CELEX: 31976R0405
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 405/76 of 23 February 1976 extending certain interim provisions concerning trade with the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the overseas countries and territories associated with the European Economic Community

26 . 2 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 50 / 1
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                                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 405 / 76
                                                      of 23 February 1976
                extending certain interim provisions concerning trade with the African , Carib­
                bean and Pacific States and the overseas countries and territories associated with
                                            the European Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the Community and the ACP States have
COMMUNITIES,                                                        decided to extend the application of that exchange of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                letters beyond 29 February 1976 ;
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43,                  Whereas by its Regulation ( EEC) No 1957/75 on the
 113 and 136 thereof,                                                interim trade arrangements with the overseas coun­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   tries and territories associated with the European
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                 Economic Community (5 ) and its Regulation ( EEC)
ment                                                                 No 1599/75, the Council established arrangements for
                                                                    the overseas countries and territories similar to those
Whereas the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome (2), here­                    laid down for the ACP States ;
inafter called the 'Convention ', between the African ,
Caribbean and Pacific States, hereinafter called the                Whereas the period of validity of Regulations (EEC)
'ACP States', and the Community, was signed on 28                    No 1598 /75, (EEC) No 1599/75 and (EEC) No
February 1975 ;                                                      1957/75 should therefore be extended beyond 29
                                                                     February 1976,
Whereas when the Convention was signed the
Community and the ACP States agreed in an
exchange of letters to apply autonomously certain                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
provisions of the Convention from 1 July 1975 until
the entry into force of the Convention or until 29                                               Article 1
February 1976 at the latest ;
                                                                     In the first paragraph of Article 9 of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas in order to give effect to the abovementioned                No 1598 /75, the second paragraph of Article 24 of
exchange of letters the Council adopted on 24 June                  Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 and the first paragraph
 1975, inter alia, Regulation (EEC) No 1598 /75 on the              of Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1957/75, the date
advance implementation of certain provisions of the                 '29 February 1976' shall be replaced by the date '31
ACP-EEC Convention of Lome relating to trade in                     July 1976'.
goods (3) and Regulation ( EEC) No 1599/75 on the
arrangements applicable to agricultural products and                                             Article 2
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul­
tural products originating in the African , Caribbean               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and terri­          following its publication in the Official Journal of
tories (4) ;                                                         the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 23 February 1976.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                    G. THORN
(') Opinion delivered 12 . 2 . 1976 ( not yet published in the
     Official Journal ).
(-') OJ No L 25, .30 . 1 . 1976, p. 2 .
(} ) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975, p. 1 .
(4 ) OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975 , p. 67 . -                         ( 5 ) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7 . 1975, p . 5,