Introductory text

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2006/324/EC of 27 February 2006 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Articles XXIV:6 and XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union^f1, and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

Within the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand approved by the Council by its Decision 2006/324/EC, provision is made for two new annual tariff quotas for certain prepared or preserved fish.

The Agreement provides that a certain volume of each tariff quota should be allocated to the Kingdom of Thailand and the remaining part of each tariff quota should be open to imports of all countries.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code^f2 codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations.

Council Regulation (EC) No 683/2006 of 27 February 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Articles XXIV:6 and XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff^f3, provides for the entry into force of the new tariff quotas four weeks after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, therefore this Commission implementing 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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