COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3361/94 of 29 December 1994 opening tariff quotas with respect to Austria, Finland and Sweden
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of the Act concerning their conditions of accession to the Community, Austria, Finland and Sweden will apply the Common Customs Tariff as of 1 January 1995;
Whereas, following these accessions, negotiations will have to take place under Article XXIV, paragraph 6, of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994), in order to resolve instances where applications of the Common Customs Tariff by the new Member States leads to modification or withdrawal of tariff concessions previously granted by them;
Whereas the application of the Common Customs Tariff by the new Member States will lead to a reduction of some import duties and increase of some other duties;
Whereas it is appropriate for the Community to provide temporary relief to its trading partners for the most serious cases in which there is an increase in import duties; whereas, therefore, certain customs duties have to be reduced on an autonomous basis during the period 1 January to 30 June 1995, after which period the negotiations will have to be terminated;
Whereas Article 169 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession of Norway, Austria, Finland and Sweden allows, where so required by reason of accession, adaption of acts of the institutions done prior to accession,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden shall apply from 1 January to 30 June 1995, the import duties as indicated in the Annex to the products within the tariff quotas as listed in that Annex.
2. Paragraph 1 shall apply, provided that the goods in question:
- are released for free circulation in the territory of Austria, Finland or Sweden, respectively, and are consumed there or undergo processing conferring Community origin there, and
- remain under customs supervision pursuant to the relevant Community provisions on end-use (Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code, Articles 21 and 82).
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be applicable only if a licence issued by the relevant Austrian, Finnish or Swedish authorities, respectively, stating that the goods in question all within the scope of the provisions contained in paragraph 1, is submitted in support of the declaration of entry for release for free circulation.
4. The competent Austrian, Finnish or Swedish authorities respectively, shall take whatever measures are needed to ensure that the final consumption of the product in question, or the processing by which it acquires Community origin, takes place in the territory of Austria, Finland or Sweden, respectively.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date and subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 December 1994.