CELEX: 21977A0706(01)
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-05 00:00:00
Title: Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters between the European Economic Community and Barbados, the people's Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the COOPERATIVE Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, Mauritius, the Republic of Surinam, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago and the Republic of Uganda, on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for 1977/78

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                                                 AGREEMENTS
          in the form of exchanges of letters between the European Economic Commu­
          nity and Barbados, the People 's Republic of the Congo, Fiji , the Cooperative
          Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic
          of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi , Mauritius, the Republic of Surinam , the
          Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago
           and the Republic of Uganda, on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for 1977/78
                                                    Letter No 1
                                                                                        Brussels ,
          Sir,
           1 . In the negotiations referred to in Article 5 (4) of Protocol 3 annexed to the ACP-EEC
               Convention of Lome the representatives of the ACP States referred to in that Protocol
               and the Commission, on behalf of the European Economic Community, acknow­
               ledged the joint obligations and responsibilities deriving from the Convention and reaf­
               firmed their determination fully to implement the provisions of the Protocol .
               Following the conclusions of the said negotiations the parties have agreed as follows :
               For the period 1 May 1977 Co 30 June 1978 the guaranteed prices referred to in Article
               5 (4) of the Protocol shall be :
               (a) for raw sugar, 27-25 units of account per 100 kilograms ;
               (b) for white sugar, 33-83 units of account per 100 kilograms.
               These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality as defined in Community rules,
               unpacked, and cif European ports of the Community.
          2. Having regard to the change in the definition of the Community's intervention prices
               and other relevant factors, the Community expects that the guaranteed price for ACP
               raw sugar and the adoption of the special self-balancing storage levy system for prefer­
               ential sugar will enable the ACP States to secure on the Community market during the
                1977/78 delivery period a price of not less than 28-20 units of account per 100 kilo­
               grams .
          3 . In respect of ACP white sugar the Community expects that the guaranteed price will
               result in a market price of 35-60 units of account per 100 kilograms .
           I take the opportunity to inform you that the Community has just adopted amending
           legislation in order that a special self-balancing storage levy system shall apply to
           imported preferential sugar with effect from 1 July 1977 .
           I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this
           letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between your Government and the Commu­
           nity.
           Please accept,- Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                  of the European Communities
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                                                         Letter No 2
                                                                                                 Brussels ,
           Sir,
           I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today which reads as follows :
                 ' 1 . In the negotiations referred to in Article 5 (4) of Protocol 3 annexed to the
                       ACP-EEC Convention of Lome the representatives of the ACP States referred to
                       in that Protocol and the Commission, on behalf of the European Economic
                       Community, acknowledged the joint obligations and responsibilities deriving from
                       the Convention and reaffirmed their determination fully to implement the provi­
                       sions of the Protocol .
                       Following the conclusions of the said negotiations the parties have agreed as
                       follows :
                       For the period 1 May 1977 to 30 June 1978 the guaranteed prices referred to in
                       Article 5 (4) of the Protocol shall be :
                       (a) for raw sugar, 27-25 units of account per 100 kilograms ;
                       (b) for white sugar, 33-83 units of account per 100 kilograms .
                       These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality as defined in Community
                       rules, unpacked, and cif European ports of the Community.
                   2. Having regard to the change in the definition of the Community's intervention
                        prices and other relevant factors, the Community expects that the guaranteed price
                       for ACP raw sugar and the adoption of the special self-balancing storage levy
                       system for preferential sugar will enable the ACP States to secure on the Commu­
                        nity market during the 1977/78 delivery period a price of not less than 28-20 units
                       of account per 100 kilograms .
                   3 . In respect of ACP white sugar the Community expects that the guaranteed price
                       will result in a market price of 35-60 units of account per 100 kilograms.
                  I take the opportunity to inform you that the Community has just adopted amending
                  legislation in order that a special self-balancing storage levy system shall apply to
                  imported preferential sugar with effect from 1 July 1977.
                  I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that
                  this letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between your Government and the
                  Community .'
            I have the honour to confirm the agreement of my Government with the foregoing.
            Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration .
                                                                       For the Government of            (')
            (') This exchange of letters shall take place mutatis mutandis between the Community and the
                following ACP States : Barbados, the People's Republic of the Congo, Fiji , the Cooperative Repu­
                blic of Guyana , Jamaica , the Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Madagascar the
                Republic of Malawi , Mauritius , the Republic of Surinam , the Kingdom of Swaziland , the United
                Republic of Tanzania , Trinidad and Tobago , and the Republic of Uganda .