98/17/EC: Council Decision of 22 April 1997 on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and, on the one hand, Barbados, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe and, on the other hand, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1996/97 delivery period
Date: 1997-04-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ACP countries, India, agreement (EU), cane sugar, guaranteed price, import policy

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 7/27

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 April 1997
on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and, on the one hand, Barbados, Belize, the
Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of
C(cid:147)te d’Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the
Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint
Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of
Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the
Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe and, on the other hand, the
Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1996/97
delivery period

(98/17/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 113, in conjunction
with the first sentence of Article 228(2), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas implementation of Protocol 8 on ACP Sugar
annexed to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lom(cid:130) (1)
and of the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of India on cane sugar (2) is
carried out, in accordance with Article 1(2) of each, within
the framework of
the common
organisation of the sugar market;

the management of

Whereas it is appropriate to approve the Agreements in
the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Com-
munity and, on the one hand, the States referred to in the
Protocol and, on the other hand, the Republic of India on
the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1996/97 de-
livery period,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and, on the one hand,
Barbados, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the

the Republic of Malawi,

Cooperative Repubic of Guyana, the Republic of C(cid:147)te
d’Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of
Madagascar,
the Republic of
Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher
and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Re-
public of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,
the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the
Republic of Zimbabwe and, on the other hand, the Re-
public of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for
the 1996/97 delivery period are hereby approved on
behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreements is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

is hereby authorised to
The President of the Council
designate the person empowered to sign the Agreements
referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the Community.

Article 3

This Decision will be published in the Official Journal
of the European Communities.

Done at Luxembourg, 22 April 1997.

For the Council

The President

J. VAN AARTSEN

(1) OJ L 229, 17. 8. 1991, p. 216.
(2) OJ L 190, 22. 7. 1975, p. 35.