98/638/EC: Council Decision of 5 October 1998 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 the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to take into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and 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: 1998-10-05
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Association Agreement, Slovakia, Uruguay Round, enlargement of the Union, protocol to an agreement, tariff preference

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL  DECISION

of  5  October  1998

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
the  Slovak  Republic,  of  the  other  part,  to  take  into  account  the  accession  of  the  Republic  of
Austria,  the  Republic  of  Finland  and  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

(98/638/EC)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  113  thereof,  in
conjunction  with  the  first  sentence  of  Article  228(2),

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Whereas  the  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  the  Slovak  Republic,  of  the  other  part,  should  be
approved  with  a  view  to  taking 
into  account  the
accession  of  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the  Republic  of
Finland  and  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;

Whereas  the  Commission  should  be  authorised  to  take
measures to implement the Protocol, notably with regard
to  basic  and  processed  agricultural  products;

Whereas  Regulations  (EC)  No  1595/97 (1)  and  (EC)
No  656/98 (2)  brought  forward  the  implementation  of
certain  provisions  of  the  Protocol  relating  to  basic  and
processed  agricultural  products,  respectively;  whereas,
therefore,  appropriate  measures  should  be  taken  to

ensure  a  smooth  transition  between  the  preferential
arrangements  applied  under  those  Regulations  and  those
provided  for  by  the  Protocol;

the  Additional  Protocol 

Whereas 
the  Europe
Agreement,  on  trade  in  textile  products,  between  the
European  Community  and  the  Slovak  Republic  was  last
amended  by  Decision  96/225/EC (3),

to 

HAS  DECIDED  AS  FOLLOWS:

Article  1

the  Europe  Agreement  between 

The  Protocol  for  the  adaptation  of  the  trade  aspects
of 
the  European
Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,
and  the  Slovak  Republic,  of  the  other  part,  to  take  into
account  the  Accession  of  the  Republic  of  Austria,  the
Republic  of  Finland  and  the  Kingdom  of  Sweden  to  the
European  Union  and  the  results  of  the  agricultural
including  the
negotiations  of  the  Uruguay  Round, 
improvements  of  the  existing  preferential  regime,  is
hereby  approved  on  behalf  of  the  Community.

The  text  of  the  Protocol  is  attached  to  this  Decision.

(1) OJ  L  216,  8.8.1997,  p.  1.
(2) OJ  L  90,  25.3.1998,  p.  1.

(3) OJ  L  81,  30.3.1996,  p.  310.

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Article  2

Article  3

1.
Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Decision
shall  be  adopted  by  the  Commission  according  to  the
procedure  provided  for  in  Article  23  of  Regulation
(EEC)  No  1766/92 (1),  or,  as  appropriate, 
the
relevant  provisions  of  other  Regulations  on 
the
common  organisation  of  the  market,  Regulation  (EC)
No  3448/93 (2)  or  Regulation  (EC)  No  3066/95 (3).

2.
Upon  this  Decision  taking  effect,  any  rules  adopted
by  the  Commission  pursuant  to  Article  8  of  Regulation
(EC)  No  3066/95  and  to  Regulation  (EC)  No  656/98,
implementing  the  concessions  covered  by  the  Protocol,
shall  be  deemed  to  be  governed  by  paragraph  1.

The  President  of  the  Council  shall,  on  behalf  of  the
European  Community,  give  the  notification  provided  for
in  Article  7  of  the  Protocol.

Done  at  Luxembourg,  5  October  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

W.  SCHÜSSEL

(1) OJ  L  181,  1.7.1992,  p.  21.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  923/96  (OJ    L  126,  24.5.1996,  p.  37).

(2) OJ  L  318,  20.12.1993,  p.  18.
(3) OJ L 328, 30.12.1995, p. 31. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation  (EC)  No  1595/97.