NoL378/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.94
SECONDADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
totheEuropeAgreementbetweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandtheirMemberStates,ofthe
onepart,andtheRepublicofBulgaria,oftheotherpart,andtotheInterimAgreementon
tradeandtrade-relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheEuropean
CoalandSteelCommunity,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicofBulgaria,oftheotherpart
THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITY ANDTHEEUROPEAN COALANDSTEELCOMMUNITY ,
hereinafterreferredtoas'theCommunity',
oftheonepart,and
THEREPUBLICOFBULGARIA ,
oftheotherpart,
WHEREAStheEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociationbetweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandtheir
MemberStatesandtheRepublicofBulgaria(hereinafterreferredtoas'theEuropeAgreement')wassigned
inBrusselson8March1993,andhasnotyetenteredintoforce;
WHEREAS;pendingtheentryintoforceoftheEuropeAgreement,provisionsthereofontradeand
trade-relatedmattershavebeenputintoforcesince31December1993bytheInterimAgreementontrade
andtrade-relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicofBulgaria,oftheotherpart(hereinaftercalled'theInterim
Agreement'),signedinBrusselson8March1993;
WHEREAS,theEuropeAgreementandtheInterimAgreementhavebeenamendedbytheAdditional
Protocojsignedon21December1993,hereinafterreferredtoastheFirstAdditionalProtocol;
RECOGNIZING thecrucialimportanceoftradeinthetransitiontoamarketeconomy;
BEARINGINMINDthewillingnessoftheCommunitytoaligntheRepublicofBulgaria'stime-tableofthe
tradeprovisionsincludedintheEuropeandInterimAgreementswiththatoftheVisegradassociated
countries;
BEARINGINMINDtheobjectivesoftheEuropeAgreementand,inparticular,thosereferredtoin
Article1thereof;
HAVINGREGARDtotheInterimAgreement,
HAVINGDECIDEDtoconcludethisProtocolandtothisendhavedesignatedastheirplenipotentiaries :
THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITY :
DietrichvonKYAW
Ambassador ,
PermanentRepresentative oftheFederalRepublicofGermany,
ChairmanofthePermanentRepresentatives Committee
THEREPUBLICOFBULGARIA :
EvgeniIVANOV
Ambassador,
HeadoftheBulgarianMissiontotheEuropeanCommunities
WHO,havingexchangedtheirfullpowers,foundingoodanddueform,
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS :

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Article5
InAnnexIofProtocol3onprocessedagricultural
productstotheInterimAgreementandofProtocol3on
processedagriculturalproductstotheEuropeAgreement,
thenumberofyearsafterwhichthefinalrateofdutyis
applicable,assetoutincolumn7,shallbechangedfrom
4to3yearsfortheproductsfallingunderCNcodes
1803,18040000and18050000.
InAnnexIIofProtocol3onprocessedagricultural
productstotheInterimAgreementandofProtocol3on
processedagriculturalproductstotheEuropeAgreement,
thequantitiesintonnessetoutfor1996shallbedeleted
andthequantitiesintonnessetoutfor1997onwards
shallbeapplicablefrom1996onwards.Article1
Article4(3)oftheInterimAgreementandArticle10(3)
oftheEuropeAgreementasamendedbytheFirst
AdditionalProtocolshallbereplacedbythefollowing
text:
'3.TheproductsofBulgarianoriginlistedin
AnnexIIIshallbenefitfromasuspensionofcustoms
dutiesonimportswithinthelimitsofannual
Communitytariffquotasorceilingsincreasing
progressively inaccordancewiththeconditions
definedinthatAnnexsoastoarriveatacomplete
abolitionofcustomsdutiesonimportsoftheproducts
concernedbytheendofthesecondyearafterthedate
ofentryintoforceoftheAgreement.
Atthesametimecustomsdutiesonimportsapplicable
toimportquantitiesinexcessofthequotasorceilings
providedforaboveshallbeprogressivelydismantled
fromtheentryintoforceoftheAgreementbyannual
reductionsof15%ofthebasicduty.Bytheendof
thesecondyear,remainingdutiesshallbeabolished.'Article6
InAnnexIIandintheAnnextoAppendixBofthe
AdditionalProtocoltotheEuropeAgreementontradein
textileproductsbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofBulgaria,the
quantitativelimitssetoutfor1998shallbedeleted.In
theAgreedMinuteNo5,'afiveyearperiodstartingfrom
1January1994'shallbereplacedby'afouryearperiod
startingfrom1January1994'.Article2
ThefootnotesofAnnexIIItotheInterimAgreementand
ofAnnexIIItotheEuropeAgreementarenolonger
applicable.
Article7
ThisProtocolshallformanintegralpartoftheInterim
AgreementandoftheEuropeAgreement.Article3
Thefollowingtextshallreplacepoint1(b)ofthe
introductoryparagraphintroducedintoAnnexesXIa,
XHIaandXHIbtotheInterimAgreementandto
AnnexesXIa,XHIaandXlllbtotheEuropeAgreement
bytheFirstAdditionalProtocol:
'l.(b)Thequantitiesintonnessetoutforyear4
shallnotapplyandthequantitiessetoutforyear5
shallbeapplicableforyear4whichbeginson1July
1995.'Article8
ThisProtocolshallenterintoforceonthefirstdayofthe
monthfollowingthedateuponwhichthePartiesnotify
eachotherofthecompletionoftheproceduresnecessary
forthatpurpose.ThisProtocolshallapplyfrom
1January1995.
IfthisProtocolshouldenterintoforceafter1January
1995,anydutiespaidwhichwouldnothavebeen
payableiftheProtocolhadenteredintoforceandits
provisionshadbeenimplementedonthatdateshallbe
refundedandsuchrefundshallbedeemedtoconstitute
fullcompliancewiththeobligationnottoimposesuch
duties.Article4
1.IntheintroductoryparagraphtoArticle2(1)of
Protocol1ontextileandclothingproductstotheInterim
AgreementandProtocol1ontextileandclothing
productstotheEuropeAgreementasamendedbythe
FirstAdditionalProtocol,'eliminationattheendofa
periodoffiveyears'shallbereplacedby-'eliminationat
theendofaperiodoffouryears'.
2.ThelasttwoindentsofArticle2(1)ofProtocol1
ontextileandclothingproductstotheInterimAgreement
andofProtocol1ontextilesandclothingproductstothe
EuropeAgreementasamendedbytheFirstAdditional
Protocol,shallbereplacedbythefollowingtext:
'atthestartofthefifthyeartheremainingdutiesshall
beeliminated'.Article9
ThisProtocolshallbedrawnupintwocopiesinthe
Danish,Dutch,English,French,German,Greek,Italian,
Portuguese,SpanishandtheBulgarianlanguages,eachof
thesetextsbeingequallyauthentic.

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