Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3648/92 of 17 December 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3648/92  of 17 December 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2071/92 (2), and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1502/90 (4), lays down the conditions under which certain cheeses may be imported into the Community at a reduced levy;
Whereas developments in the situation in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and in particular the creation of new republics no longer permit the system agreed with the former Yugoslavia as regards the application of a specific levy to kashkaval  cheese and sheep's milk cheese in points (o) and (p) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 to be administered normally;
Whereas a derogation should be made from that system and the word 'Yugoslavia' in the column headed 'Country of origin' in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 should be replaced provisionally by 'Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro,  Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'; whereas the requirement of presentation of the IMA 1 certificate required for all imports of the cheeses concerned originating in the abovementioned Republics should at the same time be  provisionally suspended, without prejudice to the need to submit a licence as referred to in Article 13 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68; whereas it is also advisable to add that the rules of origin pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 343/92 (5)  are to apply; whereas the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 must be amended accordingly and the heading in Annex IV thereto indicating the name of the issuing agency for IMA 1 certificates, situated in Belgrade, must be deleted;
Whereas this Regulation is without prejudice to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/96 (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2015/92 (7), or to Council Regulations (EEC) No 2655/92 (8) and (EEC) No 2656/92 (9) prohibiting trade between the European  Economic Community and the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro;
Whereas the measures provided in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,