CELEX: 51991PC0190
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE APPLICATION OF DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS EXTENDING DECISION NO 2/90 ON TRANSITIONAL MEASURES TO BE APPLIED FROM 1 MARCH 1990

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            COM(91)190  final
                                            Brussels,24 May 1991
                                  Draft
             DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
                   extending Decision No 2/90 of the
        ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on transitional measures
                    to be applied from 1 March 1990
                             Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
      on the application of Decision No .../91 of the ACP-EEC
          Council of Ministers extending Decision No 2/90
     on transitional measures to be applied from 1 March 1990
                     (presented by the Commission)
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                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On 5 March 1990, acting on a proposal from thô Commission, the council adopted
a number of transitional measures applicable to ACP-EEC coopérât Ion and to the
OCT-EEC association during the period between the date of expiry of tome III
and the entry Into force of Lomé IV, but until 28 February 1991 at the latest.
On the 27 February 1991, the Council extended.these measures until the 30th
June 1991. Given that the procedures foreseen in article 360 of LoméIV
for the entry Into force of the Lomé Convention had not so far been
achieved, and In respect of the continuity of ACP-EEC cooperation, It Is
necessary to extend the transitory measures until the 30.9.1991.
 Given the state of progress of discussion a t t h e Council and at the
 Parliament level on the draft decision presented by the Commission
 concerning the association of the OCT to the Commun!ty, the extension of
 the transitory measures concerning the OCT is not necessary.
 As a result, the measures that need to be extended are the following:
      Decision of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers extending Decision No 2/90
      of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on transitional measures to be
      applied from 1 March 1990;
      Regulation on the application of the Decision of the ACP-EEC Council of
      Ministers extending Decision No 2/90 on transitional measures to be
      applied from 1 March 1990;
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                                      Draft
                               DECISION No .../91
                      OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
                              of ... February 1991
                        extending Decision No 2/90 of the
             ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on transitional measures
                         to be applled from 1 March 1990
THE ACP-EEC COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,
Having   regard   to   the Third    ACP-EEC    Convention signed  at  Lomé on
8 December 1984 and In particular the third paragraph of Article 291 thereof,
Having regard to Decision No 1/90 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers of
22 February 1990 delegating powers to the ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors in
connection with the adoption of transitional measures upon expiry of the Third
ACP-EEC Convention,
Whereas the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989, has
not yet entered Into force;
Whereas Decision Ko 2/90 of the ACP-EEC Council of 27 Februery 1990 Is valid
only until 28 February 1991, and that its extension accorded by decision n'1/91
of the ACP/EEC Council of the 27 February 1991 will expire on the 30th June 1991
Whereas, in consequence, in order to avoid an interruption of relations
between the ACP States and the Community It Is appropriate to extend that
Decision,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                    Article 1
Decision No 2/90 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on transitional measures
to be applied from 1 March 1990 Is extended until the entry into force of the
Fourth ACP-EEC Convention and at the latest until 30 September 1991
                                     Article 2
This Decision shall enter Into force on 1 July 1991
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                                 Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...791
                                   Of       1991
            on the application of Decision No .../91 of the ACP-EEC
                Council of Ministers extending Decision No 2/90 ,v
           on transitional measures to be applied from 1 March 1990
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and
In particular Articles 113 and 235 thereofi
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par I lament,1
Whereas the Third ACP-EEC Convent ion signed at Lomé on 8 December 1984 expired
on 28 February 1990;
 Whereas the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989 has
 not yet entered Into force;
 Whereas Decision No 2/90 of the ACP-EEC CounciI of Ministers Is valid only
 until 28 February 1991 and that its extension accorded by decision n* 1/91
 of the ACP/EEC counciI of the 27 February 1991 wi11 expire on the 3Utn June 1991.
 Whereas Decision No .../91 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers extended that
 validity until the entry into force of, the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention or
 30 June 1991/whichever is the earlier;
 Whereas It Is necessary to take the measures to implement that Decision,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION'
                                      Article 1
 Decision No .../91 of the ACP-EEC CounciI of Ministers shali be applicable in
  the Community from 1 March 1991 until the entry into force of the Fourth
 ACP-EEC Convention or until 30.09. 1991, whichever is the earlier, without
 prejudice to more favourable arrangements for Imports of ACP products to be
 adopted uni lateral I y by the Community.
 The text of that Decision Is attached to this Regulation.
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                                  Article Z
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of Its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1991 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable In
all Member States.
Done at Brussels, ... 1991
 1
      Opinion delivered on          June     1991 (not yet published in the
      Official Journal).
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