CELEX: 31978D0639
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-25 00:00:00
Title: 78/639/Euratom, ECSC, EEC: Council Decision of 25 July 1978 fixing the period for the first election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage

29 . 7 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 205/75
                                                              II
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                     COUNCIL
                                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 25 July 1978
                fixing the period for the first election of representatives of the European Parlia­
                                           ment by direct universal suffrage
                                               (78/639/ Euratom, ECSC, EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      sentatives of the European Parliament by direct
COMMUNITIES,                                                     universal suffrage shall be from 7 to 10 June 1979 for
                                                                 the first elections.
Having regard to Article 10 of the Act of 20
September 1976 concerning the ejection of the repre­                                     Article 2
sentatives of the European Parliament by direct
universal suffrage,                                              This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­             Communities.
ment (!),
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 25 July 1978 .
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                                              For the Council
                           Article 1
                                                                                               The President
The period referred to in Article 9 ( 1 ) of the Act of 20
September 1976 concerning the election of the repre                                         K. von DOHNANYI
(1) Opinion delivered on 4 July 1978 (not yet published in
    the Official Journal).