RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF A PROTOCOL TO THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY CONSEQUENT ON THE ACCESSION TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORISING THE COMMISSION TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ACP STATES REFERRED TO IN PROTOCOL No 3 ANNEXED TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME AND WITH THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA CONCERNING THE GUARANTEED PRICES FOR CANE SUGAR TO APPLY IN THE 1979/80 DELIVERY PERIOD (Presented by the Commission to the Council)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (79) 191
Vol. 1979/0082
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
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 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(79)191 final
                                                     Brussels , 9 April 1979
                           RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION .     •
                AUTHORISING THE COMMISSION TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
                                                      »
                     ACP STATES REFERRED TO IN PROTOCOL No 3 ANNEXED
                     TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME AND WITH THE
                       REPUBLIC OF INDIA CONCERNING THE GUARANTEED
                               PRICES FOR CANE SUGAR TO APPLY
                               IN THE 1979 / 80 DELIVERY PERIOD
                       <                                                 r
                         ( Presented by the Commission to " the Council )
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C0M(79 ) 191 final
 ---pagebreak---                                 "EXPLANATORY NOTE
1 . Protocol No 3 on ACP sugar annexed to the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome
    and the Agreement with India on cane sugar place an obligation on the
    Community to purchase - at guaranteed prices – cane sugar which the                       i
    exporting countries concerned cannot commercially market in the Community
    at prices equivalent to or in excess of the guaranteed prices .
    The Protocol and the Agreement also require that the guaranteed prices
    shall "be negotiated annually .
2 . The current guaranteed prices apply until 30 June 1979 * The attached         ,         !
    recommendation for a Council Decision accordingly seeks authority for                  j-
    the Commission to negotiate , on "behalf of the Community , the guaranteed             ;
    prices to be applied to the 1979/80 delivery period which "begins on
    1 July 1979 .
3 . The Council 's attention is drawn to the following :
                                                                   :    • -               I.
    - During last year 's negotiations                                        " -        ! ■
        ( a) The Community was unable to accept an ACP request that the
              guaranteed prices agreed for 1978/79 should be applied retro
            . actively .
       (b ) The ACP states requested that the Community should consider
              ways and means of providing some compensation for the freight
       •                                       !           ' -                         !
              charges borne by the ACP sugar-exporting states in transporting
              their preferential sugar to the Community . The ' Community took        '
              note of this request .                                                 j
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Financial implications                                                               i
This recommendation for a Decision does not involve financial implications          T
other than those already taken into acoount in the agricultural price               i
proposais (Doo . COM (79) 10 Vol II of 2.2.1979).                    '              !
 ---pagebreak---                       RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
           author 5. sing the Commission to open negotiations with the ACP states
           referred to in Protocol No 3 annexed, to the ACP-EEO Convention of Lome
           and. with the Republic of India concerning the guaranteed prices for
           cane sugar to apply in the 1979/80 delivery period
THE COUNCIL OP TIIE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 11.3 thereof ,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas the ACP-EBC Convention of Lome ( 1 ) entered into force on 1 April 1976 ;
Whereas an agreement on cane sugar between the European Economic Community and
the Republio of India ( 2 ), hereinafter referred to as the " Agreement ", entered into
force on 18 July 1975 /'
Wherea3 Protocol No 3 on ACP sugar annexed to the said Convention , hereinafter
referred to as the "Protocol ", and the Agreement provide that the guaranteed prices
for the quantities of cane sugar concerned shall be negotiated annually ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                             Sols Article
1 . The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations with the ACP states
     referred to in the Protocol and with the Republic of India on the guaranteed
     prices referred to in the Protocol and the Agreement to apply in the 1979/80
     delivery period. These negotiations shall be opened as soon as possible after
     the Council has determined the Community 's internal sugar prices for 1979/80 ,
     and in any case before 1 Mav 1979 .
2 . The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in consultation with representatives
     of the Member States and. in conformity with the following guidel ine :
     - The guaranteed prices ciffo         should be negotiated in such a way that the return
       guaranteed to the ACP countries arid to the Republio of India for their raw cane
       sugar delivax'-ies to the Community are        comparable with the guaranteed net
       return to the Community producers of raw beet sugar «
     - The prices thua negotiated shall apply only in respaot of the delivery period
       which begins on 1 July 1979®
     Done at Brussels ,                                                 For the Council
( 1 ) OJ No L 25 , 30.1.1976 , p.l
( 2 ) OJ No L 190 , 23.7.1975 » p. 35


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending the Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Argentine Republic (Presented by the Commission to the Council)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (78) 690
Vol. 1978/0262
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Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
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 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                                COM(78)690 final
                                                                                Brussels , 6 December 197°
                            RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
               concluding the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
      extending the Trade Agreement "between the European Economic Community and the
                                 Argentine Republic
                          ( Presented "by the Commission to the Council )
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COM ( 78 ) 690 final
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
            The Trade Afpreement between the European Economio Community
  and the Argentina Republio concluded on 8 November 1971 for a period of
   three years entered into foroe on 1 January 1972 and expires on 31 leoeraber
1973 after three extensions for a period of one year as provided for in
  article 9 (?) of th* Agreement .
            The Argentine Mission to the   European Communities has made known
  verbally to the Commission'^ servioes that the Argentine Government ©oasid<M .
  it advisable to renew the agreement again .
            Considering that the Trade Agreement of 8 November 1971 should
  again be extended for one year ,
            the Commi anion reoommends that the Council i
  - adopts the draft Deoision annexed hereto concluding an ajrrenment , in the
     form of an exoh&nge of letter?, extending the Trade Agreement botvoen tho
     European Eoonoaio Community a$d the Argentina Republio for a. period of one
     year .
 ---pagebreak---                      ^ corr.ondation for a Council X~CISICN-
concluding "the Agreement in "the forra of an exchange of letters extending
the Trade Agreement between t,h<9 European EoonoBl© Community and the
Argentina' Republic
                    «
    TES COIKCXL 0? TES ECR0PEJ13 COI-MJNiriES ,
    Ua.vi.ng ro.^ard to the Treaty esfcftbliehinc the £iirop<»®aa, Eooasai©
    C©M&mi*ye and la particular .fiJrtiol® 3,13 "thereof «
    Having yegaxd to the Reocimnenrtftiion from *he Conuniffleion •
    Khereao the Trade Agroooent; 'batwcea th* European Eooataio Cosaunity
    ar.d the Argon*ine Hopublio sbeuld ^ •3Cfc«aA6& f&r ©jq® y»W a* provided
    for in Artiolft $ (Z) tha^aofg 1                   .'.
    EiS SESno « .
                                   Article 1
                   The Agreoaont in the fora of an exohau^yo of lettera between
    the ^aropoan Eooncaio Cocsunity and the Argent in* Eepubli© art ending the
    Trade Agroa=e>nt eigned is Bru«seIo on 8 JTovesber 1971 Is hereby ecnoludod
    ©a . behalf       tb„e European Eoonoaio Cazxaz£S,t?f« cSh& t<wet Qt tha exohnnsp qZ
 a
    latters is *s»es©d t« fhio £«oisloa#
                                    Art 10 : G 7.
                    The President of the Council ip, ha re av auiboriiad to douigaAt©
    * '~a peTtons ss^ovax^d to cign the Ag^eeaaxiti a&4 t® ©on^or oa 1&ea th*
  . pov^ys                t» ordjj-r t© b42s4> t&«* -<5&aawaity»
                                           « ,
         .      «fc ^nw*ei* p •      1                      t
                                                              .  ?^r    Counoil
                                                                     Pr*si4aat
 ---pagebreak---                         fiGïuzr.:?272
        IN ?-3 FORM or ;s EXCHANGE o? LETTERS
     EjlTZoDZ.'O T;I3 TRADE AG ISET-ZNT BETWEEN T2S
            EUROPEAN ECOKOI-IIC COXMC'ITY
            AM) THE ARGET.TIMS       REPUBLIC
 A. Lett or to tho Argentina authorities
Sir,
              With roforonce to Artiole $ ( 2 ) of the Trado Agroorsont
batwoon tbo Europoan Economic Conmunity and the Ajrgontine Ropublio
signed in Brucsols on 8 November 1971 » I an pleasod to infom you
that the European Eoonoiaio Coccunity agrees to the extension of tho
above JLgreeaeat for a period, of one year from 1 January 1979 *
              Please aooept,Sir, the &sffuranoe of my hi^hoet oonsidoration.
                                              For the Counoil of the
                                              European Communities
                                                1 1
                                                < k
 ---pagebreak---                                   • 2 -
  S. Letter*■ 1 to tho President
                              1    »
                                     of tho VCouncil of
                                                     1 1" ■
                                                           the European
                                                                  1 ^
                                                                         Co^rsunitirs
                                                                        ■ i
  Sir .
                  In your letter of               you informed oe as follows t
                  " With roforence to Artiole 9 ( 2 ) of tho Trade Agrootr.ont
 "bo two on tho Europoar. Zconomio Cocusunity and. tho Argentine Kopublio
 " sijr.od in Brussols on 8 ^ovesher 1971 » X aa pleased to infora you
 M that the European Ecoaocio Cocaunity                   to the extension of the
Mabove A^reeaent for a period of one year from 1 January 1$79"«
                 I aa pleased to inform you , on "behalf of the Governstmt of
the ir^ontina Republic p th©.t my CQveraaent clso a^rroee to the extension
Qf the s^cve Agreement for a period of ©joa year fro® 1 January 1979 «
                 Pie ace accept8 'Sir, tija fcasurtao* of oy idghest ©onaidarfetion.


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION accepting on behalf of the Community the Recommendation of the Customs Co-operation Council of 16 May 1979 concerning customs requirements regarding commercial invoices (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (82) 229
Vol. 1982/0093
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Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
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 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                          COΜ(82)229 final
                                          Brussels - 5 May 1982
                         Recommendation for a
                           COUNCIL DECISION
   accepting on behalf of the Community the Recommendation of the
   Customs Co-operation Council of 16 May 1979 concerning customs
   requirements regarding commercial invoices
           ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 ---pagebreak---                                   I
                                                       ûawj i, lA
    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
   In the Light of its purpose , which is to facilitate international trade
  and"  to ensure the highest possible degree of harmoni sat ion and uniformity
   in customs matters , this Recommendation , which deals with a subject of
  special interest for the functioning of customs services given recent
  developments in communication        technology, directly concerns the operation
  of the customs union and, consequently , the implementation of the Community 's
  commercial policy .                                                 v
 The Recommendation was adopted by the CCC in May 1979 .         The Community
  should now adopt its position on. it .       It should be noted that Belgium
  has already accepted the Recommendation on 10 September 1979 .        This
  Recommendation has been examined in detail by the relevant Commission
  departments and by representatives of the Member States .
  Following this examination it seems possible to accept the Recommendation
  without reservation .
In light of the wish of the Community and the Member States to announce this
acceptance at the next session of the Customs Cooperation Council , the
decision accepting the recommendation should be adopted as soon as possible .
For this reason the Commission, in its concern for operational effectiveness
and guided by the previous practice of the Council when accepting annexes to
the Kyoto Convent ion, recommends it to adopt the decision concerning the recom
mendation of the Customs Cooperation Council on the basis of the Treaty as a
whole .
– CONCLUSION
   The Commi ssion recorflnTlnds
                          rrent  that the Council ,
                    acc-ept with immediate effect the Recommendation of the
   Customs Cooperation Council concerning customs requirements regarding
   commercial invoices .
 ---pagebreak--- Recommendation for ^
COUNCIL DECISION
accepting on behalf of the Comnunity   tne
  Recommendation of the Customs Co-operstion Council of 16 May 1979
concerning cus toms requirements regarding commercial invoices
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
         . ,        J::.
Whereas the Recommendation of the Customs Co-operation Council concerning
customs requirements regarding commercial invoices can be accepted by
the Community with immediate effect ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                   o
                               Article   1
The Recommendation of 16 May 1979 of the Customs Co-operation Council
concerning customs requirements regarding commercial invoices is hereby
accepted on behalf of the' Community with immediate effect .  The text
of the said Recommendation is produced in the Annex .
                              Article  2
The President of the Council Ehall designate the person empowered to
inform the Secretariat-General of the Customs Co - operation Council of the
acceptance by the Community with immediate effect of the Recommendation
referred to in Article 1 .
Done at Brussels ,                          For the Council ,
                                              President
 ---pagebreak---                                  ANNEX
                       RECOMMENDATION OF THE
            CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL OF 16 MAY 1979
              CONCERNING CUSTOMS REQUIREMENTS
                                                  %
                REGARDING COMMERCIAL INVOICES
THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL,^
      . a .
DESIRING to facilitate international trade by making it possible for trade
circles to employ modern methods of data reproduction and transmission ,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT inter ,alia the efforts being made at international
level to enable all the documents required for an international trade
transaction to be prepared from a single master by the one-run method,
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the Recommendation concerning signatures and
authentication adopted in March 1979 by the Working Party on Facilitation
of International Trade Procedures of the Economic Commission for Europe .
                             «
which notes in particular that the general adoption of mechanical or
electronic methods of data transfer requires changes in current practice
regarding handwritten signatures ,
CONSIDERING that the requirement of a signature on the commercial invoice
for Customs purposes does not afford the Customs any parti cu'.ar guarantee
of its accuracy,
RECOMMENDS that Members should :
1 . accept commercial invoices produced by any process , for example the
    one-run method , in cases where the presentation of the commercial
    invoice is required in connexion with the clearance of goods ;
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2 -                        Annex
2 . refrain from requiring a signature , for Customs purposes , on commercial
    invoices presented in support of a Goods declaration ,
REQUESTS Memberswho accept this Recommendation to notify the Secretary
General of their acceptance , of the date from which they will apply the
Recommendation , and of the conditions of its application . The Secretary
General will transmit this information to the Customs administrations of
Members .


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE NEGOTIATION OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT