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No L 208 /2 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 7. 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 1988 /74 OF THE COUNCIL of 22 July 1974 extending the arrangements applicable to trade with Tunisia beyond the date of expiry of the Association Agreement

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 The trade arrangements provided for by the Agree­ and 113 thereof ; ment establishing an association between the Euro­ pean Economic Community and the Tunisian Repub­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; lic, including the Protocol laying down certain provi­ Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ sions relating to that Agreement consequent on the ment ; accession of new Member States to the Community and the Agreement in the form of an exchange of Whereas the Agreement ( ! ) establishing an association letters on the amendment of Article 5 of Annex 1 to between the European Economic Community and the the Association Agreement, or implemented pursuant Tunisian Republic, signed in Tunis on 28 March to these acts, shall remain applicable in the Commu­ 1969, expires on 31 August 1974 ; nity beyond 31 August 1974, until the entry into force Whereas negotiations are in progress with a view to of a new Agreement or until 31 August 1975, whichever is the sooner. concluding a new Association Agreement ; Whereas, in anticipation of the conclusion of this Article 2 Agreement, the arrangements which the Community applies to trade with Tunisia under the association This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September with that country should be extended, 1974 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 22 July 1974. For the Council The President J. SAUVAGNARGUES

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