COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2453/96 of 18 December 1996 on the opening of tariff quotas for the importation of certain goods from Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products as referred to in the Annex 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 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the Council Decision of 6 December 1996 (2), concerning Protocol 2 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 of 25 July 1996 establishing the detailed rules for implementing the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products, as provided for in Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (3), provides in Article 10 for the management of quotas;

Whereas it is appropriate to open, for 1996, the quota referred to in Part IV of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the amendment of Protocol 2 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation comply with the opinion of the Management Committee for horizontal questions relating to the trading of processed agricultural products outside Annex II,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. From 1 January to 31 December 1996, the goods from Norway which are listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be subject to the duties recorded in this Annex within the limits of the annual quotas mentioned therein.

2. Quota No 09.0764, however, is opened from 1 September to 31 December 1996.

Article 2

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 be applicable from 1 January 1996, with the exception of Article 1 (2) which shall be applicable from 1 September 1996.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996.

For the Commission

Martin BANGEMANN

Member of the Commission

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

(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(3) OJ No L 187, 26. 7. 1996, p. 18.

ANNEX

NORWAY

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