SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE TO BENEFIT UNTIL THE DATE OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THAT DECISION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF DECISION 76/568/EEC RELATING TO FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1
THE ARRANGEMENTS LAID DOWN BY DECISION 76/568/EEC SHALL REMAIN PROVISIONALLY APPLICABLE TO ST LUCIA UNTIL THE LATTER ACCEDES TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME BUT UNTIL 21 FEBRUARY 1980 AT THE LATEST .
ST LUCIA SHALL , MOREOVER , CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAID DECISION RELATING TO FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION UNTIL THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE DECISION ADJUSTING THE AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND WHICH THE COUNCIL IS TO TAKE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 ( 4 ) OF THE INTERNAL AGREEMENT ON THE FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY AID .
ARTICLE 2
QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF DECISION 76/568/EEC TO ST LUCIA AFTER IT HAS ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE SHALL BE DEALT WITH AS NECESSARY BY DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THAT STATE AND OF THE COMMUNITY .
ARTICLE 3
THIS DECISION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS SIGNATURE .
IT SHALL APPLY FROM 22 FEBRUARY 1979 .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 5 MARCH 1979 .
FOR THE COUNCIL
THE PRESIDENT
J . FRANCOIS-PONCET