CELEX: 51988PC0568
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-12
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF AN AGREEMENT ON TRADE AND COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE' S REPUBLIC

No C 271/8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  20. 10. 88
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an agreement on trade and commercial
              and economic cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Hungarian
                                                     People's Republic
                                                    COM(88) 568 final
                                  (Submitted by the Commission on 21 September 1988)
                                                      (88/C 271/13)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and           The Agreement for commercial and                   economic
235 thereof,                                                     cooperation    between     the     European        Economic
                                                                 Community and the Hungarian People's Republic hereby
                                                                 approved on behalf of the Community.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
                                                                                         Article 2
Having regard       to the  opinion   of   the   European
Parliament ('),                                                  The President of the Council shall give the notification
                                                                 provided for in Article 16 of the Agreement (2).
Whereas the conclusion by the European Economic                                          Article 3
Community of the Agreement on trade and commercial
                                                                The Community shall be represented on the joint
and economic cooperation between the European
                                                                 committee set up in Article 13 of the Agreement by the
Economic Community and the Hungarian People's
                                                                 Commission, assisted by representatives of the Member
Republic appears necessary for the attainment of the
                                                                 States.
ends of the Community in the sphere of external
economic relations; whereas it appears that certain                                      Article 4
measures of economic cooperation provided for by the
Agreement exceed the powers of action provided for in           This Decision shall enter into force on the day following
the Treaty, and in particular those specified in the field      its publication in the Official Journal of the European
of the common commercial policy,                                 Communities.
                                                                (2) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be
                                                                    published in the Official Journal of the European
(') Opinion delivered.                                              Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.