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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0MC86) 618 final
Brussels, 5 November 1986
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE
COMMITTEE OF ACP-EEC AMBASSADORS
concerning the progress made with the processing of
the transfer requests presented for the application year
1985 by virtue of the system for the stabilization of
export earnings set down in the Third ACP-EEC Convention.
(Report referred to at Article 168 § 4 of the Convention)
C0M(86) 618 final
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L Requests presented for the application year 1985
1. The Commission received 38 transfer requests from 20 ACP States for the
application year 1985:
ACP State
Benin
Burundi
Chad
ComorosIt
II
II
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
II
Fiji
Gabon
GambiaII
Grenada
Guinea Bissau
II II
Mozambique
Niger
Sao Tomé and Principe
Senegal
Solomon Islands
Sudan
II
TanzaniaII
1
Togo
Tonga
II
Vanuatu1
Western Samoa
Product
palm nut and kernel oil
cotton not carded or combed
11 11 M M II
cloves
copra
vanilla
essential oils
wood in the rough
coffee
beans
coconut oil
wood in the rough
groundnut products
oil-cake
fresh bananas
groundnuts
cashew nuts and kernels
cotton not carded or combed
shrimps and prawns
palm nuts and kernels
cashew nuts and kernels
cotton not carded or combed
tea
beans
cocoa beans
groundnut products
sawn timber
groundnut products
oil-cake
cashew nuts and kernels
cotton not carded or combed
raw sisal
cocoa beans
copra products
vanilla
cocoa beans
copra
wood in the rough
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II. Progress made with the processing of the requests
On 30 September 1986, 36 of the 38 requests presented had been processed.
The appraisal of the two other requests will probably be finalised before the
end of October.
We have noticed from the processing of the 36 requests, that 13 must be
refused, and 23 will result in transfers. The latter situation will most likely
be the outcome of the two requests, where appraisal has still not been
concluded. Thus the total number of transfers will rise to 25.
Transfer decisions have already been taken for 17 requests (see paragraph
14). The decisions for the 6 other requests, where processing has been
completed, will probably be taken before the end of October (see paragraph
III. Refusal transfer requests
5. Two requests have been judged inadmissible, because the dependence threshold
has not been reached (Art. 161 of the Convention).
Eleven requests are not admissible, because the fluctuation threshold has not
been attained (Art. 162 of the Convention):
ACP State product
Burundi
Solomon Islands
cotton not carded or combed
sawn timber.
ACP State product
Chad
Comoros
II
cotton not carded or combed
copra
vanilla
essential oils
wood in the rough
fresh bananas
groundnuts
cashew nuts and kernels
shrimps and prawns
cocoa beans
copra
II
Gabon
Grenada
Guinea Bissau
II II
If M
VanuatuIf
Delays in completing statistical crosschecking (Article 168 par. 1)
On 31 May 1986, statistical crosschecking had been completed for nine
transfer requests:
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Benin
Fiji
Gambia (two requests)
Senegal
Sudan (two requests )
Togo
Western Samoa
8. For the following nine requests crosschecking was finished before the end of
June:
Comoros (cloves)
Guinea Bissau (palm nuts and kernels)
Mozambique (three requests)
Niger
Tanzania (cashew nuts and kernels)
Tonga (two requests)
9. Crosschecking has since been completed fo, all remaining eligible requests,
namely:
Côte d'Ivoire
Ethiopia (two requests)
Guinea Bissau (cotton not carded or combed)
Sao Tomé and Principe
Tanzania (cotton not carded or combed and raw sisal)
V. Delays in finishing consultations (Article 168 par. 2)
, . r j ' at Artirlp 164 of the Convention have been
10- necesÏÏÿ to 16 transfer requests, following important changes in production
and exports.
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States:
FijiGambia (groundnut products)
Guinea Bissau (two requests)
Mozambique (three requests)
Niger
Senegal
Sudan (groundnut products)
Togo
Tonga (vanilla)
12 Since that date, consultations for the appraisal of two requests introduced by
Benin and Sao Tomé and Principe have been finished.
13· r ^ g T a n r T a n l i a *
finalised during October.
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VI. Transfer decisions
14. On 9 July and 19 August 1986, the Commission decided 17 Stabex transfers,
a. Decision of 9 July 1986:
ACP State Product Amount
Comoros cloves 2,058,262
Gambia groundnut products 3,721,6251 oil-cake 20,525
Niger beans 5,873,613
Senegal groundnut products 12,567,437
Sudan oil-cake 13,697,302
Tanzania cashew nuts and kernels 4,321,555
Togo cocoa beans 9,314,603
Western Samoa wood in the rough 59,208
Total 51,634,130 ECU
The total amount of transfers decided up to that date did in fact increase to
67,634,130 ECU, because advance decisions had already been taken for two
transfers before the outcome of appraisals. Advances were paid to the
Gambia (1 million ECU for groundnut products) (l) and to Senegal (15
million ECU) (2). Consequently the amounts of the two transfers rise to:
Gambia
Senegal
groundnut products 4,721,625
27,567,437
h. Decision of 19 August 1986:
ACP State
Ethiopia
Fiji
Guinea Bissau
Mozambique
Sudan
Tonga
Product
beans
coconut oil
palm nut and kernels
cashew nuts and kernels
cotton not carded or combed
tea
groundnut products
copra products
Amount
6,968,238
263,918
198,712
2,232,855
6,617,256
97,166
28,873,394
501,720
Total 45,753,259 ECU
( 1)
( 2 )
Commission Decision of 20 November 1985.
Commission Decisions of 23 December 1985 and 21 March 1986.
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15. Six other requests have now been processed. The amounts calculated total:
ACP State
Benin
Ethiopia
Guinea Bissau
Sao Tomé and
Principe
Tanzania
Tonga
product amount
palm nut and kernel oil 3,454,606
coffee 21,119,708
cotton not carded or combed 225,603
cocoa beans 1,626,901
cotton not carded or combed 1,114,311
vanilla 102,985
Total 27,644,114 ECU
The Commission Decision on these transfers is likely to be taken before the
end of October.
VII. Expenditure for the application year 1985 and the system's funds
16. The amount of the transfers decided on 9 July and 19 August 1986, and the
six remaining transfers . for which the amounts are now known, total
141,031,503 ECU. As the two transfers, for which processing has not been
finalised, are unlikely to exceed nine million ECU, the total amount of the
transfers for the 1985 application year will not be greater than 150 million
ECU.
This is smaller than the annual instalment from the Stabex funds of 185
million ECU. The system will therefore be able to cover all losses in export
earnings for the application year 1985.
VIII. Payment of the transfers
17. Seven of the 17 transfers already decided, have been paid. The amount of the
transfers paid, taking into account the advances, totals 49,615,273 ECU. For
the remaining transfers, the Commission does not yet have the information on
the utilisation of ressources, which the ACP States must provide in
accordapce with Article 170 paragraph 3 of the Lomé Convention, before the
signature of the transfer agreement. Once this information is available, the
amounts can be paid.
IX. Enlargement of the Community
18. As enlargement only took effect from 1 January 1986 and as the protocole
for accession referred to at Article 284 of the Convention has still not
entered into force export to Community destinations are based on the
• statistics to the Community of 10 Member States. We can expect that the
conditions will be fulfilled, whereby the system operates for the application
year 1986 on the basis of statistics which will include Spain and Portugal.
This change will not however have a rétroactif effect on the amounts of the
• transfers for the application year 1985, which were calculated on the basis
of exports to the Community of 10 Member States. These will remain
definite.
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