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

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

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,

Whereas, in the general context of a new Mediterranean policy, in order to strengthen the links and increase cooperation with the countries of the region, the Council and the Commission adopted a Resolution on trade with Mediterranean non-member countries at the Council meeting on 18 and 19 December 1990;

Whereas that Resolution provides in particular for the implementation of measures to promote agricultural exports from those countries to the Community and whereas the detailed arrangements for the application of such measures must therefore be defined;

Whereas, in order to do this, it is necessary to amend the arrangements for imports into the Community under the provisions of the Protocols to the Association or Cooperation Agreements with Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Moroco, Syria and Tunisia,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

This measure shall apply mutatis mutandis to specific customs duties which do not exceed 2 % ad valorem.

Article 2

This increase shall be 3 % for tariff quotas for products listed in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 June 1992.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1992.

For the Council

The President

Jorge BRACA DE MACEDO

ANNEX I

List of protocols referred to in Article 1

• — Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987, p. 1);

• — 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 (OJ No L 393, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1);

• — Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Arab Republic of Egypt (OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987, p. 10);

• — Fourth Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the State of Israel (OJ No L 327, 30. 11. 1988, p. 35);

• — Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987, p. 18);

• — Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Lebanese Republic (OJ No L 297, 21.10. 1987, p. 28);

• — Supplementary Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Malta (OJ No L 81, 23. 3. 1989, p. 1);

• — Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (OJ No L 224, 13. 8. 1988, p. 17);

• — Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic (OJ No L 327, 30. 11. 1988, p. 57);

• — Additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Tunisia (OJ No L 297, 21. 10. 1987, p. 35).

ANNEX II

List of products referred to in Article 2 (1) for which the annual increase in tariff quotas laid down in the protocols shall be limited to 3 %