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Document 31981D0023

    81/23/EEC: 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

    OJ L 43, 14.2.1981, p. 15–15 (DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL)

    Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 17/03/1981

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1981/23/oj

    31981D0023

    81/23/EEC: 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

    Official Journal L 043 , 14/02/1981 P. 0015 - 0015


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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 .

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