CELEX: 51978PC0517
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on the provisional application to Dominica, after it has attained independence, of the arrangements provided for in Decision 76/568/EEC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(78)517 final.
                                                     Brussels - 17 October 1978
                                    Recommendation for a
                                      COUNCIL DECISION
   on the provisional application to Dominica / after it has attained
   independence , of the arrangements provided for in Decision 76/ 568/ EEC
    on the association of the overseas countries and territories with
                      .^.-the European Economic Community
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 ---pagebreak---                        Recommandation for a
                        COUNCIL DECISION
            on the provisional application to Dominica,
              after it has attained independence ,
     of the arrangements provided for in Decision 76/568/EEC
    on the association of the overseas countries and territories
                 with the European Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community ,
Having regard to Council Decision 76/568/EEC of 29 June 1976
on the association of the overseas countries and territories
with the European Eoonomic Community ^ \ as last amended "by
Decision 78/465/EEC      , and in particular the second subparagraph
of Article 55(2) thereof,
v '' OJ No L 176 , 1.7.1976 , p . 1
W OJ No L 147» 3.6.1978, p , 39
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  Whereas , pursuant to the latter provision of Decision 76/ 568/eEC^
  the arrangements provided, for therein may continue to apply-
  provisionally , under conditions laid down "by the Council , to
  countries and territories which become independent ;
  Whereas Dominica , which is mentioned in Annex I relating to the List of
  countries and territories referred to by that Decision,, achieves
  independence on 3 November 1978 ;
  Whereas it should be decided to continue to apply provisionally
  the arrangements provided for in the above-mentioned Decision to
  this State and to lay down the conditions for such application
  without prejudice to subsequent recourse to the first subparagraph
  of Article 55(2 ) and to Article 56 thereof;
- Whereas the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome is open , in accordance with
  the procedure laid down in Article 89 thereof, to the accession of
  a country or v territory to which Part Pour of the Treaty applies and
  which has become independent ; whereas such accession can take place
  only following a request by the State concerned and with the approval
  of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers ;
  Whereas Dominica has submitted a request for accession to the ACP-EEC
  Convention of Lome ;
  Whereas the provisional application of Decision 76/568/EEC with regard
  to that State should be limited in time ;
                                                          • • •/ * • •
                                 ;
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Whereas, in order to avoid any break in continuity in financing
decisions in favour of Dominica, between its accession to the
ACP-EEC Convention of Lome and the entry into force of the
decision adjusting the amounts made available to the European
Development Fund which the Council is to take pursuant to
Article 1(4 ) of "the Internal Agreement on the financing and
administration of Community aid of 1975 » Dominica should be
permitted to continue to benefit until the date of the entry into
force of the said Decision from the provisions of Decision 76/568/EEC
relating to financial and technical co-operation,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                        Article 1
                • )
     The arrangements laid down by Decision 76/568/ EEC shall remain
provisionally applicable to Dominica until the latter accedes
to the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome and not later than 2 November 1 979 •
Dominica shall moreover continue to benefit from the provisions
of the said decision relating to financial and technical co-operation
until the date of entry into force of the Decision adjusting the .
amounts made available to the European Development Fund which the
Council is to take pursuant to Article 1(4 ) of the Internal Agreement
on the financing and administration of Community aid signed on
11 July 1975-
                                                          • ?/• • •
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                           Article 2
    Questions relating to the application of Decision 76/568/EEC
to Dominioa, after it has "become independent , shall "be dealt with ,
as necessary , "by direct contact "between the competent authorities of
that State and of the Community .
                           Article 3
    This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
    It shall apply from 3 November 1978 .
                                      Done at Brussels ,
                                              For the Council
                                               The President
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