THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

ANXIOUS, at the time of signature of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, to define the exact scope of Articles 131 and 227 of this Treaty, in view

of the fact that under Article 24 of the Trusteeship Agreement with respect to the Trust Territory of Somaliland the Italian administration of that territory will end on 2 December 1960,

HAVE AGREED to give the authorities who will after that date be responsible for the external relations of Somaliland the option of confirming the association of that territory with the Community, and declare their readiness to propose, if need be, to these authorities the opening of negotiations with a view to concluding conventions for economic association with the Community.

DECLARATION OF INTENT
on the association of Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles with the European Economic Community

THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION the close ties which unite the several parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,

ANXIOUS to maintain and intensify the traditional trade flows between the Member States of the European Economic Community on the one hand and Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles on the other, and to contribute to the economic and social

development of these countries,

DECLARE THEIR READINESS, as soon as this Treaty enters into force, to open negotiations at the request of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with a view to concluding conventions for the economic association of Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles with the Community.

DECLARATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
on the definition of the expression `German national'

At the time of signature of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany makes the following declaration:

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