L 342/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 27.12.2001 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 3 December 2001 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of 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 control of wine names and the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of designations for spirits and aromatised drinks (2001/916/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), and Article 300(4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: 1) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace- donia, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Stabilisation and Association Agreement’, was initialled on 24 November 2000 and signed by Exchange of Letters in Luxembourg on 9 April 2001. Article 27(4) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement provides that the trade arrangements to apply to wine and spirit products remain to be defined. In accordance with the Directives adopted by the Council on 11 March 1998, the Commission and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia reached agree- ment on 20 June 2001 on new reciprocal trade conces- sions for certain wines and on the reciprocal recogni- tion, protection and control of wine names and spirits designations. In order to ensure consistency within the overall stabilisation process, the results of these nego- tiations should be integrated into the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement in the form of an Additional Protocol. () Provisions to adopt the implementing Regulations on preferential trade concessions provided for certain wines should be made by the Commission, assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 248a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code ('), notwithstanding Article 62 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organ- isation of the market in wine (%. The Commission shall make the necessary amendments and technical adapta- tions to the implementing Regulations which might result from new preferential agreements, protocols, Exchanges of Letters or other acts concluded between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or which are necessary following the changes to the Combined Nomenclature and TARIC codes. In order to facilitate the implementation of certain provisions of the Protocol, the Commission should be authorised to approve, on behalf of the Community, decisions amending the lists and the Protocols to the Agreement on the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of wine names (Annex II to the Protocol) and the Agreement on the reciprocal recognition, protection and control of designations of spirits and aromatised drinks (Annex III to the Protocol). In adopting these acts, the Commission should be assisted by the Management Committee for Wine set up by Article 74 of Regulation (EC) No 14931999, on the one hand, and by the Imple- mentation Committee for Spirit Drinks set up by Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 of 29 May () OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2700/2000 (O] L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17). () OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2826/2000 (O] L 328, 23.12.2000, p. 2).