CELEX: 51997PC0144
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 70/97 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                Brussels, 09.04.1997
                                                C()M(97) 144 final
                                                97/01 IS (ACC)
                                 Proposal for a
                       COUNCIL REGULATION (HÇ)
amending Regulation (EC) No 70/97 concerning the arrangements applicable to
imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-
 Herzegovina, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to
            imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia
                        (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                              Explanatory Memorandum
1. Following the denunciation of the Cooperation Agreement between the Community
   and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 25 November 1991, the
   Council decided, on 2 December 1991, to apply selective measures for the parties to
   the conflict in Former Yugoslavia that would help bring about peace.
2. These autonomous measures maintain the trade concessions accorded in the 1980
   EEC-Yugoslavia Cooperation Agreement. They consist essentially of duty-free
   access and the elimination of quantitative restrictions for the bulk of industrial
   products and specific measures (duty-free access, tariff quotas) for various
   agricultural products.
3. The trade measures enjoyed by the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the
   Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia were not extended to the
   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).           Since the signing of the Europe
   Agreement and the Interim Agreement's entry into force on 1 January, only
   imports of wine from Slovenia are eligible for the autonomous arrangements this
   year.
4. The FRY's commitment to carrying out democratic reforms and its current
   economic difficulties are considered to warrant the extension of the import
   arrangements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 70/97 of 20 December 1996 to that
   country.
5. The proposed Regulation extends the autonomous preferences to the FRY.
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                                            of...
   amending Regulation (EC) No 70/97 concerning the arrangements applicable to
   imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-
    Herzegovina, Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to
                 imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia
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 from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning the
arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the
Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and to imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia1 does not
apply to imports into the Community of products originating in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia;
Whereas these arrangements should be extended to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
in view of its stated commitment to carry out democratic reforms and its current
economic difficulties,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                          Article 1
1.      In the title and Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 70/97 ", the Federal Republic
        of Yugoslavia" is inserted after "Croatia".
2.      In Article 8(2) "11 725 tonnes" is replaced by "21 700 tonnes".
3.      In the last column of Annex D ", the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" is
        inserted after "Croatia".
4.      In Annex G a new row "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 9 975 tonnes (carcass
        weight)" is inserted after "Croatia".
                                          Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,                                           For the Council
                                                            The President
1
    OJ No L 16, 18.1.1997, p.l.
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