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THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES ,

HAVING REGARD TO ARTICLE 37 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

CONSIDERING THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE , AT THE TIME OF SETTING UP A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , IN ORDER TO SETTLE CERTAIN PROBLEMS PECULIAR TO THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG , TO DESIGNATE LUXEMBOURG AS THE PROVISIONAL PLACE OF WORK OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS , WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 77 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , ARTICLE 216 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , ARTICLE 189 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AND OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

HAVE DECIDED :

ARTICLE 1

LUXEMBOURG , BRUSSELS AND STRASBOURG SHALL REMAIN THE PROVISIONAL PLACES OF WORK OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITIES .

ARTICLE 2

DURING THE MONTHS OF APRIL , JUNE AND OCTOBER , THE COUNCIL SHALL HOLD ITS SESSIONS IN LUXEMBOURG .

ARTICLE 3

THE COURT OF JUSTICE SHALL REMAIN IN LUXEMBOURG .

THERE SHALL ALSO BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG THE JUDICIAL AND QUASI-JUDICIAL BODIES , INCLUDING THOSE COMPETENT TO APPLY THE RULES ON COMPETITION , ALREADY EXISTING OR YET TO BE SET UP PURSUANT TO THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , OR TO CONVENTIONS CONCLUDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE COMMUNITIES , WHETHER BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OR WITH THIRD COUNTRIES .

ARTICLE 4

THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE ASSEMBLY AND ITS DEPARTMENTS SHALL REMAIN IN LUXEMBOURG .

ARTICLE 5

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG , WHERE ITS GOVERNING BODIES SHALL MEET AND ALL ITS ACTIVITIES SHALL BE CARRIED ON .

THIS PROVISION RELATES IN PARTICULAR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS PRESENT ACTIVITIES , ESPECIALLY THOSE MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 130 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , TO THE POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF THOSE ACTIVITIES TO OTHER FIELDS AND TO SUCH NEW TASKS AS MAY BE ASSIGNED TO THE BANK .

AN OFFICE FOR LIAISON BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG , WITH THE PARTICULAR TASK OF FACILITATING THE OPERATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND .

ARTICLE 6

THE MONETARY COMMITTEE SHALL MEET IN LUXEMBOURG AND IN BRUSSELS .

ARTICLE 7

THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG . THESE COMPRISE THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR CREDIT AND INVESTMENTS , THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTING THE LEVY AND THE ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENTS ATTACHED THERETO .

ARTICLE 8

AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OFFICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES WITH A JOINT SALES OFFICE AND A MEDIUM - AND LONG-TERM TRANSLATION SERVICE ATTACHED SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG .

ARTICLE 9

FURTHER , THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMMISSION SHALL BE LOCATED IN LUXEMBOURG :

( A ) THE STATISTICAL OFFICE AND THE DATA-PROCESSING DEPARTMENT ;

( B ) THE HYGIENE AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY ;

( C ) THE DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION , THE DIRECTORATE FOR HEALTH PROTECTION AND THE DIRECTORATE FOR SAFEGUARDS OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ;

AND THE APPROPRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE .

ARTICLE 10

THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES ARE WILLING TO LOCATE IN LUXEMBOURG , OR TO TRANSFER THERETO , OTHER COMMUNITY BODIES AND DEPARTMENTS , PARTICULARLY THOSE CONCERNED WITH FINANCE , PROVIDED THAT THEIR PROPER FUNCTIONING CAN BE ENSURED .

TO THIS END , THEY REQUEST THE COMMISSION TO PRESENT TO THEM ANNUALLY A REPORT ON THE CURRENT SITUATION CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF COMMUNITY BODIES AND DEPARTMENTS AND ON THE POSSIBILITY OF TAKING NEW STEPS TO GIVE EFFECT TO THIS PROVISION , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF THE NEED TO ENSURE THE PROPER FUNCTIOM OF THE COMMUNITIES .

ARTICLE 11

IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , THE COMMISSION IS REQUESTED TO TRANSFER THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN A GRADUAL AND COORDINATED MANNER , TRANSFERRING LAST THE DEPARTMENTS WHICH MANAGE THE COAL AND STEEL MARKETS .

ARTICLE 12

SUBJECT TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS , THIS DECISION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE PROVISIONAL PLACES OF WORK OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , AS DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS DECISIONS OF THE GOVERNMENTS , NOR THE REGROUPING OF DEPARTMENTS OCCASIONED BY THE ESTABLISHING OF A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION .

ARTICLE 13

THIS DECISION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE SAME DATE AS THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .