L 102/32 Official Journal of the European Union 24.4.2003 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 18 March 2003 concerning the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, to take account of the outcome of nego- tiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (2003/285/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with Article 300(2), first subparagraph, first sentence thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: 1 ) 0 The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (), provides for certain reciprocal trade concessions for certain agricultural products. Article 20(5) of the Europe Agreement provides that the Community and Hungary shall examine product by product and on an orderly and reciprocal basis the possi- bilities of granting each other further concessions. The first improvements to the preferential arrangements of the Europe Agreement with Hungary were provided for in the Protocol for the adaptation of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement to take into account the acces- sion of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay Round, including improvements to the existing preferential arrangements, approved by Decision 1999/ 67/EC (3. Improvements to the preferential arrangements were also provided for as a result of negotiations to liberalise agri- cultural trade concluded in 2000. On the Community side, these were implemented from 1 July 2000 by L 347, 31.12.1993, p. 2. L 28,2.2.1999, p. 1. Regulation (EC) No 1727/2000 of 31 July 2000 estab- lishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary (). This second adjustment of the preferential arrangements has not yet been incorporated in the Europe Agreement in the form of an Additional Protocol. Negotiations for further improvements to the preferen- tial arrangements of the Europe Agreement with Hungary were concluded on 25 April 2002. The results of the negotiations have so far been implemented by the respective parties in the form of autonomous measures. On the Community side, the autonomous measures were implemented by Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29 July 2002 establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Hungary (%). Similar legislative measures were adopted and imple- mented by the Republic of Hungary. The new Protocol to the Europe Agreement adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part (hereinafter referred to as the Protocol) should be approved with a view to consolidating all concessions in agricultural trade between the two sides, including the results of the negotiations concluded in 2000 and 2002. () OJ L 198, 4.8.2000, p. 6. () OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.