Council Regulation (EEC) No 1027/81 of 9 April 1981 on the trade arrangements applicable to African, Caribbean and Pacific States which failed to ratify the Second ACP-EEC Convention by 1 January 1981

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 55 , 28 . 2 . 1980 , P . 4 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 365 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 2 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 53 , 27 . 2 . 1981 , P . 19 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1027/81

OF 9 APRIL 1981

ON THE TRADE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES WHICH FAILED TO RATIFY THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION BY 1 JANUARY 1981

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 SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION SIGNED AT LOME ON 31 OCTOBER 1979 , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' THE CONVENTION ' , ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 ;

WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF CERTAIN ACP STATES WHICH HAD NOT COMPLETED THE PROCEDURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 182 OF THE CONVENTION BY THE DATE OF ITS ENTRY INTO FORCE , THE CONVENTION BECOMES APPLICABLE ONLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THOSE PROCEDURES ;

WHEREAS , IN ORDER NOT TO DISRUPT TRADE PATTERNS , THE TRADE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN THE SAID CONVENTION SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AUTONOMOUSLY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 1981 TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE CONVENTION BECOMES APPLICABLE OR TO 30 JUNE 1981 AT THE LATEST ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 1981 TO THE DATE ON WHICH THE CONVENTION BECOMES APPLICABLE , OR TO 30 JUNE 1981 AT THE LATEST , THE TRADE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE ACP STATES , LISTED IN THE ANNEX , WHICH HAD NOT COMPLETED THE PROCEDURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 182 OF THE CONVENTION BY 1 JANUARY 1981 SHALL BE AS SET OUT IN CHAPTERS 1 AND 2 OF TITLE I OF THE CONVENTION AS WELL AS IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 435/80 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3486/80 ( 2 ).

HOWEVER , THE TRADE ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN THE STATES LISTED IN THE ANNEX HERETO AND GREECE SHALL BE THOSE SET OUT IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 439/81 ( 3 ).

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 9 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

D . F . VAN DER MEI

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ANNEX

LIST OF ACP STATES WHICH HAD NOT DEPOSITED THEIR INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION UNDER THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION BY 1 JANUARY 1981

// // DATE OF APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION //

NIGERIA // - //

CHAD // - //

MAURITANIA // - //

GABON // 1 MARCH 1981 //

EQUATORIAL GUINEA // 1 MARCH 1981 //

KENYA // 1 MARCH 1981 //

LIBERIA // 1 MARCH 1981 //

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE // 1 MARCH 1981 //

SOLOMON ISLANDS // 1 MARCH 1981 //

SOMALIA // 1 MARCH 1981 //

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO // 1 MARCH 1981 //

BAHAMAS // 1 APRIL 1981 //

THE CONGO // 1 APRIL 1981 //

JIBUTI // 1 APRIL 1981 //

KIRIBATI // 1 APRIL 1981 //