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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM (79)61final
Brussels ^22February 1979
Recommendation for a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theCommission toparticipate onbehalf ofthe
Community inthenegotiations fortherenewal ofthe
International Olive OilAgreement
(submitted tothe Commission tothe Council )
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Explanatory Memorandum
1.TheCommunityassuchhasbeenaprovisional rhemberoftheInternational
OliveOilAgreementsince1January1978.
2.SincetheAgreement,aslastprolongedbytheProtocolof7April1978,
expireson31December1979,aUnitedNationsConferenceistobeheldin
GenevaundertheauspicesofUNCTADduringtheperiodfrom20Marchto
6Aprii1979tonegotiateanewagreement.
3.ASpecialCommitteeforthepreparation pfthenewagreementtoenterinto
forceon1January1980wassetupunderaResolutionadoptedinMadridon
8May1978ontheoccasionofthe38thmeetingoftheInternational Olive
OilCouncilandfollowingtheFinalResolutionadoptedon7April1978by
theUnitedNationsConferenceonOliveOil. ,
14.TheCommunityparticipated ••intheworkoftheSpecialCommittee,which
metinMadridfrom19to25Octoberandfrom11to13December1978and
producedadraftnegotiatingtext.ThishasbeenforwardedbytheInterna­
tionalOliveOilCounciltotheDirectorGeneralofUNCTADforuseasthe
basisofthenegotiations .
Acopyisannexedforinformation .
Recommendation
VTheCommissionrecommendsthattheCouncilauthorizeit,pursuantto
Article113oftheEECTreaty,toparticipate onbehalfqftheCommunity
intheUnitedNationsConferencetonegotiateanewInternational Olive
OiIAgreement.
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2.TheCommissionwillconductthenegotiations inconsultation withthe
committeeprovidedforinArticle113oftheTreaty,onthebasisof
theguidelinessetoutinparagraph3below.
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2.
3.(a)Inthelightoftheexistingmarketsurplussituation,theexpansion
ofproductionshouldceasetobeanobjectiveoftheAgreement;
:<b)TheCommunityconsidersthatthesettingupofabufferstockof
oliveoilwouldnotresolvetheproblemsoftheexistingmarketsurplus
situation.Itthereforeopposesthisproposal.
<c)TheCommunityproposestoparticipateassuchinthePublicityFund
setupundertheAgreement.
TheinternalrulesrelatingtoItsfinancialcontributiontothisFund
willattheappropriatetimebedecided .bytheCouncil.
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(d)TheCommunitysupportstheproposaltopromotetechnicalimprovements
inolive-growing throughtheintroductionintotheadministrative bud­
getoftheOliveOilCouncilofaspecialchapterforthispurposeof
upto&100000,itbeingunderstoodthatsuchtechnicalimprovements
shouldbedirectedtoqualityimprovement andcostreductionandshould
notcontributetoincreasedproduction.
(e)TheCommunityacceptsthewideningofthescopeoftheAgreementto
includetableolives,providedthatadditionalexpendituredoesnot
resuittherefrom.
(f)Questionsofatechnicaladministrative ordraftingnatureandother
questionswhichmayarisewillbedealtwithonthebasisofCommunity
7co-ordination inloco.' • -