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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 113 and 235 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament^f1,

Whereas the conclusion by the European Economic Community of the Framework Agreement for commercial and economic cooperation between the European Communities and Canada, signed in Ottawa on 6 July 1976, appears necessary for the attainment of the ends of the Community in the sphere of external economic relations; whereas certain forms of economic cooperation provided for by the Agreement exceed the powers of action specified in the sphere of the common commercial policy,

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