COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3768/85
of 20 December 1985
adapting, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain agricultural acts as regards the voting procedure of the Committees
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 396 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain agricultural acts should, pursuant to Article 396 of the Act of Accession, be adapted with regard to the number of votes which express, upon accession, a qualified majority in the context of the procedure of the Management Committees and similar comittees set up in the agricultural sector;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (3) of the Treaty of Accession, the institutions of the Communities may adopt before accession the measures referred to in Article 396 of the Act, such measures entering into force subject to and on the date of the entry into force of that Treaty,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. In the Acts listed in the Annex and in the Articles indicated therein 'forty-five' is replaced by 'fifty-four'.
2. In Article 26 (2) of Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 1312/85 (2), the sentence 'Opinions shall be adopted by a qualified majority' is replaced by 'Opinions shall be adopted by a majority of fifty-four votes'.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986, subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Spain and Portugal.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 December 1985.