Council Regulation (EEC) No 2158/91 of 15 July 1991 liberalizing quantitative restrictions applying to imports of certain products originating in the USSR and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 accordingly

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2158/91  of 15 July 1991  liberalizing quantitative restrictions applying to imports of certain products originating in the USSR and amending Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 accordingly
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 of 14 November 1983 on import arrangements for products originating in State-trading countries, not liberalized at Community level (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/90 (2), applies inter alia to  imports originating in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR);
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from State-trading countries (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1434/90 (4), provides that imports of the products listed in its Annex are not subject to  any quantitative restrictions;
Whereas the trade and commercial and economic cooperation agreement between the Community and the USSR (5) provides for the gradual dismantling of remaining specific quantitative restrictions applied by the Community;
Whereas it is desirable to strengthen trade relations between the Community and the USSR and thus to contribute to its economic reconstruction; whereas, therefore, the dismantling of specific quantitative restrictions provided for by the agreement  should be brought forward to 1 August 1991;
Whereas this liberalization measure must remain compatible with the economic situation in certain particularly sensitive sectors of Community production and whereas, in appropriate cases, it should be possible to have recourse to the relevant provisions  of the trade and commercial and economic cooperation agreement between the Community and the USSR with regard to the possibility of taking safeguard measures in order to remedy adverse situations which might arise in the Community;
Whereas the German Democratic Republic was incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990 and the opportunity should therefore be taken to amend Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 accordingly,