No L 255/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 9. 91 - (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) [ COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 6 September 1991 extending the validity of Decision 86/283/EEC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community / (91/475/EEC) 'THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 136 thereof, : Whereas on 25 July 1991 the Council adopted a new ' Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the Community ; Whereas, pending the entry into force of that new Deci- sion, which owing to linguistic and practical difficulties it was not possible to publish by 31 July 1991, the arrange- ments applicable by virtue of Decision 86/283/EEC (!), as last amended by Decisions 90/146/EEC (3), 91/110/EEC () and 91/312/EEC (%), should be kept in force until the entry into force of the new Decision, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 In Article 183 of Decision 86/283/EEC, the phrase ‘the date of entry into force of the new Decision on the associ- ation of the overseas countries and territories with the () OJ No L 175, 1. 7. 1986, p. 1. () OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 108. () OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991, p. 27. () OJ No L 170, 29. 6. 1991, p. 13. European Economic Community, but no later than 31 July 1991’ shall be replaced by ‘the date of entry into force of the new Decision on the association of the over- seas countries and territories with the European Economic Community’. Article 2 This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 August 1991. Done at Brussels, 6 September 1991. For the Council The President H. VAN DEN BROEK