Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations

• Published date: 30 December 1995
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 328, 30 December 1995

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Council Regulation (EC) No 3066/95 of 22 December 1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations

Official Journal L 328 , 30/12/1995 P. 0031 - 0077

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3066/95

of 22 December 1995

establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations

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 Europe Agreements between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Romania and the Republic of Bulgaria, respectively, of the other part (1), provide for concessions for certain agricultural products originating in those countries; whereas those concessions involve reductions in the variable levies under tariff quotas and reductions in customs duties;

Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations (2), the Community undertook to turn all variable agricultural levies and other non-tariff barriers into their tariff equivalent and to replace them by fixed customs duties from 1 July 1995;

Whereas the replacement of variable levels and other barriers by customs duties affects the concessions granted pursuant to the aforementioned Europe Agreements and could reduce the possibilities for preferential access to the Community market granted to the associated countries of Central Europe;

Whereas, as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in accordance with Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the Act of Accession, those concessions should be adjusted to take into account also, in particular, the arrangements for trade in agricultural products which existed between Austria, Finland and Sweden, of the one part, and Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania and Bulgaria, of the other part;

Whereas, to that end, transitional autonomous measures are provided for in Regulations (EC) Nos 3379/94 (3), 1767/95 (4) and 2179/95 (5); whereas these measures apply until 31 December 1995;

Whereas, in accordance with the Directives concerning agricultural products adopted by the Council on 6 March 1995, negotiations are currently under way with the countries concerned for the conclusion of Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements; whereas 'interim' Additional Protocols will cover solely the trade-related aspects of the Additional Protocols; whereas, because of the excessively tight...