COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3056/95
of 30 October 1995
on the implementing methods for Decision No  1/95 of the EC-Cyprus Association Council derogating from the provisions concerning the definition  of the concept of originating products laid down in the Agreement establishing an association  between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus
THE COUNCIL OF  THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
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 Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and the  Republic of Cyprus (1) was signed on 19 December 1972; whereas it entered into force on 1 June  1973;
Whereas the Additional Protocol (2) to the said Agreement was signed at Brussels on 15 September  1977; whereas it entered into force on 1 June 1978;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 25 of the Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of  originating products and methods of administrative cooperation, annexed to the Additional Protocol,  as extended by Article 2 of the Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the  implementation of the second stage of the Agreement establishing an association between the  European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain provisions of the  Agreement (3), which was signed at Luxembourg on 19 October 1987, entered into force on 1 January  1988 and forms an integral part of the Agreement, the EC-Cyprus Association Council adopted  Decision No 1/95 (4) derogating from the rules of origin applicable to certain textile products;
Whereas the implementing methods for this Decision should be fixed,
1. The quantities listed in Annex I to Decision No 1/95 shall be  administered by the Commission.
If an importer enters, for circulation in a Member State, a product covered by a certificate EUR. 1  bearing the endorsement referred to in Article 4 of Decision No 1/95 and that entry is accepted by  the customs authorities, the Member State concerned shall, by notifying the Commission, draw an  amount corresponding to its requirements.
2. Requests for drawing, endorsed with the date of acceptance of the said entry, must be forwarded  to the Commission forthwith.
3. Drawings shall be granted by the Commission in chronological order of the date of acceptance by  the customs authorities of the Member State concerned of the entry for free circulation, to the  extent that the available balance of the said amount so permits.
4. Should a Member State fail to use the quantities it has drawn, it shall return them as soon as  possible.
5. If the quantities requested are greater than the available balance of the amount, they shall be  granted pro rata, pursuant to paragraph 3. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the  drawings made.
Member States shall be informed forthwith when the quantity has been used up.
This Regulation shall apply for a period of two years starting on 28 July 1995.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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.