Council Regulation (EC) No 476/97 of 13 March 1997 amending, with respect to statistical territory, Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 476/97 of 13 March 1997 amending, with respect to statistical territory, Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the French Republic has decided to include the overseas departments in France's statistical territory as from 1 January 1997;
Whereas the Kingdom of Spain had decided to include the Canary Islands in Spain's statistical territory as from the same date;
Whereas the definition of the statistical territory of the Community set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (1) and the field of application of the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries as defined in Article 4 of the abovementioned Regulation need to be adapted accordingly,