Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Laid before Parliament in draft
Made
19th December 1975
Coming into Operation in accordance with Article I
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1975
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 1 of the European Communities Act 1972 and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (No. 2) Order 1975. It shall come into operation in respect of each treaty specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the Order is made. In respect of each treaty specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, the Order shall come into operation on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom, which date will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2. The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The treaties specified in the Schedule to this Order are to be regarded as Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
N. E. Leigh
1. Protocol for the further extension of the Wheat Trade Convention 1971, to which the United Kingdom acceded on 18 June 1975 (Cmnd. 6037).
2. Protocol for the further extension of the Food Aid Convention 1971, to which the United Kingdom acceded on 18 June 1975 (Cmnd. 6037).
3. Decision of 24 June 1975 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in Council, opening tariff preferences for products within the province of that Community originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and in the overseas countries and territories associated with the Community (OJ No. L 166, 28.6.75, p.83) (Cmnd. 6220).
4. ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé of 28 February 1975 (Cmnd. 6220).
5. ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé of 28 February 1975-Agreement on Products within the Province of the European Coal and Steel Community (Cmnd. 6220).
6. ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé-Internal Agreement of 11 July 1975 on the Measures and Procedures required for Implementation of the Convention (Cmnd. 6220).
7. ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé-Internal Agreement of 11 July 1975 on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid (Cmnd. 6220).
This Order declares the treaties mentioned in the Schedule to be Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.