CELEX: 21979A1031(55)
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Second ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 31 October 1979 - Accession of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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21979A1031(55)

Second ACP-EEC Convention signed at Lomé on 31 October 1979 - Accession of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  /* Lomé 2 */  

Official Journal L 347 , 22/12/1980 P. 0181

++++ACT OF SIGNATURE BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY OF ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION  THE PRIME MINISTER OF ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME SIGNED ON 28 FEBRUARY 1975 , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " THE FIRST CONVENTION " ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION SIGNED IN LOME ON 31 OCTOBER 1979 , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " THE SECOND CONVENTION " .  WHEREAS , AFTER BECOMING INDEPENDENT ON 27 OCTOBER 1979 , ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES REQUESTED , BY LETTER DATED 5 NOVEMBER 1979 , TO ACCEDE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND CONVENTIONS ; WHEREAS , WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS , IT ACCEDED TO THE FIRST CONVENTION ON 27 FEBRUARY 1980 , THUS BECOMING AN ACP STATE ;  WHEREAS ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES WAS NOT A CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE FIRST CONVENTION AT THE TIME OF SIGNING OF THE SECOND CONVENTION ON 31 OCTOBER 1979 AND WAS UNABLE TO SIGN THE LATTER CONVENTION ON THAT DATE ;  WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 182 ( 1 ) OF THE SECOND CONVENTION , THIS LATTER CONVENTION IS TO BE RATIFIED BY THE SIGNATORY STATES IN CONFORMITY WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ; WHEREAS RATIFICATION OF THE SECOND CONVENTION SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON PRODUCTS WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THEREFORE , FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS RATIFICATION , ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SHOULD PROCEED TO SIGN THE SAID CONVENTION AND AGREEMENT ,  DECLARES THAT THE PRESENT PAPER CONSTITUTES THE ACT OF SIGNATURE , BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY OF ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES , OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION AND OF THE AGREEMENT ON PRODUCTS WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY .  DONE AT KINGSTOWN , 2 JULY 1980 .  R . MILTON CATO  PRIME MINISTER OF  ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES