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1 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ARTICLE 227 ( 1 ) OF THE EEC TREATY :

" 1 . THIS TREATY SHALL APPLY TO THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM , THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK , THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , THE FRENCH REPUBLIC , IRELAND , THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG , THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS , THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND . "

2 . THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 227 ( 3 ) OF THE EEC TREATY :

" THIS TREATY SHALL NOT APPLY TO THOSE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES HAVING SPECIAL RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED LIST . "

3 . THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH SHALL BE ADDED TO ARTICLE 227 OF THE EEC TREATY :

" 5 . NOTWITHSTANDING THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS :

( A ) THIS TREATY SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE FAROE ISLANDS . THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK MAY , HOWEVER , GIVE NOTICE , BY A DECLARATION DEPOSITED BY 31 DECEMBER 1975 AT THE LATEST WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC , WHICH SHALL TRANSMIT A CERTIFIED COPY THEREOF TO EACH OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , THAT THIS TREATY SHALL APPLY TO THOSE ISLANDS . IN THAT EVENT , THIS TREATY SHALL APPLY TO THOSE ISLANDS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH FOLLOWING THE DEPOSIT OF THE DECLARATION .

( B ) THIS TREATY SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN CYPRUS .

( C ) THIS TREATY SHALL APPLY TO THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN ONLY TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOSE ISLANDS SET OUT IN THE TREATY CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK , IRELAND , THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND TO THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY . "