12.9.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 244/29 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 20 November 2001 on the conclusion of the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and, of the one part, Barbados, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Céte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe and, of the other part, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2000/2001 delivery period (2002/749(EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Implementation of Protocol 3 on ACP Sugar attached to Annex V to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (*) and of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of India on cane sugar (%) is carried out, in accordance with Article 1(2) of each, within the framework of the management of the common organisation of the sugar market. (2) It is appropriate to approve the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Community and, of the one part, the States referred to in the Protocol and, of the other part, the Republic of India on the guar- anteed prices for cane sugar for the 2000/2001 delivery period, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and, of the one part, Barbados, () OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 46. () OJ L 190, 23.7.1975, p. 36. Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Suriname, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe and, of the other part, the Republic of India on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2000/ 2001 delivery period are hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreements is attached to this Decision. Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreements referred to in Article 1 in order to bind the Community. Done at Brussels, 20 November 2001. For the Council The President A. NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK