8.8.90 * Official Journal of the European Communities No L 210/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2291/90 of 26 July 1990 on the application of Decision No 2/90 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee supplementing and amending Annex III to Protocol No 3 concerning the -definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation THE COMMISSION OF THE:EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the Council Regulation (EEC)No 2838/89 ‘of 18 September 1989 on the implementation of Decision No 1/89 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee amending Protocol No -3 concerning the definition of - the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation and establishing provisions for the implementation of the Joint Declaration annexed to Decision No 1/88 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee (!), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas the Agreement between the European Economic Community - and the Republic of Austria was signed on 22 July 1972 and entered into force on 1 January 1973 (2); Whereas -Protocol No 3 concerning - the definition . of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation (3) (hereafter referred to as Protocol No 3) forms an integral part of the said Agreement; Whereas, by virtue of Article 28 of Protocol No 3, the Joint Committee has adopted Decision No 2/90 supplementing and amending Protocol No 3; Whereas it is necessary to apply this Decision in the Community; Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Origin, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Decision No 2/90 of the EEC-Austria Joint Committee shall - apply in the Community. The text of the Decision is attached to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall -apply with effect from 1 January 1988. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 26 July-1990. - () OJ No'L 278, 27. 9. 1989, p. 1. (2) O] No L 300, 31.12. 1972, p. 2. () O] No L 149, 15. 6. 1988, p. 5. . For the Commission Christiane SCRIVENER Member of the Commission