Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negociations
Date: 1996-04-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: GATT, cereals, common organisation of markets, fruit, tariff preference, vegetable

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96/0108  (ACC) 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

on  the  implementation  of  the  concessions  set  out  in  Schedule  CXL  drawn 
up  in  the  wake  of  the  conclusion  of  the  GATT  XXIV.6  negotiations 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

In  the  wake  of  the  accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden,  the  Community  concluded 
Agreements  with  certain  third  countries  concerning  the  conclusion  of  negotiations  under 
GATT  Article  XXIV.6  .  Those  Agreements  provide  inter  alia  for  certain  Community 
commitments  in the  field  of agriculture.  Pursuant  to those Agreements, the Commission  drew 
up  a new  Schedule  CXL  (European  Communities),  applicable  to  the  customs  territory  of  the 
Community  as  constituted  at  1  January  1995  to  replace  Schedule  LXXX  (European 
Communities)  in  the  Annex  to  the  Marrakesh  Protocol  to the  GATT,  1994.  In  the  meantime 
that  Schedule  was  forwarded  to the World  Trade  Organization.  The commitments  covered  by 
the new  Schedule  relate  inter  alia to the adjustment  of quantities  which  may  be  imported  into 
the  Community  under  existing  tariff  import  quotas  and  the  opening  of  several  new  quotas. It 
ensues that  those  arrangements,  and  in particular  those applicable  from  1 January  1996,  must 
become  operational  as  soon  as  possible.  This  proposal  accordingly  calls  on  the  Council  to 
authorize  the  Commission  to  take  the  measures  necessary  for 
in 
accordance with the management committee  procedure.  In addition, the proposal  provides  that 
the  introduction  of any  amendments to the abovementioned  Schedule  which  the  Council  may 
authorize  must  also  be  decided 
the  sake  of 
simplification  and  in  particular  in  accordance  with  Regulation  (EC)  No  774/94  . 

in  accordance  with  that  procedure  for 

its  implementation, 

OJ  No  334,  30.12.1995,  pp.  25  and  38. 
Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  774/94  of  29  March  1994  opening  and  providing  for  the 
administration of certain Community tariff  quotas for  high-quality  beef, and  for pigmeat, 
poultrymeat,  wheat  and  meslin,  and  brans,  sharps  and  other  residues  (OJ  No  L  91, 
8.4.1994  p.  1).  Last  amended  by  Commission  Regulation 
(EC)  No  2198/95 
of  18  September  1995  (OJ  No  L  221,  19.9.1995,  p.  3). 

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on the  implementation  of the concessions set out  in  Schedule  CXL  drawn 
up in the  wake of the conclusion  of the  GATT  XXIV.6  negotiations 

THE  COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

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

113 thereof, 

Having  regard to the proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas,  in  the  wake  of  the  accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden,  the  Community 

concluded  Agreements  with  certain  third  countries  concerning  the  conclusion  of  the 

negotiations under  GATT Article XXIV.6 ; whereas those Agreements provide inter  alia for 

certain  Community  commitments  in  the  Held  of  agriculture;  whereas,  pursuant  to  those 

Agreements, the Commission  has drawn  up a new schedule  ('XL  (European  Communities), 

applicable  to  the  customs  territory  of  the  Community  as constituted  at  1 January  1995,  to 

replace  Schedule  LXXX  (European  Communities)  in the  Annex  to  the  Marrakesh  Protocol 

to  the  GATT,  1994;  whereas  that  Schedule  has  been  forwarded  to  the  World  Trade 

Organization;  whereas  the  commitments  set  out  in  the  abovementioned  Schedule  and  in 

particular  the  commitments  applicable  from  1 January  1996,  must  be  implemented  at  the 

earliest opportunity; whereas, as a consequence, the Council should authorize the Commission 

to  take  the  requisite  measures  in  accordance  with  the  management  committee  procedure; 

whereas, for the sake of simplification,  provision should also be made for the same procedure 

to be used to introduce such amendments to the abovementioned  Schedule as the Council may 

authorize, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

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OJ No L 334, 30.12.1995, pp. 25 and 38. 

Article  1 

1.  At  the  earliest  opportunity,  the  Commission  shall  adopt  the  measures  required  for  the 

implementation  in  agriculture  of  the  concessions  set  out  in  Schedule  CXL  (European 

Communities)  forwarded  to the  World  Trade  Organization  and  applying  to the  customs 

territory  of  the  Community  as  constituted  at  1 January  1995.  Such  measures  shall  be 

adopted  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  provided  for  in  Article  23  of  Council 

Regulation  (EEC)  No  1766/92  of  30  June  1992  on  the  common  organization  of  the 

market in cereals  , the corresponding provisions of the other Regulations on the common 

organization  of  the  markets  and,  as  regards  products  covered  by  CN  code  0701  90 51, 

in  Article  33  of  Council  Regulation  (EC) No  1035/72  of  18 May  1972  on the  common 

organization  of  the  market  in  fruit  and  vegetables3, 

2. 

Should  the  Council  authorize  any  amendment  to  the  list  referred  to  in  paragraph  1,  the 

resulting  measures  shall  subsequently  be  adopted  in  accordance  with  the  procedure 

referred  to  in  that  paragraph. 

Article  2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force  on  day  of  its publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the 

European  Communities. 

It  shall  apply  from  1 January  1996. 

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

Done  at  Brussels, 

For  the  Council 

OJ  No  L  181,  1.7.1992,  p.  21.  Last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1863/95  of 
17 July  1995  (OJ  No  L  179,  29.7.1995,  p.  1.) 
OJ  No  L  118,  20.5.1972.  Last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1363/95  of 
15 June  1995  (OJ  No  L  260,  16.6.1995, p. 8/> 

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