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| | Official Government of Gibraltar London website |
 | | Notes that the provisions of the Treaty of Rome apply to Gibraltar, as a territory in Europe for whose external relations Britain is responsible, by virtue of Article 227(4) of the Treaty, subject to the exceptions agreed by the Community, and that those provisions have applied to Gibraltar since 1 January, 1973. |
 | | The Court later ruled, on the 29 June 1993, that Gibraltar’s case was inadmissible on the grounds that the dispute between the UK and Spain, as evidenced by the bilateral airport agreement, represented an obstacle of an objective nature to the implementation of the EC Directives having regard to their aims. |
 | | Gibraltar was conquered by a joint Anglo-Dutch force on August 4, 1704 and special events are being planned in both Gibraltar and Britain for the anniversary. |
| www.gibraltar.gov.uk /int/political.asp (8198 words) |
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