17.12. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 353/17 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3574/90 of 4 December 1990 introducing a transitional period for the implementation of certain Community acts in the energy sector THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 103 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas, under the various Regulations relating to the energy sector, the Member States are required to provide the Commission with specific information in accordance with defined procedures; Whereas, from the date of German unification onwards, Community law will be fully applicable to the territory of the former German Democratic Republic; whereas such full application may cause difficulties owing to the level of regional economic development; Whereas Article 8c of the Treaty invites the Commission to take into account the extent of the effort that certain economies showing difference in development will have to sustain during the period of establishment of the internal market; Whereas derogations of this type must be temporary and cause the least possible disturbance to the functioning of the common market; Whereas the information on the situation regarding the rules applicable in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and on the situation regarding the energy industry in that territory is insufficient to permit the scope of those derogations to be definitively established, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Federal Republic of Germany shall not be required to pass on the information covered by the Directive and Regulations referred to in' the Annex, in respect of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic. Article 2 The exemption referred to in Article 1 is valid for a period of 12 months dating from the date of German unification. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be bindung in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December 1990. (1) OJ No L 263, 26. 9. 1990, p. 38, as amended on 25 October " 1990. (2) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3) Opinion delivered on 20 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS