§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs into what treaties other than those specified in the schedule to the draft European Communities (Definition of Treaties) Order, laid before the House on 22nd November, the United Kingdom has entered in a Community context since 22nd January 1972.
§ Mr. John DaviesThe only other such treaties are three exchanges of letters between the United Kingdom, on the one hand, and Sweden, Austria and Switzerland, on the other, giving certain undertakings regarding paper products in the context of the agreements on EEC products concluded between the EEC and these countries and signed on 22nd July 1972. These three agreements were not included in the first Order in Council specifying Community treaties under Section 1(3) of the Act because the authentic English texts of the Special Relations Agreement between the EEC and the EFTA non-candidates, to which they relate, and without which they cannot readily be understood, will not be ready for laying before Parliament until 21st December. It is accordingly proposed to include them in the next Order in Council specifying Community treaties under Section 1(3) of the European Communities Act.