Legal provisions of COM(2000)473 - Concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic

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Article 1

1. The arrangements for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in the Czech Republic as set out in Annex A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation shall replace those set out in Annex XI to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part.

2. On the entry into force of the new additional protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement referred to in paragraph 1, the concessions provided for in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annex A(a) and A(b) to this Regulation.

3. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3(2).

Article 2

1. Tariff quotas with an order number above 09.5100 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

2. Quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas and released for free circulation as from 1 July 2000 under the concessions provided for in Annex XI to the Europe Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be fully counted against the quantities provided for in the Annex A(b) of this Regulation.

OJ L 328, 30.12.1995, p. 31. Regulation at last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2435/1998 (OJ L 303, 13.11.1998, p. 1).

Article 3

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee instituted by Article 23 of Council Regulation (EC) N° 1766/92 on the common organisation of the market of cereals or, where appropriate, the committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural markets.

OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3) thereof.

3. The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be one month.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 July 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.