Article 40

Requests concerning Title III of this Regulation made under the provisions of a previous regulation on the Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences, on which no decision has been taken before this Regulation enters into force, shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 of 24 March 1997 temporarily withdrawing access to generalised tariff preferences from the Union of Myanmar^f1, which refers to Council Regulations (EC) No 3281/94^f2 and (EC) No 1256/96^f3, shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

This Regulation replaces Council Regulation (EC) No 416/2001 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to extend dutyfree access without any quantitative restrictions to products originating in the least developed countries.