AGREEMENT

in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and Barbados, Belize, the People's Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Republic of Suriname, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda and the republic of Zimbabwe on the guranteed prices for cane sugar for the 1989/90, 1990/91 and 1991/92 delivery periods

Letter No 1

Brussels, 21 December 1992

Sir,

The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocol 8 on ACP sugar annexed to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention and of the Commission, on behalf of the European Economic Community, have agreed, pursuant to the provisions of the said Protocol, to submit to their competent authorities for approval, to be the subject of an exchange of letters between the ACP States concerned and the Community, the following.

For the periods as referred to hereafter, the guaranteed prices referred to in Article 5 (4) of the Sugar Protocol shall, for the purpose of intervention within the terms of Article 6 of that Protocol, be:

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These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality as defined in Community legislation, unpacked, cif, free out of European ports of the Community. The introduction of these prices in no way prejudices the respective positions of the Contracting Parties in respect of principles appertaining to the determination of the guaranteed prices.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the ACP States concerned and the Community.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

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Letter No 2

Brussels, 21 December 1992

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows:

'The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocal 8 on ACP sugar annexed to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention and of the Commission, on behalf of the European Economic Community, have agreed, pursuant to the provisions of the said Protocol, to submit to their competent authorities for approval, to be the subject of an exchange of letters between the ACP States concerned and the Community, the following.

For the periods as referred to hereafter, the guaranteed prices referred to in Article 5 (4) of the Sugar Protocol shall, for the purpose of intervention within the terms of Article 6 of that Protocol, be:

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These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality as defined in Community legislation, unpacked, cif, free out of European ports of the Community. The introduction of these prices in no way prejudices the respective positions of the Contracting Parties in respect of principles appertaining to the determination of the guaranteed prices.

I should be obliged if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter and confirm that this letter and your reply constitute an Agreement between the Governments of the ACP States concerned and the Community.`

I have the honour to confirm the Agreement of the Governments of the ACP States concerned with the foregoing.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of Barbados

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For the Government of Belize

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Pour le gouvernement de la république populaire du Congo

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Pour le gouvernement de la république de Côte d'Ivoire

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For the Government of Fiji

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For the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

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For the Government of Jamaica

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For the Government of the Republic of Kenya

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Pour le gouvernement de la république démocratique de Madagascar

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For the Government of the Republic of Malawi

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Pour le gouvernement de l'île Maurice

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For the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis

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Namens de Regering van de Republiek Suriname

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For the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland

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For the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania

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For the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

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For the Government of the Republic of Uganda

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For the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe

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