EUR-Lex - 31981L1059 - EN

EUR-Lex - 31981L1059 - EN Avis juridique important | Council Directive 81/1059/EEC of 14 December 1981 derogating in favour of the Federal Republic of Germany from Directive 73/403/EEC on the synchronization of general population censuses Official Journal L 385 , 31/12/1981 P. 0033 +++++ ( 1 ) OJ NO L 347 , 17 . 12 . 1973 , P . 50 . COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 14 DECEMBER 1981 DEROGATING IN FAVOUR OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FROM DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC ON THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF GENERAL POPULATION CENSUSES ( 81/1059/EEC )$$ THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 213 THEREOF , HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , WHEREAS DIRECTIVE 73/403/EEC ( 1 ) PROVIDES THAT MEMBER STATES SHALL CONDUCT A GENERAL POPULATION CENSUS ON A DATE BETWEEN 1 MARCH AND 31 MAY 1981 ; WHEREAS SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES , WHICH COULD NOT HAVE BEEN FORESEEN WHEN THE DIRECTIVE WAS ADOPTED , HAVE ARISEN WHICH HAVE NOT ENABLED THE CENSUS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN THE SAID DATES ; WHEREAS IT IS PROPOSED TO HOLD THE SAID CENSUS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY BETWEEN 1 MARCH AND 31 MAY 1983 , HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :