
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (No. 5) Order 1977. 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.
N. E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
1 
Agreement on the Accession of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe to the ACP/EEC Convention of Lomé, signed at Brussels on 28 March 1977 (Cmnd. 6958).
2 
Agreement on the Accession of Papua New Guinea to the ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé, signed at Brussels on 28 March 1977 (Cmnd. 6957).
3 
Agreement on the Accession of the Republic of Cape Verde to the ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé, signed at Brussels on 28 March 1977 (Cmnd. 6955).
4 
Agreement amending the Internal Agreement on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid signed on 11 July 1975, signed at Brussels on 28 March 1977 (Cmnd. 6907).