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Council Decision

of 29 June 1998

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters amending and extending the Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on trade in textile and clothing products

(98/669/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113, in conjunction with Article 228(2), first sentence, thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the Commission has negotiated on behalf of the European Community an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, amending and extending the existing Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on trade in textile and clothing productsf1;

Whereas, pursuant to Council Decision 98/136/ECf2, pending the completion of procedures required for its conclusion, this Agreement has been applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1998;

Whereas the Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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Footnotes

f1

Council Decision 96/477/EC (OJ L 199, 8.8.1996, p. 1).

f2

OJ L 41, 13.2.1998, p. 12.