CELEX: 31996R0866
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-14 00:00:00
Title: COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 866/96 of 13 May 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations

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                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 866196
                                                       of 13 May 1996
                   on the implementation of the concessions set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in
                            the wake of the conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                Article 1
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
                                                                   1 . At the earliest opportunity, the Commission shall
                                                                   adopt the measures required as from 1 January 1996 for
                                                                   the implementation in agriculture of the concessions set
                                                                   out in Schedule CXL (European Communities) forwarded
                                                                   to the World Trade Organization and applying to the
                                                                   customs territory of the Community as constituted at
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               1 January 1995. Such measures shall be adopted in accor­
                                                                  dance with the procedure provided for in Article 23 of
                                                                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992
                                                                  on the common organization of the market in cereals (2),
                                                                  the corresponding provisions of the other Regulations on
                                                                  the common organization of the markets and, as regards
                                                                  products covered by CN code 0701 90 51 , in Article 33 of
 Whereas, in the wake of the accession of Austria, Finland        Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on
 and Sweden, the Community concluded Agreements with              the common organization of the market in fruit and
 certain third countries concerning the conclusion of the         vegetables (3).
 negotiations under GATT Article XXIV.6 (*); whereas
 those Agreements provide inter alia for certain Commu­
 nity commitments in the field of agriculture; whereas,           2.     Should the Council authorize any amendment to
 pursuant to those Agreements, the Commission has                 Schedule CXL, the resulting measures shall subsequently
 drawn up a new Schedule CXL (European Communities),              be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to
 applicable to the customs territory of the Community as          in paragraph 1 .
 constituted at 1 January 1995, to replace Schedule LXXX
 (European Communities) in the Annex to the Marrakesh
 Protocol to the GATT, 1994; whereas Schedule CXL has
 been forwarded to the World Trade Organization; whereas
 the commitments set out in Schedule CXL and, in parti­
cular, the commitments applicable from 1 January 1996,                                        Article 2
must be implemented at the earliest opportunity; whereas,
as a consequence, the Council should authorize the
Commission to take the requisite measures in accordance
with the management committee procedure; whereas, for             This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
the sake of simplification, provision should also be made         publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                  Communities.
for the same procedure to be used to introduce such
amendments to Schedule CXL as the Council may autho­
rize,                                                            (2) OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 . Regulation as last amended by
                                                                      Regulation (EC) No 1863/95 (OJ No L 179, 29. 7. 1995, p. 1 ).
                                                                 (3) OJ No L 1 18, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by
(') OJ No L 334, 30 . 12. 1995, pp. 25 and 38.                        Regulation (EC) No 1363/95 (OJ No L 132, 16. 6. 1995, p. 8).
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 13 May 1996.
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                     The President
                                                                       S. AGNELLI