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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 328/77

OF 14 FEBRUARY 1977

AMENDING THE LIST OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 ON THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1059/69 OF 28 MAY 1969 LAYING DOWN TRADE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3058/75 ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 12 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 3 ) ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 OF 30 MARCH 1976 ( 4 ) LAID DOWN THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES OR IN THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ;

WHEREAS THE COMOROS , SEYCHELLES AND SURINAM , WHICH APPEAR ON THE LIST OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES CONTAINED IN ANNEX I TO THAT REGULATION , HAVE BECOME INDEPENDENT ;

WHEREAS THE SAID STATES ACCEDED TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME ( 5 ) ON 16 JULY , 27 AUGUST AND 13 SEPTEMBER 1976 RESPECTIVELY AND SHOULD , CONSEQUENTLY , BE COUNTED AMONG THE ACP STATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 ; WHEREAS THE LIST IN ANNEX I SHOULD , THEREFORE , BE ADJUSTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE DELETED IN THE ANNEX TO REGULATION NO 706/76 : " THE COMOROS " , " SEYCHELLES " AND " SURINAM " .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD 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 BRUSSELS , 14 FEBRUARY 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SILKIN

( 1 ) OJ NO L 141 , 12 . 6 . 1969 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 306 , 26 . 11 . 1975 , P . 3 .

( 3 ) OJ NO C 6 , 10 . 1 . 1977 , P . 164 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 85 , 31 . 3 . 1976 , P . 2 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1976 , P . 2 .