2006/324/EC: Council Decision of  27 February 2006  on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand 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: 2006-02-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Thailand, accession to the European Union, ratification of an agreement, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 February 2006

on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Kingdom of Thailand 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

(2006/324/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

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,

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
implementing powers
the exercise of
procedures for
conferred on the Commission (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

(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
Members of
the
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
the Republic of
of Cyprus,
Lithuania,
the Republic of
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

finalised negotiations

an
The Commission has
Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Thailand pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII
of the GATT 1994. The said Agreement should therefore
be approved.

for

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand
pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the
the Czech
modification of concessions in the schedules of
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, with respect to the
withdrawal 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.

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

Article 4

The Commission shall adopt the detailed rules for implementing
the Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of Letters in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 3(2), or
in case of tariff rate quotas for tariff lines 1604 20, Article 4(2)
of this Decision.

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code
Committee instituted by Article 248a of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
Community Customs Code (2).

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

Article 3

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
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.

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

in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

The period provided
1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

for

in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

Article 5

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement in order to
bind the Community (3).

Done at Brussels, 27 February 2006.

For the Council
The President

U. PLASSNIK

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

amended by

Commission (EC) No 1154/2005 (OJ L 187, 19.7.2005, p. 11).

(2) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 648/2005 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 117, 4.5.2005, p. 13).

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

the Official Journal of the European Union.