31977R0126

25 . 1 . 77 No L 21 /23 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 126/77 of 18 January 1977 extending the period of validity of Regulations (EEC) No 1509/76 and (EEC) No 1522/76 on imports into the Community of prepared and preserved sardines orig­ inating in Tunisia and Morocco respectively

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the present arrangements for these products COMMUNITIES , should therefore be temporarily extended, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ Article 1 ment ('), In Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1509/76 and Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1509 /76 of 24 Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1522/76, the date June 1976 on imports into the Community of '31 December 1976' is hereby replaced by '30 June prepared and preserved sardines originating in 1977'. Tunisia (2 ), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1522/76 of 24 June 1976 on imports into the Community of prepared and preserved sardines originating in Article 2 Morocco (3) provided for transitional arrangements for the said imports to apply until 31 December 1976 at This Regulation shall enter into force on the day the latest ; following its publication in the Official Journal of Whereas the conditions which gave rise to these transi­ the European Communities. tional arrangements still exist for the products concerned ; It shall apply from 1 January 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 January 1977 .

For the Council

The President

Anthony CROSLAND

(') OJ No C 6 , 10 . 1 . 1977 , p. 164. ( 2 ) OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976, p. 1 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 169 , 28 . 6 . 1976 , p. 45 .