1973 No. 2154
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
The European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (No. 2) Order 1973
Laid before Parliament in draft
Made 19th December 1973
Coming into Operation in accordance with Article 1

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 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) (No. 2) 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
SCHEDULE 1 Decision of 25 June 1973 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting in the Council, opening tariff preferences for products covered by that Community and originating in Norway. (O J No. L 171 27.6.73, p. 113).
2 An Exchange of Letters dated 26 October 1973 between the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Norwegian Ambassador in London on duty-free quotas for imports of paper products. (Cmnd. 5490).
3 Protocol of 16 May 1973 relating to the Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part. (Cmnd. 5480).
4 An agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters renewing the Agreement on Trade and Technical Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the Member States, of the one part, and the Lebanese Republic, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 21 June 1973. (Cmnd. 5480).
5 Decision of 24 July 1973 of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on the provisional location of the European Monetary Cooperation Fund. (Cmnd. 5479).
6 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 Republic of Finland, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 5 October 1973. (Cmnd. 5472).
7 An Exchange of Letters dated 5 October 1973 between the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Communities and the Head of the Finnish Mission to the European Communities on duty-free quotas for imports of paper products. (Cmnd. 5491).

EXPLANATORY NOTE
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.