98/672/EC: Council Decision of 20 April 1998 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 Kitts 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 1997/98 delivery period
Date: 1998-04-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ACP countries, India, agreement (EU), cane sugar, guaranteed price

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 20 April 1998

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
Kitts 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 1997/98 delivery period

(98/672/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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-EEC 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 management of the common organ-
isation of the sugar market;

Whereas it is appropriate to approve the Agreements in
the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
Community 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
1997/98 delivery period,

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

Article 1

the Republic of Malawi,

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
Mauritius,
the Republic of Suriname, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of
Tanzania,
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 1997/98 delivery period are hereby approved on
behalf of the Community.

the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,

The text of the Agreements is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

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

Article 3

Done at Luxembourg, 20 April 1998.

For the Council

The President

J. CUNNINGHAM