CELEX: 51983PC0743
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-13
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the provisional application to the state of St. Christopher and Nevis of the arrangements provided for in Decision 80/1186/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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Vol. 1983/0263
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                                                                                 Brussels, 13 December 1983
                                                      Proposal f o r a
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
 on t h e p r o v i s i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e s t a t e o f S t .     C h r i s t o p h e r and Ne vi s
       o f th e arrangements p r o v id e d f o r                 i n D e c i s i o n 80/ 1186/ EEC on t h e
        a s s o c i a t i o n o f t h e o v e r s e a s c o u n t r i e s and t e r r i t o r i e s     w ith the
                                             European Economic Community
                            ( s u b m i t t e d t o t h e C o u n c i l by t h e Commi ssion)
 C0MC83) 743 final
 ---pagebreak---                                                Introduction.
The B r i t i s h o v e r s ea s t e r r i t o r y o f S t . K i t t s - N e v i s a c h i e v e d independence
on 19 September 1983 as t h e s t a t e o f S t .                    C h r i s t o p h e r and N e v i s .
St.     C h r i s t o p h e r and Ne vi s r e q u e s t e d a c c e s s i o n t o t h e second ACP-EEC
C o n v e n t i o n o f Lomé i n a L e t t e r d a t e d 5 O c tob er 1983 t o t h e P r e s i d e n t o f
 t h e ACP-EEC C o u n c i l .           ......
I n v ie w o f t h e d e l a y f o r t h e a r r a ng em e nt s and p r o c e d u r e s t o be
u n d e r t a k e n f o r t h e a c c e s s i o n t o t h e second C o n v en t i o n o f Lomé o f a
c o u n t r y which has a c h i e v e d i n de p e n d e n c e , i t        s h o u l d be d e c i d e d t o c o n t i n u e
t o a p p l y p r o v i s i o n a l l y t h e a r ra n ge m en ts p r o v i d e d f o r i n t h e D e c i s i o n
r e l a t i n g t o t h e a s s o c i a t i o n o f t h e o v er s e a s c o u n t r i e s and t e r r i t o r i e s    to
t h e European Economic Community.
The same p r o v i s i o n s were made a t t h e t i m e when t h e R e p u b l i c o f D j i b o u t i
( f o r m e r T e r r i t o r y o f A f a r s and I s s a s ) , Solomon I s l a n d s , T u v a l u , Do mi ni ca ,
St.     L u c ia , the Republic of K i r i b a t i           (form er G i l b e r t I s l a n d s ) , St. Vincent
and t h e G r e n a d i n e s , Vanuatu ( f o r m e r A n g l o - F r e n c h Condominium o f t h e New
H e b r i d e s ) B e l i z e and A n t i g u a and Barbuda ( f o r m e r A n t i g u a ) became i n d e p e n d e n t .
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                                              COUNCIL DECISION
on t h e p r o v i s i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e s t a t e o f S t .       C h r i s t o p h e r and N evi s
            o f t h e a rr a ng eme nt s p r o v i d e d f o r     i n D e c i s i o n 80/1186/EEC
on t h e a s s o c i a t i o n o f t h e o v e r s e a s c o u n t r i e s and t e r r i t o r i e s         w ith the
                                    European        Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having r e g a r d t o t h e T r e a t y e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e European Economic Community,
Having r e g a r d t o C o u n c i l D e c i s i o n 80/1186/EEC o f 16 December 1980 on t h e
a s s o c i a t i o n o f t h e o v e r s ea s c o u n t r i e s and t e r r i t o r i e s   w i t h t h e European
Economic Community ( 1 ) , and i n p a r t i c u l a r t h e second s u bp ar agr ap h o f
A rtic le        142 (2) t h e r e o f ;
Having r e g a r d t o t h e p r o p o s a l f r o m t h e Commi ssion,
(1) OJ No L 361, 31.12.1980, p. 1.
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Whereas, p u r s u a n t t o t h e second s ubp ar agr ap h o f A r t i c l e                     142(2) o f D e c i s i o n
80/ 1186/ EEC, t h e a r ra nge me nt s p r o v i d e d f o r t h e r e i n may c o n t i n u e t o a pp l y
p r o v i s i o n a l l y , under c o n d i t i o n s    l a i d down by t h e C o u n c i l , t o c o u n t r i e s and
te rrito rie s          whi ch become i n d ep e nd e nt ;
Whereas S t .           K i t t s - N e v i s , which i s me nt ion ed i n Annex I t o t h e s a i d D e c i s i o n ,
a c h i e v e d i ndependence on 19 September 1983 as t h e s t a t e o f S t .                               C h r i s t o p h e r and
Nevis ;
Whereas i t           s h o u l d be d e c i d e d t o c o n t i n u e t o a p p l y p r o v i s i o n a l l y t o t h a t S t a t e
t h e a r r a ng em e nt s p r o v i d e d f o r i n t h e abo ve me nt io ned              Decisio n ;
Whereas t h e second ACP-EEC C o nv en t io n o f Lomé i s o pe n, i n accordance w i t h
the procedure               l a i d down i n A r t i c l e      185 t h e r e o f , t o a c c e s s i o n by c o u n t r i e s o r
te rrito rie s          r e f e r r e d to in Part      Four o f t h e T r e a t y which have become i n dep end ent ;
whereas such a c c e s s i o n can t a k e p l a c e o n l y f o l l o w i n g a r e q u e s t by t h e S t a t e
c oncerned and w i t h t h e a p p r o v a l o f t h e ACP-EEC C o u n c i l o f M i n i s t e r s ;
Whereas S t .           C h r i s t o p h e r and Nevis has s u b m i t t e d a r e q u e s t f o r a c c e s s i o n t o
t h e second ACP-EEC C o nv en t io n o f Lomé ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                          A rtic le    1
 The a r r a n ge m en t s l a i d down by D e c i s i o n 80/1186/EEC s h a l l a p p l y p r o v i s i o n a l l y
 to St.       C h r i s t o p h e r and Nevi s u n t i l t h e l a t t e r accedes t o t h e second ACP-EEC
 C o n v en t i o n o f Lomé.
                                                                                                                         ./.
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Questions r e l a t i n g t o th e a p p l i c a t i o n t o S t.         C h r i s t o p h e r and Ne vi s o f
D e c i s i o n 80/1186/EEC s h a l l be d e a l t            w i t h as n e c e s s a r y by d i r e c t  contact
between t h e compet ent a u t h o r i t i e s o f t h a t S t a t e and o f t h e Community.
                                                    A rtic le     3
T h i s D e c i s i o n s h a l l e n t e r i n t o f o r c e on t h e day o f i t s          publica tio n  in the
O ffic ia l     J o u r n a l o f t h e European Co mmuni ti es.
It    s h a l l apply w it h e f f e c t      f rom 19 September 1983.
                                                                 Done a t B r u s s e l s , 13 December 1983
                                                                  For t h e C o u n c i l
                                                                  The P r e s i d e n t