21991A0509(01)
Protocol extending the first stage of the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta
Official Journal L 116 , 09/05/1991 P. 0067 - 0068
PROTOCOL extending the first stage of the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
of the one part,
and THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA,
of the other part,
HAVING REGARD to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta, signed at Valletta on 5 December 1970, hereinafter referred to as the 'Agreement`;
HAVING REGARD to the Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement, signed at Brussels on 14 December 1988, extending the first stage until 31 December 1990;
CONSIDERING THAT the present trade arrangements laid down for the first stage of the Agreement should be maintained,
HAVE DECIDED to conclude a Protocol further extending the first stage of the Agreement and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES:
Federico DI ROBERTO,
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Italian Republic,
Chairman of the Permanent Representatives Committee,
Eberhard RHEIN,
Director,
Mediterranean, Near East and Middle East of the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities,
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA:
Joseph LICARI,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Malta to the European Economic Community,
WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
1. The first stage of the Agreement is hereby extended until 31 December 1991.
2. The first stage of the Agreement shall automatically be extended from year to year unless it is denounced by one of the parties before 1 July each year.
Article 2
1. This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement.
2. This Protocol shall require ratification, acceptance or approval in accordance with the procedures in force for each of the Contracting Parties, who shall notify each other of the completion of the procedure necessary to that end.
3. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the notification referred to in paragraph 2 has been effected.
Article 3
This Protocol shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
In witness whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Protocol.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 1990.
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