EUR-Lex - 31978D0634 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE ARRANGEMENTS LAID DOWN BY DECISION 76/568/EEC SHALL REMAIN PROVISIONALLY APPLICABLE TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS , UNTIL THE LATTER ACCEDES TO THE ACP-EEC CONVENTION OF LOME AND NOT LATER THAN 6 JULY 1979 .

HOWEVER , THE SOLOMON ISLANDS SHALL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAID DECISION RELATING TO FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION UNTIL THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE DECISION ADJUSTING THE AMOUNTS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND WHICH THE COUNCIL IS TO TAKE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 1 ( 4 ) OF THE INTERNAL AGREEMENT ON THE FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY AID SIGNED ON 11 JULY 1975 .

ARTICLE 2

QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE APPLICATION OF DECISION 76/568/EEC TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS , AFTER THEY HAVE BECOME INDEPENDENT , SHALL BE DEALT WITH , AS NECESSARY , BY DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES OF THAT STATE AND OF THE COMMUNITY .

ARTICLE 3

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

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 7 JULY 1978 .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 JULY 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

M . LAHNSTEIN