Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3431/85 of 5 December 1985 on annual updating of the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States

COMMISSCOMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 3431/85
of 5 December 1985
on annual updating of the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States
THETHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2845/77 (2), and in particular Articles 36 and 41 (b) thereof,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 26 and Annex 1, Part XIII, point 3 thereof,
Whereas Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 requires certain data to be compiled according to the current version of the country nomenclature given in Annex C thereto;
Whereas Article 36 of the said Regulation requires the Commission to publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities the country nomenclature in the version thereof valid on 1 January of each year;
Whereas the version valid on 1 January 1983 was annexed to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/82 (3), extended from 1 January 1984 under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3655/83 (4), and from 1 January 1985 under Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3104/84 (5);
Whereas it is now necessary to publish the version valid on 1 January 1986;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on External Trade Statistics,