CELEX: 31973R2798
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2798/73 of the Council of 14 may 1973 concluding the association agreement with Mauritius

15 . 10 . 73                         Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 288 / 1
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                                          (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2798/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 14 May 1973
                                 concluding the Association Agreement with 'Mauritius
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                       between the European Economic Community and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­              the African and Malagasy States associated with that
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article              Community, and the Final Act, with the Declarations
238 thereof;                                                    annexed to it, are hereby concluded, approved and
                                                                confirmed, on behalf of the European Economic
Having regard to the recommendation from the                    Community.
Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                    The arrangements resulting from this Agreement and
Parliament;                                                     its Declarations shall not however apply to relations
                                                                between the new Member States and Mauritius.
Whereas an Association Agreement concerning the
accession of Mauritius to the Convention of Asso­
                                                                The texts of the Agreement and the Final Act are
ciation between the European Economic Community                 annexed to this Regulation.
and the African and Malagasy States associated
with that Community, hereinafter called 'the Conven­
tion of Association', together with a Final Act have                                   Article 2
been signed at Port Louis (Mauritius) on 12 May
1972 ;                                                          The President of the Council shall be authorized to
                                                                designate the person empowered to deposit the act
Whereas in accordance with Article 109 of the Act (*)           of notification of the conclusion of the Agreement,
relating to the conditions of accession and the                 in accordance with Article 4 of the Association Agree­
adjustments to the Treaties, the arrangements                   ment.
resulting from the Convention of Association are not
applicable to the relations between the new Member
States and the Association of African and Malagasy                                     Article 3
States ;
Whereas it should be ensured that acts of the Insti­
                                                                Save as otherwise provided, any mention in the acts
                                                                of the Institutions of the Community of the 'Asso­
tutions of the Community — both those currently in              ciated African and Malagasy States' shall apply also
force and those done subsequently — using the                   to Mauritius. This provision shall apply from the
expression 'the Associated African and Malagasy
                                                                entry into force of the Association Agreement.
States' apply to Mauritius,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                          Article 4
                         Article 1
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
The Association Agreement providing for the acces­              day fallowing its publication in the Official Journal
sion of Mauritius to the Convention of Association               of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 14 May 1973 ,
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                             R. VAN ELSLANDE
 (*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .