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REGULATION ( EEC ) N 2840/72 OF THE COUNCIL

OF 19 DECEMBER 1972

CONCLUDING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND ADOPTING PROVISIONS FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND CONCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE VALIDITY , FOR THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION OF 22 JULY 1972

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION SIGNED IN BRUSSELS ON 22 JULY 1972 SHOULD BE CONCLUDED AND THE DECLARATIONS ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT , TOGETHER WITH THE ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE VALIDITY OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED AGREEMENT FOR THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN , LIKEWISE SIGNED IN BRUSSELS ON 22 JULY 1972 , SHOULD BE ADOPTED ;

WHEREAS , SINCE THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES A JOINT COMMITTEE , REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY ON THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD BE APPOINTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION , THE ANNEXES AND PROTOCOLS THERETO , AND THE DECLARATIONS ANNEXED TO THE FINAL ACT ARE HEREBY CONCLUDED , TOGETHER WITH THE ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE VALIDITY OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED AGREEMENT FOR THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN ; ADOPTED AND CONFIRMED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY .

THE TEXTS OF THE AGREEMENT AND OF THE FINAL ACT ARE ANNEXED TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 36 OF THE AGREEMENT , THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES SHALL GIVE NOTIFICATION THAT THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY FOR THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY .

ARTICLE 3

WITHIN THE JOINT COMMITTEE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 29 OF THE AGREEMENT , THE COMMUNITY SHALL BE REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSION , ASSISTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEMBER STATES .

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 20 DECEMBER 1972 .

THIS REGULATION IS BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 19 DECEMBER 1972 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

T . WESTERTERP