CELEX: 51980PC0197
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Date: 1980-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the system for guaranteeing the stabilization of earnings from certain commodities exported by the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories associated with the Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                          COM(80)197 final
                                                          Brussels , 23 April 1980
                            Recommendation for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
on the system for guaranteeing the stabilization of earnings from
 certain commodities exported by the ACP States and the overseas
    countries and territories associated with the Community
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               ( submitted to the CouncilCouncil by thé Commission)
C0M(8Q ) 197 final
 ---pagebreak---                            E X F 7. £ N A T O R Y  NOT E
Article 2i of the second Lome Convention takes over the provisions of the
first Convention concerning the system intended to guarantee the stabilisation
or export earnings for the ACP countries in regard to trade with the Corwiiunity
in certain basic commodities .
Hie list of these commodities is in Article 25 of the new Convention and ,   .
compared with the first Convention , contains seme new products .
It is also intended to introduce the same system in the context of the Association
of overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community .
It is also laid down that the first year of application of the system is to be
                                                                    *
the Calendar year in which the Convention enters into force . The communication
of the statistical data by the Member States for the new products concerned must
therefore commence as from 1 January 1980 .
On the other hand it is necessary to list the ACP countries and the countries and
territories concerned .                                          '
The use of the statistical data , which is the basis of the stabilisation system ,
implies that the Member States must supply the services of the Commission vith
details of actual imports .
This is the subject of the annexed draft Regulation which is intended tc - replace
Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2478/77 of 7 November 1977 .
 ---pagebreak---                            Recommendation for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 on the system for guaranteeing the stabilization of earnings from certain
 commodities exported by the ACP States and the overseas countries and
territories associated with the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 213 thereof ,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas ACP-EEC Council of Ministers Decision No 1 / 80 of 18 January 1980
stipulates that the provisions concerning the system for the stabilization
of export earnings contained in Title II , Chapter 1 , of the ACP-EEC Lom6
Convention , signed on 28 February 1975 , shall remain in force after
1 March 1980 and until , at the latest , 31 December 1980 ;
                                           1
Whereas Council Decision No 80 / 162 / EEC   maintains in force after 1 March
1980 and until , at the latest , 31 December 1980 the provisions applicable
in the framework of Council Decision No 75 / 568 / EEC of 29 June 1976 on the
association of overseas countries and territories with the European
                    2
Economic Community ;
Whereas the second Lome Convention was signed in Lome on 31 October 1979 ,
and whereas Article 25 thereof establishes a list of products covered by
the system for the stabilization of export earnings provided for in
Title II , Chapter 1 thereof ;
Whereas it is necessary to adapt accordingly the notification system set
out in Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2478/ 77"* so as to allow the Commission
to have the necessary data from 1 January 1980 with a view to the
introduction of this stabilization system ;
  0J No L 35 of 12.2.80 , p. 26
20J i-'o L 170 of 1.7.76, p. 8
30J No L 287, 11.11.77, p. 1
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 1 'A - , TOFT5D V'" t ?          '"i _ 0N *
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    'ith effect from 1 February 1980 Member States shall before the end of each
 month forward to the Commission a statement of all the products listed in
 Annex I imported during the previous month :
*- from the ACP and other States listed in Annex II ,
 - from the countries and territories listed in Annex III .
 Article 2
 Hie statement referred to in Article 1 shall give details of all products :
- which are put into free circulation in the Member State concerned ,
- which are hrought under the inward processing arrangements for
 subseouent r a-expoi'tation in the form of compensating products .
Article 3
 The statement referred to in Article 1 shall show the country of or i ; . oi:
+: he products , according to the common geographical code in force , J _
quantities imported and the cif values of these imports , in the liatioi
 currencies of the Member States or in European units of account .
 Article 4
 Regulation ( EEC ) No c478 / 77 is hereby repealed .
 Article 5
         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
         publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
         Thus R..c - . ' ucion shall be binding in iuS entirety and directly applicable
         in all. M. -ffiber States .
         Done at Brussels ,                              For the Council
                                                         lite President
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                                                               ANNEX I
                roforrpHVn in Article 1        Nunexe Cotte
 1 . Groundnuts , shelled or not               12.01-31 to 12.01-35
 2 . Groundnut oil                             15.07-7 1! and 15.07-87
 3 . Cocoa beans                   .      ,    18.01-00
 4 . Cocoa paste                               18.03-10 tó 18.03-30'
 5 . Cocoa butter                              18.04-00
 6 . Raw or roasted coffee        ■            09.01-11 to 09.01-17
 7 . Extracts , essences or
     concentrates of coffee                 * 21.02-11 to 21.02-15
 8 . Cotton , not carded or ^
     combed ,                  .               55.01-10 to 55.01-90
 9 . Cotton linters                            55.02-10 to 55.02-90
10 . Coconuts                                  08.01-71 to 08.01-75
11 . Copra                                      12.01-42
12 . Coconut oil                                15.07-29 , 15.07-77 and
                                              . 15.07-92
13 . Palm oil                                   15.07-19 , 15.07-61 and
                                                15.07-63
14 . Palm nut and kernel oil                    15*07-31 , 15.07-78 and
                                                15.07-93
                             t
15 . Palm nuts and kernels                      12.01-44
16 . Raw hides and skins                        III . 01-11 to 41.01-95
17 . Bovine cattle leather                  " III . 02-05 to 41.02-98 -
18 . Sheep and lamb skin leather                III . 03-10 to III . 03-99
19 . Goat and kid skin leather                  41.04-10 to 41.04-99
20 . Wood in the rough                          44.03-20 to ^4 . 03-99
21 . Wood roughly squared or half-                       , -
      squared , but not further '                v
     manufactured                               44.04-20 to 44.04-98
22 . Wood sawn lengthwise , but                  .
     not further prepared ..                    44.05-10 to I|I|. 05-79
23 . Fresh bananas                              08.01-31
2m . Tea                                        09.02-10 to 09.02-90
25 . R?w sisal '                       *'       57.04-10
26 , Van ;. lia                      •          09.05-00
d . Cleve3 - whole fruit ,
      cloves and stems                          09.07-00
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 28 . Sheep 's or lambs' wool ,
         not carded or combed                 53.01-10 to 53.01-iiO
 29 . Fine animal hair of Angora
         goats - mohair                       53.02-95
 30 . Gum arabic                              13.02-91
31 . Pyrethrum - flowers ,
        leaves , stems , peel and . roots ;
        saps and extracts from '       .
        pyrethrum                            12.07-10 and 13*03-15
32 . Essential oils , not terpene-
        less , of cloves , of niaouli
        and of ylang-ylang                   33.01-23
33 • Sesame seed                             12.01-68 .
      /
34 . Cashew nuts and kernels                 08.01-77
35 - Pepper                                  09.04-11 and , 0.9 i 04-70
36 . Shrimps and prawns                      03.03-13
37 . Squid                                   03.03-68
38 . Cotton seeds                           ex 12.01-98
39 . Oil-cake                                23.01-01 to 23.04-99
40 . Rubber                                  10.01-20 to 10.01-60
*51 . Peas                                   07.01-41 to 07.01-43 ,
                                             07.05-11 , 07.05-19 and"07.05-6 ;
* 2 . Beans                                  O7 . OI - 45 to 07.01-17 ,
                                             07.05-25 and 07.05-65
43 . Lentils                                 07>0^30 and 07.05-70
41 . Iron ore ( ores , concentrates ,
        and roasted iron pyrites )           26:01-12 t^26 . 01-18\
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 ---pagebreak---                                        - 5 -               ANNEX II
                ,   ACP and other States referred to in Article 1
African States :       '  4
Mauritania , Mali , Upper Volta , Niger , Senegal , Ivory Coast , Ibgo , Ben in
Cameroon , Chad , Central Africa, Gabon , Congo , Rwanda , Burundi , Somalia ,
 Zaire , Kenya , Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Lesotho , • Swaziland, Gambia ,
Giana , Malawi , Nigeria, Sierra Leone , . Zairbia, Ethiopia , Guinea , Equatorial
Guinea , Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sudan, Capè Verde , Sao Tome acid Principe,
 Diibouti .
Caribbean States :
Barbados , Guyana, Jamaica, Bahamas , Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago , Surinam,
Dominica , St . Lucia . St . Vincent .                                    -
       -                                          ■ *   .
Pacific States :                                           •
         .                                            *
Fiji , Western Samoa , Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu , Kiribati , Solomon
Islands .                               ■
           » ' *  '                           »
Indian Ocean States :             -
Madagascar, Mauritius , the Comoros , Seychelles ., .              '
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                     Countries and territories referred to in Article 1
       Overseas countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands : '
       - Netherlands Antilles ( Aruba , Bonaire , Curasao and St. Martin , Saba ,
          St. Eustasius).' ■                                    .      -
.      Overseas territories of the French Republic :                      i
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      - New Caledonia and dependencies ,
      - Wallis and Futuna Islands ,                     •
      - French Polynesia ,
      - French Southern and Antarctic Territories .
  •     Collective territory of the French Republic
       Mavotte
   Overseas countries and terr itories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
   ar>d Northern Ireland i          ■                         ,
   - Belize ,
   - Brunei ,                                        .    "
   - Associated States ,of the Caribbean (Antigua ,
     St. Christopher , Nevis and Amuill$ ),
                                                 "                   ^
   - Cayman Islands ,
   - Talki&nd Islands         dependencies ,
   - Turks and Càioos Islands ,
   - British Virg: r, Islands , ■
    - Monserrat ,                           .
    - Pitcairn .
   - St. Hex<?~a and dependencies , .
   - Sritis Antarctic territory ,                                             '
   - licitJ      Indian Ocean territory .
   Anglo- ^cencft Condominium of th© New Hebridea .