Council Regulation (EC) No 1595/97 of 24 July 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1595/97 of 24 July 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the measures provided for by Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 (1) providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations were extended until 31 December 1996 by Regulation (EC) No 1194/96 (2) and until 31 December 1997 by Regulation (EC) No 2490/96 (3);
Whereas, in accordance with the directives adopted by the Council on 6 March 1995, the Commission and the associated countries concerned concluded negotiations on Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements;
Whereas, because of the shortage of time, the Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements cannot enter into force on 1 July 1997; whereas, consequently, the adjustments to certain concessions provided for in the Protocols concerned in the agricultural sector for the period beginning on 1 July 1997 cannot be implemented under the arrangements for the entry into force of those Protocols;
Whereas, however, the implementation of the adjustments is an essential part of the results of the negotiations for the conclusion of Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements; whereas, moreover, steps must be taken to ensure a smooth transition from the autonomous and transitional preferential agricultural arrangements provided for under Regulation (EC) No 3066/95, applicable until 31 December 1997, to the new preferential agricultural arrangements set out in the Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements;
Whereas the measures provided for in Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 should therefore be amended in order to allow the early implementation, from 1 July 1997, of the results of the negotiations on the conclusion of Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements as regards the agricultural sector;
Whereas, in order to permit, for the sake of simplification, the implementation of the concessions referred to in this Regulation on a multiannual basis, the limitation of its application to 31 December 1997 should be deleted; whereas, moreover, certain provisions should be laid down, including the repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 1988/93 (4), to ensure a smooth transition from the autonomous arrangements provided for in this Regulation to the agreed arrangements provided for in the Additional Protocols,