Commission Regulation (EC) No 370/2001 of 23 February 2001 repealing Regulation (EC) No 273/98 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings and establishing a Community surveillance of reference quantities for certain products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Date: 2001-02-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: North Macedonia, import policy, originating product, tariff ceiling, tariff quota

24.2.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 55/43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 370/2001

of 23 February 2001

repealing Regulation (EC) No 273/98 opening and providing for the administration of Community
tariff quotas and tariff ceilings and establishing a Community surveillance of reference quantities
for certain products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(3)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 77/98 of 9
January 1998 on certain procedures for applying the Coopera-
tion Agreement between the European Community and the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1), and in particular
Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

between the European Community and the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 273/98 of 2 February
1998 opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas and tariff ceilings and estab-
lishing a Community surveillance of reference quantities
for certain products originating in the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (5)
implementing
provisions for tariff concessions provided for in the
aforesaid Title II of the Cooperation Agreement, and
should be repealed from 1 December 2000.

embodies

(1)

(2)

Council Decision 2000/778/EC of 20 November 2000
on the conclusion of an Exchange of Letters between the
Former Yugoslav
and
European Community
Republic of Macedonia concernaing the suspension of
Title II on trade and trade-related provisions of
the
Cooperation Agreement
European
Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (2) applies from 1 December 2000.

between

the

the

The text of
the Exchange of Letters stipulates that
Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (3) introducing
exceptional trade measures for countries and territories
participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabi-
lisation and Association process, as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2563/2000 (4), regulates as from the date
of application of the latter Regulation the trade regime

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 273/98 is hereby repealed.

Article 1

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 December 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 February 2001.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 8, 14.1.1998, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 309, 9.12.2000, p. 29.
(3) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 295, 23.11.2000, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 27, 3.2.1998, p. 6.