Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 70/97 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia
Date: 1997-04-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Yugoslavia, import, originating product, tariff policy, tariff quota

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  09.04.1997 
C()M(97)  144  final 

97/01  IS  (ACC) 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (HÇ) 

amending Regulation (EC) No 70/97 concerning the arrangements applicable to 
imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to 
imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

Explanatory  Memorandum 

1.  Following the denunciation of the Cooperation  Agreement  between the  Community 
and  the  Socialist  Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia  on  25 November  1991,  the 
Council decided, on 2 December  1991, to apply selective measures for the parties to 
the conflict  in Former Yugoslavia that would help bring about peace. 

2.  These  autonomous  measures  maintain  the  trade  concessions  accorded  in  the  1980 
EEC-Yugoslavia  Cooperation  Agreement.  They  consist  essentially  of  duty-free 
access  and  the  elimination  of  quantitative  restrictions  for  the  bulk  of  industrial 
products  and  specific  measures  (duty-free  access,  tariff  quotas)  for  various 
agricultural  products. 

3.  The trade measures  enjoyed  by the Republics  of  Bosnia-Herzegovina,  Croatia,  the 
Former  Yugoslav  Republic  of  Macedonia  and  Slovenia  were  not  extended  to  the 
Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia  (FRY). 
Since  the  signing  of  the  Europe 
Agreement  and  the  Interim  Agreement's  entry  into  force  on  1 January,  only 
imports  of  wine  from  Slovenia  are  eligible  for  the  autonomous  arrangements  this 
year. 

4.  The  FRY's  commitment  to  carrying  out  democratic  reforms  and  its  current 
economic  difficulties  are  considered  to  warrant  the  extension  of  the  import 
arrangements  laid  down  in Regulation (EC) No 70/97 of 20 December  1996 to  that 
country. 

5.  The proposed Regulation extends the autonomous preferences  to the FRY. 

Council Regulation  (EC) No ... 
of... 
amending Regulation  (EC) No 70/97 concerning the arrangements  applicable to 
imports into the Community  of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Croatia  and  the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  and  to 
imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia 

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 from the Commission, 

Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  70/97  of  20 December  1996  concerning  the 
arrangements  applicable  to  imports  into  the  Community  of  products  originating  in  the 
Republics  of  Bosnia-Herzegovina,  Croatia  and  the  former  Yugoslav  Republic  of 
Macedonia  and  to  imports  of  wine  originating  in  the  Republic  of  Slovenia1  does  not 
apply  to imports  into the Community  of products originating  in the Federal  Republic of 
Yugoslavia; 

Whereas  these  arrangements  should  be extended  to the Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia 
in  view  of  its  stated  commitment  to  carry  out  democratic  reforms  and  its  current 
economic  difficulties, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

In  the  title  and  Article  1 of  Regulation  (EC) No 70/97  ",  the  Federal  Republic 
of Yugoslavia"  is inserted  after  "Croatia". 

In Article  8(2)  "11 725 tonnes"  is replaced by  "21 700 tonnes". 

In  the  last  column  of  Annex D  ",  the  Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia"  is 
inserted  after  "Croatia". 

In Annex  G a new  row  "Federal  Republic  of  Yugoslavia  9 975 tonnes  (carcass 
weight)"  is inserted  after  "Croatia". 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall enter  into force  on the day  following  that of  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. 

Done at Brussels, 

1  OJ No L 16, 18.1.1997, p.l. 

For the Council 

The  President 

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