1999/400/EC: Council Decision of 11 May 1999 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Hong Kong, China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters

COUNCIL DECISION
of 11 May 1999
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Hong Kong, China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
(1999/400/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
(1) Whereas on 5 April 1993 the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the Community, customs cooperation agreements with some of the Community's main trading partners;
(2) Whereas the Agreement between the European Community and Hong Kong, China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters should be approved,