COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC90) 302 final 
Brussels, 4 July 1990 
COMMISSION DECISION (ECSC) 
and 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
on the conclusion of the fourth 
ACP-EEC Lomé Convention 
Explanatory- roejfloraitôum. 
Attached is a draft Decision of the Council and the Commission of the 
European Communities on the conclusion on behalf of the two uormiunj-ties 
concerned of the Convention signed in Lomé on 15 December 1989. 
This Decision will enable the Community to deposit the act of notification 
- necesary to enable the Convention to enter into force - on time. 
The Convention must be concluded by the Commission as well as the Council 
because the Protocol concerning BCSC products forms an integral part of the 
Convention and the Commission is competent to act under the ECSC Treaty 
(formula corresponding to that used for the signature of the Convention). 
A single act of conclusion is appropriate; the President of the Council 
alone should deposit the act of notification. 
Draft Decision (EBC. BCSfr) 
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 
and in particular Article 238 thereof, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel 
Community, 
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,1 
whereas the fourth ACP-EEC Convention, signed in Lomé on 15 December 1989, 
should be concluded, 
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
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2 The date of entry into force of the Convention will be published in, the 
Official Journal of the.European Cornnunities. 'I 
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The fourth ACP-EEC Lomé Convention, the Protocols and declarations annexed J 
thereto and the declarations attached to the Final Act are hereby approved | 
on behalf of the European Economic Community and the European Coal and | 
Steel Community. a 
The texts of the Convention, the Protocols and declarations and the Final J 
Act are attached to this Decision. j 
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The President of the Council shall, as regards the European Economic ^ 
Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, deposit the act of T_ 
notification provided for in Article 360 of the Convention.^ ^ 
Done at Brussels, 5 
For the Council For the Commission j 
The President The President 1 
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EISVMKM. statement 
No linplications for the EEC budget. 
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Impact on SME 
The ei(vtf-visis in the new Convention on stepping up support for the private 
sector In general - and SME in particular - and promoting .investment in ACP 
countries will certainly broaden the scope for interested European SME to 
participate in cooperation activities. 
This topic has already been discussed by Parliament, the ACP-EEC Joint 
Assembly and the Economic and Social Committee on a number of occasions, 
with favourable results. 
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