31996R2411

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2411/96 of 18 December 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 2763/94 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the ACP States or the overseas countries and territories (OCT) (1), extended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/96 (3), and in particular Article 27 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2763/94 (4), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2941/95 (5), opened zero or reduced-duty Community tariff quotas for 1995 in respect of certain agricultural products including fresh or chilled tomatoes;

Whereas the tariff applying to these products has been changed as a result of GATT negotiations;

Whereas both the rates of ad valorem duty and the rates of specific duty for products subject to the Regulation are liable to change over the years; whereas in the interests of more efficient management of the Community legislation in this field a multiannual regulation should be adopted providing for automatic reduction of ad valorem duties to 40 % of the rates in the combined nomenclature with effect from 1 January 1997;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2763/94 should be amended accordingly;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The table and Annex in Regulation (EC) No 2763/94 shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.

(2) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.

(3) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1996, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 294, 15. 11. 1994, p. 6.

(5) OJ No L 308, 21. 12. 1995, p. 6.

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