OUT DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD . AS REGARDS NEW MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED IN THAT PERIOD , THE INSTITUTIONS WERE AWARE OF THE IMMINENT ACCESSION OF GREECE , WHICH WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSERT ITS INTERESTS WHERE NECESSARY , IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION PROCEDURE DESCRIBED IN AN AGREEMENT ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1979 , L 291 , P . 191 ).
11 IT IS THEREFORE INCONTESTABLE THAT DECISION NO 2794/80 ADOPTED ON 31 OCTOBER 1980 , AND DECISION NO 3381/80 , ADOPTED ON 23 DECEMBER 1980 , ARE AMONGST THE ACTS OF THE INSTITUTIONS WHICH ENTERED INTO FORCE , UNADAPTED , WITH RESPECT TO GREECE AND IN ITS TERRITORY WHEN ACCESSION BECAME EFFECTIVE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION .
12 IT SHOULD BE ADDED THAT ONLY IN THIS WAY IS IT POSSIBLE TO AVOID DISCONTINUITY IN THE COMMUNITY LEGAL SYSTEM IN ITS APPLICATION TO GREECE . THE SCHEME OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION SHOWS THAT THE ACCEDING STATE ACCEPTS ALL THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE INSTITUTIONS PRIOR TO THE TIME WHEN ITS ACCESSION TAKES EFFECT , WHEREAS THE APPLICANTS ' ARGUMENT WOULD LEAD TO THE CREATION OF A LEGISLATIVE VACUUM IN REGARD TO THAT STATE EXTENDING OVER THE INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN THE DOCUMENTS CONCERNING ACCESSION WERE SIGNED AND THE TIME WHEN ACCESSION TOOK EFFECT .
THE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION PROCEDURE
13 IT IS STATED IN THE FINAL ACT SIGNED IN ATHENS ON 28 MAY 1979 THAT ' ' THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES AND THE COUNCIL HAVE ALSO TAKEN NOTE OF THE ARRANGEMENT REGARDING THE PROCEDURE FOR ADOPTING CERTAIN DECISIONS AND OTHER MEASURES TO BE TAKEN DURING THE PERIOD PRECEDING ACCESSION WHICH HAS BEEN REACHED WITHIN THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND WHICH IS ANNEXED TO THIS FINAL ACT ' ' .
14 BY VIRTUE OF THE AGREEMENT ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT , ENTITLED ' ' INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION PROCEDURE FOR THE ADOPTION OF CERTAIN DECISIONS ' ' , PROVISIONS WERE MADE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF GREECE WAS KEPT INFORMED OF ANY PROPOSAL OR COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO DECISIONS BY THE COUNCIL OTHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS .
15 EVEN IF IT IS ASSUMED THAT THAT OBLIGATION MAY BE TAKEN TO EXTEND TO THE DRAFT OF THE DECISIONS UNDER ARTICLE 58 OF THE ECSC TREATY , WHICH WERE TO BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION ITSELF , SUBJECT TO THE ASSENT OF THE COUNCIL , THE EXPLANATIONS GIVEN BY THE COMMISSION SHOW IN ANY CASE THAT THE INFORMATION PROCEDURE WAS DULY FOLLOWED IN THE INTERIM PERIOD . THE APPLICANTS HAVE NOT ADDUCED ANY EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE GREEK GOVERNMENT WAS NOT ABLE TO ASSERT ITS INTERESTS WITH REGARD TO THE DRAFT DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT .
THE FINDING OF A STATE OF CRISIS
16 THE APPLICANTS ' ARGUMENT