Council Regulation (EEC) No 3551/80 of 16 December 1980 on the advance application of certain trade provisions of the Second ACP-EEC Convention in respect of Zimbabwe

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3551/80 of 16 December 1980 on the advance application of certain trade provisions of the Second ACP-EEC Convention in respect of Zimbabwe
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Community and Zimbabwe signed an Interim Agreement on 4 November 1980 governing trade arrangements pending the entry into force of the Agreement signed on 4 November 1980 on the accession of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the Second ACP-EEC Convention, signed at LomĂŠ on 31 October 1979;
Whereas it is consequently desirable to extend the application of the trade arrangements in force between the Community and the ACP States to Zimbabwe ; whereas these arrangements should replace those accorded autonomously by the Community under Council Regulation (EEC) No 120/80 of 21 January 1980 on trade arrangements between Southern Rhodesia and the European Economic Community (1),