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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 28 APRIL 1981

ON THE CONCLUSION OF VOLUNTARY RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS WITH AUSTRIA , ICELAND , POLAND AND ROMANIA IN THE SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT SECTOR

( 81/359/EEC )

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 PROPOSAL 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 ON THEIR EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS REACHED AGREEMENT WITH AUSTRIA , ICELAND , POLAND AND ROMANIA ;

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 EXCHANGES OF LETTERS ON TRADE IN THE SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT SECTOR WITH THE COUNTRIES LISTED HEREAFTER ARE HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY :

- AUSTRIA ,

- ICELAND ,

- POLAND ,

- ROMANIA .

2 . THE TEXTS OF THE AGREEMENTS ARE ATTACHED TO THIS DECISION .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE THE PERSON EMPOWERED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 , IN ORDER TO BIND THE COMMUNITY .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 28 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . DE KONING