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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2184/1999
of 14 October 1999
opening a tariff quota for the import of certain goods originating in Estonia resulting from the
processing of agricultural products covered by the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December1993layingdownthetradearrangementsapplicableto certain goods resulting from the processing of agriculturalproducts(
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2491/98(2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 1999/86/EC of 18 May
1998ontheconclusionofaProtocoladjustingtradeaspectsofthe Europe Agreement establishing an association between theEuropean Communities and their Member States, of the onepart, and the Republic of Estonia, of the other part, to takeaccount of the accession of the Republic of Austria, theRepublic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro-pean Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round nego-tiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existingpreferentialarrangements(
3),andinparticularArticles1and5
of that Protocol,
Whereas:
(1)Protocol 2 on trade in processed agricultural products
between the Community and Estonia was amended bythe Protocol amending the Europe Agreement with theRepublic of Estonia following enlargement and theUruguay Round, which entered into force on 1September 1999.
(2)This amended Protocol 2 provides for concessions toEstonia, in respect of certain products falling within CNcode 220290, additional to those already provided forinCouncilRegulation(EC)No26/1999of21December1998 adopting autonomous and transitional measuresfor Europe Agreements with Lithuania, Latvia andEstoniaincertainprocessedagriculturalproducts(
4).Itis
therefore necessary to open, for 1999, the quotaprovided for in the Annex to Protocol 2 on trade inprocessedagriculturalproductsbetweentheCommunity
and Estonia, with effect from the date on which thatProtocol enters into force.
(3)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July1993layingdownprovisionsfortheimplementationofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing theCommunity Customs Codes(
5), as last amended by
Regulation(EC)No1662/1999(6),broughttogetherina
single Regulation the provisions governing the adminis-tration of tariff quotas to be used in the chronologicalorder of the dates of acceptance of the declarationrelating to the release for free circulation.
(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for horizontal questions relating to trade inprocessed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
From 1 September 1999 to 31 December 1999, the goods
from Estonia which are listed in the Annex to this RegulationshallbesubjecttothedutiesrecordedinthatAnnexwithinthelimit of the annual quota indicated therein.
Article 2
The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be
managedbytheCommissioninaccordancewiththeprovisionsof Articles 308a to 308d of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Article 3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall be applicable from 1 September 1999.
(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 29, 3.2.1999, p. 9. (5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 1. (6) OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 14 October 1999.
For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission
DescriptionANNEX
Rateofdutyapplicable
(EUR/100 kg)OrderNo CNcode
4,77 milk720tonnes 5,04
2202909922029095Waters containing fat obtained from 22029091
6,7709.6541Quota