Council Regulation (EC) No 152/2002 of 21 January 2002 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 190/98

Council Regulation (EC) No 152/2002
of 21 January 2002
concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double-checking system) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 190/98
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) An Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part(1), (hereinafter referred to as the "Interim Agreement") entered into force on 1 June 2001.
(2) The Parties agreed in Protocol 2 to the Interim Agreement on steel products, to establish, immediately upon the entry into force of the said Agreement, a double-checking system, without quantitative limits, for the import into the Community of steel products originating in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 190/98 of 19 January 1998 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Community (double-checking system)(2) should be repealed and replaced by a new Regulation,