,Sudan ,Capè Verde ,SaoTome acidPrincipe ,
Diibouti .
Caribbean States :
Barbados ,Guyana ,Jamaica ,Bahamas ,Grenada ,Trinidad andTobago ,Surinam ,
Dominica ,St.Lucia .St.Vincent . -
- ■* .Paci fic States : •
. *
Fiji ,Western Samoa ,Tonga ,Papua NewGuinea ,Tuvalu ,Kiribati ,Solomon
Islands . ■
» '* ' »
Indian Ocean States : -
Madagascar ,Mauritius ,theComoros ,Seychelles ., . '

ANNEX III
Countries andterritories referred toinArticle 1
Overseas countries oftheKingdom ofthe Netherlands : '
-Netherlands Antilles (Aruba ,Bonaire ,Curasao andSt.Martin ,Saba ,
St.Eustasius).' ■ . -
.Overseas territories oftheFrench Republic : i
, 4-NewCaledonia anddependencies ,
-Wallis andFutuna Islands , •
-French Polynesia ,
-French Southern and Antarctic Territories .
•Collective territory oftheFrench Republic
Mavotte
Overseas countries and terr itories oftheUnited Kingdom ofGreat Britain
ar>d Northern Ireland i ■ ,
-Belize ,
-Brunei , ."
-Associated States ,oftheCaribbean (Antigua ,
St.Christopher ,Nevis andAmuill$ ),
" ^
-Cayman Islands ,
-Talki&nd Islands dependencies ,
-Turks andCàioos Islands ,
-British Virg :r,Islands ,■
-Monserrat , .
-Pitcairn .
-St. Hex<?~a anddependencies ,.
-Sritis Antarctic territory , '
-licit J Indian Ocean territory .
Anglo -^cencft Condominium ofth©NewHebridea .