COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 11.06.1997 
COM(97) 291 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
amending 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 the original version of that Regulation provided 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. Council Regulation (EC) No 
1193/96 extended the period of application of the Commission's power to take 
transitional measures until 30 June 1997. 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 
1997, so the purpose of this draft Regulation is to propose that the Council extend by a 
further year the period during which the Commission may adopt transitional measures. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No /97 
of 1997 
amending 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, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 
1193/96, 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 1997 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: 
OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC) No 1193/96 (OJ No L 
161, 29.6.1996, p. 1). 
Article 1 
The period laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 is hereby extended 
to 30 June 1998. 
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 1997. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at », ; 1997 
For the Council 
The President 
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