CELEX: 31975D0089
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 30 January 1975 on transitional measures to be applied after 31 January 1975 in relations with the overseas countries and territories

31 . 1 . 75                      Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 26/9
                                              COUNCIL DECISION
                                               of 30 January 1975
            on transitional measures to be applied after 31 January 1975 in relations with the
                                         overseas countries and territories
                                                   (75/ 89/EEC)
            THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
            Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in
            particular Article 136 thereof;
            "Whereas Council Decision No 70/549/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the association
            of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community
            expires on 31 January 1975 ;
            Whereas the provisions which are to replace this Decision cannot enter into force until
            after that date;
             Whereas, pending the entry into force of these provisions, this Decision should be
             maintained in force provisionally ;
             Whereas, pursuant to Article 119 of the Act of Accession, the arrangements resulting
             from Decision No 70/549/EEC shall not apply in relations between those countries
             and territories and the new Member States ; whereas, pursuant to Article 119 (3 ) of the
             Act of Accession, the Council, by Decision No 75/88/EEC of 30 January 1975 , has
             extended these arrangements until expiry of the period during which the transitional
             measures are applied,
             HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                    Sole Article
             Council Decision No 70/549/EEC and its Annexes, and the arrangements adopted for
             their implementation, shall remain applicable beyond 31 January 1975 until the entry
             into force of the provisions which are to replace this Decision or until 31 July 1975 ,
             whichever is the earlier.
             Done at Brussels, 30 January 1975 .
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                            G. FITZGERALD