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

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3486/80

OF 22 DECEMBER 1980

EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 435/80 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 ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 435/80 OF 18 FEBRUARY 1980 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 ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 27 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 435/80 IS APPLICABLE ONLY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 , THE PRESUMED DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME AND OF THE NEW COUNCIL DECISION ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EEC ;

WHEREAS THE CONVENTION AND THE DECISION WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THAT DATE ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 435/80 FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONVENTION AND THE DECISION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 435/80 , ' 31 DECEMBER 1980 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 28 FEBRUARY 1985 ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . SANTER