31980R0743

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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 743/80

OF 26 MARCH 1980

ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRANSITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS

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 TRANSITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS SHOULD BE APPROVED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE TRANSITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS IS HEREBY APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY .

THE TEXT OF THE PROTOCOL IS ANNEXED TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL SHALL GIVE THE NOTIFICATION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 5 OF THE PROTOCOL ( 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 , 26 MARCH 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . MARCORA

( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 14 MARCH 1980 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

( 2 ) THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE PROTOCOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES BY THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL .