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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Laid before Parliament in draft
Made
27th July 1973
Coming into Operation in accordance with Article 1
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of July 1973
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) Order 1973. It shall come into operation in respect of each treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom. These dates 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.
W.G. Agnew
1. Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 14 May 1973. (Cmnd. 5347).
2. Decision of 22 January 1973 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in the Council, establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating in Austria.
3. Decision of 22 January 1973 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in the Council, establishing supervision of imports of certain products originating in Sweden.
4. An Exchange of Letters dated 22 July 1972 between the Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the European Communities and the Head of the Austrian Delegation to the European Communities on duty-free quotas for imports of paper products. (Cmnd. 5159).
5. An Exchange of Letters dated 22 July 1972 and 22 August 1972 between the Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the European Communities and the Acting Head of the Swiss Delegation to the European Communities on duty-free quotas for imports of paper products. (Cmnd. 5181).
6. An Exchange of Letters dated 22 July 1972 between the Head of the United Kingdom Delegation to the European Communities and the Head of the Swedish Delegation to the European Communities on duty-free quotas for imports of paper products. (Cmnd. 5180).
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.
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