CELEX: 51986PC0054(01)
Language: en
Date: 1986-01-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) CONCERNING THE RENEWAL OF DECISION NO 2/85 OF THE ACP - EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ON TRANSITIONAL MEASURES TO APPLY FROM 1 MARCH 1985

No C 73/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   2.4.86
             Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the renewal of Decision No 2/85 of the
                 ACP—EEC Council of Ministers on transitional measures to apply from 1 March 1985
                                                     COM(86) 54 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 5 February 1986)
                                                        (86/C 73/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           188 (3) of the second Convention, has adopted a
                                                                  decision extending the, transitional measures valid from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              1 March 1985 until the date of entry into force of the
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and            third ACP—EEC Convention;
235 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas it is necessary to             provide   for    the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                implementation of that decision,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
liament,
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas the second ACP—EEC Convention signed at
Lome on 31 October 1979 expired on 28 February 1985;              Decision N o . . ./86 of the ACP—EEC Council of
                                                                  Ministers, annexed to this Regulation, shall be applicable
Whereas the third ACP—EEC Convention signed at                    in the Community from 1 March 1986 until the entry
Lome on 8 December 1984 has not yet entered into                  into force of the third ACP—EEC Convention or until
force;                                                            30 June 1986, whichever is the earlier, without prejudice
                                                                  to more favourable arrangements for imports of ACP
Whereas Decision No 2/85 of the ACP—EEC Council                   products to be adopted unilaterally by the Community.
of Ministers on transitional measures is valid only until
28 February 1986;                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the Committee of Ambassadors set up by the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.
second ACP—EEC Convention, acting on powers
delegated to it under Decision No 7/84 of the                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
ACP—EEC Council of Ministers and pursuant to Article              directly applicable in all Member States.