Council Regulation (EC) No 1946/2005 of  14 November 2005  amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation and Association process
Date: 2005-11-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro, agricultural product, common commercial policy, common tariff policy, economic stabilisation, import, industrial product, originating product, textile product

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1946/2005

of 14 November 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and
territories participating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation and Association process

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

establishing the European

Republic of Montenegro,
the Republic of Serbia and
Kosovo, as defined in the United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1244 (1999),
each constitute
separate customs territories.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(6)

The Community has concluded an agreement on trade in
textile products with the Republic of Serbia (2),

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (1)
December 2005.

expires on 31

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 is hereby amended as follows:

Since Stabilisation and Association Agreements have not
yet been concluded with all
the Western Balkan
countries,
is appropriate to prolong the period of
validity of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000.

it

1.

‘and Serbia and Montenegro,
in Article 1(1) and (2),
including Kosovo’ shall be replaced by ‘and in the customs
territories of Montenegro, Serbia or Kosovo’;

Continued market opening is expected to contribute to
the process of political and economic stabilisation in the
region while not
the
should
Community. Accordingly,
apply for a further period, from 1 January 2006 to 31
December 2010.

effects
these preferences

creating negative

for

2.

‘the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’
in Article 3(1) and (2),
shall be replaced by ‘the customs territories of Montenegro
or Kosovo’;

3. Article 4 shall be amended as follows:

A Constitutional Charter was adopted in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia on 4 February 2003, changing
the name of
that country to Serbia and Montenegro
and establishing the division of competences between
the State Union and the two constituent Republics.

(a)

‘in the Federal Republic of
in paragraph 2, point (d),
Yugoslavia including Kosovo’ shall be replaced by ‘in
the customs territories of Montenegro, Serbia or Kosovo’;

(5)

in Regulation (EC)
The trade measures provided for
No 2007/2000 should also take into account that the

(1) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1282/2005 (OJ L 203, 4.8.2005,
p. 6).

(b) in paragraph 4, introductory phrase and point (c), ‘Serbia
and Montenegro, including Kosovo’ shall be replaced by
‘the
territories of Montenegro, Serbia or
Kosovo’;

customs

(2) OJ L 90, 8.4.2005, p. 36.

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4.

5.

in Article 17,
‘31 December 2010’;

‘31 December 2005’ shall be replaced by

in Annex I, in the column ‘Beneficiaries’, all references to the
‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo’ shall be
replaced by ‘customs territories of Montenegro, Serbia or
Kosovo’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 2005.

For the Council
The President

T. JOWELL