
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (No. 2) Order 1977. It shall come into operation in respect of the treaties specified in Part I of the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the Order is made. In respect of each treaty specified in Part II of the Schedule to this Order, the Order shall come into operation on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom, which date 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
PART I
1 
Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 20 January 1976 on the opening of tariff preferences for products within the province of that Community originating in the Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the Community(OJ No. 176, 1.7.76, p. 99).
2 
Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 21 December 1976 establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Austria(OJ No. L367, 31.12.76, p.35).
3 
Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 21 December 1976 establishing supervision for imports of certain products originating in Sweden(OJ No.367, of 31.12.76, p. 37).
PART II
4 
Protocol for the Third Extension of the Wheat Trade Convention 1971, signed at Washington, 17 March to 7 April 1976 (Cmnd. 6446).
5 
Protocol for the Third Extension of the Food Aid Convention 1971, signed at Washington, 17 March to 7 April 1976 (Cmnd. 6446).