CELEX: 31978R0595
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 595/78 of 20 March 1978 extending Regulation (EEC) No 744/77 on the advance implementation of certain provisions of the ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé relating to trade in respect of certain States that have signed Accession Agreements to that Convention

No L 82/ 12                        Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 3 . 78
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 595 /78
                                                  of 20 March 1978
               extending Regulation (EEC) No 744/77 on the advance implementation of
               certain provisions of the ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé relating to trade in
               respect of certain States that have signed Accession Agreements to that Conven­
                                                          tion
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    April 1977 Regulation (EEC) No 744/77 (2) on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   advance implementation of certain provisions of the
                                                               ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé relating to trade ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43              Whereas the procedures of ratification of the Acces­
and 113 thereof,                                               sion Agreements were not completed by the Member
                                                               States by 31 December 1977 ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                               Whereas the period of validity of Regulation ( EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­           No 744/77 should therefore be extended beyond 31
ment ( J ),                                                    December 1977,
Whereas Agreements of Accession to the ACP-EEC
Convention of Lomé, in accordance with Article 90              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof, were signed between the European Economic
Community and the Democratic Republic of Sao                                             Article 1
Tome and Principe, the Republic of Cape Verde and
Papua New Guinea on 28 March 1977 ;                            In the second paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 744/77, '31 December 1977' shall be
Whereas, when these Agreements were signed, the                replaced by '31 December 1978'.
Community and the States concerned agreed in
exchanges of letters to apply unilaterally certain provi­                                Article 2
sions of the ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé relating
to trade, in accordance with the arrangements laid             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
down in the Accession Agreements ;                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                               the European Communities.
Whereas, in order to give effect to the abovemen­
tioned exchanges of letters, the Council adopted on 5          It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1978 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 March 1978 .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                            K. HEINESEN
(') Opinion delivered 17 March 1978 (not yet published in
    the Official Journal).                                     (2) OJ No L 90 , 8 . 4 . 1977, p. 5 .