COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 585/96 of 28 March 1996 amending, for certain products originating in Israel, Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the Occupied Territories, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas, and Regulation (EC) No 934/95 establishing tariff ceilings and a Community statistical surveillance in the framework of reference quantities for a certain number of products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco, and the Occupied Territories

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 Community tariff quotas have been opened under Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 (1) for certain products originating in Israel;

Whereas reference quantities have ben established under Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 934/95 (2) for certain products originating in Israel;

Whereas, pending the entry into force of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, signed in Brussels on 20 November 1995, an Interim Agreement between the European Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, on trade and trade-related matters was signed on 18 December 1995 and entered into force on 1 January 1996; whereas Protocol 1 and Annex VI of the said Interim Agreement concerning the arrangements applicable to the importation into the Community of agricultural products and processed agricultural products originating in Israel provide for tariff quotas to be opened or reference quantities established for certain products;

Whereas Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95 should therefore be amended as regards products originating in Israel; whereas the amounts of the tariff quotas for some products are to be increased annually from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2000 in four equal instalments each corresponding to 3 % of these amounts; whereas under the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the Community and Israel, regarding the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreements set out in the Final Act of the abovementioned Euro-Mediterranean Agreement, the Community has undertaken to guarantee to Israel the importation of 200 000 tonnes of oranges at reduced entry prices,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 the table relating to Israel shall be replaced by the table set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 934/95 the reference quantities for products originating in Israel shall be replaced by the reference quantities set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 March 1996.

For the Council

The President

A. CLO

(1) OJ No L 199, 2. 8. 1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3057/95 (OJ No L 326, 30. 12. 1995, p. 3).

(2) OJ No L 96, 28. 4. 1995, p. 6.

ANNEX I

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ISRAEL

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ANNEX II

'Reference quantities for products originating in Israel

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