CELEX: 51984PC0711(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-12-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION OF AN AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE GOVERNMENT OF DENMARK AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF GREENLAND, ON THE OTHER CONCERNING THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES AND THE PROTOCOL ON THE CONDITIONS RELATING TO FISHING, SIGNED ON 13 MARCH 1984

5.2.85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No C 33/5
                                                           II
                                                   (Preparatory Acts)
                                             COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an
             exchange of letters between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and
             the Government of Denmark and the local Government of Greenland, on the other,
             concerning the provisional application of the Agreement on fisheries and the Protocol on
                             the conditions relating to fishing, signed on 13 March 1984
                                                 (COM(84) 711 final)
                         (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 12 December 1984)
                                                     (85/C 33/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the Community on the one hand and the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Government of Denmark and the local Government
                                                                of Greenland, on the other, have agreed on a text in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    the form of an exchange of letters concerning the
European Economic Community, and in particular                  provisional application of the Agreement and the
Article 43 thereof,                                             Protocol as from 1 January 1985, pending their
                                                                formal entry into force;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                Whereas this text should be approved in the name of
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-               the Community,
liament,
                                                                HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Whereas an Agreement on fisheries between the
European Economic Community, on the one hand,                                          Article 1
and the Government of Denmark and the local
Government of Greenland, on the other, hereinafter              The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
referred to as the Agreement, was signed in Brussels            between the European Economic Community, on the
on 13 March 1984;                                               one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the
                                                                local Government of Greenland, on the other,
Whereas a Protocol on the conditions relating to                concerning the provisional application of the
fishing between the European Economic Community,                Agreement and the Protocol is hereby approved in
on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark                  the name of the Community.
and the local Government of Greenland, on the                   The text of the Agreement in form of an exchange of
other, hereinafter referred to as the Protocol, was             letters, the Agreement and the Protocol are attached
signed in Brussels on the same date;                            to this Decision.
Whereas both the Agreement and the Protocol are to                                     Article 2
enter into force on the day of entry into force of the
Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the                  The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
Treaties establishing the European Communities;                 designate the persons empowered to sign the
whereas the necessary ratification procedures have              Agreement in form of an exchange of letters in order
not yet been completed in all Member States;                    to bind the Community.