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( 1 ) OJ NO L 347 , 17 . 12 . 1973 , P . 50 .

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 14 DECEMBER 1981 DEROGATING IN FAVOUR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FROM DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC ON THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF GENERAL POPULATION CENSUSES ( 81/1059/EEC )$$

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 213 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC ( 1 ) PROVIDES THAT MEMBER STATES SHALL CONDUCT A GENERAL POPULATION CENSUS ON A DATE BETWEEN 1 MARCH AND 31 MAY 1981 ;

WHEREAS SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES , WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN WHEN THE DIRECTIVE WAS ADOPTED , HAVE ARISEN WHICH HAVE NOT ENABLED THE CENSUS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN THE SAID DATES ;

WHEREAS IT IS PROPOSED TO HOLD THE SAID CENSUS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY BETWEEN 1 MARCH AND 31 MAY 1983 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

ARTICLE 1

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 1 OF DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC , THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY SHALL CONDUCT A GENERAL POPULATION CENSUS ON A DATE BETWEEN 1 MARCH AND 31 MAY 1983 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 14 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . HOWE