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81/970/EEC: Council Decision of 3 December 1981 on the provisional application to Belize of the arrangements provided for in Decision 80/1186/EEC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community
Official Journal L 355 , 10/12/1981 P. 0051
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( 1 ) OJ NO L 361 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 1 .
COUNCIL DECISION
OF 3 DECEMBER 1981
ON THE PROVISIONAL APPLICATION TO BELIZE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN DECISION 80/1186/EEC ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
( 81/970/EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 80/1186/EEC OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 142 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 142 ( 2 ) OF DECISION 80/1186/EEC , THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR THEREIN MAY CONTINUE TO APPLY PROVISIONALLY , UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN BY THE COUNCIL , TO COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WHICH BECOME INDEPENDENT ;
WHEREAS BELIZE , WHICH APPEARS IN ANNEX I TO THE SAID DECISION , ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE ON 21 SEPTEMBER 1981 ;
WHEREAS IT SHOULD BE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO APPLY PROVISIONALLY TO THAT STATE THE ARRANGEMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN THE SAID DECISION ;
WHEREAS THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION IS OPEN , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 185 THEREOF , TO ACCESSION BY COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN PART FOUR OF THE TREATY WHICH HAVE BECOME INDEPENDENT ; WHEREAS SUCH ACCESSION CAN TAKE PLACE ONLY FOLLOWING A REQUEST BY THE STATE CONCERNED AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ACP-EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ;
WHEREAS BELIZE HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR ACCESSION TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1
THE ARRANGEMENTS LAID DOWN BY DECISION 80/1186/EEC SHALL APPLY PROVISIONALLY TO BELIZE UNTIL THE LATTER ACCEDES TO THE SECOND ACP-EEC CONVENTION .
ARTICLE 2
QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE APPLICATION TO BELIZE OF DECISION 80/1186/EEC SHALL BE DEALT WITH AS NECESSARY BY DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THAT STATE AND OF THE COMMUNITY .
ARTICLE 3
THIS DECISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .
IT SHALL APPLY AS FROM 21 SEPTEMBER 1981 .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 3 DECEMBER 1981 .
FOR THE COUNCIL
THE PRESIDENT
T . KING
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