               EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 7.7.2016
            COM(2016) 293 final
            Recommendation for a
            COUNCIL DECISION
            establishing that no effective action has been taken by Portugal in response to the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013
            {SWD(2016) 240 final}

               Recommendation for a

               COUNCIL DECISION

               establishing that no effective action has been taken by Portugal in response to the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013

               THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

               Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 126(8) thereof,

               Having regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,

               Whereas:

               (1)According to Article 126 of the Treaty, Member States shall avoid excessive government deficits.

               (2)The Stability and Growth Pact is based on the objective of sound government finances as a means of strengthening the conditions for price stability and for strong sustainable growth conducive to employment creation. The Stability and Growth Pact includes Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 of 7 July 1997 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure
                  1
               , which was adopted in order to further the prompt correction of excessive general government deficits.

               (3)The Council, acting upon a recommendation by the Commission, decided on 2 December 2009, in accordance with Article 126(6) of the Treaty, that an excessive deficit existed in Portugal and issued a recommendation to correct the excessive deficit by 2013 at the latest, in accordance with Article 126(7) of the Treaty and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
                  2
               . Following the request by the Portuguese authorities for financial assistance from the European Union, the Member States whose currency is the euro and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Council granted Union financial assistance to Portugal
                  3
               . The Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality (the "Memorandum of Understanding") between the Commission and the Portuguese authorities was signed on 17 May 2011.  Since then, the Council has issued two new recommendations to Portugal (on 9 October 2012 and 21 June 2013) on the basis of Article 126(7) of the Treaty, which extended the deadline for correcting the excessive deficit to 2014 and 2015 respectively. In both recommendations, the Council considered that Portugal had taken effective action, but unexpected adverse economic events with major unfavourable consequences for government finances had occurred.

               (4)Specifically, in order to bring the headline government deficit below the 3% of GDP reference value by 2015 in a credible and sustainable manner, Portugal was recommended to: (a) bring the headline deficit to 5.5% of GDP in 2013, 4.0% of GDP in 2014 and 2.5% of GDP in 2015, which was deemed consistent with an improvement in the structural balance of 0.6% of GDP in 2013, 1.4% of GDP in 2014 and 0.5 % of GDP in 2015, based on the Commission services May 2013 update of the economic outlook for Portugal; (b) implement measures amounting to 3.5% of GDP to confine the 2013 deficit to 5.5% of GDP, including the measures defined in the 2013 Budget Law and additional measures included in the Supplementary Budget, namely, reductions in the wage bill, increased efficiency in the functioning of public administration, lower public consumption and better use of Union funds; (c) building on the Public Expenditure Review (PER), adopt permanent consolidation measures worth at least 2.0% of GDP in view of attaining a headline deficit of 4.0% of GDP in 2014 and aim at streamlining and modernising the public administration, addressing redundancies across the public sector functions and entities, improving the sustainability of the pension system and achieving targeted cost savings in individual line ministries; (d) adopt the necessary permanent consolidation measures to achieve the 2015 deficit target of 2.5% of GDP. Furthermore, Portugal was recommended to maintain reform momentum in public financial management by revising the Budget Framework Law by the end of 2013 to further enhance budgetary procedures and principles of budgetary management, accountability, transparency and simplification and to continue efforts to limit contingent liabilities stemming from state-owned enterprises and public-private partnerships.

               (5)The Commission services May 2013 update of the economic outlook for Portugal, which underpinned the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013, projected that the Portuguese economy would contract by 2.3% in 2013 before growing by 0.6% and 1.5%, respectively, in the two subsequent years. Nominal GDP growth was forecast at -0.6% and 1.8% in 2013 and 2014, respectively, and at 2.7% in the following year.

               (6)In its Recommendation of 21 June 2013, the Council established a deadline of 1 October 2013 for effective action to be taken in line with the provisions of Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1467/97. In line with Article 10(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013, Portugal was exempted from a separate reporting under the excessive deficit procedure and reported in the framework of its macroeconomic adjustment programme.

               (7)Risks of non-compliance with the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013 were highlighted in subsequent assessments. In July 2015, based on its assessment of the 2015 Stability Programme, the first after the exit from the economic adjustment programme, the Council concluded that there was a risk that Portugal would not comply with the provisions of the Stability and Growth Pact. Similarly, the Commission's Opinion on Portugal's Draft Budget Plan for 2015 concluded that Portugal was at risk of not complying with the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact. In particular, the Commission pointed to a risk to the timely correction of the excessive deficit by 2015. Moreover, the Commission also pointed to the shortfall in structural effort as compared to the recommendation, indicating the need for additional structural consolidation measures for 2015 to underpin a credible and sustainable correction of the excessive deficit.

               (8)A new assessment of the action taken by Portugal to correct the excessive deficit by 2015 in response to the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013, leads to the following conclusions:

               –Following the notification of the 2015 general government deficit and its validation by the Commission (Eurostat), the 2015 deficit came out at 4.4% of GDP, above the Treaty reference value of 3.0% of GDP. The gap vis-a-vis the reference value was largely due to a financial sector support measure in the context of the resolution of Banif at the end of 2015, which had a negative impact of 1.4% of GDP on the government deficit. Taking that element together with one-off revenue items, the deficit net of one-off measures would still have been above the Treaty reference value.

               –The cumulative improvement in the structural balance in the period from 2013 to 2015 is estimated at 1.1% of GDP, significantly below the 2.5% of GDP recommended by the Council. When adjusted for the effects of revised potential output growth and revenue windfalls or shortfalls compared to the baseline scenario underpinning the recommendation, the cumulative improvement is reduced markedly to -0.1% of GDP.

               –The amount of measures implemented until June 2014 was in line with the targets under the macroeconomic adjustment programme. Thereafter, the amount of permanent consolidation measures underpinning the budgetary targets for 2014 was significantly reduced over time from 2.3% of GDP planned at the time of the 2014 budget to around 1.5% of GDP in the projection underlying the 2015 budget. Thus, the amount of measures taken falls clearly short of the recommendation to take at least 2.0% of GDP of additional measures in 2014. For 2015, the amount of permanent fiscal consolidation measures was further reduced to around 0.6% of GDP in the 2015 budget and the headline target was set at 2.7% of GDP. Thus, the planned structural consolidation measures were insufficient to achieve the recommended 2015 deficit target of 2.5% of GDP. The 2015 deficit outturn confirmed that the planned measures were insufficient.

               –Overall, since June 2014 the improvement of the headline deficit has been driven by the economic recovery and reduced interest expenditure in a low-interest rate environment. Windfall gains were not used to accelerate the deficit reduction and the volume of structural consolidation measures was not sufficient to reach the targets.

               –General government gross debt has broadly stabilised since the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013reaching 129.2% of GDP at the end of 2013, 130.2% of GDP in 2014 and 129.0% of GDP in 2015 according to the Commission 2016 spring forecast.

               –Fiscal-structural reforms have progressed in most areas albeit at differentiated pace. The Budget Framework Law was revised and strengthened but it is set to fully enter into force only in September 2018. Considerable efforts have been made to curb tax fraud and evasion and to reform the tax administration. The long-term sustainability of the pension system has been improved in recent years, while short and medium term challenges remain. Reform in the health care system with a view to ensure the sustainability of the National Health Service (NHS) are progressing at adequate pace.  Public administration reforms to improve fiscal management at regional and local levels have been implemented over the past years as well as reforms to the public-private partnerships (PPPs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly during the economic adjustment programme duration.

               (9)This leads to the conclusion that the response of Portugal to the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013 has been insufficient. Portugal did not put an end to its excessive deficit by 2015. The fiscal effort falls significantly short of what was recommended by the Council,

               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

               Article 1

               Portugal has not taken effective action in response to the Council Recommendation of 21 June 2013.

               Article 2

               This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.

               Done at Brussels,

                     For the Council

                     The President

                     (1)
                  OJ L 209, 2.8.1997, p. 6.

                     (2)
                  All documents related to the excessive deficit procedure of Portugal can be found at:

                     http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/economic_governance/sgp/deficit/countries/portugal_en.htm

                     (3)
                  Council Implementing Decision N° 2011/344/EU of 30 May 2011 on granting Union financial assistance to Portugal, OJ L 159, 17.6.2011, p. 88.


RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE NEGOTIATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON JUTE AND JUTE PRODUCTS


title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION concluding an agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali for the supply of maize as food aid. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (74) 451
Vol. 1974/0076
 ---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(74)451 Final
                                               Brussels . 9 April 1974
                           RECOMMENDATION FOR A
                       !     COUNCIL DECISION'
    concluding an agreement between the European Economic Community
     and the Republic of Mali for the supply of maize as food aid .
              ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(74 ) 451
 ---pagebreak---    THE COUNCIL "OF THE EUROPEAN COIff-OITIES .
  Having regard "to "the Treaty establishing tho European Economic Community ,
  and in particular Articles 113 , 114 and 228 thereof ;
  Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
  Ivliereas the European Economic Community has deposited a declaration of
  provisional application of the Good Aid Convention of 1971 } and whereas
  that Convention has "been effective since 1 July 1971 }
  Whereas the Republic of Mali , by its. letter of 5*12«73 has requested
, food aid ;
                                                                  4
  Whereas in view of the cereal supply situation in the Republic of Mali
  that country should be accorded by way of gift , 20 000 metric tons of
  maize under the Community Pood Aid Programme for 1973/74 *
                                                                             *
 HAS DECIDEE : .
                                                                   f
                                    Article 1
  On behalf of the European Economic Community an Agreement is hereby concluded
 "between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Mali
 on the supply of food aid in the form of      maize        . the text of which
 Agrcement is annexed to this décision .
                                               »
                                    Article 2
 The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons
  empowered to sign the Agreement , and to confer on. them the powers necessary
 to commit the Community .
 Donc at Brussels ,                     19  i
                                                             For the Council
                                                              The Président
 ---pagebreak---                    -3                 9
                  AGREEMELJT
 BETWEEHf TIIE EUROPEAN" ECOliOKIC COLMUHirr
 AND   THE REPUBLIC OP MALI
 Oil THE SUPPLY OP FOOD AID I1T THE FORM OF
'MAIZE .
 ---pagebreak--- THE COUNCIL OP 'J/iJB KUIlOPEAlf COIOTJITIES .
           •                                        I                  i
                                                       on the one hand .
THE GOVJiRMEilT OP THE REPUBLIC OF MALI
                                                       011 •the other hand.,
HAVE DECIDXD to conclude "this Agreement and to this end have designated
as their plenipotentiaries :                   .
                             .                   .                 i
TIIE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMuWITIES :
THE G0VERKME1JT OP' THE REPUBLIC OF MALI :
                                                                 4
WIIO HAVE AGREED AS P0LL0W3 î
 ---pagebreak---                                  ArticJo X                        "
As a pari; of its Pood Aid Programme (Cereals ) for 197 3/74 » the European
Economic Community shall supply 20 000 metric tons of maize
as gift to the Republic of Malij hereinafter referred to as the "recipient
"country ".                                                         •
                                 Article II
    Deliveries shall be made ln new jute sacks with a net weight of 50 kg each
    free to places of destination determined 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 relating to delivery and the talcing of delivery ore
defined in the Annex which forms an' integral part of this Agreement .
                                 Article TV
The recipient country undertakes to make all necessary arrangements for the
transport and insurance of the product from the places of destination.
                                 Article   V
 The country of destination undertakes to use for purposes of consumption
  the goods received as aid .
 The country of destination shall distribute the maize received as aid free
  of charge except for 5 000 metric tons of maize        which may be sold on
  the local market at prices normally obtaining on that market for goods of
  comparable quality .            •
 ---pagebreak---   The proceeds of such sale , less normal marketing costs incurred 011 the loco!),
 market ( excluding inland ^ transport costs ) shall 'bo paid into a special iteoount
 with the Central Bank or a bank under State supervision to form a, fund for the
 financing of one or more development projects previously submitted by the
 country of destination and approved by the European Economic Community .
                                     Article VI                    '     .
The Contracting Parties undertake to implement this Agreement m such a woy
as to avoid any prejudice to the normal structure of domestic production and
international trade . To this end they shall take any measures required to
ensure that aid supplies are in addition to , and do not replace business
transactions which might reasonably be expected in the absence pf such supplies
                                    Article VII
The recipient country shall take any measures required to prevent :                   .
(i ) The re-export of the product received as aid and of products and by-,
       products resulting from such supplies ;
( ii ) The export , commercially or otherwise , within six month.3 of the last
       delivery , either of the product obtained locally and of the same nature
       as the product received as aid o'r of any products or by-products
       resulting from it .
                                    Artide VIII
                                    >« lw»n|i.ifaillll IWflilJ 1
The recipient country undertakes to inform the European Economic Community
how this Agreement is being implemented . To this end , it shall report to the
Commission of the European Communities every three months until the quanti
ties received as aid have been fully used :                      '
( i ) the number and nature of the recipients , the ; quantities distributed ,
      and the place and method of distribution .
 ---pagebreak---                                      - 4 -
 ( ii )  quantities sold , how they have been sold , selling prices ; normal
         selling costs on the recipient country 's market ;
 ( iii ) On 15 January every year until the special account has been fully
         used :
          ( a ) State of this account ( incomings and outgoings ) on 31 December
                of the preceding year ;
          ( b ) Progress achieved in the project or projects , with an. indication
                of the total amount' of financing undertaken at that stage .
                                       Article   IX
The country of destination shall take all measures necessary to enable
persons duly authorized by the European Economic Community to follow on the
spot the progress of operations carried out in pursuance of this Agreement .
                                        Article X
At the request of either of them , the Contracting Parties shall consult each
other on any questions concerning the implementation of this Agreement ,         .
                                        Article XX
This Agreement is dravm up in duplicate in the Danish , Dutch , English , Prencn
German and Italian languages , each of these texts being equally authentic .
 ---pagebreak---       •'       •      /,1-im TO AK'FJCL?. m OF Tin3 • /lOJJOTffiiT
                                     . Article)  1
   Delivery shall bo coriiplctod ami tho            nhall pasa from tho Roropcon
   Economic Community to 'the recipient country as coon at? the goodi? actually
   roach the. plaoe of destination                                • .
...The recipient co^uvtry shall bear . all costs incurred in taking; delivery of the
   goody , any transshipment costs and all other coats subsequent to delivery .
   Any costs resulting from delay in taking delivery of tho . goods ) which arc
   attributable to tho recipient country , shall 1)0 borne by that country .
                                         Article ?.            • ■
  The European Economic Community shall r at the earliest' opportunity , give to
   the recipient country the information relating to the consignment of tho
   goods to the placo of destination , tho mr.aua of transport uaod^ the details
   of the route to bs followed over tho intermediate stages * tho date of
  loading , and tha quantity and quality of tho gooda on their departure fro;!
   tho Commun ity»               •                     •          '                    .
          * •                                                »
                                         Article ^                               ■
  The European Economic Cwarounxty shall inform the recipient country in good ;;
                                                                                , «
  time of the goodc 1 presumed date of arrival at the place of destination . The
  European Economic Community shall bo under an obligation to inform tho
  recipient country at leaut two. days in. advance ( of the- date ) of tho goody'
  arrival at tho place of destination *                                 ■
                                      \                         "           «
                            -,      ' Article £
                          '            *
  On delivery a tolerance of 5 '/» lous than the quantity of whoat to "bo cuppl i e d
 under Article I of the Agreement ic permitted .
              ' ,, •.          .         Article 5
  The European Economic Community ohall appoint o.n agent to implement tho
  provisions of this Annex , and nhall in good time , forward the latter ' G narao
  and addreua to . tho rocipiont country,             ' ;
 The recipient country shall appoint an' agent in. each place of del ivory , end
 chall forvjard the latter' u name and address to tho European Economic Corcr.mn3.ty
 prior to implementation of tho Agreement# ' •                            '   '
 ---pagebreak---                                - 2 -
                              .Article 6
On delivery of the goods -the country of destination shall hand to the authorized
agent of the European Economic Community a taking-over certificate , stating the
place and date of taking over , the nature and the quantity as v/ell as continent
observations about the quality of these goods and shall send a copy thereof to
the Commission of the European Community .                          >
                            C?


title: Recommendation for a DECISION OF THE COUNCIL on the negotiations of a legal instrument enabling the European Economic Community to become a Contracting Party to the Customs Convention on the International Transit of goods (ITI Convention) (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

text:
ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (75) 66
Vol. 1975/0025
 ---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 SUROFBAN COMÈlUFm&>
                                                            COM(75)66 final
                                                            Brussels . 27 February 1975
                                 Recommendation for a
                                DECISION OF THE COUNCIL
                       on the negotiations of a legal instrument
                       enabling the European Economic Community
                    to "become a Contracting Party to the Customs
                      Convention on the International Transit of
                                goods ( ITI Convention )
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  COIï(75J 66 final
 ---pagebreak---                                  E"3> Tj.f N/..T0Ry NOTE
 I.     Introduction
             The work begun in 1967 by the Customs Co-operation Council with
        a view to introducing a nevj Customs transit procedure designed specifically
        to facilitate the international transport of unitised loads of goods
        resulted in the draft Customs Convention on the International . Transit
        of Goods ( ITI Convention) done at Vienna 7 June 1971*
 II . General                                       m
             The ITI Convention applies to the international transport of goods
        loaded into transport units ( containers , road vehicles , railway wagons ,
        barges ...) approved for the transport of goods under Customs' seal on
        the territory of two or more Contracting Parties .- It is applicable
     ■ equally to transport operations carried throughout by a„ single means
        of transport and to those in which loaded containers are carried
        during the operation by different modes of transport .
             Thus tie Convention introduces customs procedures adapted to the
        speed of containerised transport .
III . Member States' attitude to the Convention
             The ITI Convention has not yet entered into force because it has
        not , as yet ; received a sufficient number of signatures or accessions
        without reservation of ratification .
             The nine Member States of the Community , although they took part
        as members of the C.C.C. in the work of drawing up the Convention ,
        have adopted a cautious approach prompted by the fact that there appears
        to be no pressing need in' international" commercial quarters - for this
    ■ new international customs transit procedure and that the guaranteeing
        chain j on essential condition of the new procedure , has not yet been'
      ■ set up.' ;           " =          *
 ---pagebreak---            The Commission considers that it is becoming more and more difficult
     to stand aloof from this Convention .                         "
           Politically . Member States as well as the Commission ( as observers )
     have fully co-operated in the drawing up of the Convention . Their joint
     action has meant , among other things , the adoption of provisions under which
     the Convention is applicable to Contracting Parties which form a Customs or
     Economic Union . Thus the third country members of the C,C.C. find it diffi
     cult to understand the Community reservation against this Convention which ,
     bearing in mind the volume -of containerised traffic crossing the Community,
     means in practice that the ITI procedure is not used.                 i
           Economically i it should be emphasised that this Convention could be of
     interest to the Community in its commercial relations with non-European
     countries .                                           ...
           Finally the technical argument deriving from the non- exist ence of the
     guarantee system loses weight because there are grounds for thinking that the
     International Chamber of Commerce will succeed in the organisation of guaran
     teeing chains .                               ' '
         . However , there are favourable developments within the- Community. All
     the delegations , at a meeting of the Economic Questions Group held on
     13 December to consider a letter sent by the Secretary General of the
     Customs Co-operation Council to the President of the Council of the Community
     on the question of accession by the Community to the ITI Convention , favoured
     accession by them as well as the Community to the said . Convention . Jut that
     raises a legal difficulty.
IV . Problem of accession to the ITI Convention by the Community
           The ITI Convention provides for- accession by State Members of the
     Customs Co-operation Council and State Members of the . United Nations or its
     specialised agencies and after its entry into force any State not a Member
     of the Organisations referred to above who has been invited to do so by the
     Secretary General of the Courucil at the request of the Contracting Parties .
 ---pagebreak---                                  - 3 -
Without prejudging the question of whether the transfer of certain
responsibilities by Member States has not already given the Community the
right to accede on . its own account , it is considered that the best
method of allowing such accession would be the adoption of appropriate
legal provisions . The Community could then inform the Secretary-General
of the CCC of its intentions and requirements in this field and could
negotiate a legal instrument which would enable it to become a Contrac
ting Party to the Convention *
Conclusion.
   The Commission recommends the Council , under Article 113 of the EEC
Treaty to negotiate a legal instrument enabling the European Economic
Community to accede to the Customs Convention on the International Transit
of Goods ( ITI Convention ) done at Vienna, 7th June 1971 *
 ---pagebreak---                            Recommendation for a
                           DECISIOIT OF THE COUNCIL
                           on the negotiations of
                 a legal instrument enabling the European
               Economic Community to become a Contracting Party
           to the Customs Convention on the International Transit
                       of goods ( ITI Convention)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
and in particular Article 113 5
Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission ;
Whereas the work undertaken by the Customs Co-operation Council was concluded
in Vienna on 7th June 1971 by the Customs Convention on the International
Transit of Goods ( ITI Convention) 5
Whereas this Convention has not yet entered into force 5
Whereas this Convention could improve international trade 5
Whereas since the said Convention affects common customs law it is appropriate
that the Community should be able s taking account of the needs of the Customs
Union , to become a Contracting Party to the aforesaid Convention f
Whereas it is timely to insert in the text of the ITI Convention provisions
which expressly enable the European Economic Community to become a Contracting
Party 1 xvhereas to this end appropriate negotiations should be undertaken 5
HAS DECIDED :
                                 Sole Article
       The Commission is authorised to open negotiations with the Customs
Co-operation Council with a view to the insertion in the ITI Convention of
a legal instrument to enable the European Economic Community to accede there
to .
       The Commission shall conduct these negotiations in consultation with the
speeial committee , for which provision is made in Article 113 "to assist
in this task .
Done at Brussels                                            For the Council
                                                            The President


RECOMMENDATION FOR A DECISION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, ON THE OPENING OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALGERIA, AUSTRIA, CYPRUS, EGYPT, FINLAND, ICELAND, ISRAEL, JORDAN, LEBANON, MALTA, MOROCCO, NORWAY, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, SYRIA, TUNISIA, TURKEY, AND YUGOSLAVIA WITH A VIEW TO AMENDING THE AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE COUNTRIES TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF INTRODUCTION OF THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM


title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and the Government of the German Democratic Republic on trade in sheepmeat and goatmeat (presented by the Commission)

text:
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COM (87) 295
Vol. 1987/0174
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Verschlusssachen als herabgestuft angesehen.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(87) 295 final
                                                   Brussels , 28j u L y 1987
                             Recommendation for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
   on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an exchange of
         letters between the European Economie Community and the
          Government of the German Democratie Republic on trade
                          in sheepmeat and goatmeat
                       ( presented by the Commission )
C0MC87 ) 295 final
 ---pagebreak---                                     ъ
                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Under the negotiating mandate given by the Council to the Commission on
   20 December 1979 , and pursuant to Regulation ( EEC ) No 1837 /80 on the
   common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat , agreements on
   voluntary restraint of their exports in this sector have been concluded
   with the following countries : Argentina , Australia , Austria , Bulgaria ,
   Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Iceland , New Zealand , Poland , Romania , Uruguay
   and Yugoslavia .
2. Although the German Democratic Republic was one of the first countries to
   have agreed to the principle of the voluntary restraint of its export of
   sheepmeat and goatmeat to the Community , the negotiations for the
   conclusion of a formal , definitive agreement between the German Democratic
   Republic and the Community were not concluded until 10 February of this
   year . The negotiations were interrupted in 1981 because the negotiator for
   the German Democratic Republic did not have the Government 's official
   authorization , but this was rectified on 11 September 1986 .
3. Since the provisions contained in the draft agreement finally accepted by
   the competent authorities of the German Democratic Republic are the same
   as those contained in the voluntary restraint agreements already concluded
   between the Community and the countries listed above , it is proposed that
   the draft decision concerning the conclusion with the German Democratic
   Republic of an agreement on the voluntary restraint of its exports to the
   Community in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector should be adopted .
   Under this agreement , the Community undertakes to set a ceiling of 10% ad
   valorem for the levy applicable and the German Democratic Republic
   undertakes to limit its exports to 2 400 tonnes of live animals a year .
   This quantity is lower than the 3 273 tonnes imported into the Community
   in 1981 and the quantity accepted at Community level with a view to the
   conclusion of the agreement .
   It was agreed that the figures adopted in 1981 could no longer serve as a
   basis for discussion , since sheepmeat production in the Community had
   resulted in a more favourable supply rate .
 ---pagebreak---                                            3
4.    It should be noted , for the record , that , owing to the fact when a
      decision had to be taken on the arrangements to be applied to it for 1986
      and the subsequent years , the German Democratic Republic had still not
      agreed to conclude the agreement , the Council decided , in Regulation ( EEC )
      No 3643 /86 ( 1 ), to limit the quantities subject to a levy of not more than
      10% ad valorem to 100 tonnes a year until the application of a voluntary
      restraint agreement .
      The Commission therefore also proposes to the Council that this Regulation
      should be amended by the withdrawal of the German Democratic Republic from
      its field of application , and that the voluntary restraint agreement and
      the amendment to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3643 /86 should enter into force
      simultaneously .
5.    The initialled draft agreement concludes an exchange of letters whereby
      the German Democratic Republic undertakes not to export the products
      referred to in the agreement to France or Ireland .
6.    For 1987 , pursuant to clause 9 of the draft agreement , the quantity which
      could be imported into the Community will be calculated pro rata temporis
      on the basis of the date of entry into force of the agreement . The
      Commission proposes that this date , which is obviously linked with the
      date of the signing of the agreement , should be 1 July 1987 .
( 1 ) OJ No L
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                                  COUNCIL DECISION
    on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
        between the European Economie Community and the Government of the
           German Democratie Republic on trade in sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas the Commission has opened negotiations with non-member countries which
supply sheepmeat and goatmeat or live sheep and goats , with a view to reaching
agreements for voluntary restraint of their exports to the Community ;
Whereas the Commission has reached agreement with the German Democratic
Republic ;
Whereas the said agreements allow trade to be carried on in a manner
compatible with the common organization of the markets in the sector in
question ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                     Article 1
1.  The agreements drawn up in the form of an exchange of letters on trade in
    the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector with the German Democratic Republic is
    hereby approved on behalf of the Community .
2.  The text of the agreement is attached to this Decision .
 ---pagebreak---                                      Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person
empowered to sign the agreement , in order to bind the Community .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                  For the Council
                                                   The President
 ---pagebreak---                                   EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
      between the European Economie Community and the Government of the German
   Démocratie Republie on trade in sheep and goats and sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                       Letter n J 1
  Sir ,
  I have t ho honour to refer to the negotiations recently undertaken between Ovr
  respective delegations for the purpose of drawing up provisions concerning im¬
  port into the European Economic Community of sheepmeat and goatmeat and li.e
  sheep and goats other than pure-bred breeding animals from the German Democra ¬
  tic Republic ,
 During these negotiations both parties agreed as follows :
 1 . This arrangement shall relate to :
      - live sheep and goats other than pure-bred breeding animais ( subheading
         01.04B of the Common Customs Tariff ),
      - fresh or chilled mutton , lamb and goatmeat ( subheading 02.01 A IV a ) c :
         the Common Customs Tariff ),
      - frozen mutton , lamb and goatmeat ( subheading 02.01 A IV b ) of the Comren
         Customs Tariff ).
 2 . Within this arrangement , the scope for imports of the prcducts referres ' :
      in point 1 shall be the following annual quantities :
     -    2 400 tonnes of live animals ( sheep , goats and lambs ), expressed as
        carcase weight bone-in ( 1 )
     -    0  tonnes of fresh or chilled meat , expressed as carcase weight
        bone-in ( 2 ).
     -    0  tonnes of frozen mutton , lamb and goatmeat expressed as carcase weiçrt .
For this purpose the competent authorities of the German Democratic Republic
shall implement the appropriate procedures to ensure that the quantities ex ¬
ported do not exceed the above mentioned figures .
( 1 ) 100 kg live weight shall correspond to 47 kg carcase weight ( bone-in
       équivalent weight ).
( 2 ) Carcase weight ( bone-in equivalent weight ). By this term is understood
      the weight of bone-in meat presented as such as well as boned meat convert
      ed by a coefficient into bone-in weight . For this purpose 55 kg of boned
      mutton corresponds to 100 kg of bone-in mutton and 60 kg of boned lamb
      corresponds to 100 kg of bone-in Lamb .
 ---pagebreak---                                                >
  3 . Should the Community have recourse to the safeguard clause , it undertakes that
       such measures shall not affect the provisions of this arrangement .
  4 . If imports from the German Democratic Republic in any one year exceed the
       quantities agreed , the Community reserves the right to suspend imports from the
      German Democratic Republic for the remainder of that year .    The quantity overshippec
       shall be offset against the German Democratic Republic 's export entitlement
       for the following year .
 5 . The Community undertakes to limit the levy applicable to imports of products Coverec
      by the présent arrangement to a maximum amount of 10 % , ad valorem .
 6 . At the time of the accession of a new Member State , the Community , in consultatic'
      with the government of the German Democratic Republic will alter the quantities
      set out in clause 2 , in accordance with the German Democratic Republic 's trade
      with each new Member State . The charges applicable to imports for the said
      new Member State shall be fixed in accordance with the rules in the Treaty of
      Accession ; the maximum level of the levy specified in clause 5 of this arrangement
      being taken into account .
 7 . The Government of the German Democratie Republic shall ensure that this arrangement
      is observed , in particular by issuing export certificates covering the products
      referred to in clause 2 within the limits of the quantities covered by this
      arrangement .
      For its part , the Community shall undertake to adopt all necessary provisions to
     make the issue of the import certificates for the products referred to above ,
     originating in the German Democratic Republic, subject to the presentation of an
     export certificate , issued by the competent authority designated by the Government
     of the German Democratic Republic .
     Detailed rules for applying this system shall be laid down in such a way as ts ~e~ze -
     unnecessary the lodging of a security for the issue of the impe-t certificate
     in respect of the products in question .
     Also , such detailed rules of application shall provide that the competent authc'ity
     of the German Democratic Republic shall communicate periodically to the compe’ent
     authority of the Community the quantities in respect of which export certificates
     are issued , broken down , where appropriate , according to destination .
     It is hereby agreed that export licences will be valid for a period of three mentrs
     from their date of issue . The corresponding import licences shall be valid until
     the date of expiry of the export licences .
     Quantities delivered under an export licence shall be deducted from the quantity
     agreed for the year during which' the export licence was issued .
8 . A Consultative Committee shall, be set up composed of representatives from the
     Community and from the Government of the German Democratic Republic . The Committee
     shall ensure that the arrangement is being properly applied and is functioning
     smoothly .
 ---pagebreak---        It will ensure that the     proper application of the arrangement    is not
       affected by the export of mutton and lamb and goatmeat-based products to
       the Community under customs headings not referred to by the arrangement .
       The Commlttee will meet at thè reouest of elther party and discuss all
       questiona which could arise in applylng thè arrangement and recommend
      appropriate Solutions to thè competent authorities .
 9.   The annual quantity fixed in clause 2 refers to the period running from 1
      January to 31 December . The Quantity applicable as of the implementation
      of the present arrangement and until 1 January of the following year will
      be fixed on a pro rata basis in relation to the total annual quantity .
 10 . This arrangement shall apply , on the one hand , to the territories in which
      the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and
      under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and , on the other hand , to
      the territory of the German Democratic Republic .
11 . The arrangement shall enter into force on 1 July 1987 and shall continue in
      force thereafter subject to each party having the right to denounce it by
      giving one year 's notice in writing .
I    3hould  be  obliged   if you would    kindly confirm    the agreement of you
Government to the foregoing .
Please accept , Sir , the assurance of ray highest considération .
                                                    For the Council
                                             of the European Communities ,
 ---pagebreak---                                           Letter n° 2
          Sir ,
          I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today 's date
          which reads as follows :
1 I have the honour to refer to the negotiations recently undertaken between our
   respective delegations for the purpose of drawing up provisions concerning im¬
   port into the European Economic Community of sheepmeat and goatmeat and li-.e
   sheep and goats other than pure-bred breeding animals from the German Democ-s -
   tic Republic ,
  During these negotiations both parties agreed as follows :
  1 . This arrangement shall relate to :
       - live sheep and goats other than pure-bred breeding animais ( subheadinç
         01.04B of the Common Customs Tariff ),
       - fresh or chilled mutton , lamb and goatmeat ( subheading 02.01 A IV a ) ci -
         the Common Customs Tariff ),
       - frozen mutton , lamb and goatmeat ( subheading 02.01 A IV b ) of the Comrcr.
         Customs Tariff ).
  2 . Within this arrangement , the scope for imports of the prcducts referred ::
       in point 1 shall be the following annual quantities :
      - 2 400 tonnes of live animals ( sheep , goats and lambs ), expressed as
         carcase weight bone-in ( 1 )
      - 0 tonnes of fresh or chilled meat , expressed as carcase weight
         bone-in ( 2 ).
      - 0 tonnes of frozen mutton, lamb and goatmeat expressed as carcase weiç.-t .
 For this purpose the competent authorities of the German Democratic Republic
 shall implement the appropriate procedures to ensure that the quantities ex ¬
 ported do not exceed the above mentioned figures .
 ( 1 ) 100 kg live weight shall correspond to 47 kg carcase ueight ( bone-in
       équivalent weight ).
 ( 2) Carcase weight ( bone-in equivalent weight ). By this term is understood
       the weight of bone-in meat presented as such as well as boned meat convert ¬
       ed by a coefficient into bone-in weight . For this purpose 55 kg of bored
       mutton corresponds to 100 kg of bone-in mutton and 60 kg of boned lamb
       corresponds to 100 kg of bone-in lamb .
 ---pagebreak---                                                ю
   3 . Should the Community have recourse to the safeguard clause , it undertakes that
        such measures shall not affect the provisions of this arrangement .
   4 . If imports from the German     Democratic Republic in any one year exceed the
        quantities agreed , the Community reserves the right to suspend imports from the
        German Democratic Republic for the remainder of that year . The quantity overshippec
        shall be offset against the German Democratic Republic 's export entitlement
        for the following year .
  5 . The Community undertakes to limit the levy applicable to imports of products ioverec
       by the présent arrangement to a maximum amount of 10 X, ad valorem .
  6 . At the time of the accession of a new Member State , the Community , in consultatic'
       with the government of the German Democratic Republic will alter the quantities
       set out in clause 2 , in accordance with the German Democratic Republic 's trade
       with each new Member State . The charges applicable to imports for the said
       new Member State shall be fixed in accordance with the rules in the Treaty of
       Accession ; the maximum level of the levy specified in clause 5 of this arrangement
       being taken into account .
 7 . The Government of the German Democratie Republic shall ensure that this arrangement
       is observed , in particular by issuing export certificates covering the products
       referred to in clause 2 within the limits of the quantities covered by this
       arrangement .
       For its part , the Community shall undertake to adopt all necessary provisions to
      make the issue of the import certificates for the products referred to above ,
      originating in the German Democratic Republic, subject to the presentation of ar.
      export certificate , issued by the competent authority designated by the Government
      of the German Democratic Republic .
      Detailed rules for applying this system shall be laid down in such a way as to * e't =-
      unnt?cessary the lodging of a security for the issue of the impest certificate
      in respect of the products in question .
      Also, such detailed rules of application shall provide that the competent authc'it /
      of the German Democratic Republic shall communicate periodically to the compere'.:
      authority of the Community the quantities in respect of which export certificates
      are issued , broken down , where appropriate , according to destination .
      It is hereby agreed that export licences will be valid for a period of three mentrs
      from their date of issue . The corresponding import licences shall be valid until
      the date of expiry of the export licences .
      Quantities delivered under an export licence shall be deducted from the quantity
      agreed for the year during which' the export licence was issued .
8 . A Consultative Committee shall. be set up composed of représentatives from the
      Community and from the Government of the German Democratic Republic . The Committee
      shall ensure that the arrangement is being properly applied and is functioning
      smoothly .
                                                                                /
 ---pagebreak---                                            ц
      It will ensure that the proper application of the arrangement is not
     affected by the export of mutton and lamb and goatmeat-based products to
      the Community under customs headings not referred to by the arrangement .
     The Comraittee will meet at the reouest of either party and discuss ail
     questions whlch could arlse in applying the arrangement and recomraend
     appropriate solutions to the competent authorities .
 9 . The annual quantity fixed in clause 2 refers to the period running from 1
     January to 31 December . The Quantity applicable as of the implementation
     of the present arrangement and until 1 January of the following year will
     be fixed on a pro rata basis in relation to the total annual Quantity .
1Q . This arrangement shall apply , on the one hand , to the territories in which
     the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and
     under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and , on the other hand , to
     the territory of the German Democratic Republic .
11 . The arrangement shall enter into force on 1 July 1987 and shall continue in
     force thereafter subject to each party having the right to denounce it by
     giving one year 's notice in writing .
 I hâve the honour to confirm the agreement of my Government to the foregoing .
 Please accept . Sir , the assurance of my highest considération .
                                                    For the Government
                                            of the German Démocratie Republic
 ---pagebreak---                             EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
 comprising an understanding relevant to clause 2 of the exchange of
 letters between the European Economic Community and the Government
of the German Democratic Republic on trade in sheep and goats and
                           sheepmeat and goatmeat .
                                  Letter n?1
I hâve the honour to refer to the exchange of letters between the
European Economie Community and the Government of the German Démocratie
Republic on trade in sheep and goats and shee.nmeat and goatmeat .
Further to that exchange of letters and to your request , I would advise
you that the Authorities of the German Democratic Republic will ensure
that for the (Juration of the agreement , there will be no change in the
traditional trade flows of sheep and goats and sheepmeat and goatmeat
to the market areas in the European Economic Community determined as
sensitive . Consequently it is agreed that there shall be no exports of
these products to Ireland and France .
The authorities of the German Democratic Republic will adopt the necessary
measures for this purpose .
 I should be obliged if you would kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter .
 Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest considération .
                                                For the Government
                                       of the German Démocratie Republic
 ---pagebreak---                                          13
                                      Letter n° 2
    Sir
    I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today 's date
    which reads as follows :
" I hâve the honour to refer to the exchange of letters between the
  European Economie Community and the Government of the German Démocratie
  Republic on trade in sheep and goats and sheepmeat and goatmeat .
  Further to that exchange of letters and to your request , I would advise
  you that the Authorities of the German Democratic Republic will ensure
  that for the duration of the agreement , there will be no change in the
  traditional trade flows of sheep and goats and sheepmeat and goatmeat
  to the market areas in the European Economic Community determined as
  sensitive . Consequently it is agreed that there shall be no exports of
  these products to Ireland and France .
  The authorities of the German Democratic Republic will adopt the necessary
  measures for this purpose .
  I should be obliged if you would kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter . '
   Please accept , Sir , the assurance of my highest considération .
                                                  For the Council
                                         of the European Communi t i es ,
 ---pagebreak---      FINANCIAL                STATEMENT
_; Date : 19.2.1987_
1 . BUDGET HEADING : 100                            APPROPRIATIONS : 551 million ECU
_2210_( draft budget )_
2 . TITLE : Adoption of the draft proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of
an agreement , in the form of an exchange of letters , with the German Democratic
Republic for the voluntary restraint of its exports of sheepmeat and goatmeat_
3 . LEGAL BASIS : Régulation ( EEC ) No 1837 / 80
4 . AIMS : Under this agreement , the Community undertakes to set at 10% ad valorem
the maximum levy applicable and the German Democratic Republic undertakes to limit
its exports to 2 400 tonnes of live animals a year ._
5 . FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                PERIOD OF        CURRENT FINAN¬    FOLLOWING FINAN¬
                                          12 MONTHS        CIAL YEAR ( '87 )  CIAL YEAR ( '88 )
5.0 EXPENDITURE                         token entry ( 1 )  token entry ( 1 )  token entry ( 1 )
     - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
       ( REFUNDS / INTERVENTIONS )
     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5.1 . REVENUE
      - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
         ( LEV I ES /CUSTOMS DUTIES )    + 0.8 million      + 0.3 million      + 0.8 million
      XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX                       ECU              ECU                ECU
                                           1987     :     1988     :   1989     :    1990
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
Levy before voluntary restraint agreement
     340 ECU / t x 100 t = 0.034 million ECU
Levy after voluntary restraint agreement
     340 ECU / t x 2 400 t = 0.816 million ECU
Impact : 0.816 - 0.034 = 0.782 million ECU x 5 / 12 = 0.326 million ECU
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FR0M APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE
     RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE 1987 DRAFT BUDGET ?                                    YESXXXX
6.1 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ?                                      XXXXXNO
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?                                YESXXXX
COMMENTS : ( 1 ) Imports of animals on to the European market could lower the Community
price and so increase the premiums for ewes and female goats . This effect is difficult
to quantify .
 ---pagebreak---                      FICHE D' IMPACT SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET L' EMPLOI
   I. Quelle est la justification principale de la mesure ?
        Il est proposé à la Commission d' approuver le projet de proposition de décision
       du Conseil concernant la conclusion d' un accord d' autolimitation de ses exportatio
       de viandes ovine et caprine avec la Rép . Dém . Allemande . . Le texte de l' accocd _
 II . Caractéristiques des entreprises concernées , est annexé à la présente proposition
       En particulier :
       - Y a - t - il un grand nombre de PME ?      NON
       - note t' on des concentrations dans des régions :
          - éligibles aux aides régionales des E.M. ,          NON
          - éligibles au Feder ?            NON
III . Quelles sont les obligations imposées directement aux entreprises ?
                                          NEANT
  IV . Quelles sont les obligations susceptibles d' être imposées indirectement
        aux entreprises via les autorités locales ?
                                          NEANT
    V. Y a - t - il des mesures spéciales pour les PME ?
        - Lesquelles ?                    NEANT
  VI . Quel est l' effet prévisible ?           NEANT
        - sur la compétitivité des entreprises ?
        - sur l' emploi ?                NEANT
VII . Les partenaires sociaux ont -ils été consultés ?
        - avis des partenaires sociaux                 NEANT