CELEX: 51981PC0197
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Date: 1981-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to open negotiations with the ACP States referred to in Protocol No 7 annexed to the Second ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé and with the Republic of India concerning the guaranteed prices for cane sugar to apply in the 1981/82 delivery period (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (81) 197
Vol. 1981/0074
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                                                   COM(81)197 final
                                                   Brussels , 24 April 1981
                             Recommendation for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing the Commission to open negotiations with the ACP States
referred to in Protocol No 7 annexed to the Second ACP-EEC Convention
of Lomé and with the Republic of India concerning the guaranteed
prices for cane sugar to apply in the 1981 / 82 delivery period
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak---                                      EXPLANATORY NOTE
1 . Protocol No 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the Second ACP-EEC Convention of Lomi
     and the Agreement with India on cane sugar place an obligation on the Community,
     to purchase and import - at guaranteed prices - cane sugar which the exporting
     countries concerned cannot commercially market in the Community at prices - *
     equivalent to or in excess of the guaranteed prices . The Protocol and the
     Agreement also require that the guaranteed prices shall tie negotiated annually .
2 . The current guaranteed prices apply until 30 June 1981 . The attached recommendation
     for a Council Decision accordingly seeks authority for the Commission to negotiate ,
     on behalf of the Community, the guaranteed prices to be applied in the 1981 / 82
     delivery period which begins on 1 July 1981 .
3 . The Council 's attention in drawn to the following :
     - During last year 's negotiations             '
        (a ) it was agreed that although retroactivity was not provided for in respect
             of the 1V80 / 81 prices this did not prejudice the position of the ACP States
             and India in relation to any future negotiation in accordance with Article 4 <
             of the above-mentioned Protocol and Agreement ;
        (b) The ACP States and India explained that ocean freight charges had risen by
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             almost 60 X since " last year , thus constituting an important factor, and
             requested that the Community should give, serious consideration to the
             possibility of alleviating the effect of these charges . The Community, while
             reiterating that Article 5 ( 4 ) of the Protocol and the Agreement set the
           * guaranteed price at the cif stage, recognized the concern of the supplying
             States at the increasing levels of freight rates and undertook the consider
             the requests of the ACP States and India . Subsequently the ACP States
             furnished a note on the subject which was circulated to the Council
              ( Doc 4649 / 81 ).
 Financial tnplications
 4 . This recommendation for a Decision does not Involve implications other than
      those already taken into account in the agricultural prices proposals ( Doc .
      COM ( 81)50 final- Volume II of 3.3.1981 ).                        J
 ---pagebreak---                         PECOMMENDATIQN FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
        authorizing the Commission to open negotiations with the ACP States
        referred to in Protocol No 7 annexed to the Second ACP-EEC Convention
        of Lomd and with the Republic of India concerning the guaranteed prices
                    for cane sugar to apply in the 1981 / 82 delivery period
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES /
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,                       V-
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas the Second ACP-EEC Convent ion of Lome entered into force on 1 January 1 981 ; •
Whereas an agreement on cane sugar between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of India ( 1 ), hereinafter referred to as the " Agreement ", entered into
force on 18 July 1975 ;
Whereas Protocol No 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the said Convention , hereinafter
referred to as the " Protocol ", and the Agreement provide that the guaranteed
prices for the quantities of cane sugar concerned shall be negotiated annually,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                       Sole Article
1 . The Commission is hereby authorized to open negotiations with the ACP states
     referred to in the Protocol and with the Republic of India on the guaranteed
     prices referred to in the Protocol and the Agreement to apply in the 1981 / 82
     delivery period .                                                   «
2 . The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in consultation with re­
     presentatives of the Member States and in conformity with the following
     guideline :
  . - The guaranteed prices cif free out should be negotiated in such a way
       that the returns guaranteed to the ACP States and to the Republic of India
       for their raw cane sugar deliveries to the Community are comparable with
       the guaranteed net return to the Community producers of raw beet sugar .
The prices thus negotiated shall not apply before the start of the delivery
period which begins on 1 July 1981 .
Done at Brussels ,                                                For the Council
( 1 ) OJ No L 190, 23.7.1975 , p. 35