CELEX: 51995PC0014
Language: en
Date: 1995-02-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending the list of countries mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(95)   14 final
                                                 Brussels, 03.02.1995
                                                 95/0003 (ACC)
                                  Proposal   for a
                              COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)
 amending the list of countries mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94
                          (presented by the Commission)
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The Community has signed free trade agreements with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
 These countries have moreover embarked on a large-scale programme of economic
reforms aimed at ensuring their transition towards a market economy.
As regards more specifically the import regime which the Community is applying
towards third countries, it should be noted that these countries have been considered as
State-trading countries, and therefore subject to Regulation (EC) No 519/94.
Taking account of the current changes in the economic system of these countries and the
agreements signed with the Community, these countries shouldfromnow on be
considered as falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 518/94, applicable to
GATT/WTO countries and other market economies.
In this regard, the mentions "Estonia", "Latvia" and "Lithuania" should be removed from
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94.
Accordingly, a draft regulation is attached for approval.
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                                              Draft
                                  Council Regulation (EC) No ..../..
  amending the list of countries mentioned in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 519/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for
imports from certain third countries', applies inter alia, to imports originating in Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania;
Whereas the Community has signed free trade agreements with Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania, which have moreover embarked on a large-scale programme of economic
reform aimed at ensuring their transition towards a market economy;
Whereas provision should be made therefore that these countries are removed from the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 519/94 with effect from the entry into force of the said
agreements,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                             Article 1
1. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania shall be removed from the list of countries in Annex I to
   Regulation (EC) No 519/94.
2. The list of third countries in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 519/94 is replaced by the
   list of third countries annexed to this Regulation.
 O.J. No I- 67, 10.03.1994, p. 89
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This Regulation shall enter into force the third day after its publication into the Official
Journal of the European Communities. It will be applicable on the day of entry into force
of the free trade agreements concluded respectively between the countries referred to in
Article 1(1) and the Community.
   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                                             States
Done at Brussels,
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
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                                     ANNEX
             List of third countries replacing Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
                                           519/94
Albania                         Kazakhstan                     Russia
Armenia                         North Korea                    Tajikistan
Azerbaijan                      Kyrgyzstan                     Turkmenistan
Belarus                                                        Ukraine
Peoples Republic of China                                      Uzbekistan*.
                                Moldova                        Vietnam
Georgia                         Mongolia
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