2007/360/EC: Council Decision of 29 May 2007 on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of Agreed Minutes between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil, and between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) relating to the modification of concessions with respect to poultry meat
Date: 2007-05-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Brazil, Combined Nomenclature, GATT, Thailand, common customs tariff, customs duties, poultrymeat, tariff nomenclature, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 29 May 2007

on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of Agreed Minutes between the European Community
and the Federative Republic of Brazil, and between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT
1994) relating to the modification of concessions with respect to poultry meat

(2007/360/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

The Agreements should be approved.

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,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 5 May 2006, the Council authorised the Commission
to open negotiations under Article XXVIII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) with
a view to modify the bound duties on three poultry meat
products provided for in EC Schedule CXL annexed to
the GATT 1994. The Commission notified to the World
Trade Organisation its intention to modify concessions
for salted poultry meat under heading 0210 99 39 and
to extend the negotiations to cooked chicken meat under
heading 1602 32 19 and to turkey meat preparations
under heading 1602 31 of the Combined Nomenclature
(CN).

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 Commission has reached Agreements in the form of
Agreed Minutes with the Federative Republic of Brazil,
holding a principal supplying interest in products of CN
codes 0210 99 39, 1602 31 and holding a substantial
in products of CN codes 1602 32 19, on 6
interest
December 2006, and with the Kingdom of Thailand,
interest in products of CN code
holding a substantial
0210 99 39,
in
products of CN code 1602 32 19, on 23 November
2006.

supplying interest

and a principal

(5)

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),

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreements in the form of Agreed Minutes between the
European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil, and
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
the GATT 1994
Thailand, pursuant
to Article XXVIII of
relating to the modification of concessions with respect
to
poultry meat are hereby approved on behalf of the Community.

The texts of the Agreements are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 3(2).

(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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Article 3

Article 4

The Commission shall be assisted by the Management

1.
Committee for Poultry meat and Eggs.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreements in order to
bind the Community (1).

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2007.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at one month.

For the Council
The President

J. PLEWA

(1) The date of entry into force of the Agreements will be published in
the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of
the Council.