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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 6 , 8 . 1 . 1979 , P . 58 .

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

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

( 6 ) OJ NO L 297 , 24 . 10 . 1978 , P . 11 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 30 , 6 . 2 . 1979 , P . 7 .

( 8 ) OJ NO L 55 , 6 . 3 . 1979 , P . 8 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 527/79

OF 19 MARCH 1979

AMENDING THE LIST OF 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 , CONCERNING THE LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE 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 REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 ( 4 ) LAID DOWN THE ARRANGMENTS 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 SOLOMON ISLANDS , TUVALU AND DOMINICA , WHICH APPEAR IN THE LIST OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES SET OUT IN ANNEX I TO THAT REGULATION , HAVE BECOME INDEPENDENT ;

WHEREAS THESE STATES ACCEDED TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME ( 5 ) ON 27 SEPTEMBER 1978 ( 6 ), 17 JANUARY 1979 ( 7 ) AND 26 FEBRUARY 1979 ( 8 ) 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 TO THAT REGULATION SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 706/76 , THE WORDS ' DOMINICA ' , ' SOLOMON ISLANDS ' AND ' TUVALU ' SHALL BE DELETED .

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 , 19 MARCH 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

R . MONORY