2006/106/EC: Council Decision of  30 January 2006  on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union
Date: 2006-01-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Australia, accession to the European Union, common commercial policy, ratification of an agreement, tariff agreement, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 January 2006

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of
the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the
Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the
Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European
Union

(2006/106/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
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,

GATT 1994. The said Agreement should therefore be
approved.

(4)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures for
implementing powers
the exercise of
conferred on the Commission (1),

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

the WTO under Article XXIV:6 of

On 22 March 2004 the Council
authorised the
Commission to open negotiations with certain other
the
Members of
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994,
in the course of the accessions to the European Union of
the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic
of Cyprus,
the Republic of
the Republic of
Lithuania,
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia
and the Slovak Republic.

the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Hungary,

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

the Treaty and within the framework of

the Czech Republic,

in the schedules of

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and Australia pursuant
to Article
XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of
concessions
the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of
Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of
their
accession to the European Union, with respect to the with-
drawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of
the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia,
the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of
Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic in the course of
their accession to the European
Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

an
The Commission has
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
Agreement
between the
and Australia
European Community
pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the

finalised negotiations

for

The text of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters is attached to this Decision.

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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Article 2

The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for implementing
this Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3 of this
Decision.

Article 3

The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
1.
Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 25 of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1784/2003 of 29 September 2003 on the
common organisation of
the
relevant committee instituted by the corresponding Article of
the Regulation on the common market organisation for the
product concerned.

in cereals (1) or

the market

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 78. Regulation as

(EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ

amended by
L 187,

Commission Regulation
19.7.2005, p. 11).

The period provided
1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

for

in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2006.

For the Council
The President

U. PLASSNIK

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

the Official Journal of the European Union.