Council Regulation (EC) No 733/2007 of 22 February 2007 concerning the implementation of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 Negotiations, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

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) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.

(2) By its Decision 2007/444/EC of 22 February 2007 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the conclusion of GATT Article XXIV:6 Negotiations (2), the Council approved, on behalf of the Community, the Agreement with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.

(3) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended and supplemented accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Annex 7 of Section III of Part Three (WTO tariff quotas to be opened by the Competent Community Authorities) shall be amended with the tariff quotas and supplemented with the volumes shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 August 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 February 2007.

For the Council The President F. MÜNTEFERING

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 129/2007 (OJ L 56, 23.2.2007, p. 1).

(2) See page 53 of this Official Journal.