29.12.77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 342/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2932/77 of 19 December 1977 implementing Decisions No 2/77 and No 3/77 of the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Article 16 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confed- eration on the application of the rules on Community transit (1) signed on 23 November 1972 empowers the Joint Committee set up under that Agreement to adopt Decisions making certain amendments to the Agreement and to its Appendices; Whereas the Joint Committee has decided to repeal as from 1 January 1978 the Additional Protocol annexed to the Agreement by Decision No 1/73 of 4 December 1973 (%); Whereas the Joint Committee has at the same time adopted the amendments to Appendix II to the Agree- ment necessary in order to substitute new forms for certain forms hitherto used for Community transit purposes; Whereas these amendments are the subject of Decisions No 2/77 and No 3/77 of the Joint Committee; whereas it is necessary to take the measures required to im- plement those Decisions, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Decisions No 2/77 and No 3/77 of the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation on the application of the rules on Community transit, which are annexed hereto, shall apply in the Com- munity as from 1 January 1978. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 December 1977. (1) OJ No L 294, 29. 12. 1972, p. 1. (3 OJ No L 365, 31. 12. 1973, p. 187. For the Council The President H. SIMONET