2005/914/EC: Council Decision of  21 November 2005  on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota for the imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community

20.12.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 333/44
COUNCIL DECISION
of 21 November 2005
on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a tariff quota for the imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community
(2005/914/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) On 28 February 2005 the Council authorised the Commission to enter into negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to amend the preferential arrangements as regards imports of sugar and sugar products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into the Community under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (1) (hereinafter referred to as the SAA).
(2) These negotiations have been successfully concluded and the Protocol amending the SAA should be concluded by the Community.
(3) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Protocol should be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the same procedure as that provided for as regards the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (2),