Predlog Sklep Sveta o zahtevi Burkine Faso za pristop k Protokolu o sladkorju AKP

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OBRAZLOITVENI MEMORANDUM

1. A joint declaration, annexed to Protocol 3 on ACP sugar of Annex V to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, concerning possible requests for participation in the provisions of the Protocol states:

"Any request from an ACP State contracting party to the Convention not specifically referred to in Protocol 3 to participate in the provisions of that Protocol shall be examined."

2. Burkina Faso requested by letter of 8 November 2000 its participation to that Protocol. The Community defined the conditions for this participation in earlier cases (Zambia and Papua New Guinea) as being that a new signatory to the Protocol would be allocated a 0 quota, that a technical examination should establish the capacity of the applicant country to fulfil on a permanent basis the obligation imposed by the Protocol and that the new signatory would be eligible to benefit from future reallocation under Article 7 of that Protocol.

3. The technical examination was carried out by the Commission in 2003. It resulted in the conclusion that Burkina Faso is not a permanent net exporter of sugar. It was established that consumption is higher than production and that exports under the EBA (Everything But Arms Initiative) provisions are substituted by imports as well as that situation is not likely to change fundamentally in the short and medium term.

4. Recommendation

The Commission recommends the Council to adopt the attached Decision.

This decision should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2004/0126 (ACC)

Predlog SKLEP SVETA o zahtevi Burkine Faso za pristop k Protokolu o sladkorju AKP

SVET EVROPSKE UNIJE JE -

ob upostevanju Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske skupnosti in zlasti člena 133, v zvezi s prvim stavkom člena 300(2) Pogodbe,

ob upostevanju predloga Komisije,

ob upostevanju naslednjega:

(1) Skupna izjava Protokola 3 o sladkorju AKP v Prilogi V k Sporazumu o partnerstvu AKP - ES [1] predvideva, da se pregleda vsaka zahteva afriske, karibske ali pacifiske drzave pogodbenice Konvencije, ki ni posebej navedena v zadevnem Protokolu, da sodeluje v določbah Protokola.

[1] UL L 317, 15.12.2000, str. 267.

(2) Burkina Faso je drzava AKP pogodbenica Sporazuma o partnerstvu AKP - ES in je novembra leta 2000 prosila za sodelovanje v določbah navedenega protokola.

(3) V pismu s 30. septembra 2002 so drzave AKP izrazile privolitev o pristopu Burkine Faso k navedenemu protokolu.

(4) Pregled zahteve je pokazal, da Burkina Faso ni neto izvoznica sladkorja in ni sposobna trajno izvazati sladkorja.

(5) Ustrezno je, da se odločitev Burkini Faso pisno sporoči.

SKLENIL:

Edini člen

Zahteva Burkine Faso za pristop k Protokolu 3 o sladkorju AKP v Prilogi V k Partnerskemu sporazumu AKP - ES se ne odobri.

Prilozeno pismo se poslje Burkini Faso.

V Bruslju,

Za Svet

Član Sveta

PRILOGA

Bruselj,.........

Vasa ekscelenca,

V čast mi je potrditi prejem Vasega pisma z dne 8. novembra 2000 o zahtevi za pristop k Protokolu o sladkorju AKP. V skladu s skupno izjavo, prilozeno k Protokolu o sladkorju AKP, je Evropska skupnost obravnavala vaso zahtevo ter sklenila, da trenutni polozaj Burkine Faso ne zagotavlja trajnega izpolnjevanja obveznosti Protokola. V preteklih primerih je bila zmoznost izpolnjevanja obveznosti definirana z dejstvom, ali je bila zadevna drzava neto izvoznica sladkorja.

Obzalujem, ker Skupnost ne more ugoditi zahtevi Burkine Faso, da se pridruzi Protokolu o sladkorju.

Izvod pisma se poslje generalnemu sekretarju drzav AKP.

Sprejmite, Vasa ekscelenca, izraz mojega globokega spostovanja.

V imenu Sveta Evropske unije

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