28. 12. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 314/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3010/95 of 18 December 1995 totally or partially suspending the customs duties applicable to certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 and Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature originating in Malta and Turkey (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 Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (') lays down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the proceedings of agricultural products; Whereas, pursuant to Annex I to the Agreement establi- shing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta (), the Community must partially suspend common customs tariff duties applicable to certain products ; whereas it would seem appropriate to adapt or supplement temporarily some of the tariff advan- tages provided for in the said Annex ; whereas accordingly in respect of the products listed in Annex I to this Regu- lation originating in Malta the Community should from 1 January to 31 December 1995 suspend, at the levels shown next to each item, either the fixed component of the charge applicable to goods covered by Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 or the customs duty applicable to the other products ; Whereas pursuant to Annex 6 to the Additional Protocol laying down the conditions, arrangements and timetable for implementing the transitional stage referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey @) and to Article 9 of the Supplementary Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member States to the Community (%), signed in Ankara on 30 June 1973 and in force on o L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18. o L 61, 14. 3. 1971, p. 3. o 217, 24. 12. 1964, p. 3687/64. o L 361, 31. 12. 1977, p. 2. 0000 S ZZZZ 1 March 1986 (°) the Community must totally or partially suspend the common customs tariff duties applicable to certain products; whereas in addition it would seem appropriate to adapt or supplement temporarily some of the tariff advantages provided for in the said Annex 6; whereas accordingly for the products originating in Turkey listed in Annex II to this Regulation the Commu- nity should from 1 January to 31 December 1995 suspend, at the levels shown next to each item, either the fixed element of duty applicable to goods covered by Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 or the customs duty appli- cable to the other products; Whereas Article 7 of the abovementioned Supplementary Protocol to the Association Agreement between the Euro- pean Economic Community and Turkey consequent on the accession of new Member States to the Community referred to above provides for full suspension of the customs duties applicable to certain petroleum products of Chapter 27 of the Common Customs Tariff refined in Turkey, within the limits of an annual Community tariff quota of 340 000 tonnes; whereas that quota has been replaced with a Community ceiling which, following successive increases stands at 740 250 tonnes; whereas further adaptations to such tariff advantages, consisting in the full suspension, from 1 January to 31 December 1995, of customs duties applicable to products originating in Turkey and listed in Annex III hereto, should be envi- saged on a temporary basis; Whereas provision should be made for the reintroduction of customs duties on the products concerned in excep- tional circumstances; whereas accordingly the Commis- sion should be informed regularly of import trends for such products; whereas to this end imports of such products should be subjected to a system of surveillance ; Whereas the tariff advantages provided for in the measures in question should at least be equivalent to those accorded by the Community to developing coun- tries under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); () OJ No L 48, 26. 2. 1986, p. 36.