Commission Regulation (EC) No 2266/96 of 27 November 1996 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25 July 1994, opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2266/96 of 27 November 1996 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25 July 1994, opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25 July 1994, opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1877/96 (2), and in particular Articles 6 and 7 thereof,
Whereas, in the context of the agreements concluded during the Uruguay Round of the GATT negotiations the import regime for oranges has been changed;
Whereas Article 22 of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt provides that, where the existing rules are changed, the Community may amend the regime set out in the Agreement for the products concerned;
Whereas the Community has agreed with the Arab Republic of Egypt that the said regime will be adjusted on the basis of an agreement in the form of an exchange of letters (3) that provides a special entry price for 8 000 tonnes of fresh Egyptian oranges imported during the period from December to May;
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 should be modified to implement the concession as provided for in the abovementioned Agreement, with effect from 1 December 1996;
Whereas the measures provided in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,