OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION SHALL REMAIN GENERALLY APPLICABLE AND ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF THE DECISION MAY NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXCEPTION THERETO .
ANNEX VII
RELATING TO ARTICLE 3
ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF THE DECISION SHALL BE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE SPECIAL SYSTEM APPLICABLE TO IMPORTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE MOTOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY INDUSTRY IN IRELAND WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF PROTOCOL 7 TO THE ACT OF ACCESSION .
ANNEX VIII
DECLARATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE KINGDOM RESULTING FROM THE STATUTE OF 29 DECEMBER 1954 , AND IN PARTICULAR TO THE AUTONOMY OF THE NON-EUROPEAN PARTS OF THE KINGDOM SO FAR AS CONCERNS CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE DECISION AND THE FACT THAT THE DECISION WAS , IN CONSEQUENCE , ADOPTED IN COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURES IN FORCE IN THE KINGDOM .
IT DECLARES THAT , FOR THAT REASON AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS DEVOLVING UPON IT UNDER THE TREATY AND UNDER THE DECISION , THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES WILL FULFIL THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING OUT OF THE DECISION .
ANNEX IX
ON EXPORTS OF BANANAS BY THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
AS REGARDS ITS EXPORTS OF BANANAS TO THE COMMUNITY , NO COUNTRY OR TERRITORY SHALL BE PLACED , AS REGARDS ACCESS TO THE MARKETS AND MARKET ADVANTAGES , IN A LESS FAVOURABLE SITUATION THAN IN THE PAST OR AT PRESENT ; THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME IN ORDER TO ENABLE THEM TO INCREASE THEIR BANANA EXPORTS TO THEIR TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY MARKETS .
COMPARABLE ENDEAVOURS WILL ALSO BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENABLE THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN NEW COMMUNITY MARKETS AND TO EXPAND THEIR BANANA EXPORTS TO THOSE MARKETS .