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DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 26 September 1983

extending the period of validity of the provisional arrangements applicable to trade between Greece and the African, Caribbean and Pacific States for products covered by that Community

(83/485/ECSC)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

Whereas the Member States have concluded among themselves the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community;

Whereas a Protocol to the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the African, Caribbean and Pacific States consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the 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 October 1983, the provisional arrangements applicable to trade between Greece and the African, Caribbean and Pacific States, as established for the products covered by the European Coal and Steel Community by Decision 81/57/ECSC (1), as last extended by Decision 83/327/ECSC (2);

In agreement with the Commission,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The provisional arrangements laid down in Decision 81/57/ECSC for trade between Greece and the ACP States shall remain in force until the date of entry into force of the Protocol to the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the ACP States consequent on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Community, which was signed on 8 October 1981, but at the latest until 28 February 1985.

Article 2

Member States shall take the measures necessary to implement this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 26 September 1983.

The President

C. SIMITIS

(1) OJ No L 53, 27. 2. 1981, p. 65.

(2) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1983, p. 7.