CELEX: 51980PC0052
Language: en
Date: 1980-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of the International Natural Rubber Agreement, 1979

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                                                         COM(80)52 final
                                                         Brussels , 13 February 1980
                                Recommendation for a
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the conclusion of the International Natural Rubber Agreement . 1979
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 ---pagebreak---                                  EXPLANATORY NOTE
1.         Negotiation of the International Natural Rubber Agreement ,
1979 , was completed on 6 October 1979 . The main elements of the new
Agreement are an international buffer stock of a maximum of 550,000
tons , a price range based on longterm trends , and a system for semi­
automatic revision of this range . The Agreement was negotiated by the
Community and its Member States in accordance with the directives
                           1)
agreed by the Council .. ï
                              . These directives have been satisfactorily met
in the objectives and content of the Agreement . It is open for
signature between 2 January and 30 June 1980 .
2.         The Commission proposes that the International Natural Rubber
Agreement , just opened for signature , be signed and concluded by the
Community alone , ancJ that the financial charges relating to it be
assumed by the Community.'
3.         In these conditions , the Commission recommends to the Council       ■-*
the decision annexed below .                     \                            -
1 ) Council documents S / 1699 / 78 of 12.10.78 , 1 / 313 / 78 of 15.11.78 and
    5600 / 79 of 19.3.79 .
 ---pagebreak---        i                   Recommendation for a
                             COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the conclusion of the International Natural Rubber Agreement , 1979
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having 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 International Natural Rubber Agreement , 1979 , constitutes an instrument
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for regulating international trade with the essential purpose of achieving a
balanced growth between supply and demand for natural rubber with a view to
stabilizing prices of this product around their long-term trend ;
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Whereas the conclusion of this Agreement by the Community will contribute , to a
realization of its common commercial policy ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
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                                   Article 1
The International Natural Rubber Agreement , 1979, is hereby approved on behalf
of the European Economic Community .
The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Decision .
                                   Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person empowered
to sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community .      .
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The present decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
                                         Done at Brussels ,                           ,•
                                   f   v For the Council ,
                                         The President