AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND BARBADOS, BELIZE, THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, FIJI, THE COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, THE REPUBLIC OF CÔTE D'IVOIRE, JAMAICA, THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR, THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI, MAURITIUS, SAINT CHRISTOPHER 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 GUARANTEED PRICES FOR CANE SUGAR FOR THE 1988/89 DELIVERY PERIOD

(Brussels, 17 April 1991)

ENTRY INTO FORCE:  1 JULY 1988 – 30 JUNE 1989

Letter No 1

Brussels, 17 April 1991

Sir,

The representatives of the ACP States referred to in Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the Third 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 period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 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:

(a) for raw sugar: ECU 44,92 per 100 kilograms; 

(b) for white sugar: ECU 55,39 per 100 kilograms.

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.

On behalf of the Council of the European Communities

Letter No 2

Brussels, 17 April 1991

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 Protocol 7 on ACP sugar annexed to the Third 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 period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989 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:

(a) for raw sugar: ECU 44,92 per 100 kilograms; 

(b) for white sugar: 55,39 per 100 kilograms.

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
	For the Government of Belize

Pour le gouvernement de la république populaire du Congo
	Pour le gouvernement de la république de Côte d'Ivoire

For the Government of the Republic of Fiji
	For the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana

For the Government of Jamaica
	For the Government of the Republic of Kenya

Pour le gouvernement de la république démocratique de Madagascar

	For the Government of the Republic of Malawi
	
Pour le gouvernement de l'Île Maurice

	For the Government of Saint Christopher and Nevis

For the Government of the Republic of Suriname

	For the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland
	
For the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania

	For the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
	
For the Government of the Republic of Uganda
	For the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe