Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95

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Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95

EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19.4.2001L 109/2

I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Additional Protocols to the Cooperation Agreements between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (1), the Arab Republic of Egypt (2), the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (3 ), the Syrian Arab Republic (4 ), of the other part, and the supplementary Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta (5), provide tariff concessions of which some fall within Community tariff quotas and reference quantities.

(2) 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 (6), supplemented by Council Regulation (EC) No 3192/94 of 19

December 1994 amending the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus (7), also provide tariff concessions of which some fall within Community tariff quotas and reference quantities.

(3) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92 of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements for the import into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta,

Morocco, Syria and Tunisia (8 ), accelerated the tariff dismantling and provided for an increase of the volumes of the tariff quotas and reference quantities laid down in the Protocols to the Association or Cooperation Agreements with the Mediterranean countries in question.

(4) The arrangements for importing oranges originating in Cyprus, in Egypt and in Israel into the Community has been adjusted by the Agreements in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Cyprus (9), between the European Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (10) and between the European Community and Israel (11 ).

(5) Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998 on the trade regime for agricultural products (12 ) provides for tariff concessions of which some are granted within tariff quotas.

(6) The Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (13)...

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