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

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

( 3 ) OJ NO C 63 , 13 . 3 . 1978 , P . 52 .

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

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

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1198/78

OF 30 MAY 1978

AMENDING 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 , AS REGARDS THE LIST OF THE 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 THE 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 REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 ( 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 TERRITORY OF THE AFARS AND ISSAS , WHICH IS LISTED AMONG THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES IN ANNEX I TO THAT REGULATION , HAS ATTAINED INDEPENDENCE AS THE REPUBLIC OF JIBUTI ;

WHEREAS THAT STATE ACCEDED TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME ( 5 ) ON 2 FEBRUARY 1978 , THUS BECOMING ONE OF THE ACP STATES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 ; WHEREAS THE LIST IN ANNEX I TO THAT REGULATION SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE WORDS ' TERRITORY OF THE AFARS AND ISSAS ' SHALL BE DELETED FROM ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 .

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 , 30 MAY 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

I . NOERGAARD