Council Regulation (EC) No 3057/95 of 22 December 1995 amending Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the Occupied Territories, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3057/95
of 22 December 1995
amending Regulation  (EC) No 1981/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain  products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the Occupied  Territories, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these  tariff quotas
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 Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (1) provides in Annexes II and IV for concessions granted  respectively to Israel and Morocco under the cooperation agreements between the Community and those  countries;
Whereas, as a result of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, the reference price  arrangements stipulating payment of a countervailing charge on the import of certain fruit and  vegetables have been replaced by a system of specific customs duties linked to the entry price;
Whereas Article 25 of the Cooperation Agreement with Morocco (2) provides that in the event of  modification of the existing Community rules, the Community may modify the arrangements laid down  in that Agreement in respect of the products concerned;
Whereas, in accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Council on 6 December 1993, negotiations  have been held with Morocco with a view to concluding an association agreement containing, inter  alia, provisions relating to adjustment of the concessions for the products concerned; whereas in  the light of those negotiations an agreement has been initialled specifying the quantities of  tomatoes, courgettes, artichokes, cucumbers, clementines and oranges eligible for a reduction in  the entry price and relating to an adjustment to the tariff quotas for flowers;
Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco provides that  prepared and preserved sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus falling within CN codes ex 1604  13 11, ex 1604 13 19 and ex 1604 20 50 originating in Morocco may be imported into the Community  free of duty subject to certain conditions;
Whereas Protocol 2 of the Association Agreement between the Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on  the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Morocco,  has been initialled; whereas the said protocol provides in particular for the opening of a tariff  quota for prepared and preserved sardines from 1 January 1996; whereas, therefore, that quota  should be opened;
Whereas the Community has agreed to guarantee Israel the import of 200 000 tonnes of oranges at a  reduced entry price from 1 December 1995; whereas, therefore, that quota should be opened;
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 should be amended to allow traditional exports of the products  concerned from Morocco and Israel to continue, for certain products with effect from 1 November  1995; whereas in order to permit the application of Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 (3) to other  countries benefiting from tariff quotas in respect of fresh cut flowers and flower buds, the  references to specific countries in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 should be deleted,