L 356/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 97 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2636/97 of 29 December 1997 amending Regulation (EC) No 70/97 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and to imports of wine originating in the Republic of Slovenia THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Regulation (EC) No 70/97 (') expires on 31 December 1997; Whereas these arrangements will eventually have to be replaced by provisions contained in bilateral agreements to be negotiated with the countries in question; Whereas the Council has concluded a Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (?); whereas from the date of entry into force of that Agreement, products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will, with the exception of wine, no longer benefit from the autonomous preferential regime under Regulation (EC) No 70/97; Whereas the amounts of the tariff ceilings for industrial products should be increased annually by 5 % as provided for in the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia signed on 2 April 1980 and denounced on 25 November 1991, Agreement on which the trade concessions provided for in Regulation (EC) No 70/97 are based; whereas following the amendments to the combined nomenclature, Regulation (EC) No 70/97 should be amended accordingly; Whereas the arrangements for the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia granted by Regulation (EC) No 70/97 should be maintained; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (*), has been replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 (), and Article 6 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 70/97 should be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EC) No 70/97 is hereby amended as follows: 1. The title shall be replaced by the following: ‘Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia and to imports of wine originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia’. (') OJ L 16, 18. 1. 1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 825/97 (O] L 119, 8.75. 1997, p. 4). (d OJ L 348, 18. 12. 1997, p. 1. () O L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1. () OJ L 297, 21. 11. 199, p. 29.