Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EC) 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural products
Date: 1995-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, agro-industry, import, tariff preference, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  06.12.1995 
COM(95) 629  final 

95/0323  (ACQ 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

amending Regulation (EC) 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of 
Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural  products 

(presented by the Commission) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

Pursuant  to  Articles 76,  102  and  128  of  the  Act  of  Accession,  Austria,  Finland  and 
Switzerland must apply, with effect  from  1  January  1995, the provisions  of the  preferential 
agreements  concluded  by  the  Community  with  certain  third  countries  (Switzerland  and 
Norway),  it being  understood  that all  the amendments  required as  a result of  enlargement 
will  be  the  subject  of  additional  protocols  to  be  negotiated  with  the  third  countries  in 
question. 

However,  the  above  Articles  stipulate  that  if  the  protocols  are  not  concluded  by 
1 January  1995, the Community must take the necessary steps to regulate the situation. 

It is therefore  necessary  to  apply  autonomous  transitional  measures  so  as to  take  account 
of  the  trade  arrangements  for  processed  agricultural  products  which  existed  between  the 
new Member States and the third countries in question. 

These measures were adopted by the Council  (Regulation (EC) No  1416/95) subject to the 
express  condition  that  the  third  countries  concerned  also  take  reciprocal  autonomous 
measures. 

3. 

As  it  is  not  possible  to  conclude  an  additional  protocol  before  I January  1996,  it  will  be 
necessary to extend the measures adopted for  1995 to cover  1996. 

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 

/95 

of 

1995 

amending Regulation (EC) 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of 
Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural products 

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 Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EC) No 1416/95  establishing  certain  concessions  in  the  form  of 
Community tariff  quotas in  1995 for certain processed  agricultural  products' opened tariff  quotas 
for  1995 in favour of Switzerland in accordance with the conditions set out in Annex I thereto; 

Whereas  it  is not  possible  to  conclude  an  additional  protocol  before  1  January  1996;  whereas, 
therefore,  it  is  necessary  to  extend  the  measures  provided  for  in  Annex I  to  Regulation  (EC) 
No  1416/95 to cover 1996, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The measures  provied  for  in Annex I to Regulation  (EC) No 1416/95 shall  be extended  to cover 
1996. 

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 with effect  from  1  January  1996. 

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

Done at 

OJ L  141, 24.6.1995,  p.  2. 

For the Council 

The President 
Member of the Commission 

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