§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the objectives, scope, and mechanism of EEC Draft Regulation S/635/75 (ACP 146W 48); and to what extent it could modify the generally advertised provisions of the Lomé Convention.
§ Mr. BishopThe objective of the regulation is to give effect to the tariff and levy concessions for agricultural and horticultural produce agreed in the Lomé Convention. To this end it lists in detail the tariff and levy rates that will apply to imports into the EEC of ACP produce. The regulation fulfils the obligations already entered into under the Lomé Convention and does not modify its provisions.