Article 1 
1. From 3 October 1990, the date of German unification, to 31 December 1992 import duties within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2144/87 of 13 July 1987 on customs debt(3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4108/88(4), including the existing anti-dumping duties, shall be suspended for goods originating in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the USSR and Yugoslavia covered by the agreements listed in Annexes I and II concluded between those countries and the former German Democratic Republic - the essential elements of which shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities - up to the maximum quantities or values established by the said agreements. However, as far as agricultural products which are referred to in Annex II to the Treaty are concerned, agricultural levies and other import charges imposed pursuant to the common agricultural policy will continue to be applied; where systems of reference prices or minimum import prices exist, they must be adhered to in practice. The exemptions referred to in the first subparagraph shall not apply to beef and veal or live animals other than purebred bovine breeding animals. 2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be applicable only if: the goods in question are released for free circulation in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic and are consumed there or undergo processing conferring Community origin there(5), a licence issued by the relevant German authorities stating that the goods in question fall within the scope of the provisions contained in paragraph 1 is submitted in support of the declaration of entry for release for free circulation. 3. The Commission and the competent German authorities shall take whatever measures are needed to ensure that the final consumption of the products in question, of the processing by which they acquire Community origin, takes place in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic. Article 2 To determine the origin of the goods referred to in Article 1, Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods(6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1769/89(7), shall apply. Article 3 1. If the suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 1 causes substantial injury to Community producers of like or directly competitive products in one or more Member States, the Commission may, at the request of a Member State, restore the normal duty rate for the products concerned. Any Member State may refer any difficulties to the Commission. The Commission shall, as a matter of urgency, examine the question and submit its conclusions, possibly accompanied by appropriate measures. 2. The procedure set out in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from State-trading countries(8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1243/86(9), shall be followed. Article 4 The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 1 October 1991 on the operation of the system established, the quantities of the products which have benefited from it and the stage reached in the renegotiation of outstanding arrangements. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS (1)OJ No L 263, 26. 9. 1990, p. 3, as amended on 28 November 1990. (2) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3)OJ No L 201, 22. 7. 1987, p. 15. (4) OJ No L 361, 29. 12. 1988, p. 2. (5)Checks on this use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions on end-use (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4142/87 of 9 December 1987 determining the conditions under which certain goods are eligible on import for a favourable tariff arrangement by reason of their end-use (OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1987, p. 81)). OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1. (7) OJ No L 174, 22. 6. 1989, p. 11. (8) OJ No L 195, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1. (9) OJ No L 113, 30. 4. 1986, p. 1.
Article 2 
To determine the origin of the goods referred to in Article 1, Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods(6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1769/89(7), shall apply. Article 3 1. If the suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 1 causes substantial injury to Community producers of like or directly competitive products in one or more Member States, the Commission may, at the request of a Member State, restore the normal duty rate for the products concerned. Any Member State may refer any difficulties to the Commission. The Commission shall, as a matter of urgency, examine the question and submit its conclusions, possibly accompanied by appropriate measures. 2. The procedure set out in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from State-trading countries(8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1243/86(9), shall be followed. Article 4 The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 1 October 1991 on the operation of the system established, the quantities of the products which have benefited from it and the stage reached in the renegotiation of outstanding arrangements. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS (1)OJ No L 263, 26. 9. 1990, p. 3, as amended on 28 November 1990. (2) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3)OJ No L 201, 22. 7. 1987, p. 15. (4) OJ No L 361, 29. 12. 1988, p. 2. (5)Checks on this use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions on end-use (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4142/87 of 9 December 1987 determining the conditions under which certain goods are eligible on import for a favourable tariff arrangement by reason of their end-use (OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1987, p. 81)). OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1. (7) OJ No L 174, 22. 6. 1989, p. 11. (8) OJ No L 195, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1. (9) OJ No L 113, 30. 4. 1986, p. 1.
Article 3 
1. If the suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 1 causes substantial injury to Community producers of like or directly competitive products in one or more Member States, the Commission may, at the request of a Member State, restore the normal duty rate for the products concerned. Any Member State may refer any difficulties to the Commission. The Commission shall, as a matter of urgency, examine the question and submit its conclusions, possibly accompanied by appropriate measures. 2. The procedure set out in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1765/82 of 30 June 1982 on common rules for imports from State-trading countries(8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1243/86(9), shall be followed. Article 4 The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 1 October 1991 on the operation of the system established, the quantities of the products which have benefited from it and the stage reached in the renegotiation of outstanding arrangements. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS (1)OJ No L 263, 26. 9. 1990, p. 3, as amended on 28 November 1990. (2) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3)OJ No L 201, 22. 7. 1987, p. 15. (4) OJ No L 361, 29. 12. 1988, p. 2. (5)Checks on this use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions on end-use (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4142/87 of 9 December 1987 determining the conditions under which certain goods are eligible on import for a favourable tariff arrangement by reason of their end-use (OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1987, p. 81)). OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1. (7) OJ No L 174, 22. 6. 1989, p. 11. (8) OJ No L 195, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1. (9) OJ No L 113, 30. 4. 1986, p. 1.
Article 4 
The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 1 October 1991 on the operation of the system established, the quantities of the products which have benefited from it and the stage reached in the renegotiation of outstanding arrangements. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December 1990. For the Council The President G. DE MICHELIS (1)OJ No L 263, 26. 9. 1990, p. 3, as amended on 28 November 1990. (2) Opinion delivered on 21 November 1990 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3)OJ No L 201, 22. 7. 1987, p. 15. (4) OJ No L 361, 29. 12. 1988, p. 2. (5)Checks on this use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions on end-use (Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4142/87 of 9 December 1987 determining the conditions under which certain goods are eligible on import for a favourable tariff arrangement by reason of their end-use (OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1987, p. 81)). OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1. (7) OJ No L 174, 22. 6. 1989, p. 11. (8) OJ No L 195, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1. (9) OJ No L 113, 30. 4. 1986, p. 1.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 4 December 1990