2000/46/EC: Council Decision of 19 July 1999 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 1998/1999 delivery period
Date: 1999-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: ACP countries, India, agreement (EU), cane sugar, guaranteed price

L 19/30

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25. 1. 2000

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 July 1999

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 1998/1999 delivery period

(2000/46/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with
the first sentence of Article 300(2), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

between

Implementation of Protocol 8 on ACP Sugar annexed to
the Fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lomé (1) and of the
Agreement
Economic
the
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

European

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 1998/1999
delivery 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,
the Cooperative
Belize,

the Republic of

the Congo, Fiji,

(1) OJ L 229, 17.8.1991, p. 216.
(2) OJ L 190, 22.7.1975, p. 35.

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
the Republic of Zimbabwe and, on the other hand,
Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for
the 1998/1999 delivery period are hereby approved on behalf
of the Community.

The texts of the Agreements are 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.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ