title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on participation in the negotiations to conclude a multilateral arrangement regarding trade in textiles of cotton, wool and man-made fibres, and to extend the Long-Term Arrangement regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION O? THE. .EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                            COM(73)1143 final
                                                            Brussels , 6 July 1973
                       RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION.
       on participation in the negotiations to conclude a multilateral
          arrangement regarding trade in textiles of cotton , wool and
            man-made fibres T and to extend the Long-Term Arrangement
                regarding International Trade in Cotton Textiles
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  COM(73 ) 1143 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MMORA1TDUM
         It is nearly two years since discussions "began in GATT on the problems
arising from the international trade in textiles and textile     goods of cotton ,
wool and man-made fibres . A Working Party , set up within GATT et the end of
June 1972 , has just submitted the results of its work to the GATT Council ,
with a view to concluding a multilateral arrangement regarding trade in
these products .
         In order to enable the GATT Council to start negotiations to conclude
a multilateral arrangement at its session at the end of July , and therefore
well in advance of the GATT session in Tokyo , the Conmunity must be in a
position to agree on that occasion to the opening of the contemplated nego
tiations and to take part therein .
        To this end , the Commission hereby presents to the Council the annexed
Recommendation for a Decision .
        In this connection it must be pointed out that :
1 . The negotiations will be based on the document^ embodying the report
    drawn up for the GATT Council by the Working Party on Trade in Textiles ,
    entitled "Points to be taken into consideration in seeking possible solu
    tions to the problems arising in the international textile trade ".
    This report , which covers nearly all the points likely to bo put forward
    in the process of drawing up the text of an agreement , often includes al
    ternatives ( in parentheses ) representing the differing approaches of the
    contracting parties to the solutions envisaged . A great many of these
    divergences are of a purely textual or legal nature , and should thus
    automatically disappear during the negotiation of the text of an Agreement .
                                                                           ./.
      Doc . TEX/fy/29 revised .
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2 -
    However , in a relatively limited number of cases these different texts
    reflect profound differences of opinion , in regard to which the Council
    of Ministers will be called upon to define its position .
    However , in view of the extremely short time between now and the end of
    July , the directives annexed to the Recommendation for a Decision are ,
    for the present , confined to the general line emerging from the prepara
    tory work and reflected in the basio GATT document , while proposing that
    the Council reserve the right to draw up directives on certain specifio
    problems subsequently and in sufficient time to enable the negotiations
    to be concluded not later than 31 December 1973 *
2 . Since , the Long-Term Arrangement regarding International Trade in Cotton
    Textiles expires on 30 September 1973 » a short extension (until 31 December
    1973) of this arrangement , without amendments , has been contemplated
    within GATT to enable the negotiations aimed at a multifibre arrangement
    to be concluded meanwhile .
    To this end , the Recommendation from the Commission to the Council pro- '
    vides that the Commission be authorized to take part in the negotiations
    on the renewal of the LTA in its present form and for the period mentioned.
    These negotiations , which will take place within the Cotton Textile Com
    mittee , should also be held before the end of next July .
3 . Some of the bilateral agreements on the cotton textile trade concluded by
    the Community with non-member countries under Article 4 of the LTA e:q?ire
    on 30 September next . In view of the contemplated extension of the Long-.
    Term Arrangement (until 31 December 1973 ) » provision should be made for
    these agreements to be extended until the same date . This matter is also
    dealt with in the Recommendation for a Decision (Article 3 )*
    _____                                                                   •/.
    * These are agreements concluded by the Community with India, Pakistan,
      Egypt , Japan and Taiwan . ( The agreement with Taiwan , which expires on
      30 September , will be replaced by an identical unilateral settlement ).
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 3 -
                                       *
                                *          *
       For "the reasons of urgency already mentioned , "the Commission hereby
presents the annexed Recommendation for a Decision to the Council and requests
that it be referred to the latter for a Decision at its meeting on 23/24
July 1973 .
 ---pagebreak---                       EEC OMENDATI OH FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
            on participation in the negotiations to conclude a
            multilateral arrangement regarding trade in textiles
            of cotton , wool and man-made fibres , and to extend the
            Long-Term Arrangement regarding International Trade in
                                   Cotton Textiles
THE COUNCIL OP 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 , a3 a result of the work carried out by the GATT Working Party on
Trade in Textiles , negotiations should open shortly between the parties
represented on that Working Party in order to reach by 31 December 1973
a multilateral arrangement regarding the international trade in textiles
and textile goods of cotton , wool and man-made fibres ;
Whereas the Long-Term Arrangement regarding International Trade in Cotton
Textiles , which entered into force on 1 October 1972 , expires on 30 Sep
tember 1973 ;
Whereas negotiations are to ,be opened within the Cotton Textile Committee
with a . view to a , short renewal . of this arrangement ;
Whereas it is in the Community 's interest to take part in these negotiations
                                                                          /■
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 2 -
Wnereas the Community has concluded agreements on trade in cotton textiles
with non-Hmember countries in the framework of the abovementioned Long-Term
Arrangement ; whereas some of these agreements expire on 30 September 1973 j
whereas the provisions of these agreements should be maintained in force
until the date to which the Long-Term Arrangement is extended , but not
later than 31 December ;
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS ;
                                 Article 1
       The Commission is hereby authorized to take part in the negotiations
to conclude a multilateral arrangement regarding the international trade in
textiles and textile goods of cotton , wool and man-made fibres , in accor
dance with the directives annexed hereto .
                                 Article 2
     ^ The Commission is hereby authorized to take part m the negotiations
on the renewal of the Long-Term Arrangement regarding International Trade
in Cotton Textiles .
                                 Article 3
       The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate , with those non-
member countries with which the Community has concluded agreements on trade
in cotton textiles which are due to expire on 30 September 1973 » "the main
tenance in force until 31 December 1973 of the provisions of such agreements .
                                 Article 4
       In the conduct of these negotiations the Commission shall be assisted
by the special committee provided for in Article 113 of the Treaty .
Done at Brussels ,
                                            For the Council
                                            The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 ÂN1IEX
                          Negotiating Directives
        Conclusion of a multilateral arrangement regarding international
trade in textiles on the "basis of GATT document TEX/.'l/29 revised , the
report drawn up for the GATT Council by the Working Party on Trade in
Textiles .
        The Council reserves the right to draw up , where necessary , specific
directives on this subject in order to enable the negotiations to be concluded
not la,ter than 31 December 1973 *


title: RECOMMANDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION authorising the Commission to open negotiations with a view to amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Finland (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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Vol. 1974/0051
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Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EIROPEAN COMMUNITTES
                                                     COM(74)274 Final
                                                     Brussels , 6 March 1974
                                RECOMMANDATION FOR A
                                  COUNCIL DECISION
    authorising the Commission to open negotiations with a view to amending
          the Agreement "between the European Economic Community and the
                                Republic of Finland
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
   COIï(74 ) 274 Final
 ---pagebreak---                         Expl-\naiory lîcraoranflrra
(1) The Agreements negotiated with the EFTA States known at the time
    as the non–applicant EFTA States were drawn up on the assumption
    of Norway 's accession to the Community.
    The Norwegian Government 's decision not to ratify the Accession
    Treaty has given rise to two categories of problems in relation
    to the Agreements with the other EFTA Stater:,
    ( a)  As Norway failed to "become a member of the Community eerbain
          provisions in those Agreements no longer correspond to the
          facts
    (b)   A similar type of Agreement was signed with Norway on
          14 May 1973 .
    The Agreements with the other EFTA States share a common point
    in Article 2 of Protocol No . 3 , which concerns rules of origin.
    Because of the initial circumstances , there is no mention of
    Norway in the first subparagraph of Paragraph 1 , of that Article ,
    whereas such a reference is essential for the functioning of the
    rules of origin with Norway included in the system.
(2) To remedy this situation the Council authorised the Commission
    on 16 July 1973 to open negotiations with a view to drawing up
    an additional Protocol to the Agreements already in force
    (EEC-Austria, EEC-Iceland, EEC-Portugal , E3C-Sweden, EEC-Switzerland ).
    These negotio/tions are proceeding.
 ---pagebreak--- In the meantime , the Agreement between the EEC and Finland , signed
on 4 October 1973 , entered into force on 1 January 1974 *   An
additional Protocol for that Agreement must therefore also "be
provided for .
For this reason the Commission requests the Council to authorise
the opening of negotiations with Finland in order to draw up
such a Protocol .   The Commission points out that Finland was
informed of the situation in December 1972 and agreed to this
procedure .
 ---pagebreak---                            RECOmiEIÎDATION POR A
                           COUNCIL DECISION
                      authorising the Commission
             to open negotiations with a view to amending the
             Agreement between the European Economic Community
                        and the Republic of Finland
THE COUHCIL OP THE EUROPEAN CCIEiUNITIES
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of Finland signed in Brussels on 4 October 1973 J
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ;
'•/hare as the non-accession of Norway to the European Communities makes
it necessary to adapt the above Agreement ,
HAS ESCII3ED :
                               Sole Article
The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations with the
Republic of Finland with a view to amending by an additional Protocol
the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic
of Finland in accordance with the guidelines given in the Annex.
The Commission shall be assisted in these negotiations by the Special
 Committee set up tinder Article 113 of the Treaty.
Done at Brussels , on.
                                             For the Council
                                              The Président
 ---pagebreak---                                                          AÎTÎT2X
The purpose of the additional Protocol is :
( a)  to add Norway to the first subparagraph of Article 2 ( l ) of
      Protocol ITo . 3 and to make the consequential amendments to the
      other Articles and to the Annexes of that Protocol ;
(b)   to remove from the text of the Agreement any references to Norway
      as a Member State of the Community ;
( c)  to make the following amendments to Article 5 ( 3 ) of the Agreement :
      - first sub-paragraph "... and Protocols ITo . 1 and 2"
      – second sub-paragraph "... and Protocols ITo . 1 and 2n


title: RECOMMANDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali for the supply of skimmed milk powder and butteroil as food aid.(submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
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Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak---     COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(74)472 final.
                                             Brussels , 16 april 197 ^
                       RECOMMANDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ■
                 on "the conclusion of an Agreement "between
                 •the European Economic Community and
                 the Republic of Mali for the supply of ski mined
                 milk powder and butteroil as food aid .
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0K(74 ) 472 final .
 ---pagebreak---   TIEB COIWCÏL OP THE EUROPEAft COMITES .
  Having regard, to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
   *                                                      . - -
  and in particular Articles 113 , 114 and 220 thereof ;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
  Ylhereas the Council in Regulation ( EEG ) no . 35^2/73 and Regulation ( EEC ) 35^ /73
  from 28 December 1973 on the supply of slcimmed milk powder and butteroil as
  food 'aid decided to make 2 900 metric tons of skimmed milk powder and 300 me    -trie
  tons of butteroil available to the Republic of Mali ;
 IIAS DECIDES :
                                   Article 1
An Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
 Republic of Kali for the supply of skimmed milk powder and butteroil
 as food aid is hereby concluded 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 authorized to designate the persons
empowered to sign the Agreement and to confer on them the powers required
in order to bind the Community .
                                          I
                             . • :       I
                                         !
Done at Brussels ,                    ,j           ]?0r the Council
                                       !             The Président
 ---pagebreak---                AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
AND THE REPUBLIC OF MALI FOR THE SUPPLY OF
SKIMMED MILK POWDER AND BUTTEROIL AS FOOD
AID .
 ---pagebreak---  TIIE COUNCIL OF TIDS JSUROPEA1T COMMUNITIES ,
                                                   011 "Lho one li and ,
   <
 TIIE GOVERKI-IEHT OP THE   REPUBLIC OF MALI '        •
                                                   on the other hand .
 HAVE DECIDED "to conclude this Agreement , and for "this purpose have
 designated as their plenipotentiaries :
'TIIE COUNCIL OF TI-IE EUROPE/HT COMMUNITIES :
 THE GOVERILT'IEHT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI : .
 WIIO HA.VE AGITÏÏED AS FOLLOWS :
 ---pagebreak---                                  Arto ele I
 The European Economic Community shall supply as' a gift to the
 Republic of Mali hereinafter referred to asthe "recipient country "
 2 900 metric tons of skiinmed milk powder and 300 metric ton3 of butteroil
 which satisfy , as to quality and packing , the requirements laid down in
 Annex I which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
       •                    •'   Article II
 The deliveries shall 'be made to the places of destination , to bo fixed by
 the recipient country and the European Economic Community by mutual' consent
                                 Article III
 The obligations and responsibilities of the European Economic Community and
 of the recipient country , in particular as regards delivery and acceptance ,
 are defined in Annex IT , which forms an integral part of this Agreement .
                                 Article IV
 The recipient country xmdertakes to make all the necessary arrangements lor
the transport and insurance of the deliveries from the places of destination
                                 Article V
 The recipient country undertakes to use the product received as aid for hum
consiunption and to distribute it free to the needy populations .
                                                   *    ...      •
                                       1
                                 Article VI                   •
The contracting parties undertake to implement this Agreement in sucn a way
 as to avoid any damage to the normal structure of national production and
.international trade . For this purpose , they shall take the necessary steps
to ensure that the supplies of aid are additional to and are not in lieu
of trading operations which could reasonably be expected in the absence of
 such supplies . .        .         ' 1'         .
 ---pagebreak---     ■  ■                            Article VII
 The recipient country shall take the appropriate steps to prevent :
 - reexport of the products received as aid and any products derived therefrom 5
 - the export for trade or otherwise , within six months from the date of the
   last delivery , "both of locally-produced merchandise of the came kind
   as that received as aid and of processed products derived therefrom .
                                    Article VTTÏ
 The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
of the circumstances surrounding the implementation of this Agreement . For
this purpose , it shall communicate to the Commission of the European Community
 every three months until the quantities received as aid have been used up the
 following .information : quantities distributed , number and nature of the
 beneficiaries , places , rate and manner of distribution .
                                   Article IX
The recipient country shall take all appropriate steps, to enable those persons
duly authorized by the European Economic Community to make on the spot obser
vations of the operations connected with the implementation of the Agreement .
                                   Article X
At the request of either party , the contracting parties shall consult one
another on all questions concerning the application of this Agreement .
                                   Article XX
This Agreement is drawn up in two copies in the Danish , Dutch , English , French
German and Italian languages , these texts being equally authentic *
 ---pagebreak---                              a.  -
                                   siai«> iiiLic povjder
                                   > M»rnni»i»HiÉÉ<i»MmiiMi>i<i>n«   «»
I , Qu.ali'fcy recrnj r cwont s
    (a )     fat content                                                    not excecding 1,5 %
    (b )    rnoisture content                                               not exceeding 4»0 'fi
    (c )     total acidity (lactic acid) _ .                                not exceeding 0,15 /» (18 Domic )
    (d)      test fox- neutralizing agents                                  negative
    ( e ) permitted additives                                       . '      none
    (f ) test for phosphatasis                                               négative
    ( g ) solubility                                                      ' not exceeding 0,5 rol (not less than
                                                                                99 i)
    (h ) degree of purity                                         ,          not less than disc "B ( l5>0 ing )
    (i ) "bacteria content                                                   not exceeding 50 000 per g
    (k) strength of colon "bacillus                                          negative .in 0,1 g
    ( l ) flavour and smell                                             •    fresh
    (m) appearsiice                               '                          white or slightly yellowish ,
      •* '
                                                                             absence of impurities
                                                                                *
                                                                                and coloured
                                                                                .
                                                                             particles
I. Packa-rinf*
    (a ) containing 25 kilogrammes net weight
    ("b ) composition of packingî                                                                                I
             , .                                                                                '2      i
             (aa ) 4 Kraft paper "bags of a strength representing at least 70 g per m j [
                                                                                I
                   1 interposed ta.r-lined paper "bag of a strength representing at                                    i
                     least 1/jO g per m2 :                                                                            [
                   1 polyethylene inner hag at least 0,66 mm thick , welded or double-                               j
                     bound                                                  ..                                       f
   'or (bb ) 1 "clupak-poly-duplo " paper bag of a streng~lh representing at                                         '
                     least 50/20/50 per in2 ;                                     •                                 j
                   2 Kraft paper bags of a strength representing at least 70/ / G PQr m I
                                                                                |
         •'        1 polyethylene inner bag at least 0,10 mm (thick welded or double-                              :
       /             bound)                             ■ :
    (c ) marking on the packaging in French language :
            SKIKMED KILK POVJDER                            ;
            GIFT OP TIE EUKOPEAIï ECOyOLIIC COKMJNITY
            TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALI
            TO DISTRIBUTE FREE OF CHARGE
 ---pagebreak---           •      •                            D. BUTTEROIL     ";
       I. Quality
            ■ ( A ) Characteristics of the product :                                            ..... '
                              Concentrated milk fat containing no less than
                            ' 99 • 0$ of pure fat ;
                ( B ) Standard ingredients :                                         ' ' ' . ' :        :
     •  •                •
                              ( Analysis " made at time of manufacture and packing )
                      '           Moisture and non-fat ingredients__of milk -
                                  not more than 0.20#
                              - Fat - not less than 9 9 « o %
                              - Free fatty acids - not more than 0.5£ ( expressed '
                                  as oleic acid )                   ...
                   •          - Peroxide level / leg - not more than 1 unit
  . ■ *                           ( in milli equivalents of active oxygen per kg )
                        • .                         •                   » *   ..
'            *.               - Taste - pure              .  •              '    ' ■ '         '
                     ' '      - Smell - absence of smell-extraneous - to butteroil .
    ».                         •           4      .    »          •                                • •
   II . Conditions of packaging
       a ) Ketal cans of 20 kg - 1 can per carton .
       "b ) Inscription on the packaging in French language :
                                 BUTTEROIL
                               " GIFT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
                                 TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALI
                                 TO DISTRIBUTE FiîEïï OF CHARGE
                                                               I
 ---pagebreak---                         AWTKX TO AHTICT^ TIT 0? TJIEi hGTimWr?
                                       Artic l cl
   Delivery shall "be completed and -the risks shall pass from the European
   Economic Community "to "the recipient country as soon as the goods actually
.. reach the place of destination .    ..
   The recipient country shall "bear all costs incurred in taking delivery of the
   goods , any transshipment costs and all other costs subsequent to delivery .
   Any costs resulting from delay in taking delivery of the goods , voOvich are
   attributable to the recipient country , shall "be borne by that country .
                                       Article 2
   The European Economic Community shall , at the earliest opportunity , give xo
   the recipient country the information relating to the consignment of the
   goods to the place of destination , the moans of transport used , the details
   of the route to be followed over the intermediate stages , the date of
   loading , and the quantity artd quality of the goods on their departure from
                                                         \ •
   the Community .  .
                                       Article
                                       >n iiin» > '*>»         .
   The European Economic Community shall inform the recipient country in good
   time of the goods 1 presumed date of arrival at the place of destination . The
   European Economic Community shall be under an obligation to inform the
   recipient country at least two days in advance (of the date ) of the goods'
   arrival at the place of destination .
                                       Article A
   The European Economic Community shall appoint an agent to implement the
   provisions of this Annex , and shall in good time , forward the latter' s name
   and address to the recipient country .
   The recipient country shall appoint an agent in each place of delivery , and
                                             t
   shall forward the latter.' s name and address to the European Economic Community
                              «
                                           »           -         '
   prior to implementation of the Agreement .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article    '2
On delivery of the goods the country of destination ehall him A to the authorized
a^ent of the European Economic Community a taking-over certificate ) stating the
place and date of taking over , the nature and the quantity as well as continent
observations about the equality of these goods and shall send a copy thereof to
the ■ Commission of the European Community .
                              C?


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION approving the exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the establishment by Norway of fishing zones closed to trawlers at certain times of the year (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF TKE EUE.OPEAN COMMUNITIE                                                O»
                                                            COM(75)69 final
                                                            Brussels , 27 February 1975
                                 Recommendation for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
              approving the exchange of letters between the European
              Economic Community and. the Kingdom of Norway concerning
              the establishment by Norway of fishing zones closed to
                            trawlers at certain times of the year
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  COM(75 ) 69 final
 ---pagebreak---             Commission Recommendation to the Council relating
            to the approval of an exchange of letters between
            the European Economic Community and Norway concerning
            the establishment by Norway of fishing zones closed
            to trawlers .
      K–.
  1. The negotiations with Norway concerning the establishment by that
     country of fishing zones closed to trawlers took place on
     24 January 1975 in Brussels .
  2. The result of the negotiations is contained in an exchange of letters .
                                    c
     The Community Delegation and the Norwegian Delegation approved the
*
     English text of these letters which were initialled on 24 January
     and signed on 29 January 1975 *
 3.  The negotiations were carried out on the basis of Council Directives
     by the Commission with the assistance of the Special Committee provided
     for by Article 113 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
     Community .
     The Commission consequently considers that it has fulfilled its
     negotiating task.    It recommends that the Council approve the exchange
     of letters .
     To this end , the Commission submits to the Council the text of the
     exchange of letters referred to above under point 2 and a recommendation
     for a Council Decision relating thereto .
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 ---pagebreak---                     Recommendation for a Council Décision
                       approving the exchange of letters
between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning
the establishment by Norway of fishing zones closed to trawlers at certain
times of the year .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having rega.rd to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Articles 43 and 113 thereof ;
Having regard to the Commission 's recommendation ;
Havmg regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas the negotiations held on 24   January 1974 between the Community and
Norway concerning the establishment   by Norway of certain fishing zones
closed to trawlers at certain times   of the year have resulted in a
satisfactory solution which has led   to the signing of an exchange of
letters on 29 January 1975 i
HAS DECÏDED AS FOLLOWS :
                             Solo Article
     The exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and
the Kingdom of Norway concerning the establishment by Norway of fishing
zones closed to trawlers at certain times of the year is hereby approved .
     The text of the letters is annexed to this Decision .
Done at Brussels ,
                                        For the Council .
                                          The Président .
 ---pagebreak---                                   MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
     ADR .: 7. JUNI PLASS 1 , OSLO 1 - POSTAL ADR.: OSLO DEP. - TELEPHONE : (02)20 41 70 - TELEGRAMADR .: NOREG , OSLO
                                                 TELEX : 11004 , NOREG , OSLO
                                                                              Oslo ,   29 3anuary 1975
                    DearSir ,                    •
                                  Following upon the meeting held on 24 January 1975
                    between representatives of the Norwegian Government and of
                    the European Economic Community ,                           and after the bilateral
                    discussions which I have held with representatives of the
                    Federal Republic of Germany , France and the United Kingdom ,
                    I have the honour to inform you that the Norwegian Government
                    proposes to establish three zones closed to vessels using
                    trawls during certain months for the protection of passive
                    fishing gear , in waters off the Norwegian coast and adjacent
                    to the Norwegian Fishery Limit .                            No * vessels using trawls
                    could fish in the zones during the periods specified in the
                    Annex      at t ached to        this      letter .         These measures would                be
                    non-discriminatory ;                  they would apply , equally to vessels of
                    all nations including Norway .                           The Norwegian Government is
                   confident that the Community would not consider these measures
                   unfavourably .
                                  The Norwegian Government would propose to conclude
                   bilateral arrangements with certain ' Member States of the
                   Community which contain the same main elements on the trawler
                   free zones as in the present exchange of letters , as well as
                   a definition of the conditions for the operation of these
                   zones , and a denunciation clause .                            The Norwegian Government
Mr .  Roland de KERG0RLAY
Deputy Director General
The Commission of the European Communities                                                              '
BRUSSELS
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is prepared to conclude bilateral arrangements of the same
character with all other Member States of the Community
concerned .
        Nothing in this letter shall prejudge any question
concerning the L aw of the Sea .
        Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest
consideration .
                                  ]L U .S        t .Vc-K
                                    Jens Evensen
                             y
 ---pagebreak---                                                         ANNEX
 ZONE 1  ( Jennegga - Malangsgrunnen )
Definition : N 68°50' E 13 50' ,           N 69°09' E l30 37' f
               N 69° 33 ' E 15°32' ,       l\l 70°00 " E 16°28 »,
               N 70°00 ' E 17° 28 '
Period of Closure :      20 October    -    20 March
ZONE 2   (H jelmsoybanken )
Definition : N 71°17' E 23°47' ,           N 71°50' E 23°47'
               N 71°50 ' E 25 40.5' , N 71°23' E 25 O 40.5'
Period  of  Closure :    1 Nove'mber   -   31 March
ZONE 3   ( Nordbanken/ Bverbanken )
Definition : N 70°55' E 30 O 10.5 , , N 71°12' E 30 O 43'
               N 70 45 1 E 31 50 ' ,       N 70°34' E 31°29'
Period of   Closure :    1 October   -   1    March
The Zones are bounded on the landu/ ard side by the Noru/ egian
fishery limit and on the seaward side by straight lines
joining the points specified .
 ---pagebreak---          COMMISSION
            OF THE                                                        Brussels ,                  29.. Januaiy. 1.97.5
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
             Your Excellency ,
                      I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated
             29 January 1975 and to confirm that , following the meeting between the
             representatives of the European Economic Community and of the Nowegian
             Government , held on 24 January 1975 » the Community declares that fbr
             its part it is not opposed to the measures contemplated "by the Norwegian '
             Government for the establishment on a non-discriminatory basis of three ?
             aones closed to vessels using trawls , as formulated in the Annex to your
             letter .
                      In my letter to you of 16 April 1973 » I stressed that the autonomous
             tariff concessions concerning certain fish products granted to Norway by '
             the Community were all subject to " the maintenance of the present
             conditions of general competition in the fisheries sector"; and during
            the negotiations prior to the signature of that letter it was made clear •
            to your Delegation that this proviso referred particularly to the
            maintenance of the situation concerning the legal and factual advantages
          . as regards fishing off the Norwegian coast .                                            .
                      While the Community considers that the implementation of , the measures
         • proposed will have some effect upon the conditions of competition to which
            I have referred , it understands the motives which have led the Norwegian
            Government to contemplate the establishment of the three zones in question
    H.E , Mr. Jens EVENSEN ,
    Minister m charge of matters pertaining to
        the Law of the Sea and Fishery Limits ,
    Rue Archimede 17 ,
    BRUXELLES
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                                                    Tclex : « COMEURBRU 21 877 .
 ---pagebreak---  on a non-discriminatory "basis , ana considers that in the present
 circumstances the effect of their establishment will not "be so serious
as to warrant a reconsideration "by the Community of its autonomous
tariff concessions on Norwegian fish products . Nonetheless , I must
underline that the proviso set out in my letter of 16 April 1973 "by
which the Community' autonomously granted preferential treatment for
certain Norxvegian fish products is in no way altered "by the attitude
which the Community has "been able to adopt towards these fcones closed
to vessels using trawls , and that the Community continues to attach
the greatest importance to it . Nothing in this letter shall prejudge
                                    \
any question concerning the Law of the Sea .
      Finally I note that "bilateral exchanges of notes are to "be              >
concluded "between Norway on the one hand and the Federal Republic of
Germany, France and the United Kingdom on the other hand concerning
these trawler free zones . . The above mentioned exchanges share certain
common^ elements with the present exchange of letters . I note , in
particular , that those elements of especial concern to relations "between
Norway and the Member States concerned are to be subject to a termination
olause^    I understand that the Norwegian Government is ready to conclude
bilateral arrangements of the same character with all other concerned
Member .States of the Community.
       ' t
      Please aocept , Tour Excellency, the assurance of ay highest
consideration .      '
                                    For the Council of the European Communities
                                           ERGORLAY ^ ^
                                  . R. de KERGORLAY
                                    Deputy Director-General
                                    for External Relations
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européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
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classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
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concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
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                                       R E C O M M E N D A T I O N FO R A C O U N C I L D E C I S I O N
                       a u t h o r i z i n g t h e C o m m i s s i o n t o p a r t i c i p a t e o n b e h a l f of t h e
                       C o m m u n i t y in t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s C o n f e r e n c e o n t h e la w of
                       T r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s or
                       b e t w e e n I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s , a n d in t h e c o n s u l t a t i o n s
                       p r i o r to t h e C o n f e r e n c e
                                 ( s u b m i t t e d to t h e C o u n c i l b y t h e C o m m i s s i o n )
C O M (85) 121 f i n a l
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I.      The i s sue
                                                                                i
1.      R e s o l u t i o n 3 9 / 8 6 of the UN G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y             s t a t e s that " the U n i t e d
N a t i o n s C o n f e r e n c e on the Law of T r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s and I n t e r n a t i o n a l
O r g a n i z a t i o n s or b e t w e e n I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s s h all be h e l d f r o m
18 F e b r u a r y to 21 M a r c h 1 9 8 6 at V i e n n a " .
The C o n f e r e n c e w i l l be b a s e d on a d r a f t C o n v e n t i o n p r e p a r e d by the
I n t e r n a t i o n a l Law C o m m i s s i o n ;        in R e s o l u t i o n 3 9 / 8 6 t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y
" r e f e r / r e d / to the C o n f e r e n c e , as the b a s i c p r o p o s a l for its c o n s i d e r a t i o n ,
the d r a f t a r t i c l e s o n the law of t r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s and i n t e r n a t i o n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s or b e t w e e n i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s a d o p t e d by the
I n t e r n a t i o n a l L a w C o m m i s s i o n at its t h i r t y - f o u r t h s e s s i o n " in 1982.
A m o n g t h o s e i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in the C o n f e r e n c e , in a d d i t i o n to
s t a t e s , are:         " r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of i n t e r n a t i o n a l i n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h a t h a v e t r a d i t i o n a l l y b e e n i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e as
o b s e r v e r s at legal c o d i f i c a t i o n c o n f e r e n c e s c o n v e n e d u n d e r the a u s p i c e s
of t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s " .
The E u r o p e a n E c o n o m i c C o m m u n i t y is such an o r g a n i z a t i o n , and has d u l y
b e e n sent an i n v i t a t i o n to p a r t i c i p a t e , in the f o r m of a lette r f rom
t h e UN S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l d a t e d 5 F e b r u a r y 1985.
2.      R e s o l u t i o n 3 9 / 8 6 a p p e a l e d to p a r t i c i p a n t s in the C o n f e r e n c e "to
o r g a n i z e c o n s u l t a t i o n s p r i m a r i l y on the o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d m e t h o d s of work
of the C o n f e r e n c e , i n c l u d i n g rul e s of p r o c e d u r e , a n d on m a j o r i s s u e s of
1
  A n n e x I.
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s u b s t a n c e i n c l u d i n g f i n a l c l a u s e s a n d s e t t l e m e n t of d i s p u t e s , p r i o r to
t h e c o n v e n i n g of t h e C o n f é r e n c e in o r d e r to f a c i l i t a t e a s u c c e s s f u l
c o n c l u s i o n of its w o r k t h r o u g h th e p r o m o t i o n of g e n e r a l a g r e e m e n t " .
The c o n s u l t a t i o n s a r e a l s o to a d d r e s s th e s t a t u s of t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e C o n f é r e n c e .       The decision
w i l l be t a k e n by t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y at its n e x t s e s s i o n , t his
autumn.
3.      T h e c o n s u l t a t i o n s c a l l e d for by R e s o l u t i o n 3 9 / 8 6 s t a r t e d w i t h an
o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s e s s i o n on 28 F e b r u a r y .       A f i r s t r o u n d of c o n s u l t a t i o n s
w i l l t a k e p l a c e f r o m 18 M a r c h to 10 M a y , f o l l o w e d by f u r t h e r w o r k and
t h e n a s e c o n d t w o - w e e k r o u n d of d e t a i l e d c o n s u l t a t i o n s on ail i s s u e s in
July.         S u b j e c t s d i s c u s s e d d u r i n g t h e c o n s u l t a t i o n s w i l l i n c l u d e th e
o r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e C o n f é r e n c e , m e t h o d s of w o r k , p a r t i c i p a t i o n , final
c l a u s e s ( i n c l u d i n g t h e right to b e c o m e a c o n t r a c t i n g p a r t y ) and
dispute settlement.
As is c l e a r f r o m a w o r k i n g p a p e r d a t e d 20 F e b r u a r y , p r e p a r e d by the legal
a d v i s e r s of t h e Te n a n d t h e C o m m i s s i o n in N e w Y ork ( A n n e x II), the most
u r g e n t q u e s t i o n is to d é t e r m i n e t h e r i g h t s t o be e n j o y e d by i n t e r n a t i o n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e C o n f é r e n c e u n d e r
Resol ution 39/86.
In t h e ligh t of t h e f o r e g o i n g , it is e s s e n t i a l to a p p r o v e the C o m m u n i t y ' s
p a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h e c o n s u l t a t i o n s a n d t h e C o n f é r e n c e a n d d é c i d é on th e
p o s i t i o n to be a d o p t e d by the C o m m u n i t y a n d its M e m b e r S t a t e s .
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4.      In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h th e legal a d v i s e r s ' s u g g e s t i o n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n
c o n c e n t r â t e s on t h e i s s u e of th e s t a t u s of i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s
i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in th e C o n f é r e n c e u n d e r R e s o l u t i o n 39/ 8 6 .
Th e C o m m i s s i o n w i l t be s u b m i t t i n g a s e p a r a t e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n later on the
d r a f t a r t i c l e s p r e p a r e d by the I n t e r n a t i o n a l La w C o m m i s s i o n , w i t h p a r t i c u l a r
r e f e r e n c e to the f i n a l c l a u s e s an d d i s p u t e s e t t l e m e n t .
I I . P o s i t i o n to d a t e
5.       t h e C o m m u n i t y a n d its M e m b e r S t a t e s h â v e t a k e n part in ail the
p r e p a r a t o r y w o r k , an d h â v e sent th e UN S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l t h e i r c o m m e n t s on
th e I L C's d r a f t a r t i c l e s .        B oth the C o m m u n i t y an d the M e m b e r S t a t e s hâve
a l s o m a d e v a r i o u s s t a t e m e n t s to the G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y ' s S i x t h C o m m i t t e e .
 In its c o m m e n t s , w h i c h d a t e f r o m 1983, t h e C o m m u n i t y m a d e the f o l l o w i n g
p o i n t s r e g a r d i n g th e p a r t i c i p a t i o n of i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s in the
Conférence:
" T h e o r e t i c a l ly, s e v e r a l s o l u t i o n s are c o n c e i v a b l e , r a n g i n g f r o m a m e r e
o b s e r v e r ' s s t a t u s for i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s to a r ôle of full
p a r t i c i p a t i o n on a pa r w i t h Stat e s .           An i n t e r m e d i a t e s o l u t i o n c o uld
 c o n s i s t in th e a d m i t t a n c e of i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s to an a c t i v e
p a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h e n e g o t i a t i o n p r o c e d u r e .    T his w o u l d c o r r e s p o n d to
the r ôle that i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s h â v e b e e n a b l e to p l a y in the
é l a b o r a t i o n of t h e p r é s e n t d r a f t a r t i c l e s " .
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As th e Legal a d v i s e r s p o i n t o u t , h o w e v e r , it ha s p r o v e d i m p o s s i b l e to
a g r é é o n t h e p r é c i s é s c o p e of the t e r m " a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n " .         In 1 983
an d 1 9 8 4 M e m b e r S t a t e s c a l l e d for p a r t i c i p a t i o n by i n t e r n a t i o n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s "o n an a p p r o p r i a t e b a s i s , w h i c h w o u l d p e r m i t t h e m to
c o n t r i b u t e e f f e c t i v e l y to the c o d i f i c a t i o n w o r k of the C o n f é r e n c e " .
W i t h c o n s u l t a t i o n s i m m i n e n t in N e w Y o r k , it is t h u s i m p o r t a n t to w o r k
ou t t h e C o m m u n i t y ' s p o s i t i o n in d e t a i l .
III.        S o m e p o i n t s of p r i n c i p l e
6.       First a b r i e f r e c a p of s o m e g e n e r a l c o n s i d é r a t i o n s r e g a r d i n g the s c o p e
of t h e p l a n n e d C o n v e n t i o n as it a f f e c t s i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s .
7.      T h e a i m of t h e C o n v e n t i o n is to c o d i f y the law of t r e a t i e s c o n c l u d e d
by i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s e i t h e r w i t h S t a t e s or w i t h o t h e r i n t e r n a t i o n a l
organizations.                 It w i l l t h e r e f o r e h â v e to be b i n d i n g o n i n t e r n a t i o n a l
organizations.
S u b j e c t to r u l e s of c u s t o m a r y law, t h e p r o v i s i o n s of t h e C o n v e n t i o n w o u l d
n o r m a l l y o n l y be b i n d i n g on i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s w i t h t h e i r c o n s e n t .
It is t h e r e f o r e e s s e n t i a l to a l l o w t h o s e o r g a n i z a t i o n s to b e c o m e c o n t r a c t i n g
p a r t i e s to t h e C o n v e n t i o n .
This a p p l i e s to t h e C o m m u n i t y in p a r t i c u l a r .           C l e a r l y , it c a n n o t b i n d
i t s e l f i n t e r n a t i o n a l ly e x c e p t by its o w n a ct, in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h th e p r o c e d u r e
d e s c r i b e d in A r t i c l e 228 ( 1 ) of t h e EEC T r e a t y .
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 8.      From the C o m m u n i t y ' s p o int of v i e w t h e r e is a n o t h e r c o n s i d é r a t i o n .
The n e g o t i a t i o n of a C o n v e n t i o n c o d i f y i n g an d d e v e l o p i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l
law on t r e a t i e s to w h i c h i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s ar e p a r t i e s is
b o u n d to a f f e c t the e x t e r n a l e x e r c i s e of such o r g a n i z a t i o n s ' p o w e r s
e v e n b e f o r e it cornes into f o r c e and is ( p r e s u m a b l y ) c o n c l u d e d by
the C o m m u n i t y .        The n e w C o n v e n t i o n will u n d o u b t e d l y s e r v e as a b a s i s
for ail s u b s é q u e n t a n a l y s i s of the law of t r e a t i e s , s i n c e t h i s is
an a r e a of i n t e r n a t i o n a l law w h i c h has h i t h e r t o b e e n n e i t h e r f irm
no r p r é c i s é ; f a i l i n g a s p é c i f i e text g o v e r n i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s ,
the C o m m u n i t y has a l w a y s ha d to ref e r to the 23 Ma y 1 9 6 9
V i e n n a C o n v e n t i o n on the La w of T r e a t i e s ( b e t w e e n         States).      This
w i l l no l o nge r be the case o n c e the n e w C o n v e n t i o n has b e e n n e g o t i a t e d .
A c c o r d i n g l y , the n e g o t i a t i o n of the C o n v e n t i o n w i l l a f f e c t the
Community's treaty-making powers.                            The b a s i c p r i n c i p l e s of the
C o m m u n i t y legal S y s t e m d i c t a t e that the C o m m u n i t y s h o u l d be i n v o l v e d
 in th e n e g o t i a t i o n s w h e t h e r it e v e n t u a l l y d é c i d é s to r a t i f y the
C o n v e n t i o n or not.
9.       By the s a m e t o k e n , the C o m m u n i t y as such m ust p a r t i c i p a t e
 in the c o n s u l t a t i o n s in N e w Y o rk, w h i c h will in any c ase be d e a l i n g
with s u b s t a n t i v e         i s s u e s as w ell as p r o c é d u r a l q u e s t i o n s .    Resolution 39/86
e x p r e s s l y c a l l s for the c o n s u l t a t i o n s to t a c k l e " m a j o r issue s
of s u b s t a n c e i n c l u d i n g f i nal c l a u s e s and s e t t l e m e n t of d i s p u t e s ...
 in o r d e r to f a c i l i t a t e a s u c c e s s f u l c o n c l u s i o n of /the C o n f é r e n c e 1 s/
w o r k t h r o u g h the p r o m o t i o n of a g e n e r a l a g r e e m e n t " (see para. 1).
 (Note a l s o the t i m e t a b l e a n d a g e n d a d r a w n up in N e w Y o r k for
 c o n s u l t a t i o n s o v e r the c o m i n g m o n t h s ; see p a ra. 3.).
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10.       R é s o l u t i o n 3 9 / 8 6 c a l l s on " t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s " to t a k e p a r t in
th e c o n s u l t a t i o n s .      If i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s are i n v i t e d to
p a r t i c i p a t e in the C o n f é r e n c e , t h e y s h o u l d p a r t i c i p a t e in the c o n s u l t a t i o n s
as well.
The m e e t i n g d e a l i n g            w i t h o r g a n i z a t i o n of th e c o n s u l t a t i o n p r o c e s s
l o o k e d for i n s p i r a t i o n to t h e i n f o r m a i c o n s u l t a t i o n s w h i c h t o o k p l a c e
in 1984, a n d f o r e s a w s e p a r a t e c o n s u l t a t i o n s for S t a t e s a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l
organizations.                   The t o p i c s b e i n g d e a l t w i t h in th e p r é s e n t c o n s u l t a t i o n s ,
h o w e v e r , c o n c e r n b o t h S t a t e s a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s , as do
t h o s e to be d i s c u s s e d by the C o n f é r e n c e , so it is in th e C o m m u n i t y ' s
o w n i n t e r e s t to se e t hat it is g e n u i n e l y i n v o l v e d in the c o n s u l t a t i o n s
as well.             In t h i s wa y b o t h th e C o m m u n i t y a n d its M e m b e r S t a t e s will
be in a p o s i t i o n to S t a t e t h e i r v i e w s .
IV.        P a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h e C o n f é r e n c e
11.        D u r i n g the c o n s u l t a t i o n s it w ill be n e c e s s a r y to d é c i d é in w hat
c a p a c i t y the i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n v i t e d to the C o n f é r e n c e w ill
p a r t i c i p a t e , g i v e n t h a t , as e x p l a i n e d in p a r a g r a p h 8, i n t e r n a t i o n a l
o r g a n i z a t i o n s w o u l d h â v e to c o n c l u d e the C o n v e n t i o n for it to be b i n d i n g
on them.              For the C o m m u n i t y t h e r e is the a d d i t i o n a l c o n s i d é r a t i o n of the
e f f e c t e v e n of an u n r a t i f i e d a c c o r d (see p a r a . 8).
 For i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s 1 p a r t i c i p a t i o n in the C o n v e n t i o n to
be e f f e c t i v e , t h e i r s t a t u s ( s e t t i n g a s i d e v o t i n g r i g h t s , w h i c h the
C o m m u n i t y a n d th e Te n are not c l a i m i n g ) s h o u l d be th e s ame as that of
States.
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  12.              The legal a d v i s e r s a l s o r a ise the q u e s t i o n of w hat p o s i t i o n
s h o u l d be t a k e n on the s p o n s o r s h i p rule, w h e r e b y p r o p o s a i s a n d a m e n d m e n t s
f r o m an i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n h â v e to be " s p o n s o r e d " by o n e or
m o r e of the S t a t e s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in th e C o n f é r e n c e .
The C o m m u n i t y s h o u l d o p p o s e th e a t t e m p t to a p p l y the s p o n s o r s h i p
rules , w h i c h i n v o l v e s a m e a s u r e of s u b o r d i n a t i o n i n c o m p a t i b l e w ith
the full e x e r c i s e of its legal p o w e r s .                          It is no s u r p r i s e that the
s p o n s o r s h i p rule         was p r o p o s e d by a ( n o n - m e m b e r ) c o u n t r y w h i c h is
h o s t i l e on p r i n c i p l e to any act c o n s t i t u t i n g an e x p r e s s i o n of an
 i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n 's a u t o n o m y , an d has had s u b o r d i n a t i o n c l a u s e s
 i n c o r p o r a t e d in o t h e r      ' i n t e r n a t i o n a l a c c o r d s Ce.g. the o z o n e layer c o n v e n t i o n ) .
13.        If it p r o v e s i m p o s s i b l e to s e c u r e t r e a t m e n t e q u a l to that of
S t a t e s , t h e r e must be a p o s i t i v e List e n u m e r a t i n g th e C o m m u n i t y ' s
 r i g h t s in the n e g o t i a t i o n s for th e C o n v e n t i o n .
 In that e v e n t it w o u l d c e r t a i n l y be b e t t e r f r o m the t a c t i c a l s t a n d p o i n t
 to h â v e the r i g h t s of i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s d e f i n e d w i t h o u t r e f e r e n c e
to o b s e r v e r s t a t u s , w h i c h is what th e c o u n t r y c a l l i n g for a p p l i c a t i o n of
 the s p o n s o r s h i p rule has p r o p o s e d for t h o s e o r g a n i z a t i o n s .
 At the v e r y least, i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s s h o u l d be a c c o r d e d the
 r i ght i n d e p e n d e n t l y :
   (i)          to s u b m i t p r o p o s a i s and put f o r w a r d a m e n d m e n t s ;
 (ii)             to m a k e s t a t e m e n t s ;
(iii)           to p a r t i c i p a t e in the d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g p r o c e s s in c o n n e c t i o n
                 w i t h the n e g o t i a t i o n and a p p r o v a l of texts.
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V.        Final c l a u s e s a n d s e t t l e m e n t of d i s p u t e s
14.         The N e w Y o r k c o n s u l t a t i o n s w i l l be d e a l i n g p r i m a r i l y w i t h the s t a t u s
of the i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n v i t e d to t h e C o n f é r e n c e , but w ill
a l s o a d d r e s s o t h e r q u e s t i o n s m e n t i o n e d in R e s o l u t i o n 3 9 / 8 6 , viz. " m a j o r
i s s u e s of s u b s t a n c e i n c l u d i n g f i n a l c l a u s e s a n d s e t t l e m e n t of d i s p u t e s " .
As p o i n t e d o u t m p a r a . 5, t h e C o m m u n i t y a n d its M e m b e r S t a t e s h â v e
a l r e a d y b e e n i n v o l v e d in m o s t of th e p r e p a r a t o r y w o r k d o n e on t h e s e i s s u e s
by th e I n t e r n a t i o n a l L a w C o m m i t t e e a n d the S i x t h C o m m i t t e e .                 These points,
t h e r e f o r e , a n d in p a r t i c u l a r t h e I L C ' s d r a f t a r t i c l e s , can t h e r e f o r e
be r e f e r r e d to t h e C o u n c i l by t h e C o m m i s s i o n for d i s c u s s i o n at a l a ter stage.
VI.       Conclusion
15.       I n i t i a l l y , t h e r e f o r e , the C o m m i s s i o n r e c o m m e n d s t hat the C o u n c i l
d é c i d é that:
       (i)         The E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t y s h o u l d p a r t i c i p a t e in th e U n i t e d N a t i o n s
                   C o n f é r e n c e o n t h e L a w of T r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l
                   O r g a n i z a t i o n s or b e t w e e n I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s .
     (ii)          Th e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t y s h o u l d p a r t i c i p a t e in th e c o n s u l t a t i o n s
                   to be h e l d p r i o r to a n d in p r é p a r a t i o n for th e s a i d C o n f é r e n c e .
   (iii)           At th e s a i d c o n s u l t a t i o n s t h e M e m b e r S t a t e s a n d t h e C o m m u n i t y s h o u l d
                   e n d e a v o u r to e n s u r e t hat i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n v i t e d
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to the C o n f é r e n c e :
e i t h e r h â v e the s ame r i g h t s (e xce pt v o t i n g righ t s ) as S t a t e s
or, f a i l i n g t h at, h â v e t h e right i n d e p e n d e n t L y to:
      s u b m i t p r o p o s a i s a n d put f o r w a r d a m e n d m e n t s ,
-     make statements,
       t ake p art in the d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g p r o c e s s in c o n n e c t i o n w i t h
       the n e g o t i a t i o n and a p p r o v a l of texts .
 ---pagebreak--- R e c o m m e n d a t i o n for a           C o u n c i l D e c i s i o n a u t h o r i z i n g the C o m m i s s i o n to p a r t i c i p a t e
             on b e h a l f of th e C o m m u n i t y in th e U n i t e d N a t i o n s C o n f é r e n c e o n th e La w
             of T r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s or b e t w e e n
             I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s , a n d in th e c o n s u l t a t i o n s p r i o r to the C o n f é r e n c e
            TH E C O U N C I L OF THE E U R O P E A N C O M M U N I T I E S ,
            H a v i n g r e g a r d to the T r e a t i e s e s t a b l i s h i n g th e E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s ,
            H a v i n g r e g a r d to the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f r o m the C o m m i s s i o n ,
            W h e r e a s t h e C o m m u n i t y ha s b e e n i n v i t e d to p a r t i c i p a t e in the
            U n i t e d N a t i o n s C o n f é r e n c e o n th e L a w of T r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s
            a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s or b e t w e e n I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s ;
            W h e r e a s c o n s u l t a t i o n s ar e t a k i n g p l a c e in th e U n i t e d N a t i o n s in
            p r é p a r a t i o n for th e s a i d C o n f é r e n c e ,
            W h e r e a s th e p r o c é d u r a l a n d s u b s t a n t i v e           i s s u e s to be d i s c u s s e d at
            b o t h the c o n s u l t a t i o n s an d t h e C o n f é r e n c e w i l l d i r e c t l y a f f e c t the
            E u r o p e a n C o m m u n i t i e s ' e x e r c i s e of t h e i r i n t e r n a t i o n a l p o w e r s , a n d h â v e
            a b e a r i n g on the w h o l e r a n g e of t h e i r e x t e r n a l c o m p é t e n c e ;
            W h e r e a s the C o m m u n i t i e s s h o u l d t h e r e f o r e p a r t i c i p a t e in the c o n s u l t a t i o n s
            a n d the C o n f é r e n c e , w i t h a s t a t u s c o m m e n s u r a t e w i t h t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
            in the f i e l d of i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s an d t h e i r r ôle in the
            d e v e l o p m e n t of i n t e r n a t i o n a l law,
            HAS D E C I D E D AS FOLL O W S :
                                                       Sole article
            1.      The C o m m i s s i o n s h a l l p a r t i c i p a t e in the U n i t e d N a t i o n s C o n f é r e n c e
           o n th e L a w of T r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s
           or b e t w e e n I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d in the c o n s u l t a t i o n s
           p r o v i d e d for by R e s o l u t i o n 3 9 / 8 6 of th e U n i t e d N a t i o n s G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y .
            2.      Th e C o m m i s s i o n s h a l l r e p r e s e n t th e v i e w s of the C o m m u n i t i e s in
            c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h r e p r é s e n t a t i v e s of the M e m b e r S t a t e s a n d in a c c o r d a n c e
            w i t h th e d i r e c t i v e s at a n n e x , w h i c h w i l l be s u p p l e m e n t e d in d u e c o u r s e .
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                                     DIRECTIVES
At the c o n s u l t a t i o n s o r g a n i z e d by th e U n i t e d N a t i o n s in p r é p a r a t i o n
for the C o n f é r e n c e of th e L a w of T r e a t i e s b e t w e e n S t a t e s a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l
O r g a n i z a t i o n s or b e t w e e n I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s , the C o m m i s s i o n
s h all e n s u r e that for the p u r p o s e s of that C o n f é r e n c e , the C o m m u n i t i e s
e n j o y the s ame r i g h t s , o t h e r t h a n v c t i n g r i g h t s , as Stat e s .
F a i l i n g t h a t , th e C o m m i s s i o n s h all e n s u r e that the C o m m u n i t i e s are
a c c o r d e d the right i n d e p e n d e n t l y to s u bmi t p r o p o s a i s and a m e n d m e n t s ,
m a k e s t a t e m e n t s and p a r t i c i p a t e in the d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g p r o c e s s in
c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the n e g o t i a t i o n an d a p p r o v a l of texts .
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UNIES
                                                                                A
                 Assemblée générale                                   Distr.
                                                                      GENERALE
                                                                      A/RES/39/86
                                                                      18 janvier 1985
Trente-neuvième session
Point 131 de l'ordre du jour
                        RESOLUTION ADOPTEE PAR L'ASSEMBLEE GENERALE '
            (sur le rapport de la Sixième Commission (A/39/779 et Corr.Dl
    39/86.   Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit des traités entre Etats et
              organisations internationales ou entre organisations internationales
      L'Assemblée générale,
      Rappelant sa résolution 37/112 du 16 décembre 1982, par laquelle elle a décidé
qu'une convention internationale serait conclue sur la base du projet d'articles
sur le droit des traités entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre
organisations internationales que la Commission du droit international a adopte à
sa trente-quatrième session 1/,
      Rappelant également sa résolution 38/139 du 19 décembre 1983, par laquelle
elle a décidé que le cadre approprié pour l'examen définitif du projet d'articles
serait une conférence de plénipotentiaires qui devrait être convoquée en 1985 au
plus tôt, et est convenue de prendre une décision à sa trente-neuvième session au
sujet de la date et du lieu de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit des
traités entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre organisations
 internationales ainsi que de la participation à cette conférence,
      Ayant reçu le rapport du Secrétaire général 2/ qui contient les commentaires
et observations communiqués par les Etats et les principales organisations
intergouvemementales internationales, conformément à la résolution 38/139 de
l'Assemblée générale,
      Reconnaissant qu'il importe d'assurer le succès des travaux de la Conférence
en facilitant un accord général,
      1/ Documents officiels de l'Assemblée générale, trente-septième session,
Supplément No 10 (A/37/10), chap. II, sect. D.
85-01475   0394W    (F)
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Rage 2
—•V
       Ayant à l'esprit la relation entre le droit des traités entre Etats et la
question qui sera examinée par la Conférence,
       Notant avec satisfaction que le Gouvernement autrichien a proposé d'accueillir
la Conférence à Vienne,
       1.      Décide que la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit des traites entre
Etats et organisations internationales ou entre organisations internationales se
 tiendra à Vienne, du 18 février au 21 mars 1986;
        2.     Prie le Secrétaire général d'inviter i
       a)      Tous les Etats à participer à la Conférence;
       b)      La Namibie, représentée par le Conseil des Nations Unies pour la Namibie,
à participer à la Conférence, conformément au paragraphe 6 de la résolution
37/233 C de l'Assemblée générale, en date du 20 décembre 1982;
       c)      Les représentants des organisations qui ont reçu de l'Assemblée générale
une invitation permanente à participer en tant qu'observateurs aux sessions et aux
 travaux de toutes les conférences internationales convoquées sous ses auspices à
participer à la Conférence en cette qualité, conformement aux resolutions
 3237 (XXIX) et 31/152 de l'Assemblée générale, en date des 22 novembre 1974 et
20 décembre 197 6 ;
       d)      Les représentants des nouvements de libération nationale reconnus par
 l'Organisation de l'unité africaine dans sa région à participer à la Conférence en
 qufliïïte d'observateurs, conformément à la résolution 3280 (XXIX) de l'Assemblée
générale, en date du 10 décembre 1974;
        e)     Les représentants des organisations intergouvemementales internationales
qui ont traditionnellement été invitées à participer en tant qu'observateurs aux
 conférences de codification convoquées sous les auspices de l'Organisation des
 Nations Unies à participer à la Conférence en une qualité qui sera étudiée lors des
 consultations visées au paragraphe 8 ci-dessous et décidée par l'Assemblée générale
 à sa quarantième session;
        3.      Invite les participants mentionnés au paragraphe 2 ci-dessus a inclure
 autant que~F*sl7 ble parmi leurs représentants des experts compétents dans le
 domaine à étudier;
        4.      Décide que les langues de la Conférence seront les langues officielles et
 les langues”de travail de l'Assemblée générale, de ses commissions et de ses
 sous-commissions;
        5.      Re_nvoie à la Conférence, en tant que proposition de base à examiner, le
 projet*d'articles sur le droit des traités entre Etats et organisations
  internationales ou entre organisations^internationales adopté par la Commission du
 droit international à sa trente-quatrième session;
         2/ A / 3 9 / 4 9 1 .
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       6.   Prie le Secrétaire général de présenter à la Conférence tous les
 documents et recommandations pertinents concernant le règlement intérieur et les
 méthodes de travail/ compte tenu du fait qu'il importe de faciliter un accord
 général sur le résultat final des travaux de la Conférence, et de faire le
 necessaire pour mettre a la disposition de celle-ci le personnel, les moyens
 matériels et les services voulus, notamment en ce qui concerne l'établissement de
 comptes rendus analytiques»
       7.  Pr ie également le Secrétaire général de prendre des dispositions pour
assurer la présence à la Conférence, en qualité d'expert, du Rapporteur spécial de
 la Commission du droit international chargé de la question des traités conclus
entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre deux ou plusieurs
 organisations internationales;
      8.   Appelle les participants à la Conférence à organiser, avant la
Conférence, des consultations portant principalement sur l'organisation et les
méthodes de travail de la Conférence, notanment le règlement intérieur, et sur les
grandes questions de fond, dont les clauses finales et le règlement des différends,
afin d'assurer le succès des travaux de la Conférence en facilitant un accord
général »
      9.   Décide d'inscrire à l'ordre du jour provisoire de sa quarantième session
une question intitulée "Préparatifs de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit
des traites entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre organisations
internationales".
                                                                 99ème séance plénière
                                                                      13 décembre 19P4
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                       WORKING DOCUMENT
  on Traatiaa batwatn Itataa and intarnationaVOrganiiattona
            and feaflySan fiTCTnagloiial Qgqanl»iU6ni
   preparad by tha Lagal Exports of the Tan and tna
                 Coirroiaaibn in NaW York
X.        Aooording to Reaolutlon 39/16 o£ tha UN General
Aesembly, tha United Nation* Conférence on Treatiea between
Statea and International Organiaationa and between Interna
tional Organisation* will be held in Vienna froro the 18th
rebruary to the 21>t Maroh 1986. The International Law
Conuniaaion' a 1982 draft abtiolea for a Convention on thi'a'
topic will be the batia for the work of the Conferenoe.
          A aubatantial effort in Européen coordination and
coopération will be required for the purpoeea of the 1986
Conférence. It will require the Community and the Ten to
define their general attitude towarda the development of
international law repraaented by the iLC'a draft Artielee
aa a whole# aa well aa to a number of apaoifio iaaueeof
principle and of procedure which may hâve a direct impact
on the Community'a ovn treaty-making activitiea.
          Becaue* of the ahortnesa of time before the Con
férence convenea in 1986 and eepecially in view of the
coneultationa referred to balow, thie proceae of Européen
coordination and coopération will hâve to begin without
deley. The preaent peper ia-deaigned a» a contribution
to it.
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2,       While it provide* for discussion of an item entitl
ed "Preparations"     for the Conference at tha 40th session
of tha Q.A., tha Resolution quoted abova appaala to tha
"participants" to tha Confaranoa to organise consultations
"primarily on tha organisation and method of work of tha
Conference, inoluding rules of procedure, and on major issues
of substance including final clauses and settlement of di
sputes ",
          Among those "participants" are tha international
organisations "which have traditionally bean invited to
participate, as observers at legal codification conferences
convened under tha auspices of the United Nations1’.                They
include the European Economic Community.
          Among the questions to be considered in tha consul
tations one finds that of determining in what capacity in
ternational organisations invited to the Conference will
participate in it* work, This, according to the Resolution,
is the only point, among the n u m e r o u s q u e s t i o n s to be dis
cussed in the consultations, upon which the 40th 0.A.must
take a decision*
3.        It would seem therefore that, in order to formulate
the standpoint of the Community and of the Ten, one of the
most urgent tasks concerns, the problem of the capacity in
which the European Community, together with the other orga
nizations invited under para. 2 (e) of Res. 39/86, will
participate in the Conference,
          In the comments it formulated in 1982 on the iLC'a
Draft Articles the Community, se r e g a r d s participation,
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stated the following!
    "Theoretically/ »*v*ral solution! are conceivable,
     ranging from a mare observer's status for interna
     tional organisations to a jrol* of full participa
     tion on a  par with States, An intermediate solution
     could consist in the admittance of international or
     ganizations to an active participation in the nego
     tiation procedure. This would correspond to the
     role that international organisations have been
     able to play in the elaboration 6f the present draft
     articles".
        it has not proved possible to agree in New York
on the further interpretation to be given to the phrase
"aotive participation". In statements made by the Pres
idency in the Sixth Committee in 1983 and 1984 the problem"
was addressed in the following tarmei
    "The Ten consider that international organizations, .
     including the European Community, should participate
     on an appropriate basis, which would permit them to
     contribute effectively to the codification work of
     the Conference".
        Thie formulation resulted after intensive efforts
undertaksn by the Ten in New York. Nothing more precise
could be obtained because of the difference* in the posi
tions held amongst the Member States and the Commission.
Theca positions range from mere observer status and full
participation without the right of vote.
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         Th* question is further-.oomplicated baoaua* aoai*
 d*v*l©ping oountri** h*v* r*qu*at*d that national'libér
 ation movamentji b* *ccord*d at laaat th* aaro* traatmant a*
'international organisation*.
         During th* conaultationa held in U.N. fora in 1184
 bsfora and during.th* 39th General Aaaambly, th* followlng
 w*ra th* main approachaa «xploredi   (1) to add spécifie
 right» of participation to a provision giving th* Interna
 tional Organiiation* th* statu* of obiervsrsf and (2) to
 apell out speoifio right* of participation to b* *njoy*d
 by th* International Organiiation*/ without apacifylng
 th*ir status.
         Thus a first problaza to b* add re aaad may oonaist
 in datarmining vhich of thés* two approachaa 1* prefarabl*
 It may howsvar b* obiarved that if th# apalllng out of th*
 right» of participation to be *njoy*d by Organiiation* i*
 aoourat* and complet*/ th* two approachaa ar* équivalent
 in practice.
         However/ it ha» b##n fait by «om# délégation* that
 th* first approach migbt b* las* favourabl* for th* Orga-
 nizationa th&n th* saoond/ bscaut* it oould b* argvsd that
 th* uiual limit*d capecity of oba*rv#r» in codification
 conférence* might funotion aa a raiiduary rul* for citai
 not coverad by th* rula* attributing »pacific compatanc**.
 Converiely/ if through.overiight a particular attribut*
 wa* not for*ae*n/ th*n under th* leoond approach it might
 b* argu*d that international organisation* had no right*
 of participation at ail in th* ar*a in' qu**tion.
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                The second ordsr of problema - which# at
least in principle# for the reason stated before# i> in*
dependent from the firet - conaeros whioh rights of per-
tiolpetion ere to be given to International Organisations*
                The following rights have been discussed
during the consultationsi
1)   the right to submit proposals and amendments!
        and
2)   the right to make statements.
                During these consultations# at least as
regards the right to submit proposals and amendments#the
limitation was proposed that suoh right should be exsrolf-,
ed through the sponsorship of the proposals and areendmentp
by a State or States participating in the Conference.
                The. questions raised are the followingi
a)   should the two rights be recognised to International
     Organizations and# if so# would they be sufficient?
b)   what position should be taken in connection with the
     "sponsorship" rule . proposed. ..and   are   there
     Variations    thsreof*" whioh can be envisaged (for
     Instancei to limit the sponsorship requirement to
     the submission of proposals for voting?)
                 In addition# other questions connected to
participation may be expected to be considered during the
consultations. None of them has baen discussed in New
 York.  7hey include the follovingi
                         \i
                          \
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 1)  righta of participation on procédural quaatlona (a.g.,
     right to aubmit mot ion ■ to adjoum# pointa of ordar#
     •te) ».
 2)  righta of participation in informai maatinça (auoh aa
     •verking" and "draftingV groupa)»
 3)  righta of participation ' in procaduraa laading to oon**
     •anaua daoiaiona*
                                       I
 4.             Xn addition to tha problam of participation#
 savaral quaatlona of prlncipla ara likaly to ariae in tha
 couraa of tha oonaultationa undar tha rubrioNFinal' elauaaa
 and Settlamant of Diaputaa* mantionad abova. Borna of thaaa
 quaatlona hava not praviously, or at laaat not racantly,
.baan addraisad in Cownunity oonaultation. Thaaa quaationc
 of prinoipla includa tha followingi
 1)  how ahould organiaationa bacoma bound by tha Convantlon?
 2)  ahould participation in tha Convantlon by organiaationa
     ba relavant (and vithin vhat limita) for tha antry into
 .   força of tha Convantion?
 3)  vhat righta ahould ba Xntarnational Organiaationa hava
     ta ragarda reaervationa to tha Convantion?
                                         • ■
 4)  what righta ahould organiaationa hava aa ragarda arr.and-
     iranta?-
 5)  vhat ragima for tha lattlemant of diaputaa would ba
     acceptable to tha Community? and how would thla relata
     to tha poaitlona of tha marrbar Stataf# notably aa ragarda
     diaputaa involving lui poqana?
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              Xn effort of refleotlon with a view to determining
 position* M t m i to ba still needed on tha aa pointa by delefa»
  tions* inoluding tbose o£ tha Tan. xt muet howavar b« XepV,
  in mind that tha idaa of oonaidaring at least sono ©f thasa
 questions in a "package* with tha quaation mantionad above
 o£ tha capaoity in vhieh Organisations will partioipata in
 tha Confaranca ha s baan evoked more than onca during consul
 tations An-1984.
                                      j
 *•          Furthentort, amongst tha issuas of substanoa whioh
 ara likely to ba of prinoipla ooncarn to tha Community and
 tha Tan and soma or ail of which might ba raisad In tha con
 sultations undar tha rubrio "Major Xssuaa of Substance"* .
 ara tha foilowing»
 1.   tha treaty-making powars of international organisations
      and tha modalities for thair exercise.
 3.   tha ragima of réservations.—
 3.   tha validity and affect of treaty obligations under-
      takan by International Organisations, Inoluding tha
      pxoblem of Article 31 bis.
.4.   tha provisions ralating to ius cogoni
           ■
             Xt may ba raoallad that tha Community has already
commentais on a numbar of tha'draft articles dealing with
issues of substance but thosa codants will r.aed to ba look-
ad at again bofore tha Confaranca takaa plaça. Spaoial im
portance has draft Artiola 36 bis "Obligations and rights       '
arising for States membsrs of an international organisation
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  froa k traaty to whloh tt la a. party", Under thi* article,
  which va a promptsd by th* apaolflo nature of tha IEC Traaty,
* Mambar States ara bound by traatiaa entered into by an orga
  nisation,   if      tha oonstltuant*"Instrument ef tha organi
  sation ao providea.
                                  i
  6.         Résolution 39/88 appaala to participants to tha
  Confaranca to organisa consultations on tha organisation
  and method of vork of tha Confaranca and on major issues of
  substance. Since tha Community, togather with othar orga
  nisations, will ba ona of tha participants, tha qusstion
  arists of how Community views ara to ba conveyad during tha
  consultation phasa. Tha ganaral supposition at tha Unitad
  Nations is that tha consultations to ba hsld this year will,
  lik* thosa in 1984, ba prinoipally betwean stataa. In 1984
  tha UN Legal Counsel, who conductad tha consultations, hsld
  saparata meetings with tha UN organisations, and lt is prob
  able that a similar meeting will ba hold this year. It would
 ba posslblla therefore, if Community participation in tha
  intar-stata consultation* would not ba possible bafora tha
  40th Sataion, for tha Community to oonvey its vlawa eeparata-
  ly to tha Legal Counsel or to tha Ambasaador of Iraq if ha
 conducta tha consultations suoh a procedure would of ooursa
 nacaaaltata cloea co-ordination betwesn tha viaws axpressad
 on behalf of tha Community and thosa expreaaed by-Hsmbar
  Stataa in tha consultations.'