Introductory text

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1362/2000 of 29 June 2000 implementing for the Community the tariff provisions of Decision No 2/2000 of the Joint Council under the Interim Agreement on Trade and Trade-related matters between the European Community and the United Mexican States^f1,

Whereas:

The European Union-Mexico Joint Council has, by its Decision No 1/2005 of 21 February 2005 introducing a corrigendum in Decision No 3/2004 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council^f2 amending Joint Council Decision No 2/2000 of 23 March 2000, amended the period for which the two Community tariff quotas provided for in Decision No 3/2004 are to be opened.

Regulation (EC) No 1362/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly.

Since the period for which the quotas in question are to be opened should start on 1 January 2005, this Regulation should apply from the same date.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

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