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Date: 1979-11-05 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION TO SAINT VINCENT, AFTER ITS INDEPENDANCE, OF THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN DECISION 76/568/EEC ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (presented by the Commission to the Council) .

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                                                             Brussels , 5th November 1979
                         RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                  ON THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION          TO SAINT VINCENT ,
                      AFTER ITS INDEPENDANCE , OF THE ARRANGEMENTS
                      PROVIDED FOR IN DECISION     76 / 568 / EEC ON THE
               ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
                         WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
                    ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                        SUMMARY STATEMENT
The attached text is a Recommendation for a Council Decision on the
provisional application to St. Vincent , after its accession to
independence , of the arrangements provided for in Decision 76/568/EEC
on the association of overseas countries and territories to the EEC .
St. Vincent is a British OCT which acceded to independence on
27 October 1979 «
Its relations with the European Community are administered within the
cntext of Decision 76/568/EEC on the association of overseas countries
  .id territories to the EEC .
 iuch decision is required for each overseas territory becoming independent ,
until such time as it accedes to the ACP/EEC Convention of Lome .
 ---pagebreak---                          Recommendation for a
                           COUNCIL DECISION
              on the provisional application to Saint Vincent ,
                      after its independence , of the
            arrangements provided for in Decision 76/568/EEC on
      the association of the overseas countries and territories
                  with the European Economio Community
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty , establishing the European Economic
Community ,
Having regard to Counoil Decision 76/568/EEC of 29 June 1976 on
the association of the overseas countries and territories with the
                                1
European Eoonomic Community v ' , as last amended "by Decision
78/465/EEC         and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 55(2 ) thereof,
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ,
     OJ No L 176 , 1.7.1976 , p . 8
     OJ No L 147 , 3.6.1978 , p . 39
 ---pagebreak---                                - 2 -
Whereas , pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 55(2 ) of
Decision 76/568/.EBC, the arrangements provided for therein may
continue to apply provisionally , under conditions laid down by
the Council , to countries and territories which achieve independence ;
Whereas Saint Vincent , which appears in Annex I relating to the list
of countries and territories referred to by that Decision , achieved
independence on 27 October 1979 >
Whereas it should be decided to continue to apply provisionally
the arrangements provided for in the above-mentioned Decision to
that State and to lay down the conditions for such application ,
without prejudice to subsequent recourse to the first subparagraph
of Article 55(2 ) and to Article 56 thereof ;
Whereas the ACP–EEC Convention of Lome is open , in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 89 thereof , to the accession of
a country or territory to which Part Four of the Treaty applies and
which has become independent ; whereas such accession can take place
only following a request by the State concerned arid with the
approval of the ACP–EEC Council of Ministers ;
Whereas Saint Vincent has submitted a request for accession to the
ACP–EEC Convention of Lome ;
Whereas the period of provisional application of Decision 76/568/EEC to
that State should not continue beyond the expiry of that Decision ;
                                                         /
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas , in order to avoid any "break in continuity in the financing
of decisions in favour of Saint Vincent "between its accession to the
ACP-EEC Convention of Lome and the entry into force of the decision
adjusting the amounts made available to the European Development
Fund which the Council is to take pursuant to Artiole 1(4 ) of the
Internal Agreement on the financing and administration of Community
aid signed on 11 July 1 975 » Saint Vincent should "be permitted to
continue to "benefit until the date of the entry into force of that :
decision from the provisions of Decision 76/568/EEC relating to
fl aancial and technical cooperation,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                         Article 1
      The arrangements laid down "by Decision 76/568/ EEC shall remain
provisionally applicable to Saint Vincent until the latter accedes to the
ACP-EEC Convention of Lom6 , but in any event not beyond the expiry of this
 Decision .
      Saint Vincent shall , moreover, continue to "benefit from the
provisions of the said Decision relating to finanoial and technical
co-operation until the date of entry into force of the decision adjusting
 the amounts made available to the European Development Fund which the
 Council is to take pursuant to Article 1(4) of the Internal Agreement
 on the financing and administration of Community aid signed on
 11 July 1975 .
 ---pagebreak---                          Article 2
     Questions relating to the application of Decision 76/568/EEC
to Saint Vincent after it has achieved independence shall "be dealt
with as necessary "by direct contact between the competent authorities
of that State and of the Community .
                         Article 3
     This Decision shall apply with effect from the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
                                       Done at Brussels ,
                                               For the Council
                                               The President