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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 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 18 JANUARY 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

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

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

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 279/80

OF 5 FEBRUARY 1980

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

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 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 SAINT LUCIA AND THE GILBERT ISLANDS , 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 28 JUNE AND 30 OCTOBER 1979 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 ' SAINT LUCIA ' AND ' GILBERT ISLANDS ' ARE 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 , 5 FEBRUARY 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . ZAMBERLETTI