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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1958/81

OF 13 JULY 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3497/80 LAYING DOWN THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO TRADE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS BEYOND 31 DECEMBER 1980

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3497/80 ( 1 ) LAYS DOWN INTER ALIA PENDING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS , CONSEQUENT UPON THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY , PROVISIONS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THIS ACCESSION ; WHEREAS THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THESE PROVISIONS , LINKED BY THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION TO THE TRADE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH IT LAYS DOWN , IS LIMITED UNTIL 30 JUNE 1981 ;

WHEREAS THE AFOREMENTIONED PROTOCOL WILL ONLY ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 AUGUST 1981 ; WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO AMEND THE AFOREMENTIONED REGULATION WITH A VIEW TO EXTENDING UNTIL 31 JULY 1981 THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION WHICH TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE PROVISIONS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3497/80 SHALL BE APPLICABLE UNTIL 31 JULY 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

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

IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 13 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

LORD CARRINGTON

( 1 ) OJ NO L 367 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 1 .