Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the approval of the international Agreement on Jute and Jute Products, 1989
Date: 1992-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to an agreement, international agreement, jute, textile product, the EU's international role, trade agreement

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

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Brussels,  1 July  1992 

Proposal  for a 

CQUNCIL DECISION 

on  the approval  of  the  InternatIonal  Agreement 

on Jute and  Jute Products. 1989 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

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Explanatory memorandum 

Council  Decision 91/51/EEC of  18 December  1990 authorized  the Community  and 

its Member  States, acting simultaneously, to sign  the  International 

Agreement on  Jute and Jute Products, 1989, by 31 December  1990 at  the 
latest.1 

The Community  and most Member  States signed  the Agreement  before  that  date 

and notified  their  intentlon  to apply  the Agreement  provisionaIly on  its 

entry  into force. 

Since the requirements of Article 40 regarding  the number  of governments 

and  the percentage of net  imports needed  for  the Agreement  to enter  into 

force had not  been met  by  the end of  1990, those governments which had 

signed decided, at a conference convened  by UNCTAD  in Geneva on  12 ApriI 

last year, to apply  the Agreement  provisionally  from  that  day. 

Other governments  have since signed  the Agreement  and  lodged  their 

instruments of  acceptance or  ratification, bringing  the number  of 

governments  and  the percentage of net  imports up  to the  levels specified  in 

Art icle 40. 

The Commission  therefore proposes  that  the Council  approve  the Agreement 

and decide  that  the Community  and  its Member  States, acting simultaneously, 

notify  their  approval  of  the Agreement,  thereby permitting  the Agreement  to 

enter  into force definitively. 

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PROPOSAL 

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FOR A COUNCIL DECISION 

on  the approval  of  the  International  Agreement 

on Jute and  Jute Products, 1989 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES: 

Having  regard  to the Treaty  establishing  the European  Economic  Community, 

and  in particular  Articles  113 and  116 thereof, 

Having  regard  to the Commission  proposal, 

Whereas, pursuant  to Council  Decision 91/51/EEC of  18 December  1990, the 

European  Economic Community  and  its Member  States signed  the  International 

Agreement  on  Jute and  Jute Products, 1989, and, with  the exception of 

Portugal, notified  its provisional  application  pending  the completion of 

the  internal  procedures  required  for  its approval; 

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Whereas  the required  number  of governments and  the percentage of net 

imports specified  in Article  40(1) for  the definitive  entry  into force of 

the Agreement  have now been  exceeded; 

Whereas  the Agreement  should  now be approved  and  the Community  and  its 

Member  States should,  acting simultaneously, notify  the Secretary-GeneraI 

of  the United Nations of  their  approval  of  the Agreement, 

HAS DECIDED AS F0LL0WS: 

1  0J No L 29, 4.2.1991, p.1 

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The  International  Agreement on Jute and Jute Products, 1989,is hereby 

approved on behalf of  the Community. 

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Acting simultaneously, the Community  and  its Member  States shall, upon 

completion of  the requisite  internal  procedures, notify  the Secretary-

General  of  the United Nations of  their approval  as  importers of  the 

International  Agreement  on  Jute and  Jute Products, 1989,  in accordance with 

Article 37 thereof. 

The  text of  the Agreement  is annexed  to Decision 91/51/EEC. 

Art icle 2 

The President  of  the Council  is hereby  authorized  to designate  the person 

empowered  to deposit  the  instrument of approval  on behalf of  the Community. 

Done at Brussels, 

For  the Council 

The President 

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