Article 1 
From 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997, goods originating in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia which are listed in Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation shall be subject to Community tariff quotas, according to the provisions contained within those Annexes. Article 2 1. The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission, which may take all appropriate administrative measures in order to ensure efficient administration thereof. 2. Where an importer presents products covered by this Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arrangements, and the declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from the quota volume concerned. Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the declarations were accepted, must be sent to the Commission without delay. Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chronological order of the dates on which the customs authorities of the Member State concerned accepted the declarations for release for free circulation, to the extent that the available balance so permits. 3. If a Member State does not use a drawing in full, it shall return any unused portion to the corresponding quota volume as soon as possible. 4. If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allocated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the drawings made. Article 3 1. The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 2. Each year, within three months of the end of the application period of the tariff quotas, the Commission shall prepare a summary, by product and country, of the allocations of the quotas appearing in the Annex to this Regulation. The summary shall be communicated to the committee referred to in Article 6. Article 4 Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and uninterrupted access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volumes so permits. Article 5 1. The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, in particular: (a) the amendments and technical adaptations, insofar as necessary, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes, and (b) the necessary adaptations arising from the conclusion by the Council of protocols, exchanges of letters within the framework of existing agreements, of agreements between the Community and these countries within the framework of the agreements referred to in this Regulation. shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (2). 2. Provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall not authorize the Commission to: - carry over preference quantities from one quota period to another, - transfer quantities from one quota to another, - open and manage quotas under new agreements. Article 6 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (7). 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event: - the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication; - the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the previous paragraph. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State. Article 7 The Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreements in question concluded between the Community and each of the Republics shall apply. Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
Article 2 
1. The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission, which may take all appropriate administrative measures in order to ensure efficient administration thereof. 2. Where an importer presents products covered by this Regulation for release for free circulation in a Member State, applying to take advantage of the preferential arrangements, and the declaration is accepted by the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an amount corresponding to its requirements from the quota volume concerned. Requests for drawings, indicating the date on which the declarations were accepted, must be sent to the Commission without delay. Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chronological order of the dates on which the customs authorities of the Member State concerned accepted the declarations for release for free circulation, to the extent that the available balance so permits. 3. If a Member State does not use a drawing in full, it shall return any unused portion to the corresponding quota volume as soon as possible. 4. If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the quota volume, the balance shall be allocated among applicants pro rata. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the drawings made. Article 3 1. The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 2. Each year, within three months of the end of the application period of the tariff quotas, the Commission shall prepare a summary, by product and country, of the allocations of the quotas appearing in the Annex to this Regulation. The summary shall be communicated to the committee referred to in Article 6. Article 4 Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and uninterrupted access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volumes so permits. Article 5 1. The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, in particular: (a) the amendments and technical adaptations, insofar as necessary, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes, and (b) the necessary adaptations arising from the conclusion by the Council of protocols, exchanges of letters within the framework of existing agreements, of agreements between the Community and these countries within the framework of the agreements referred to in this Regulation. shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (2). 2. Provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall not authorize the Commission to: - carry over preference quantities from one quota period to another, - transfer quantities from one quota to another, - open and manage quotas under new agreements. Article 6 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (7). 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event: - the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication; - the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the previous paragraph. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State. Article 7 The Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreements in question concluded between the Community and each of the Republics shall apply. Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
Article 3 
1. The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied with. 2. Each year, within three months of the end of the application period of the tariff quotas, the Commission shall prepare a summary, by product and country, of the allocations of the quotas appearing in the Annex to this Regulation. The summary shall be communicated to the committee referred to in Article 6. Article 4 Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and uninterrupted access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volumes so permits. Article 5 1. The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, in particular: (a) the amendments and technical adaptations, insofar as necessary, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes, and (b) the necessary adaptations arising from the conclusion by the Council of protocols, exchanges of letters within the framework of existing agreements, of agreements between the Community and these countries within the framework of the agreements referred to in this Regulation. shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (2). 2. Provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall not authorize the Commission to: - carry over preference quantities from one quota period to another, - transfer quantities from one quota to another, - open and manage quotas under new agreements. Article 6 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (7). 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event: - the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication; - the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the previous paragraph. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State. Article 7 The Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreements in question concluded between the Community and each of the Republics shall apply. Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
Article 4 
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the products in question have equal and uninterrupted access to the quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota volumes so permits. Article 5 1. The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, in particular: (a) the amendments and technical adaptations, insofar as necessary, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes, and (b) the necessary adaptations arising from the conclusion by the Council of protocols, exchanges of letters within the framework of existing agreements, of agreements between the Community and these countries within the framework of the agreements referred to in this Regulation. shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (2). 2. Provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall not authorize the Commission to: - carry over preference quantities from one quota period to another, - transfer quantities from one quota to another, - open and manage quotas under new agreements. Article 6 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (7). 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event: - the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication; - the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the previous paragraph. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State. Article 7 The Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreements in question concluded between the Community and each of the Republics shall apply. Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
Article 5 
1. The provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, in particular: (a) the amendments and technical adaptations, insofar as necessary, arising from amendments of the combined nomenclature and Taric codes, and (b) the necessary adaptations arising from the conclusion by the Council of protocols, exchanges of letters within the framework of existing agreements, of agreements between the Community and these countries within the framework of the agreements referred to in this Regulation. shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 (2). 2. Provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation shall not authorize the Commission to: - carry over preference quantities from one quota period to another, - transfer quantities from one quota to another, - open and manage quotas under new agreements. Article 6 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (7). 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event: - the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication; - the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the previous paragraph. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State. Article 7 The Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreements in question concluded between the Community and each of the Republics shall apply. Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
Article 6 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (7). 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event: - the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication; - the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the previous paragraph. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State. Article 7 The Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreements in question concluded between the Community and each of the Republics shall apply. Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
Article 7 
The Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation annexed to the Agreements in question concluded between the Community and each of the Republics shall apply. Article 8 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.
Article 8 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1994. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 1994. For the Council The President K. KINKEL (1) OJ No L 116, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (2) OJ No L 114, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 115, 30. 4. 1992, p. 2. (4) OJ No L 81, 2. 4. 1993, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 25, 29. 1. 1994, p. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22 and 27. (7) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.