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( 1 ) OJ NO L 367 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 86 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1853/81

OF 30 JUNE 1981

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3508/80 EXTENDING THE TERMS OF VALIDITY OF THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO TRADE WITH MALTA BEYOND 31 DECEMBER 1980

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 , ON THE BASIS OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3508/80 ( 1 ), THE ARRANGEMENTS APPLICABLE TO TRADE WITH MALTA HAVE BEEN EXTENDED BEYOND 31 DECEMBER 1980 UNTIL 30 JUNE 1981 ;

WHEREAS THE CONDITIONS JUSTIFYING THIS EXTENSION STILL EXIST ; WHEREAS THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE SAID REGULATION SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3508/80 , ' 30 JUNE 1981 ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' 31 DECEMBER 1981 ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1981 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 30 JUNE 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

CH . A . VAN DER KLAAUW