Proposal for a Council Decision relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adaptation of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Slovakia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay Round, including the improvements of the existing preferential regime
Date: 1997-10-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, Slovakia, protocol to an agreement, tariff preference, trade relations

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

VOLUME IV : 
Republic of Poland 

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97/0282  (CNS) 

Proposal for  a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

relating  to  the  conclusion  of  Protocols  adjusting  trade  aspects  of  the  Europe  " 
Agreement  between  the  European  Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the 
one  part,  and  the  Republic  of  Hungary,  the  Czech  Republic,  the Slovak  Republic, 
the  Republic  of  Poland,  the  Republic  of  Bulgaria  and  Romania, of  the  other  part,  to 
take  account  of the  accession  of  the  Republic  of Austria,  of the  Republic  of  Finland 
and  of  the  Kingdom  of Sweden  to  the  European  L'nion  and  the  outcome  of  the 
Uruguay  Round  negotiations  on  agriculture,  including  improvements  to  the  existing 
preferential  arrangements 

(presented by the  Commission) 

"Poland shall lay down annual duty-free  tariff  quotas for imports of products originating 
in  the  Community  listed  in  Annex A  following  the  accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and 
Sweden to the Community." 

3.  A new Annex A is added to the Agreement, the text of which appears in Annex A to 
this Protocol. 

Article 2 
(Textile products) 

1. The  following  paragraphs  of  this  article  are  based  on  the  Aditional  Protocol  to  the 
Agreement  on the trade in textiles between the Community  and Poland  initialled  on  15 
October 1991 and modified by the agreements in the form of exchange of letters initialled 
on 5 December  1994 and 21 November 1995. 

2.  Annex  II  to  the  Additional  Protocol  on trade  in textile  products,  which  sets  out  the 
quantitative limits for exports from  Poland to the Community, is replaced by Annex B to 
this Protocol. 

3.  Article  14(2),  second  subparagraph,  second  indent  of  Appendix A,  Title IV,  to  the 
Additional  Protocol  on trade  in textile products between the  Community  and  Poland  is 
amended as follows: 

-  the  two  letters  identifying  the  intended  Member  State  of  customs  clearance  are  as 
follows: 

"AT  = Austria 
= Benelux 
BL 
= Federal Republic of Germany 
DE 
= Denmark 
DK 
= Greece 
EL 
= Spain 
ES 
= Finland 
FI 
= France 
FR 
= United Kingdom 
GB 
= Ireland 
IE 
= Italy 
IT 
= Portugal 
PT 
= Sweden" 
SE 

4.  The  Annex  to  Appendix  A  to  the  Additional  Protocol  on  trade  in  textile  products, 
setting out the model for the certificate of origin, is replaced by Annex C to this Protocol. 

5.  The  Annex  to  Appendix  A  to  the  Additional  Protocol  on  trade  in  textile  products, 
setting out the model for the export licence, is replaced by Annex D to this Protocol. 

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