Considerations on COM(2017)416 - EU position in the International Sugar Council as regards the extension of the International Sugar Agreement 1992

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dossier COM(2017)416 - EU position in the International Sugar Council as regards the extension of the International Sugar Agreement 1992.
document COM(2017)416 EN
date August  7, 2017
 
(1) Whereas the International Sugar Agreement 1992 (‘the Agreement’) was concluded by Council Decision 92/580/EEC 3 and entered into force on 1 January 1993 for a period of three years until 31 December 1995. Since then, it has been regularly extended for further periods of two years. It was last extended by decision of the International Sugar Council in June 2015 4 and remains in force until 31 December 2017.

(2) Pursuant to Article 45 (2) of the Agreement, the International Sugar Council ‘may, by special vote, extend this Agreement beyond 31 December 1995 for successive periods, not exceeding two years on each occasion. Any Member which does not accept any such extension of this Agreement shall so inform the Council in writing and shall cease to be a Party to this Agreement from the beginning of the period of extension’

(3) Following its 51st session on 22 June 2017 the International Sugar Council is to take a decision regarding the extension of the International Sugar Agreement 1992 by another 2 years (‘the envisaged act’). The decision will be taken by written procedure.

(4) It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union in the International Sugar Council as the extension of the Agreement will be binding upon the Union.

(5) A further extension of the Agreement by up to two years is in the interest of the European Union.

(6) In the International Sugar Council the Union is to be represented by the Commission in accordance with Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU).