20. 9. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 223729 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2179/95 of 8 August 1995 providing for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreements and amending Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 opening and administering certain Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain agricultural products and for beer, to take account of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations 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 FEurope Agreements establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Romania and the Republic of Bulgaria, respectively, of the other part ('), hereinafter referred to as ‘Europe Agreements’, provide for concessions for certain agricultural products originating in those countries; whereas those concessions involve reductions in the variable levies under tariff quotas and reductions in customs duties; Whereas Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreements provides for concessions for certain processed agricultural products originating in those countries; whereas those concessions involve, in due cases, reductions in the variable components provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (*); Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 (%) adjusted autonomously and temporarily concessions regarding certain agricultural products granted in the framework of the said Europe Agreements, as a result of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and to take into account the existing trade between those States, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Romania and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part; (") O] No L 347, 31. 12. 1993, p. O] No L 348, 31. 12. 1993, p. O] No L 360, 31. 12. 1994, p. O] No L 359, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1 Hungary) 1 1 1 0OJ No L 357, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1 1 1 3. ( ( (Czech chublxc). (Slovak Republic. (Romania). ' (Bulgaria). 8. O] No L 358, 31. 12. 1994, p. (% OJ No L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. (*) OJ No L 366, 31. 12. 1994, p. Whereas, pursuant to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations {*), the Community undertook to fix the rate of duties of all variable agricultural levies and other non-tariff barriers and to replace them by fixed customs duties from 1 July 19935; Whereas the replacement of levies by customs duties could affect the concessions granted pursuant to Annex | of Regulation (EC) No 3379/94 and could reduce the preferential access to the Community market granted to the associated countries of central Europe; whereas, in order to avoid such a negative effect, these concessions should be ade pted for the second half of 1995; Whereas the replacement of variable levies and other barriers by customs duties could affect the concessions granted pursuant to the Europe Agreements and could reduce the praferential access to the Community market granted to the associated countries of central Europe; whereas, in crder to ensure a smooth transition to the arrangements applicable from 1 July and to maintain the degree of preference granted, it is therefore necessary to adjust the concessions provided for in those Agreements; Whereas to that end, and in accordance with the directives adopted by the Council on 6 March 1995, negotiations cre currently under way with the countries concerned for the conclusion of protocols amending the Europe Agrezments; whereas ‘interim’ protocols will cover solely -he trade-related aspects of the amending protocols; whereas, given the short time-scale involved, however, such interim protocols cannot enter into force on 1 July 1995; whereas it is therefore advisable to adjust the concessions as an autonomous measure from that date pending the conclusion and entry into force of the interim protocols, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 This Regulation lays down adjustments to the concessions for certain agricultural products provided for (% OJ No L 336, 31. 12. 1994, p. 22.