5.3.91 No L 58/1 Official Journal of the European Communities (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 523/91 of 27 February 1991 extending the validity of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or in the . overseas countries and territories (OCT) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (%), and in particular Article 31 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is to apply only until 28 February 1991 ; Whereas it is not certain that the fourth ACP-EEC Convention, signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989, and the Decision which is to be substituted for Council Deci- sion 86/283/EEC of 30 June 1986 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community (%) will have entered into force by that date ; whereas, in order to avoid a break in continuity of trade, the validity of the Regulation in question should -therefore be extended beyond 28 February 1991, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 In Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, ’28 February 1991” shall be hereby replaced by ‘29 February 1992, ' Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Commaunities. It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 February 1991. () OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. () O No L 36, 8. 2. 1991, p. 9. () O] No L 175, 1. 7. 1986, p. 1. - For the Council The President J-C. JUNCKER