CELEX: 21976A0327(01)
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Agreement extending the provisions governing the first stage of the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta

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21976A0327(01)

Agreement extending the provisions governing the first stage of the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta  

Official Journal L 081 , 27/03/1976 P. 0002

++++AGREEMENT  EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE FIRST STAGE OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND MALTA  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  OF THE ONE PART , AND  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA ,  OF THE OTHER PART ,  CONSIDERING THAT THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE FIRST STAGE OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND MALTA , SIGNED AT VALLETTA ON 5 DECEMBER 1970 , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS " THE AGREEMENT " , EXPIRE ON 31 MARCH 1976 ;  CONSIDERING THAT THE CONTRACTING PARTIES HAVE MADE IT THEIR AIM TO NEGOTIATE A SECOND STAGE PROVIDING FOR A FURTHER ELIMINATION OF OBSTACLES TO TRADE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND MALTA AND THE ADOPTION BY MALTA OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ;  RECOGNIZING THAT IT HAS PROVED IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN THE NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF THE CONTENT OF THE SECOND STAGE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME ;  HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE FIRST STAGE OF THE AGREEMENT UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE SECOND STAGE BUT NOT LATER THAN 30 JUNE 1977 , AND TO THIS END HAVE DESIGNATED AS THEIR PLENIPOTENTIARIES :  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :  JEAN DONDELINGER ,  AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LUXEMBOURG ,  CHAIRMAN OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ;  THEODORUS HIJZEN ,  DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;  THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA :  JOSEPH ATTARD KINGSWELL ,  AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY ,  PERMANENT DELEGATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;  WHO , HAVING EXCHANGED THEIR FULL POWERS , FOUND IN GOOD AND DUE FORM ,  HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :  ARTICLE 1  ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF THE AGREEMENT SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :   " 2 . THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR TWO SUCCESSIVE STAGES . THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE FIRST STAGE SHALL APPLY UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE SECOND STAGE BUT NOT LATER THAN 30 JUNE 1977 . THE SECOND STAGE SHALL BE , IN PRINCIPLE , OF FIVE YEARS' DURATION . "  ARTICLE 2  1 . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL REQUIRE RATIFICATION , ACCEPTANCE OR APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES WHO SHALL NOTIFY EACH OTHER OF THE COMPLETION OF THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO THAT END .  2 . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTIFICATIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 HAVE BEEN EFFECTED .  ARTICLE 3  THIS AGREEMENT IS DRAWN UP IN TWO COPIES IN THE DANISH , DUTCH , ENGLISH , FRENCH , GERMAN AND ITALIAN LANGUAGES , EACH OF THESE TEXTS BEING EQUALLY AUTHENTIC .