Commission Regulation (EC) No 2114/1999 of 5 October 1999 suspending application of the measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/1999 establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural sector and suspending Regulation (EC) No 1496/1999
Date: 1999-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, Uruguay Round, agricultural product, agro-industry, import, tariff policy

6. 10. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 259/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2114/1999

of 5 October 1999

suspending application of the measures provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/1999
establishing certain measures concerning imports of processed agricultural products from Switzer-
land in order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations in the agricultural
sector and suspending Regulation (EC) No 1496/1999

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1349/1999, of
21 June 1999 establishing certain measures
concerning
imports of processed agricultural products from Switzerland in
order to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round
negotiations in the agricultural sector (1),

covered by Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 from Switzer-
land, taking into consideration the basic amounts laid
down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1349/1999;

(4)

the measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to
the Treaty,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Switzerland has amended the duties applied to imports
of certain processed agricultual products originating in
the Community since 1 July 1999; whereas, for some of
these products, these amendments have resulted in an
increase in duties in the order of 18 %; whereas, conse-
quently,
the
Community provided for in Article 1(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1349/1999 are no longer ensured;

the reciprocal measures

in favour of

Regulation (EC) No 1349/1999 empowers the Commis-
sion to suspend the measures provided for therein, in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16
of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (2), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2491/
98 (3);

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1496/1999 (4) deter-
mined the amounts of the agricultural components and
additional duties applicable from 1 July 1999 to 30 June
2000 on the importation into the Community of goods

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Application of the basic amounts provided for in Article
1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1349/1999 is hereby suspended.

2.
The agricultural components in the Common Customs
Tariff and the additional duties resulting from Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 shall apply to goods originating
in Switzerland.

Regulation (EC) No 1496/1999 is hereby suspended.

Article 2

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion 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, 5 October 1999.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 162, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(3) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 173, 9.7.1999, p. 68.