Article 1
In all Community legal instruments applying at the time of entry into force of this Regulation, "European unit of account" shall be replaced by "ECU".
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 3308/80 of 16 December 1980 on the replacement of the European unit of account by the ECU in Community legal instruments
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 3308/80 of 16 December 1980 on the replacement of the European unit of account by the ECU in Community legal instruments
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Article 2
The definition of the European unit of account in force before the entry into force of this Regulation shall continue to apply to rights and obligations arising before the entry into force of this Regulation which were determined in European units of account.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1981. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 December 1980. For the Council The President Colette FLESCH (1) OJ No C 55, 5.3.1980, p. 13. (2) OJ No C 147, 16.6.1980, p. 134. (3) OJ No L 379, 30.12.1978, p. 1.
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