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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1109/77 of 26 May 1977 on the conclusion of the Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , and the declarations and the exchange of letters annexed to the Final Act are hereby approved on Having regard to the Treaty establishing the behalf of the Community. European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, The texts of the Interim Agreement and of the Final Act are annexed to this Regulation. Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission ,

Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Article 2 Cooperation Agreement signed in Brussels on 3 May 1977, it is necessary to conclude the Interim Agree­ The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the ment between the European Economic Community Community, carry out the notification procedure and the Lebanese Republic signed in Brussels the provided for in Article 38 of the Interim Agree­ same day, ment f 1 ).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 3 Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third The Interim Agreement between the European day following its publication in the Official Journal Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 May 1977.

For the Council The President D. OWEN

The date of the entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the Euro­ pean Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council .