Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulations (EC) Nos 3355/94, 3356/94 and 3357/94 on the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Date: 1996-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Yugoslavia, exemption from customs duties, import policy, originating product, quantitative restriction

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  29  10.1996 
COM(96) 510  final 

96/0246 (ACC) 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC) 

amending Regulations (EQ Nos 3355/94, 3356/94 and 3357/94 
on the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of 
products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and 
Slovenia and the former Yugoslav  Republic of Macedonia 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

Explanatory  memorandum 

1.  The Cooperation  Agreement  linking  the  Community  with  the  Socialist  Republic  of 
Yugoslavia  was  denounced  on  25  November  1991. On  2  December  1991,  the  Council 
adopted a decision  selectively applying positive measures to the parties to the conflict  in 
the former Yugoslavia which were held to be making a contribution to the peace process. 

2.  Those  autonomous  measures  effectively  applied  to  Bosnia-Herzegovina,  Croatia, 
Slovenia  and  the  former  Yugoslav  Republic  of  Macedonia,  but  not  to  the  Federal 
Republic  of  Yugoslavia,  the  preferential  trade  concessions  provided  for  in  the  1980 
Agreement. 

3.  They  consist  essentially  of  duty-free  access  and  the  elimination  of  quantitative 
restrictions  for  the bulk of industrial products (apart from around thirty  items subject  to 
tariff ceilings) and specific concessions (duty-free  access, tariff quotas or reduced levies) 
for various  agricultural  products. 

4.  In view of the constructive attitude displayed by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
in the peace process and the implementation of the Dayton Agreements, however, we feel 
it should now be brought within the import regime established by Regulations (EC) Nos 
3355/94,  3356/94 and  3357/94, as  last amended  by  Regulation  (EC) No 3032/95. 

5. The attached  proposal  for a Regulation therefore  extends the autonomous  preferential 
trade arrangements  to the Federal  Republic of Yugoslavia. 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No... 

amending  Regulations  (EC)  Nos 3355/94, 3356/94  and  3357/94 
on the arrangements  applicable  to imports  into  the Community  of 
products  originating  in the  Republics of  Bosnia-Herzegovina,  Croatia  and 
Slovenia  and  the former  Yugoslav  Republic  of  Macedonia 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

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

Having regard  to the proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas  Regulations  (EC)  Nos  3355/94,1  3356/942  and  3357/94,3  as  last  amended  by 
Regulation  (EC)  No 3032/95,4 laying  down the arrangements  applicable to imports  into 
the Community  of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina,  Croatia 
and  Slovenia  and the former  Yugoslav  Republic  of Macedonia  do not  apply  to  imports 
into the Community  from  the Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia; 

Whereas  in  view  of  the  constructive  attitude  shown  by  the  Federal  Republic  of 
Yugoslavia  in  connection  with  the  peace  process  and  the  implementation  of  the  peace 
agreements  signed  in  Paris  on  14  December  1995,  the  said  arrangements  should  be 
extended  to that  Republic, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION 

Article  I 

1. 

2. 

3. 

The words  "the Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia"  shall  be inserted  into the titles 
of Regulations (EC) Nos 3355/94, 3356/94 and 3357/94 after  the word "Croatia" 

The words  "the Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia"  shall  be inserted  into  Article 1 
of the three abovementioned  Regulations after  the word  "Croatia". 

The words "the Federal  Republic of Yugoslavia"  shall be inserted into footnote  4 
to Annex D (page  53 of  OJ No L 353) of Regulation  (EC) No 3355/94  after  the 
word  "Croatia" 

1 OJNoL  353, 31.12.1994,  p.  1. 
2O J N o L 3 5 3,  31.12.1994, p.55. 
3O J N o L 3 5 3,  31.12.1994,  p. 63. 
4O J N o L 3 1 6,  30.12.1995, p. 4. 

4. 

Textile  products  subject  to  quantitative  restrictions  under  Council  Regulation 
No  517/965  shall  be  imported  free  of  duty  within  the  quantitative  limits  set  in 
Annexes  III  B  and  VI  to that  Regulation. 

Article  2 

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

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

O J N o L 6 7,  7.3.94,  p.  1. 

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