8.4.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL90/5
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No744/77
of5April1977
ontheadvanceimplementation ofcertainprovisionsoftheACP-EECConven­
tionofLomerelatingtotradeinrespectofcertainStateswhichhavesigned
AgreementsofAccessiontotheConvention
(a)—Articles2,3,4,9and10oftheACP-EEC
ConventionofLome,
—Protocols 1,6ancj7annexedtotheConven­
tion,
—thejointdeclarationonfishingactivities
annexedtotheConvention ,
—thedeclarationsbytheCommunityonArticle
2oftheConvention ,onArticle3ofthe
ConventionandonArticle10(2)ofthe
ConventioncontainedinAnnexesXIV,XV
andXVItotheFinalActoftheConvention ;
(b)CouncilRegulation(EEC)No706/76of30March
1976onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatingin
theAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe
overseascountriesandterritories(5);
(c)CouncilRegulation (EEC)No157/76of20
January1976onthesafeguardmeasuresprovided
forintheACP-EECConventionofLome(6);
(d)CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1464/76of21June
1976ontheopening,allocationandadministra­
tionofaCommunitytariffquotafortheproducts
fallingwithinsubheading22.09CIofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginatingintheACP
States(7);
(e)AnnexIItothisRegulation .THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticles43
and113thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1059/69of28May1969layingdownthetrade
arrangements applicabletocertaingoodsresulting
fromtheprocessingofagriculturalproducts(!),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3058/75(2),andin
particularArticle12thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccession,andinparti­
cularArticle116(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(3),
WhereasAgreementsofAccessiontotheACP-EEC
ConventionofLome(4),inaccordancewithArticle90
thereof,weresignedbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheDemocraticRepublicofSao
TomeandPrincipe,theRepublicofCapeVerdeand
PapuaNewGuinea;
Whereas,whentheseAgreementsweresigned,the
CommunityandtheStatesconcernedagreedin
exchangesofletterstoapplyunilaterallyfromthefirst
dayofthesecondmonthfollowingthesigningof
theseexchangesofletterscertainprovisionsofthe
ACP-EECConventionofLomerelatingtotrade,in
accordancewiththearrangements laiddowninthe
AccessionAgreements ;
Whereasitis,therefore,necessarytotakeappropriate
measurestothisend;
Whereas,furthermore,thearrangementsprovidedfor
inArticle116(1)oftheActofAccessionforimports
intotheUnitedKingdomofproductsoriginatingin
orcomingfromPapuaNewGuineamustceaseto
haveeffectasfromthedateofentryintoforceofthe
newarrangementsapplicableunderthisRegulationto
tradebetweenthatcountryandtheMemberStatesof
theCommunity ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingshallapplyfrom1May1977tothe
StatesreferredtoinAnnexI:
(»)OJNoL141,12.6.1969,p.1.
(2)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.
(3)OJNoC83,4.4.1977,p.26.
(<)OJNoL25,30.1.1976,p.1.Article2
TheprovisionsofArticle116(1)oftheActofAcces­
sionshallceasetoapply.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ItshallapplyinrespectofeachoftheStatesreferred
toinAnnexIuntiltheentryintoforceoftheAcces­
sionAgreementconcerningitoruntil31December
1977atthelatest.
(5)OJNoL85,31.3.1976,p.2.
(')OJNoL18,27.1.1976,p.1.
(7)OJNoL165,25.6.1976,p.5.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,5April1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
D.OWEN
ANNEXI
ListoftheStatesreferredtoinArticle1
TheDemocraticRepublicofSaoTomeandPrincipe
TheRepublicofCapeVerde
PapuaNewGuinea
ANNEXII
concerningthetransitionalarrangements fortheissueofcertificatesoforigin
GoodswhichconformtotheprovisionsofProtocol 1totheACP-EECConventionofLomeonthe
conceptof'originatingproducts'andwhich,onthedateofentryintoforceoftheAccessionAgree­
ment,arebeingeithertransportedorheldintheCommunity ,inanACPStateorinoneoftheStates
referredtoinAnnexI,inbondedwarehousesorinfreezones(includingfreeportsandfreeware­
houses)maybeallowedtobenefitundertheprovisionsoftheaforesaidAgreement,subjecttothe
submissiontothecustomsauthoritiesintheimportingcountry,withinfourmonthsofthesaiddate,
of:
(a)amovementcertificateEUR.lissuedretrospectively bythecustomsauthoritiesoftheexporting
State;or
(b)acertificateoforiginissuedbythecompetentauthoritiesinthatState,
and,ineithercase,anydocumentswhichprovidesupportingevidenceofdirecttransport.