31.12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 344/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3698/93 of 22 December 1993 concerning the arrangements applicable to the import into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Europcan Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3953/92 (%), established the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Whereas these measures should be maintained for 1994, subject to a number of drafting amendments and adaptation of the Annexes; Whereas the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Slovenia, signed at Luxembourg on § April 1993, which defines in particular the system of commercial exchanges between the European Community and Slovenia, provides for the Community to establish the tariff system for imports for certain products listed in the Annex to the Agreement, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Subject to the special provisions laid down in Articles 2 to 8, products other than those listed in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in Annex A to this Regulation, originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, shall be admitted for import into the Community without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect and exempt from customs duties and charges having equivalent effect. () OJ No L 406, 31.12.1992, p. 1. This Article shall be without prejudice to the provisions contained in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 of 26 April 1993, concerning trade between the European Economic Community and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) (*). Article 2 The import duties, namely the customs duties and levies (variable components) applicable on import into the Community of the products listed in Annex B shall be those indicated for each product in the said Annex. Article 3 1. The import of products listed in Annexes C I, C II, C III, and C IV shall be subject, from 1 January to 31 December, to annual ceilings, indicated for each product, above which the customs duties actually applied in respect of third countries may be reintroduced in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2. 2. As soon as a ceiling set for the import of a product has been reached, the Commission may reintroduce, by means of a regulation, the levying of the customs duties referred to in paragraph 1 until the end of the calendar year. Article 4 1. In respect of products listed in Annex D originating in the Republics referred to in this Regulation, customs duties on imports into the Community shall be reduced to the levels indicated in the said Annex for each product. 2. In the case of products for which annual Community tariff quotas are indicated in Annex D, these reduced levels shall be granted within the limits of the quotas. (?) O] No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.