80/1186/EEC: Council Decision of 16 December 1980 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community
Official Journal L 361 , 31/12/1980 P. 0001 - 0109
Greek special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 28 P. 0003
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COUNCIL DECISION
OF 16 DECEMBER 1980
ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
( 80/1186/EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 136 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE INTERNAL AGREEMENT ON THE FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY AID SIGNED IN BRUSSELS ON 20 NOVEMBER 1979 , HEREINAFTER CALLED " THE INTERNAL AGREEMENT " ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,
WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ( HEREINAFTER CALLED " THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES " ) WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY MUST BE LAID DOWN FOR A FURTHER PERIOD ;
WHEREAS THESE PROVISIONS FORM PART OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY'S EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH , IN PARTICULAR BY MEANS OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION , SIGNED AT LOME ON 31 OCTOBER 1979 ( HEREINAFTER CALLED " THE CONVENTION " ) , A NEW MODEL FOR RELATIONS BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING REGIONS , COMPATIBLE WITH THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TOWARDS A MORE JUST AND MORE BALANCED ECONOMIC ORDER ;
WHEREAS THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AND THE NEEDS RELATED TO THE PROMOTION OF THEIR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT JUSTIFY THE MAINTENANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF LEVYING CUSTOMS DUTIES AND IMPOSING QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ;
WHEREAS SPECIAL PROVISIONS SHOULD BE LAID DOWN IN RESPECT OF RUM , ARRACK AND TAFIA FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 22.09 C I OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 185 OF THE CONVENTION PROVIDES FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCESSION TO THE CONVENTION BY A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY TO WHICH PART FOUR OF THE TREATY APPLIES AND WHICH BECOMES INDEPENDENT ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO MAKE PROVISION FOR POSSIBLE ADAPTATION OF THIS DECISION ;
WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 OF THE INTERNAL AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT , WHERE A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY WHICH HAS BECOME INDEPENDENT ACCEDES TO THE CONVENTION , THE FINANCIAL AID ALLOCATED TO THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FROM EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND RESOURCES SHALL , BY DECISION OF THE COUNCIL , BE REDUCED AND THE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO THE ACP STATES CORRESPONDINGLY INCREASED ;
WHEREAS IT IS NECESSARY , BOTH TO FACILITATE FUTURE APPLICATION OF THIS PROVISION AND TO ENSURE THAT FINANCIAL AID IS DISTRIBUTED AS FAIRLY AS POSSIBLE , TO LAY DOWN THE ALLOCATION OF AID AMONG THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FOR WHICH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC HAS RESPONSIBILITY , THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FOR WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS RESPONSIBILITY , AND THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ,
HAS DECIDED AS