COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 29.05.1996 
COM(96) 233 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
extending the period during which transitional measures may be adopted under 
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 on the adjustments and transitional 
arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements 
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations 
(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The Community's undertakings in the agricultural sector under the Uruguay Round 
negotiations were essentially implemented by Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94. 
Article 3 of that Regulation provides that the Commission, acting according to the 
management committee procedure, may, up to 30 June 1996, adopt the measures 
necessary to facilitate the switch-over from the old to the new arrangements and that these 
measures may not apply beyond that date. The Commission has used that power to ensure 
a smooth transition to the arrangements introduced as a result of the Uruguay Round in 
the common market organisations concerned. It also used Article 3 to ensure that the 
undertakings entered into by the Community in certain preferential agreements with third 
countries (for example, the Lomé Convention, association agreements with Mediterranean 
countries, etc.) were respected pending the adjustment of those agreements to the results 
of the Uruguay Round negotiations. Some of those agreements are currently being 
adjusted, but the process is unlikely to be completed before 30 June 1996, so the Council 
is requested to extend by one year the period during which the Commission may adopt 
transitional measures. 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /96 
extending the period during which transitional measures may be adopted under 
Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 on the adjustments and transitional 
arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to implement the agreements 
concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 of 22 December 1994 on the 
adjustments and transitional arrangements required in the agricultural sector in order to 
implement the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade 
negotiations1, and in particular Article 3(2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 authorises the Commission to adopt 
the measures required to facilitate the switch-over from the arrangements existing before 
implementation of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations to those resulting from 
the adjustments to agricultural legislation provided for in the above-mentioned Regulation; 
whereas such measures may only be adopted up to 30 June 1996 and may not apply 
beyond that date; whereas it transpires that certain matters which are currently regulated 
by transitional measures cannot be settled definitively before the above date; whereas 
these matters concern in particular certain arrangements entered into with third countries; 
whereas it is therefore necessary to extend by one year the period during which the 
Commission may adopt transitional measures, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
1 OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. 
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Article 1 
The period laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 is hereby extended 
to 30 June 1997. 
Article 2 
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 1996. 
fhis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
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