31. 12, 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 353/63 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3357/94 of 22 December 1994 establishing ceilings and Community surveillance for imports of certain products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1995) 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 the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Slovenia ('), which was signed on 5 April 1993, the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Slovenia on trade in textile products, which was initialled on 23 July 1993, and Council Regulation (EC) No 3355/94 of 22 December 1994 concerning the arrangements applicable to import into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (*) provide for exemption on import into the Community from customs duty and charges having an equivalent effect for almost all products falling within Chapters 25 to 97 of the Combined Nomenclature and originating in those Republics; whereas Article 16 of the Cooperation Agreement, Article 15 of the said Agreement on trade in textile products and Article 3 of the said Regulation stipulate that imports of the products listed in Annexes C1 to CV of Regulation (EC) No 3355/94 should be subject to annual import ceilings, the exceeding of which may result in re-introduction of the customs duties applicable to third countries; whereas, under these circumstances, the Commission must be kept regularly informed of the trend of imports of the said products and - whereas it is therefore necessary for imports of those products to be subject to surveillance; whereas the said tariff ceilings should therefore be opened for 1995; Whereas Community surveillance may be achieved by means of an administrative procedure based on charging imports of the products in question against the ceilings at Community level as and when those products are entered with the customs authorities for free circulation; whereas this administrative procedure must make provision for the possibility of re-introducing customs duties as soon as the ceilings are reached at Community level; (1Y O] No L 189, 29. 7. 1993, p. 2. () See p. 1 of this Official Journal. Whereas this administrative procedure requires close and particularly rapid cooperation between the Member States and the Commission and the latter must in particular be able to follow the progress of quantities charged against the ceilings and keep the Member States informed; whereas this cooperation has to be particularly close since the Commission must be able to take appropriate measures to re-introduce customs duties if one of the ceilings is reached, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. From 1 January to 31 December 1995 imports into the Community of certain products originating in the Republics of Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and listed in Annexes CI, CII, CIll, C IV and C V to Regulation (EC) No 3355/94 and in Annex V to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Slovenia on trade in textile products shall be subject to ceilings and Community surveillance. The description of the products referred to in the first subparagraph, their Combined Nomenclature codes and the corresponding ceilings or sub-ceilings are set out in the said Annexes. In Annex C II, the ceilings are indicated in column 4 (b). The order numbers and Combined Nomenclature codes for the tariff ceilings opened by virtue of Annex V to the said Agreement with the Republic of Slovenia are indicated in the Annex to this Regulation. 2. The ceilings laid down for certain products listed in Annex CII which have been the subject of an outward processing operation in accordance with the Community rules on economic outward processing are indicated in column 4 (a). 3.  Quantities shall be charged against the ceilings or sub-ceilings as and when declarations for release for free circulation are lodged with customs authorities with a movement certificate in accordance with the rules of origin adopted under the procedure laid down in