29.12.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities L 345/35 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2597/2001 of 28 December 2001 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain wines originating in the Republic of Croatia, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in the Republic of Slovenia THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 2001/919/EC of 3 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on reciprocal preferential concessions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine names and the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of designations for spirits and aromatised drinks (*), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2001/918/EC of 3 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on reciprocal preferential concessions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine names and the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of desig- nations for spirits and aromatised drinks (%), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2001/917/EC of 3 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace- donia, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on reciprocal preferential concessions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine names and the reciprocal recog- nition, protection and control of designations for spirits and aromatised drinks (%), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2001/916/EC of 3 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on reciprocal preferential concessions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and 0] L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 60. () O] L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 42. O] L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 24. control of wine names and the reciprocal recognition, protec- tion and control of designations for spirits and aromatised drinks (), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2001/920/EC of 4 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement estab- lishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, acting within the framework of the Euro- pean Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Slovenia, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of the nego- tiations between the parties on reciprocal preferential conces- sions for certain wines, the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine names and the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of designations for spirits and aroma- tised drinks (°), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Whereas: (1)  The additional protocols (hereinafter: additional proto- cols on wine) concluded by Decisions 2001/919/EC, 2001/918/EC, 2001/917/EC, 2001/916/EC and 2001/ 920/EC with the Republic of Croatia, with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and with the Republic of Slovenia, provide for reciprocal preferential conces- sions for certain wines, reciprocal recognition, protec- tion and control of wine names and reciprocal recogni- tion, protection and control of designations for spirits and aromatised drinks. Those Protocols should be applied with effect from 1 January 2002. (20 In Annex I to each of those Additional Protocols on wine, individual tariff quotas are granted in respect of imports into the Community of certain wines origin- ating in the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia. These individual tariff quotas are provided out of the global tariff quota of 545 000 hl opened within Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000 (’). () O] L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 6. () O] L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 79. (9 O] L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1. () O] L 295, 23.11.2000, p. 1.