COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 478/96 of 18 March 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 providing for the determination and the administration of the variable component for certain goods originating in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia resulting from the processing of certain agricultural products referred to in the Annexes to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 7 paragraph 2 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 (2), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1795/95 (3), opened for 1995 the quotas within which, under the provisions of the Europe Agreement concluded with Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, certain processed agricultural products originating in these countries may be imported at a reduced agricultural component; whereas these quotas should be re-opened for 1996; whereas Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 should be amended accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for 'horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex II`,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 3238/94 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following text:

'1. From 1 January to 31 December 1996, goods originating in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic which are listed in Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to this Regulation shall be subject to a reduced agricultural component within the limits of the annual quotas and under the conditions set out in these Annexes.`

2. The Annexes are replaced by Annexes I, II, III, IV and V to the present Regulation.

Article 2

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

It is applicable from 1 January 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 March 1996.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18.

(2) OJ No L 338, 28. 12. 1994, p. 30.

(3) OJ No L 174, 26. 7. 1995, p. 9.

ANNEX I

'POLAND

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ANNEX II

'ROMANIA

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ANNEX III

'BULGARIA

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ANNEX IV

'CZECH REPUBLIC

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ANNEX V

'SLOVAK REPUBLIC

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