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COUNCIL DECISION

OF 20 JANUARY 1981

ON THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU ( FORMER ANGLO-FRENCH CONDOMINIUM OF THE NEW HEBRIDES ) OF THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN DECISION 76/568/EEC ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY

( 81/23/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 76/568/EEC OF 29 JUNE 1976 ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ( 1 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY DECISION 80/162/EEC ( 2 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 55 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 55 ( 2 ) OF DECISION 76/568/EEC , THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR THEREIN MAY CONTINUE TO APPLY PROVISIONALLY , UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY THE COUNCIL , TO COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHICH BECOME INDEPENDENT ;

WHEREAS THE ANGLO-FRENCH CONDOMINIUM OF THE NEW HEBRIDES , WHICH APPEARS IN ANNEX I OF THE SAID DECISION , ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE ON 30 JULY 1980 AS THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU ;

WHEREAS IT SHOULD BE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO APPLY PROVISIONALLY TO THAT STATE THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN DECISION 76/568/EEC AS WELL AS THOSE PROVIDED FOR IN THE NEW DECISION WHICH WILL REPLACE IT ;

WHEREAS THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION IS OPEN , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 185 THEREOF , TO ACCESSION BY COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN PART FOUR OF THE TREATY WHICH HAVE BECOME INDEPENDENT ; WHEREAS SUCH ACCESSION CAN TAKE PLACE ONLY FOLLOWING A REQUEST BY THE STATE CONCERNED AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ;

WHEREAS THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR ACCESSION TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE ARRANGEMENTS LAID DOWN BY DECISION 76/568/EEC AND THOSE PROVIDED FOR BY THE NEW DECISION WHICH WILL REPLACE IT SHALL APPLY PROVISIONALLY TO THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU UNTIL THE LATTER ACCEDES TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION .

ARTICLE 2

QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE APPLICATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU OF DECISION 76/568/EEC AND OF THE NEW DECISION WHICH WILL REPLACE IT SHALL BE DEALT WITH AS NECESSARY BY DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THAT STATE AND OF THE COMMUNITY .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

CH . A . VAN DER KLAAUW

( 1 ) OJ NO L 176 , 1 . 7 . 1976 , P . 8 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 35 , 12 . 2 . 1980 , P . 26 .