2006/862/EC: Council Decision of 22 May 2006 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Malaysia 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: 2006-05-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, European Community, GATT, Malaysia, accession to the European Union, ratification of an agreement, recording equipment, trade agreement (EU), vegetable oil

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 May 2006

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

(2006/862/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

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,

finalised negotiations

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

for

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Whereas:

(1)

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,

Article 1

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
to Article
the European Community and Malaysia pursuant
XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the 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, 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.

(2)

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

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The President of the Council
Agreement in order to bind the Community (1).

is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 May 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. PRÖLL

(1) The date of entry into force of the Agreement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.