2005/914/EC: Council Decision of  21 November 2005  on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota for the imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community
Date: 2005-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: North Macedonia, association agreement (EU), originating product, protocol to an agreement, sugar, sugar product, tariff quota

L 333/44

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2005

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 November 2005

on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota for the imports of sugar and sugar products
originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community

(2005/914/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

establishing the European
in conjunction
the first subparagraph of Article

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 28 February 2005 the Council authorised the
Commission to enter into negotiations with the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to amend the prefer-
ential arrangements as regards imports of sugar and
former Yugoslav
sugar products originating in the
Republic of Macedonia into the Community under the
Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part,
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, of the other part (1) (hereinafter referred to
as the SAA).

and the

These negotiations have been successfully concluded and
the Protocol amending the SAA should be concluded by
the Community.

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Protocol
should be adopted by the Commission in
accordance with the same procedure as that provided
for as regards the implementation of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common
organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (2),

(1) OJ L 84, 20.3.2004, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004,
p. 16).

Article 1

The Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement between the European Communities and their
the one part, and the former Yugoslav
Member States, of
Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota
for the imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community is
hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Article 3

The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for implementing
the Protocol in accordance with the procedure as laid down in
Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

Done at Brussels, 21 November 2005.

For the Council
The President

J. STRAW