Commission Regulation (EC) No 2378/2002 of 27 December 2002 derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2378/2002
of 27 December 2002
derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 on rules of application (cereal sector import duties) for Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals(1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000(2), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By its decision of 19 December 2002(3) and its decision of 19 December 2002(4), the Council approved the conclusion of Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the United States of America, and the European Community and Canada, respectively relating to the modification of concessions with respect to cereals provided for in schedule CXL annexed to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The Agreements amend the conditions for importing barley and medium and low quality common wheat by fixing import quotas for these products from 1 January 2003.
(2) By the above decisions the Council authorised the Commission to derogate temporarily for these products from the system of import duties provided for in Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 pending approval of a formal amendment of that Regulation. To allow the Agreements approved by the Council to be implemented in full, the rules of application should also be adapted temporarily as regards the import duties in the cereals sector laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/96(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1900/2002(6).
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Cereals,