CELEX: 51979PC0767
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Date: 1979-12-14
Title: DRAFT DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS on transitional measures applicable after 1 March 1980.#DRAFT DECLARATION BY THE COMMUNITY#DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION on interim measures in the field of financial technical and technical cooperation applicable by the Community in connection with the Lomé Convention#RECOMMANDATION FOR COUNCIL DECISION on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community#RECOMMANDATION FOR COUNCIL DECISION on import arrangements for rum, arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the overseas countries and territories associated with the European Economic Community#DRAFT DECISION of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, on the opening of tariff preferences for products within the province of that Community originating in the overseas countries and territories associated with the Community (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                              COM(79)767 final
                                                              Brussels , 14 December 1979
           DRAFT DECISION OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ,- |
         on transitional measures applicable after 1 March \l 980 . ;^.
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                     DRAFT DECLARATION BY THE COMMUNITY^
                              DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION                     r
       on interim measures in the field of financial                technical
                                                                           technical
         cooperation applicable by the Community in connection
                             with the Lomé Convention
                                                                    / Ί>          .\\
                     RECOMMANDATION FOR COUNCIL DECISION
            on the association of the overseas countries and
            territories with the European Economic Community
                     RECOMMANDATION FOR COUNCIL DECISION
    on import arrangements for rum , arrack and tafia falling within
   subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating
      in the overseas countries and territories associated with the
                          ; European Economic Community ,
                                  DRAFT DECISION
 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the
 European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council , on the
opening of tariff preferences for products within the province of that
           Community originating in the overseas countries and
                  territories associated with the Community
               ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
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 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Lome Convention and Council Decision 76/568/EEC of 29 June 1976 on the
association of the overseas countries and. territories with the EEC are due
to expire on 1 March 1 980.
Until the new convention and decision come into force \ transitional arrange-:
merits are needed which , in the Commission 's view , should take the form of .the
following measures :
i.    by virtue of the third paragraph of Article 91 of the LomS Convention and
      Decision 1 1./79 of the ACP-EEC Counoil of Ministers , adopted on 31 Ootober
       of this year, the Committee of Ambassadors should be invited to take a
      decision maintaining in force the relevant provisions of LomS I ( see
    ' Annex i ) ;       •. '<                     ^            :    .
ii. at the same time , in accordance with the spirit of its cooperation policy
      with the ACP States , the Community should unilaterally put a "number of the
      new provisions of Lome II into effect early so that a swift transition can
      "be made from one stage of cooperation to the next .   The Community should
       inform the ACP States of this initiative (Annex Ii ).
At internal Community level , draft regulations will shortly be transmitted
to the Council in order to bring into effect , in the trade field :
i.     market aocess arrangements for produots coming under the common agricultural
       policy ;                                                                   -
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ii . provisions governing derogations from the rules of " origin ;                  v
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iii.the Protocol on rum .
In the financial and technical cooperation field , there is a proposal for
a Council decision to enable the operating costs of Commission Delegations
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in the ACP States to "be paid, for out of the Community "budget for the period
after 1 Karch 1 980 ( Annex III ).
With regard, to the association with the OCT , the Council or , as the case  may­
be , the Representatives of the Governments of the ECSC Member States meeting
within the Council , are asked to ;
i.     extend the period of validity of the Decision on the association of
       the OCT (Annex IV ) ;
ii .   extend the period of validity of the Decision on rum , arrack and tafia
       ( Annex V ) ;
iii.   extend the period of validity of the Decision on ECSC products ( Annex Vl ).
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          ANNEX I
               DECISION              OF THE ACP-EEG COUNCIL OP MINISTERS
               ON TRANSITIONAL MEASURES APPLICABLE AFTER 1 MARCH 1980. ;
The AGP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors .
                                                        £1 )
Having regard to the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome signed on 28 February 1 975 »
and in particular the third paragraph of Article 91 thereof ,
Having regard to Decision 10/79 of the ACP-EEC Council of Ministers of
31 October 1979 delegating powers to the ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors in
connection with the adoption of transitional measures on the expizy of the
      ■    . .     . .  .( 2 )
Convention of Lomé             ,                               ,      '
Whereas transitional measures , valid until the entry into force of the second         *
ACP-EEC Convention ^ , signed at Lom6 on 31 October 1979 , should be adopted to .,
maintain in force the relevant provisions of the 1975 Lome Convention ,
                             '   ' HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                     "   ; •
                                         Article 1
The following provisions of the ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lome on 28
February -1975 :                             -       ,       \   ,            *
1.      -The Provisions of Title I and Protocols Nos , 1 , 6 and 7 on trade cooperation
2.      Articles' 18 ( 5)1 21 and 23 on the export earnings
    - stabilization system ;
3*      The provisions in Title III on industrial cooperation- ;
4»       The provisions of Title IV, Protocol No. 2 , and Annexes UI , VII and VIII
         on financial and technical cooperation ;
5.      Tne provisions of Title V on establishment , services , payments
         and capital movements »
6.       The provisions of Title VI and Protocole N0.4 on institutions ;
7 . The general and final provisions in Articles 84 , 85 » 88 , 89 , 90 » 91 (third
         paragraph ), 92 , 93 an|l 94 and Protocol No. 5 »
and all acts adopted pursuant to those provisions , shall remain applicable
after 1 March 1980.                                x
 C1 ) OJ No L 25 , 30.1.1976 , p. 2
 (2 )
 (3 )                                ^
 ---pagebreak---                                Article 2
 The Committee on Industrial Cooperation is hereby authorized to exercise
 the powers necessary to ensure the continued operation of the Centre for
 Industrial Development until the entry into force of the new Convention.
                               Article 3       „_
 This Decision shall apply until the entzy into force of the new provisions
 governing the fields in question or until 31 December 1980 , whichever is
the earliest .
                               Article 4
The ACP States , the Member States and the Community shall be bound , each to
the extent to which it is concerned , to take the measures necessazy to
                                                  ;1
implement this Decision.
                               Article 5
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 March 1980.
                                         Done at Brussels ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX II
                        DECLARATION BY THE COMMUNITY
  As a demonstration or its will to proceed rapidly from one stage of oooperation
  to the next , the Community has decided to implement in advance certain provisions
  of the second Lom£ Convention , other than those entailing financial commitments
. out of the resources of the European Development Fund or the European Investment
  Bank ,                                                 • '         •  .  .
  Without prejudice to the Decision of the ACP-EEC Committee of Ambassadors
  extending the period of validity - of certain provisions of the first Lome
  Convention , and in addition to these transitional arrangements , the decisions
  which the Community intends to take on a unilateral "basis , with effect from
  1 March 1980 , will be designed to allow
  a ) the implementation , as provided for under the new Convention, of measures     >
        in connection with :
      ( i)    market access for products covered by the common agricultural policy :
      ( ii)   the provisions governing derogations from the rules- of origin ;
      ( iii)  the Protocol on rum ;
  b ) the adoption of practical measures to ensure that the provisions of the
        new Convention concerning trade promotion , the stabilization of export
        earnings , minerals , investment and industrial , agricultural and financial
        and technical cooperation can be implemented as soon as 'the Convention
        oomes into force .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                    AMEX III
                         COUNCIL DECISION
                on interim measures in the field of
                financial and technical cooperation
               applicable "by the Community in con­
               nection with the Lome Convention.
The operating costs of the Commission Delegations in the ACP States and OCT, which ,
pursuant to the Declaration on Article 95 of the Convention, are to be
covered by the general budget of the Community for a five-year
period ending on 1 March 1985 ? shall be charged to the said budget with
effeot from 1 March 1980.
Done at                                            For "the Counoil
                                                   The President .
 * and OCT -
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                              COUNCIL DECISION                                                                                                j
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                     on the association of the overseas
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                     oountries and territories with the                                                                         ■ •           i
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                           European Economic Community                       .                                                                S
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The Council of the European Communities ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and .                                                         j
in particular Article 136 thereof,                                                                   .                                        |
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Having regard to Council Decision 76 /568 / EEC of 29 June 1976 on the association of the j
                                                                                                       (1 )
overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community ,>                                                                     j.
and in particular Articles 54 and 57 thereof,                                                                                              l
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Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,                                                                             . i
                                                                        '                          •                  -•
Whereas it is necessary to maintain in force after 1 March 1980 the provisions                                                                !
applicable within the framework of Decision 76 /568 / EEC .                                                                                   I
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                                 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS s        ,
                                                      .          !I ■ :                                                                     1
                                            Article 1
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Article 54 of Decision 76 /568 / EEC is hereby replaced by the following :                                                                  !
                                      .   Article 54
This Decision shall remain applicable until the entiy into force of new                                                                   j
provisions implementing the principles laid down in Articles 131 to 1 35 of                                                                !
the Treaty establishing the European Economic 'Community or until 31 December                                               '              [
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1980 , whichever is the earliest . .               '                              .                                                        !
                                            Article 2                                                                                     ['
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European                                                                 f­
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Communities .     .                                                                                                                       <
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Done at .                                                                  For the Council                                               I
                                                                            The President ,
         (\J Xo H?vS 1.7.197$, P. S
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                            COUNCIL DECISICIT
      on import arrangements for ram , arrack and tafia falling within
      subheading 22.09 C I of the Common Customs Tariff and originating
      in the overseas countries and territories associated with the
      European Economic Community .
The Council of the European Communities ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 1 36 thereof ,
Having regard to Council Decision 76/198/ESC of 9 February 1976 on import
arrangements for rum , arrack and tafia falling within subheading 22.09 C I
of the Common Customs Tariff and originating in the overseas countries and
                                                                 (1 )
territories associated with the European Economic Community           , and in particular
Article 8 thereof ,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas it is necessary to maintain in force after 1 Karen 1 980 the provisions
applicable within the framework of Decision 76 / 198 / EEC ,
                          HAS DECIDED A3 FOLLOWS :
                                    Article 1
Article 8 of Decision 76 / 1 98 / EEC is hereby replaced by the following :
                                    Article 8
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1980 .
                                    Article 2
 This Decision shall ba published in the Official Journal of tne European
 C ommunit xe s .
       Done at                                                 For the Council
                                                                The President ,
      OJ No
 ---pagebreak---                                                                   AMEX VI
                                  DECISION
     , of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the
        European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council on the
      . opening of tariff preferences for products within the province of that
        Community originating in the overseas countries and territories associated
        with the Community
The Representatives of the Governments of " the Member States of the European
Coal and Steel Community , meeting within the Council ,
Whereas the provisions applicable within the framework of Decision 76/570/ECSC
should be maintained in force after 1 March 1980 ; ; n
In agreement with the Commission ,                                           •
                              HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                    Article 1
Article 6 of Decision 76 /570 / ECSC is hereby replaced by the following :
                                    Article 6
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1980 ".
                                    Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
                     ' ' -  .                                                    •
Communities .
Done at                                                   Por the Council
                                                           The President ,
  1 ) 0J No
 ---pagebreak---                                                      ACT *1 ON             NOUVELLE
 ART . 992 : DELEGATIONS DE LA COMMISSION DANS LES PAYS ACP ET LES PTOM
                               1980     Crédits demandés : 31.000.000 UCE
 1 . - Base juridique et description de L' action
    a ' SÉ5Ê_iyil^l9y£                                                         ■
         Décision du Conseil , prise           dans te cadre des négociations pour
         le renouvellement de la Convention de LOME , d' imputer au budget'
        d? la Communauté les frais de fonctionnement des délégations de la
             •                                            -
         Commission dans /les pay-s ACP pour la durée de la nouvelle Convention
    b ) Des c rißt i on_de_l^a c t i on
         Les frais des délégations de la Commission dans les pays ACP, PTOM
         et DOM , seront jusqu' à fin . février 1980, date d' expiration de la '
         Convention de LOME , imputés sur le Aème Fonds européen de développerai
                                           * *                                    .
         La Commission a l' intention de continuer à confier à l' AEC ou à la
         structure administrative qui la remplacera , le soin de gérer le
         personnel non - statutai re,^ainsi que la gestion matérielle des bu­
         reaux et cela , dans les" mêmes conditions que précédemment .
                                                        '              *
         -         -               '    ■'        "                '
2. -     Nature et , décomposition de la dépense                             -      •         -,
    a ) Nature de la dépense
         I l s' agit des dépenses de personnel ainsi . que des frais' de fonction­
         nement des délégations ( personnel local , loyer, frais d' entretien ,
         de gestion , de déplacement etc. . .)              r. • .
     b ) Décomposition de la dépense                    -                                   -
                                                Φ
           1 - Dépenses de personnel            <                                     ■ ' -
          Rémunération du personnel y compris
           l' indemnité d' expatriation 0.M                                      16.985.000
           Frais de personnel local ....... -                                     3.205.000
                                                                     total :     20.190.000
 ---pagebreak---                                          -2-
           2- Frais de fonctionnement            ' •     '
           Loyers des bureaux et des logements
           indemnité électricité                                           A. 580 . 000
            Fra.is d' entretien , téléphone , télex ,
                                                                      '         '         À
           fournitures de bareau ^                                         2.475.000
            Frais de véhicule                                                  900.000
            Frais de déplacement , de mission
           de représentation                   ..                          1 . 815.000
                                                              total :      9.770.000
           3- Achat ou renouvellement matériel ,
           mobilier et véhicules                                           1.040.000
                        1                             TOTAL GENERAL :     31.000.000
3. -       Mode de calcul et justification de la variation
           a ) Mode de calcul     de la variation                  -
     -***·
           Le nombre de Délégations s' élevait à 42 au 30 septembre 1979 . Ce
                                             '                                          '
           nombre est susceptible de se modifier, en fonction des besoins reconnus
           Ce crédit d été établi sur un effectif probable de 261 agents expatriés
           Cet effectif se décompose comme suit :
           ~ Délégués ( classement correspondant aux grades
               CCE A3 /A4 )        .                                                42
      . ~ Conseillers économiques ou techniques de '
              formation universitaire ( classement corres­
              pondant aux grades A6 / A5 de la CCE selon capacités )..... 159
           - Attachés techniques ou administratifs ( classement , •
              correspondant aux grades CCE B5 / B1 )                               60 .
              /              ' .                                        ■
                                                  '                  Total    :   261
 ---pagebreak---    Le crédit a été calculé sur la base des dépenses enregistrées pour
   les Délégations en 1978 et des crédits accordés
. pour 1979 , sur avis favorable du Comité du FED .
   Une majoration des rémunûra-tioris de 4,8 X et de 3 X a été prévue
   respectivement pour 1979 et 1980 comme pour le personnel de la Commissif
 * Quant aux dépenses de fonctionnement payables en monnaie locale , elles
   ont été majorées de 10 à. 15 % suivant . leur nature . A noter que le prix
   des loyers nè cesse d' augmenter plus vite que la hausse des prix en
   général .      :                          '
    Il a été ténu compte en outre,' des conséquences du changement de la par
    du F8 retenue pour 1980, sur le montant en UCE (39,5592 c / 40,1924 ), .
    soit une différence en plus de 1,6 % .
     b ) Justification de ta variation                  -          i     -
     Crédit nouveau .
    A noter que pour 1979 , 'les dépenses étaient imputées à charge
    du 4ème Fonds européen de Développement .
    Un crédit global de UCE 30.190.000 a été prévu , pour 1f. .'9 .
    Pour 1980, il a été prévu , :
    - à charge du 4ème FED (2 mois )                                   5.546.000
    - à charge du budget de la Commission
    .   ( 10 mois ) ........                                          31.000 . 0Û0
                                                                   ,             ^
                                                     - Total :        36.546.000 UC
     L' augmentation est donc de 6 . 356 . 000 UCE , se décomposant comme suit :
            1 / Renchérissement des prestations ........               3.026.000
            2 / Modification de parité                                   480.000
            3 / Extension de cadre                                   ~ 2.850.000
                                                       Total :         6.356.000 UC