Considerations on 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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dossier COM(2000)473 - Concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an ...
document COM(2000)473 EN
date October 17, 2000
 
(1) The Europe Agreement concluded between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part  i, provide for certain concessions for certain agricultural products originating in the Czech Republic.

(2) Improvements to the preferential agreements of the Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic were provided for in the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of 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, to take into account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, of the Republic of Finland and of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture  i. The Council approved the above-mentioned Protocol on behalf of the Community by Council Decision of 22 October 1998  i.

(3) In accordance with the directives adopted by the Council on 30 March 1999, the Commission and the Czech Republic concluded on 4 May 2000 negotiations on a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement.

(4) The new Additional Protocol, which provide for additional agricultural concessions, will be based on Article 21 i of the Europe Agreement, establishing that the Community and the Czech Republic shall examine in the Association Council, product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis, the possibility of granting each other further concessions.

(5) A swift implementation of the adjustments forms an essential part of the results of the negotiations for the conclusion of a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic.

(6) It is therefore appropriate to provide for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of the agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with the Czech Republic.

(7) The Czech Republic will take all useful legislative provisions, on an autonomous and transitional basis, in order to enable a rapid and simultaneous implementation of the adaptation of the agricultural concessions of the Czech Republic provided for in the Europe Agreement.

(8) Since the measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation are management measures within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission  i, they should be adopted by use of the management procedure provided for in Article 4 of that Decision.

(9) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code  i codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations.