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( 1 ) OJ NO L 53 , 27 . 2 . 1981 , P . 19 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1981 , P . 14 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 179 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3722/81

OF 21 DECEMBER 1981

EXTENDING THE ARRANGEMENTS TO TRADE BETWEEN GREECE AND THE ACP STATES

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION FOLLOWING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WAS SIGNED ON 8 OCTOBER 1981 ;

WHEREAS , PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THAT PROTOCOL , THE COMMUNITY SHOULD , IN THE LIGHT THEREOF , EXTEND AUTONOMOUSLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1982 THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO TRADE BETWEEN GREECE AND THE ACP STATES AS ESTABLISHED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 439/81 ( 1 ), AND EXTENDED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 1122/81 ( 2 ) AND ( EEC ) NO 1791/81 ( 3 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FROM 1 JANUARY 1982 UNTIL THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION FOLLOWING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , OR NOT LATER THAN 30 JUNE 1982 , THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO TRADE BETWEEN GREECE AND THE ACP STATES SHALL BE THOSE RESULTING FROM THE ANNEX OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 439/81 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1982 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

N . RIDLEY