COMMISSION DECISION ( ECSC ) AND PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE FOURTH ACP-EEC LOME CONVENTION
Date: 1990-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: ACP countries, fourth Lomé Convention, ratification of an agreement

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: 

Article 1 

The fourth ACP-EEC Lomé Convention, the Protocols and declarations annexed 
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. 
The texts of the Convention, the Protocols and declarations and the Final 
Act are attached to this Decision. 

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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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