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( 1 ) OJ NO L 267 , 10 . 10 . 1980 , P . 35 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 20 OCTOBER 1980

AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO EXTEND CERTAIN PROTECTIVE MEASURES WITH REGARD TO FRESH BANANAS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES

( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 80/1088/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION DECISION 80/949/EEC OF 25 SEPTEMBER 1980 AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO TAKE INTERIM PROTECTIVE MEASURES WITH REGARD TO FRESH BANANAS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES ( 1 ),

WHEREAS THE REASONS WHICH JUSTIFIED THE ADOPTION OF SUCH A DECISION STILL EXIST ;

WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AUTHORIZATION SHOULD BE GIVEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY FOR THE EXTENSION FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED MEASURES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE UNITED KINGDOM IS AUTHORIZED TO EXTEND TO 30 NOVEMBER 1980 THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 OF DECISION 80/949/EEC WITH REGARD TO FRESH BANANAS ORIGINATING IN THE THIRD COUNTRIES INDICATED THEREIN .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 OCTOBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILHELM HAFERKAMP

VICE-PRESIDENT