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

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE

OF 10 JUNE 1981

DEROGATING IN FAVOUR OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC FROM DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC ON THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF GENERAL POPULATION CENSUSES

( 81/421/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 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC OF 22 NOVEMBER 1973 ON THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF GENERAL POPULATION CENSUSES ( 1 ) STIPULATES THAT MEMBER STATES SHALL CONDUCT A GENERAL POPULATION CENSUS ON A DATE BETWEEN 1 MARCH AND 31 MAY 1981 ;

WHEREAS SERIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES , WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN AT THE TIME WHEN THE DIRECTIVE WAS ADOPTED , HAVE ARISEN IN THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC AND PREVENT THE PROPER CONDUCT OF THE CENSUS DURING THAT PERIOD ;

WHEREAS IT IS PROPOSED TO CONDUCT THE SAID GENERAL POPULATION CENSUS IN THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC BETWEEN 1 SEPTEMBER AND 31 DECEMBER 1981 ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

ARTICLE 1

BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 1 OF DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC , THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC SHALL CONDUCT THE GENERAL POPULATION CENSUS DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1 SEPTEMBER AND 31 DECEMBER 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 10 JUNE 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

W . ALBEDA