COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2252/95 of 26 September 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 concerning the autonomous and transitional adaptation of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements and amending Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer in order to take account of the Agriculture Agreement concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2179/95 of 8 August 1995, providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement and amending Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations (1), and in particular Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 thereof,
Whereas Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria have taken or will take as soon as possible, with regard to the Community, measures having comparable effects to those provided for in paragraphs 1, 8 and 9 of Articles 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2179/95;
Whereas it is therefore necessary, in accordance with paragraph 10 of each of the above Articles, to implement the measures provided for in paragraphs 1, 8 and 9 of the above Articles;
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to amend, for the period 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995, the Commission Regulations implementing the Europe Agreements with Hungary (2), Slovakia (3), the Czech Republic (4), Romania (5) and Bulgaria (6) and implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 of 22 December 1994 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer (7);
Whereas it is thus necessary to amend the following Commission Regulations:
- Regulations (EEC) No 584/92 (8) and (EC) No 1588/94 (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95 (10),
- Regulations (EEC) No 2698/93 (11) and (EC) No 1590/94 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1594/95 (13),
- Regulations (EEC) No 2699/93 (14) and (EC) No 1559/94 (15), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1504/95 (16),
- Regulations (EC) No 121/94 (17) and (EC) No 1606/94 (18), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1446/95 (19),
- Regulation (EC) No 1550/94 (20), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1647/95 (21),
- Regulation (EC) No 629/95 (22), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1637/95 (23),
- Regulation (EC) No 1439/95 (24), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1964/95 (25),
- Regulation (EC) No 1440/95 (26),
- Regulation (EC) No 1942/95 (27), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1990/95 (28);
Whereas it is also necessary, as provided for in Articles 3 (9), 4 (9), 5 (9), 6 (9) and 7 (9) of Regulation (EC) No 2174/95 to reduce to ECU 399 per tonne, for the period from 1 July to 31 December 1995, the specific amount applicable within the quota of 169 000 head of young bovine animals for fattening opened within the framework of the GATT;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1462/95 of 27 June 1995 opening and providing for the administration of an import tariff quota for young male bovine animals for fattening (1 July 1995 to 30 June 1996) (1) should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committees concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The preferential import duties on agricultural products originating in Hungary provided for in the Regulations implementing the Europe Agreement with Hungary and in the Regulations implementing Regulation (EC) No 3379/94, which are listed in Annex I to this Regulation are hereby replaced by those provided for in Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 2
The preferential import duties on agricultural products originating in Slovakia and the Czech Republic provided for in the Regulations implementing the Europe Agreement with Slovakia and the Czech Republic and in the Regulations implementing Regulation (EC) No 3379/94, which are listed in Annex II to this Regulation are hereby replaced by those provided for in Annex V to this Regulation.
Article 3
The preferential import duties on agricultural products originating in Romania provided for in the Regulations implementing the Europe Agreement with Romania and in the Regulations implementing Regulation (EC) No 3379/94, which are listed in Annex III to this Regulation are hereby replaced by those provided for in Annex VI to this Regulation.
Article 4
The preferential import duties on agricultural products originating in Bulgaria provided for in the Regulations implementing the Europe Agreement with Bulgaria and in the Regulations implementing Regulation (EC) No 3379/94, which are listed in Annex III to this Regulation are hereby replaced by those provided for in Annex VII to this Regulation.
Article 5
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1462/95 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 1:
'4. For the period 1 July to 31 December 1995, the import duty to be applied to products originating in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria shall be ECU 399 per tonne plus 16 %.` 2. The following subparagraph is added to Article 6 (3):
'However, for the period 1 July to 31 December 1995, the security for products originating in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria shall be ECU 968 per tonne.`
Article 6
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 July 1995 to 31 December 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 September 1995.