Treaties — Power to conclude — European Economic Community — Treaty-making powers of the Community and its Member States — Community possessing power to adopt internal legislation on subject — Parallel power to conclude international agreements — Common commercial policy — Agreements falling within the scope of common commercial policy — Not confined to traditional trade and tariff agreements — Agreement for creation of an international organization to regulate the market in natural rubber — Whether Community competent to become party to the agreement — Whether Community powers exclusive of Member States — Agreement also dealing with commodity prices and availability of strategic product — Development aid aspects — Agreement applicable to certain dependent territories outside Community — Whether sufficient to remove agreement from scope of Community competence — Financial burden to be borne by Member States — Whether preventing Community competence becoming exclusive — Mixed agreements

International organizations — Establishment and membership — Proposal to create international rubber organization — Whether European Economic Community able to participate — Whether Member States of Community able to participate concurrently

Economics, trade and finance — Commodity agreements — Draft agreement to regulate market in natural rubber — Use of buffer stock — Financing of buffer stock — Participation of European Economic Community — Whether part of common commercial policy of Community — The law of the European Economic Community