31977R1394

29. 6. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 158/ 17

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1394/77 of 27 June 1977 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Economic Community and Barbados, the People's Repu­ blic of the Congo, Fiji , the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, the Repu­ blic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi , Mauritius, the Republic of Surinam, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago and the Republic of Uganda concerning the agreed quantities of cane sugar for certain ACP States

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Barbados, the People s Republic of the Congo, Fiji, COMMUNITIES, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, Mauritius, the Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 Republic of Surinam, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the thereof, United Republic of Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago Having regard to the recommendation from the and the Republic of Uganda concerning the agreed Commission, quantities of cane sugar for certain ACP States, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. Whereas, having regard to the initial difficulties inherent in implementing Protocol 3 on ACP sugar annexed to the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome (l) and The text of the Agreement is annexed to this Regula­ Annex IV to the Council Decision of 29 June 1976 tion . on the association of the overseas countries and territo­ ries with the European Economic Community (2), it is appropriate that an Agreement be approved in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Article 2 Economic Community and the States referred to in the said Protocol and the Republic of Surinam, in order to restore the agreed quantities originally The President of the Council is hereby authorized to provided for in the said Protocol in respect of the designate the person empowered to sign the Agree­ People's Republic of the Congo, the Republic of ment referred to in Article 1 so that it shall be Kenya and the Republic of Uganda and in respect of binding on the Community. the Republic of Surinam in the context of the said Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 3

Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day The agreement in the form of an exchange of letters following its publication in the Official Journal of between the European Economic Community and the European Communities.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 1977. For the Council The President

J. SILKIN

(') OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 176, 1 . 7. 1976, p. 8 .