CELEX: 31979D0043
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-21 00:00:00
Title: 79/43/EEC: Council Decision of 21 December 1978 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending and amending until 30 June 1978 the Convention between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and laying down transitional measures with a view to the conclusion of a new Convention

No L 13/56                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          19 . 1 . 79
                                                COUNCIL DECISION
                                                 of 21 December 1978
            concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of
            letters extending and amending until 30 June 1978 the Convention between the
             European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief and Works
            Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and laying down transitional measures
                               with a view to the conclusion of a new Convention
                                                      (79/43/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Convention between the European Economic Commu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   nity and the United Nations Relief and Works
                                                              Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is hereby
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         approved on behalf of the Community.
Economic Community and in particular Articles 113,
114 and 228 thereof,
                                                              The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Deci­
                                                              sion .
Having regard to the recommendation from the
Commission ,
Whereas on 20 July 1976 the Community concluded                                      Article 2
a Convention with UNRWA concerning aid to refu­
gees in the countries of the Near East for the period          Pending the conclusion of a new Convention,
July 1975 to December 1976 ( 1);                               Community aid to UNRWA shall be supplied for the
                                                               rest of 1978 in accordance with the modified provi­
Whereas under Article 10 the Convention may be                sions of the Convention referred to in Article 1 .
extended for subsequent periods with or without
amendment by agreement between the two parties
until 30 June 1978 ;                                                                 Article 3
Whereas the Convention should, subject to certain             The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
amendments, not only be extended until this date but           designate the persons empowered to sign the Agree­
also be applied during the rest of 1978 so that                ment in order to bind the Community.
Community aid can be granted in a comprehensive
and continuous fashion before the conclusion of a
new Convention,
                                                               Done at Brussels, 21 December 1978 .
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                                          For the Council
                         Article 1
                                                                                           The President
The Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters
extending and amending until 30 June 1978 the                                        Otto Graf LAMBSDORFF
(>) OJ No L 203, 29 . 7. 1976, p. 40 .