CELEX: 51985PC0638
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Date: 1985-11-12 00:00:00
Title: DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS extending certain transitional measures to cover relations between the ACP States and the enlarged Community (Communication from the Commission to the Council)

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                        DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
         e x t e n d i n g c e r t a i n t r a n s i t i o n a l measures t o c o v e r r e l a t i o n s
                  between t h e ACP S t a t e s and t h e e n l a r g e d Community
                 ( Communicat ion f r o m t h e Commission t o t h e C o u n c i l )
C0MC85) 638 f i n a l
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            Decision                   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
   e x t e n d i n g c e r t a i n t r a n s i t i o n a l measures t o c o v e r r e l a t i o n s
            between t h e ACP S t a t e s and t h e e n l a r g e d Community
                                        E x p l a n a t o r y memorandum
T h i s d e c i s i o n i s i n t e n d e d t o p r e v e n t t h e emergence o f a l e g a l vacuum
s h o u l d t h e t h i r d Lomé C o n v e n t i o n n o t come i n t o f o r c e on                     1 J a n u a r y 1986,
when P o r t u g a l and Spa in w i l l                   become Members o f t h e European Community.
The transitional measures applying to the ten present Member States are
embodied in Decision n° 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers, which
took effect on 1 March; some of the measures are due to expire on
28 February 1986, unless renewed by common accord.
The t r a n s i t i o n a l a r ra n g e m e nt s c o n s i s t o f t h e c o n t i n u a t i o n o f v a r i o u s
Lomé I I          p r o v i s i o n s , the e a r l y im p le m e n ta tio n o f c e r t a i n elements o f
 Lomé I I I ,         and a number o f s p e c i f i c measur es.                     T h e i r p ur po se i s t o
 a v o i d any b r e a k i n ACP-EEC c o o p e r a t i o n and t h e p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r Lomé I I I .
 The s i t u a t i o n on t h e Community s i d e i s t h a t P o r t u g a l and Spain a r e due
 t o t a k e o v e r t h e a c q u i s communaut ai re ( i n c l u d i n g ,                   in p rin c ip le ,
 D e c i s i o n n°       2/85) on 1 J a n u a r y , s u b j e c t , h ow ev er , t o t h e p r o v i s i o n s
 o f t h e A ct o f A c c e s s i o n .              A rtic le s   1 8 1 (2)/368(2) o f t h e A c t i n f a c t
 s t i p u l a t e t h a t Lomé I I             s h a l l not apply t o        r e l a t i o n s between
 S p a i n / P o r t u g a l and t h e ACP S t a t e s , so t h a t e x c l u d e s f r o m t h i s
  D e c i s i o n t h o s e t r a n s i t i o n a l measures wh ich r e l a t e t o t h e c o n t i n u e d
  a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f Lomé I I           a id .    Nor can t r a n s i t i o n a l p r o v i s i o n s con­
  c e r n i n g t r a d e c o o p e r a t i o n be t a k e n o v e r u n t i l t h e a d j u s t m e n t s n e c e s s a r y
  und er t h e Act o f A c c e s s i o n have been a d o p t e d , and A r t i c l e                         394(3) o f t h e
  Act o f A c c e s s i o n i n any case p r o v i d e s t h a t t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s a p p l i c a b l e
  t o t r a d e between a new Member S t a t e and t h i r d                            c o u n t r i e s s h a l l be t h o s e
  th a t applied before accession,                            so t r a d e p r o v i s i o n s must be e x c l u d e d
  f r o m t h e p r e s e n t D e c i s i o n as w e l l .
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Regarding ACP-EEC relations as such, Article 284(3) of Lomé III stipulates
that the new Convention does not apply between the ACP States and a new
Member State of the Community until the protocol of accession (to the
Convention) has entered into force.    This does not, however, preclude the
ap pl ication of transitional measures between the ACP States and the
Community provided they do not prejudice the definitive arrangements.
The measures covered by this Decision certainly do not; quite the reverse;
it is in the interests of ACP-EEC cooperation that they should be
extended to apply to the whole of the enlarged Community.
 ---pagebreak---        Decision      of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers
  extending certain transitional measures to cover relations
       between the ACP States and the enlarged Community
The ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors,
Having regard to the second ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on
31 October 1979, and in particular to Article 188(3) thereof,
Having regard to Decision N° 7/84 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers
dated 19 December 1984 de legating powers to the ACP-EEC Committee of
Ambassadors to adopt transitional measures after the expiry of the
second ACP-EEC Convention,
Whereas the Ki ngdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic become members
of the European Communities from 1 January 1986;
Whereas the third ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 8 December 1984
has not yet entered into force; whereas accordingly the accession
protocols provided for in Article 288 of the said Convention cannot
take effect;
Whereas Decision N° 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council dated 22 February 1985
 laid down transitional measures to apply from 1 March 1985 pending the
entry into force of the new Convention;
Whereas the transitional measures concerning the adminis tr ati on of
Community financial assistance under the second ACP-EEC Convention
do not apply to Spain and Portugal and those relating to trade
cooperation cannot yet be applied to them,
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has decided as follows :
                             Article 1
Decision N° 2/85 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers on transitional
measures valid from 1 March 1985 shall apply to relations between the
ACP States and the enlarged     Community, with exception of :
      - Article 1 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (g) and Article 1 (2)
      - Article 2
      - Article 4
      - Article 8
      - Article 9
                             Article 2
This de ci sio n shall enter into force on 1 January 1986 provided that
the Treaty concerning the accession of the Ki ngdom of Spain and the
Portuguese Republic to the European Communities enters into force
on that date.