2004/814/EC: Council Decision of 4 October 2004 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on trade in certain steel products
Date: 2004-10-04
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Kazakhstan, flat product, quantitative restriction, ratification of an agreement, revision of an agreement, trade agreement (EU)

L 357/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.12.2004

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 4 October 2004

concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of
Kazakhstan amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and the
Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on trade in certain steel products

(2004/814/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States and the
Republic of Kazakhstan (1), entered into force on 1 July
1999.

Article 17(1) of
the Partnership and Cooperation
Agreement provides for trade in European Coal and
Steel Community (hereinafter referred to as the ECSC)
products to be governed by Title III of that Agreement,
save for Article 11 thereof, and by the provisions of an
Agreement on quantitative arrangements
concerning
exchanges of ECSC products.

On 22 July 2002 the ECSC and the Government of the
Republic of Kazakhstan concluded such an Agreement
on trade in certain steel products (2) (hereinafter referred
to as the Agreement), approved on behalf of the ECSC by
Commission Decision 2002/654/ECSC (3).

The ECSC Treaty expired on 23 July 2002 and the
European Community took over all rights and obli-
gations contracted by the ECSC.

(5)

(6)

the
The Parties agreed pursuant
Agreement
it was to be continued and that all
that
rights and obligations of the Parties under it were to
be maintained after such expiry.

to Article 11(2) of

The Parties entered into consultations as provided for in
Article 2 paragraph 6 of the Agreement and agreed to
increase the quantitative limits set out in the Agreement
to take into account the enlargement of the European
Union.

(7)

The amending Agreement should be approved,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1.
The Agreement between the European Community and
the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan amending the
Agreement between the ECSC and the Government of
the
Republic of Kazakhstan concerning trade in certain steel
products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the amending Agreement (4) is attached to this

2.
Decision.

Article 2

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

Done at Luxembourg, 4 October 2004.

For the Council
The President

A. J. DE GEUS

(1) OJ L 196, 28.7.1999, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 222, 19.8.2002, p. 20.
(3) OJ L 222, 19.8.2002, p. 19.

(4) See page 23 of this Official Journal.