Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending the list of countries mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94
Date: 1995-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: free movement of goods, import, market economy, quantitative restriction, third country, trade agreement

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COUNCIL  REGULATION 

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amending  the  list  of countries  mentioned  in Annex  I to  Regulation  (EC)  No  519/94 

(presented  by  the Commission) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

The Community has signed free trade agreements with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 

These countries have moreover embarked on a large-scale programme of economic 
reforms aimed at ensuring their transition towards a market economy. 

As regards more specifically the import regime which the Community is applying 
towards third countries, it should be noted that these countries have been considered as 
State-trading countries, and therefore subject to Regulation (EC) No 519/94. 

Taking account of the current changes in the economic system of these countries and the 
agreements signed with the Community, these countries should from now on be 
considered as falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 518/94, applicable to 
GATT/WTO countries and other market economies. 

In this regard, the mentions "Estonia", "Latvia" and "Lithuania" should be removed  from 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94. 

Accordingly, a draft regulation is attached for approval. 

Draft 
Council Regulation  (EC) No ..../.. 
amending the list of countries mentioned  in Annex I to Regulation  (EC) No 519/94 

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Article  113 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, 

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March  1994 on common rules for 
imports from certain third countries', applies inter alia, to imports originating in Estonia, 
Latvia and Lithuania; 

Whereas the Community has signed free trade agreements with Estonia, Latvia and 
Lithuania, which have moreover embarked on a large-scale programme of economic 
reform aimed at ensuring their transition towards a market economy; 

Whereas provision should be made therefore that these countries are removed from the 
scope of Regulation (EC) No 519/94 with effect  from the entry into force of the said 
agreements, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION  : 

Article 1 

1.  Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania shall be removed from  the list of countries in Annex I to 

Regulation (EC) No 519/94. 

2.  The list of third countries in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 is replaced by the 

list of third countries annexed to this Regulation. 

O.J. No  I- 67,  10.03.1994, p. 89 

Article 2 

This Regulation shall enter into force the third day after  its publication into the  Official 
Journal of the European Communities.  It will be applicable on the day of entry into force 
of the free trade agreements concluded  respectively  between the countries referred to in 
Article  1(1) and the Community. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

List of third countries replacing Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 
519/94 

Albania 

Armenia 

Azerbaijan 

Belarus 

Peoples  Republic  of  China 

Georgia 

Kazakhstan 

North  Korea 

Kyrgyzstan 

Moldova 

Mongolia 

Russia 

Tajikistan 

Turkmenistan 

Ukraine 

Uzbekistan*. 

Vietnam 

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