Proposal for a Council Decision regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Coffee Council on the designation of the Depository of the International Coffee Agreement 2007
Date: 2008-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Community, coffee, commodity agreement, international agreement, international organisation

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 11.1.2008 
COM(2007) 868 final 

2008/0006 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

regarding the position to be taken by the Community within 
the International Coffee Council on the designation of the Depository of the 
International Coffee Agreement 2007 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The  new  International  Coffee  Agreement  of  2007  (ICA  2007)  has  been  negotiated 
within  the  International  Coffee  Organisation  in  London.  On  the  occasion  of  the  98th 
Session of the International Coffee Council through Resolution 431 of 28 September 
2007  the  final  text  of  the  ICA  2007  was  adopted.  The  new  Agreement  is  called  to 
replace the International Coffee Agreement of 2001. 

At  the  same  98th  Council  session  it  was  not  possible  to  finally  agree  on  the  future 
Depository  of  the  Agreement,  due  to  the  unexpected  unavailability  of  the  Treaty 
Section  of  the  United  Nations  to  accept  the  deposit  of  international  Agreements  in 
other languages than the official languages of the UN. As consequence, the Portuguese 
text of the 2007 Coffee Agreement could not be accepted, which made it impossible to 
continue to use the United Nations in New York as Depository.  

According to paragraph (10) of Article 2 (Definitions) of the 2007 International Coffee 
Agreement,  the  future  Depository  shall  be  designated  by  decision  of  the  Coffee 
Council  under  the  current  2001  International  Agreement  to  be  taken  by  consensus 
before the 31 January 2008. 

Taking into account that the European Community is in the position to accept, among 
several  alternatives,  the  designation  of  the  International  Coffee  Organisation  as 
Depositary of the 2007 Agreement, it will be necessary that the European Community 
will participate to the vote and express itself in favour of this option. 

The purpose of this proposal is therefore to authorise the European Community to vote 
in  favour  of  the  International  Coffee  Organisation  (ICO)  as  Depository  of  the  2007 
Agreement. 

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2008/0006 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

regarding the position to be taken by the Community within 
the International Coffee Council on the designation of the Depository of the 
International Coffee Agreement 2007  

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 
133 (1) to (4) in conjunction with Article 300(2), second subparagraph thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Whereas: 

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The  International  Coffee  Council  at  its  98th  session  through  Resolution  431  of  28 
September 2007 has adopted the text of a new International Coffee Agreement 2007; 

The International Coffee Agreement of 2001 has been extended for one year from 1st 
October 2007 until 30th September 2008 by Resolution 432 of 28 September 2007; 

Under the provisions of Article 2(10) of the International Coffee Agreement of 2007 , 
the future Depository of the Agreement shall be designated by decision of the Coffee 
Council under the current International Coffee Agreement of 2001. This decision has 
to be taken by consensus before the 31 January 2008. 

The fixing of the Depository is in the interest of the European Community; 

The European Community’s position in the International Coffee Council on this issue 
should be determined, 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

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The European Community’s position within the International Coffee Council shall be to vote 
in favour of the designation of the International Coffee Organisation as the Depository of the 
International Coffee Agreement 2007  

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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