CELEX: 51980PC0642
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-23 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TO NEGOTIATE AN INTERIM TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ZIMBABWE (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(80)642 final
                                              Brussels , 23rd October 1980
                   RECOMMENDATION FOR A ^OUNCIL DECISION '/A
                  AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION Vo NEGOTIATE
                  AN INTERIM TRADE AGREEMENT. WITH ZIMBABWE r:J
                                        v        V-; ^
               (presented by the Commission to the Council )
 COM ( 80 ) 642 final
 ---pagebreak---   Ccri.x.iseion Communication to the Council
 The negotiations between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Community Lavs
 now been completed, and the agreement for the accession of Zimbabwe to
 the second ACP–EEC Convention signed in Lom6 on 31 October 1979 has "beer>
 initialled by the contracting parties .
 As this agreement ( and also the agreement on products within the province
 of the European Coal and Steel Community) cannot enter into force until
 it has been ratified by the signatory states in accordance with their
 respective constitutional requirements , the Commission considers it
 politically desirable to grant Zimbabwe interim trade arrangements which
 will apply from 1 January 1981 (when the trade arrangements similar to
 those of the OCT will no longer be in effect and J.t will not be possible ,
 for obvious reasons , to extend them) until the date of actual application
 of the accession agreement .
 The Commission proposal is that interim contractual trade arrangements be
 made for Zimbabwe .
 These arrangements would comprise , in substance , the provisions on trade
"contained in the second ACP-EEC Convention , signed in Loml on 31 October
 1979 . \                                                     :
 The adoption of these provisions would amount to according Zimbabwe trade
 treatment similar to that enjoyed at present by the ACP States , to which
 the relevant trade provisions in the Convention will apply as -soon as it
 enters into force .
 Consequently , the Commission recommends that the Council adopt the decision
 attached hereto .                  v
 ---pagebreak---                      Recommendation for a
                      COUNCIL DECISION ( EEC)
authorizing the Commission to negotiate an interim trade agreement with
Zimbabwe                                                         ^
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
 living regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas the agreement on the accession of Zimbabwe to the second
ACP-EEC Convention of LomS was signed on                               j
Whereas the said agreement can enter into force only after ratification
and whereas , consequently , interim arrangements should be made for trade
between Zimbabwe and the Community,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                   Sole Article
The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate an interim agreement >
between the European Economic Community and Zimbabwe in order to establish
the trade arrangements applicable             as from 1 January 1981 .
The Commission shall conduct the negotiations in consultation with a
 committee composed of representatives of the Member States , in accordance
with the directives annexed hereto .
                                   Done at Brussels ,
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                                   For the Council
                                   The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                       ANNEX
                          '  DIRECTIVES
The interim agreement must provide for trade arrangements between the
European Economic Community and Zimbabwe , to be applicable as from
1 January 1981 and identical to those contained in the second ACP-EEC
Convention , signed at Loml on 31 October 1979 *