2001/404/EC: Council Decision of 28 May 2001 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to garlic provided for in Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT
Date: 2001-05-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Argentina, GATT, agreement (EU), bulb vegetable, tariff quota

29.5.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 142/7

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 28 May 2001

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 for the modification of concessions with respect to garlic provided
for in Schedule CXL annexed to the GATT

(2001/404/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with
the first sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

On 2 May 2000, the Council authorised the Commis-
sion to enter into negotiations and consultations with
WTO Members under Article XXVIII of GATT 1994
with a view to modifying the bound tariff for garlic.

Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission
in consultation with the Article 133 Committee and
within the framework of the negotiating directives issued
by the Council.

Negotiations with the Argentine Republic,
the only
WTO Member having a principal supplying interest,
have been successfully concluded.

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Argentine
Republic for the modification of concessions for garlic
should therefore be approved.

The measures needed to implement this Decision should
be adopted in accordance with the management proce-
dure laid down in Article 46 of Regulation (EC) No
2200/96 (1),

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and the Argentine Republic pursuant
to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT) 1994 for the modification of concessions with
respect to garlic provided for in Schedule CXL annexed to the
GATT,

is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Commission, assisted by the Committee established by
Article 45 of Regulation (EC) No 2200/96, shall adopt the
necessary measures for managing the tariff quotas provided for
in the Agreement in accordance with the procedure provided
for in Article 46 of that Regulation.

Article 3

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person empowered to sign the Agreement in order to bind
the Community (2).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 28 May 2001.

For the Council

The President

T. BODSTRÖM

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

(2) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in

tion (EC) No 2826/2000 (OJ L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2).

the Official Journal of the European Communities.