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( 1 ) OJ NO C 327 , 15 . 12 . 1980 , P . 69 .

( 2 ) THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES BY THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3225/80 OF 25 NOVEMBER 1980 ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION SIGNED AT LOME ON 31 OCTOBER 1979

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 238 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,

WHEREAS THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION BETWEEN THE AFRICAN , CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES , ON THE ONE PART , AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES , OF THE OTHER PART , SIGNED AT LOME ON 31 OCTOBER 1979 , SHOULD BE APPROVED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION , THE PROTOCOLS ANNEXED THERETO , THE DECLARATIONS ANNEXED TO PROTOCOL 7 AND THE DECLARATIONS ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT ARE HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .

THE TEXTS OF THE CONVENTION , THE PROTOCOLS AND THE FINAL ACT ARE ANNEXED TO THIS REGULATION .

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SHALL BE CONSIDERED A SIGNATORY STATE TO THE CONVENTION BY VIRTUE OF THE ACT OF SIGNATURE WHICH IS ALSO ANNEXED TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL SHALL , AS REGARDS THE COMMUNITY , DEPOSIT THE ACT OF NOTIFICATION OF THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONVENTION , AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 183 THEREOF ( 2 ) .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 25 NOVEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

COLETTE FLESCH