The Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Malta consequent on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 26 of the Protocol (4).
This Decision shall take effect on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 27 February 1989.
For the Council
The President
P. SOLBES
(1) OJ No C 294, 18.11.1988, p. 6. (2) OJ No C 69, 20.3.1989. (3) OJ No L 61, 14.3.1971, p. 2. (4) See page 80 of this Official Journal.