COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2485/94 of 10 October 1994 amending Regulation (EC) No 314/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and ceilings for certain agricultural and industrial products originating in Romania and Bulgaria (1994) and Regulation (EEC) No 1798/84 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia and establishing detailed provisions for adapting these quotas (1994 to 1997)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part (1), as amended by the Additional Protocol concluded on 20 December 1993 (2), provides for the opening by the Community of tariff quotas and ceilings for certain industrial products (Annex III to the Interim Agreement) and agricultural products (Annex XIII b);
Whereas the entry into force of the Interim Agreement, scheduled for 1 June 1993, was delayed until 31 December 1993;
Whereas in an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters, approved by Decision No 94/391/EC (3) and signed on 30 June 1994 the Community undertook, in the light of these circumstances, to transfer for the period 1 July 1994 to 31 December 1995, the amounts provided for in the first year of application of the said Agreement, after deducting the amounts imported between 1 January and 30 December 1993 under the generalized preferences scheme for certain industrial products and to transfer for the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997, the quota volumes provided for under the first year of application of the said Agreement for certain agricultural products;
Whereas this transfer will be made progressively, in two instalments for industrial products, i.e. 40 % as from 1 July 1994 and the remainder as from 1 January 1995, and in three equal instalments for agricultural products: on 1 July 1994, 1 July 1995 and 1 July 1996 respectively;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 314/94 (Annex I) (4) and Regulation (EC) No 1798/94 (Annexes I, II and III) (5) should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. As from 1 July 1994, the tariff quotas and ceilings opened by Regulation (EC) No 314/94 (Annex I) for certain industrial products originating in Bulgaria shall be increased by amounts calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of letters (paragraph 1) approved by Decision No 94/391/EC and with the second paragraph of Protocol 7 to the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the Community and Bulgaria. Pursuant to the first paragraph of the said Protocol, the quantities imported under the generalized preferences scheme between 1 January and 30 December 1993 shall be deducted from the amounts thus calculated.
2. As from 1 July 1994, the tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 1798/94 for certain agricultural products originating in Bulgaria shall be increased by amounts calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters (paragraph 2) referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. These additional quantities, calculated according to the first paragraph of Protocol 7, pro rata temporis on the basis of the intended date of entry into force of 1 June 1993, shall be split into three equal parts, corresponding to each of the periods provided for by Annexes I, II and III to the Regulation in question.
3. Pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2, Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 314/94 and Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1798/94 shall be amended for Bulgaria, with effect from 1 July 1994 in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
In order to ensure compliance with this Regulation, the Commission shall take all appropriate measures, in close cooperation with the Member States.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 10 October 1994.