Article 1
Ireland is authorized on a temporary basis to maintain the restrictions on the acquisition by residents of foreign securities dealt in on a stock exchange and on the use of the proceeds of liquidation thereof, provided that: - the entire proceeds of liquidation of foreign securities can be sold on the investment currency market; - the repayment of funds borrowed in investment currency to buy securities issued by the Communities or by the European Investment Bank and quoted on a stock exchange, can be made: from the proceeds of liquidation, or by purchasing funds on the investment currency market, or, where the repayment is made over a period of five years, by purchasing funds at the official exchange rate.