Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (repealed)Show full title

CHAPTER IV PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

Article 25

The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(5), adopt amendments to the Annexes to this Regulation made necessary:

(a)

by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature;

(b)

by changes in the international status or classification of countries or territories;

(c)

by the application of Article 3(2);

(d)

if a country has reached the thresholds set out in Article 3(1);

(e)

for the establishment of the list of beneficiary countries in accordance with Article 10.

Article 26

1. Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member States shall send the Eurostat their statistical data on products placed under the customs procedure of release for free circulation during that quarter under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95(1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000(2). These data, supplied by reference to the Combined Nomenclature codes and, where applicable, the TARIC codes, shall show, by country of origin, the values, quantities and any supplementary units required in accordance with the definitions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000.

2. In accordance with Article 308(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at its request, details of the quantities of products released for free circulation under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation, during the previous months. These data shall include the products referred to in paragraph 3.

3. The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, monitor the imports of products with CN codes 0603, 0803 00 19, 1006, 1604 14, 1604 19 31, 1604 19 39, 1604 20 70, 1701, 1704, 1806 10 30, 1806 10 90, 2002 90, 2103 20, 2106 90 59, 2106 90 98 and 6403, in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 20 and 21 are fulfilled.

Article 27

1. Without prejudice to Article 11(7), the Commission shall be assisted by a Generalised Preferences Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee).

2. The Committee may examine any matter relating to the application of this Regulation, raised by the Commission or at the request of a Member State.

3. The Committee shall examine the effects of the scheme, on the basis of a report from the Commission covering the period since 1 January 2006. This report shall cover all of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2), and shall be presented in time for the discussion on the next Regulation.

4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

5. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade (OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 14). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1949/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 10).