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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 229/85

of 29 January 1985

on the application of Decision No 2/84 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - adapting the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit

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 Article 16 (3) (d) of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit (1) empowers the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement to adopt Decisions making any adjustments to the definition of the ECU in Article 13 (3) of the Agreement which may be made necessary by amendments to the Community rules relating thereto;

Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to adapt Article 13 (3) of the Agreement in order to take account of a recent change in the Community rules on the definition of the ECU;

Whereas this adaptation is the subject of Joint Committee Decision No 2/84; whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to implement the abovementioned Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Decision No 2/84 of the EEC-Switzerland Joint Committee - Community transit - adapting the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit shall apply in the Community.

The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 January 1985.

For the Council

The President

G. ANDREOTTI

(1) OJ No L 294, 29. 12. 1972, p. 2.

DECISION No 2/84 OF THE EEC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE

- Community transit -

of 14 December 1984

adapting the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit, and in particular Article 16 (3) (d) thereof,

Whereas for purposes of the Agreement the ECU is defined in the same way as it is in the Community rules;

Whereas those rules were recently changed, so that the ECU has been composed differently since 17 September 1984; whereas the Agreement should therefore be adapted to take account of the new composition of the ECU,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In Article 13 of the Agreement, paragraph 3 is hereby replaced by the following:

'3. In the application of the provisions of this Agreement, the ECU means the total of the following amounts:

0,719 German mark,

0,0878 pound sterling,

1,31 French francs,

140 Italian lire,

0,256 Dutch guilder,

3,71 Belgian francs,

0,14 Luxembourg franc,

0,219 Danish krone,

0,00871 Irish pound,

1,15 Greek drachmas.

The value of the ECU in a given currency shall be equal to the sum of the exchange values in that currency of the amounts set out in the previous subparagraph.'

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1985.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 1984.

For the Joint Committee

The Chairman

R. GIORGIS