Council Regulation (EC) No 213/2000 of 24 January 2000 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 213/2000
of 24 January 2000
adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia
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,
Whereras:
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 26/1999(1) was adopted pending adaptation of the respective Protocols 2 of the Europe Agreements concluded with the Baltic States in order to maintain until 31 December 1999 the degree of preference already granted following the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of negotiations in the agriculture sector;
(2) The procedures for formal adoption of the Adaptation Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement with Latvia, hereinafter referred to as the "Adaptation Protocol", may not be completed in time for it to enter into force on 1 January 2000; it is therefore necessary to provide for the extension of the concessions made to Latvia on an autonomous basis until 31 December 2000;
(3) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation in the event of suspension should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June laying down the procedures for the exercice of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(2);
(4) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93(3) consolidated the arrangements for managing tariff quotas, which are to be used in the chronological order of the dates of acceptance of the declarations for release for free circulation,