Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and 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 on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1996/97 delivery period
Date: 1997-12-22
Institutions: Barbados, Belize, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Eswatini, European Community, Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Subjects: ACP countries, agreement (EU), cane sugar, guaranteed price, import policy

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AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

between the European Community and 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 on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar
for the 1996/97 delivery period

A. Letter No 1

Brussels, 22 December 1997

Sir,

The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocol 8 on ACP sugar annexed to
the Fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lomé and of the Commission, acting on behalf of the
European Community, have agreed, pursuant to the provisions of the said Protocol, on the
following:

For the delivery period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, the guaranteed prices referred to in
Article 5(4) of the Protocol shall, for the purpose of intervention within the terms of
Article 6 of the Protocol, be:

(a) for raw sugar: ECU 52,37 per 100 kilograms;

(b) for white sugar: ECU 64,65 per 100 kilograms.

These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality as defined in Community legislation,
unpacked, cif, free out of European ports of the Community. The introduction of these
prices no way prejudices the respective positions of the Contracting Parties in respect of
the principles appertaining to the determination of the guaranteed prices.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this
letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the above-
mentioned ACP States and the Community.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

On behalf of the Council
of the European Union

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B. Letter No 2

Brussels, 22 December 1997

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today which reads as follows:

‘The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocol 8 on ACP sugar annexed
to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lomé and of the Commission, acting on behalf
of the European Community, have agreed, pursuant to the provisions of the said
Protocol, on the following:

For the delivery period 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1997, the guaranteed prices referred to
in Article 5(4) of the Protocol shall, for the purpose of intervention within the terms of
Article 6 of the Protocol, be:

(a) for raw sugar: ECU 52,37 per 100 kilograms;

(b) for white sugar: ECU 64,65 per 100 kilograms.

These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality as defined in Community legisla-
tion, unpacked, cif, free out of European ports of the Community. The introduction of
these prices in no way prejudices the respective positions of the Contracting Parties in
respect of the principles appertaining to the determination of the guaranteed prices.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that
this letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the
abovementioned ACP States and the Community.’

I have the honour to confirm the agreement of the Governments of the ACP States
referred to in this letter with the foregoing.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Governments of the ACP States
referred to in Protocol 8

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En nombre del Consejo de la Unión Europea

På vegne af Rådet for Den Europæiske Union

Im Namen des Rates der Europäischen Union

En om ˜olator tou Sulbouk˜iou tgr Euqypaˇij ˜gr ˜Emysgr

On behalf of the Council of the European Union

Au nom du Conseil de l’Union européenne

A nome del Consiglio dell’Unione europea

Namens de Raad van de Europese Unie

Em nome do Conselho da Uni˜ao Europeia

Euroopan unionin neuvoston puolesta

På Europeiska unionens råds vägnar

For the Government of Barbados

For the Government of Belize

Pour le gouvernement de la République du Congo

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Pour le gouvernement de la République de Côte d’Ivoire

For the Government of the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji

For the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

For the Government of Jamaica

For the Government of the Republic of Kenya

Pour le gouvernement de la République de Madagascar

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For the Government of the Republic of Malawi

For the Government of the Republic of Mauritius

For the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis

For the Government of the Republic of Suriname

For the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland

For the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania

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For the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

For the Government of the Republic of Uganda

For the Government of the Republic of Zambia

For the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe