Council Regulation (EEC) No 3900/91 of 16 December 1991 suspending Common Customs Tariff duties for products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 and originating in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama

• Published date: 31 December 1991
• Subject Matter: Preferential systems,Customs duties: suspensions
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 368, 31 December 1991

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3900/91 of 16 December 1991 suspending Common Customs Tariff duties for products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 and originating in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama

Official Journal L 368 , 31/12/1991 P. 0011 - 0014

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3900/91

of 16 December 1991

suspending Common Customs Tariff duties for products covered by Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 and originating in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3835/90 (4) applies tariff preferences to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in order to help these countries halt the growth in the production of, and trade in, cocaine, which threaten their social integrity and so damage their economies that their development is at risk;

Whereas the application of Regulation (EEC) No 3835/90 was extended until 31 December 1992 by Regulation (EEC) No 3587/91 (5);

Whereas it has been established that the countries of the Central American isthmus are being increasingly used as a staging post on the route of narcotic drugs from the Andean region to North America;

Whereas the illegal cultivation of poppies and cannabis and the production of drugs and other psychotropic substances in the countries of the Central American isthmus is expanding alarmingly;

Whereas the growing trade in, and cultivation of, drugs threatens the economic and social stability of the countries of the Central American isthmus;

Whereas Article 4 (1) of the Cooperation Agreement of 12 November 1985 between the European Economic Community, of the one part, and the countries parties to the General Treaty on Central American Economic Integration (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) and Panama (6), of the other part, of which the overall purpose is to help resolve the problems of the Central American isthmus, which have, in particular, been worsened by the effects of the current economic recession, provides that the Contracting Parties shall undertake to...