27.7.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 198/13 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1362/2002 of 22 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 Latvia THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (6)  The measures necessary for the implementation of this Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1)  The Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part (), hereinafter referred to as the ‘Europe Agreement’, provides for certain concessions for certain agricultural products originating in Latvia. (2)  The first improvements to the preferential arrangements of the Europe Agreement were provided for in the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agree- ment to take account of the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing preferential arrange- ments (%). (3)  Improvements to the preferential arrangements of the Europe Agreement were also provided for, as a result of a first round of negotiations to liberalise agricultural trade. The improvements entered into force as from 1 July 2000 in the form of Council Regulation (EC) No 2341/2000 of 17 October 2000 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjust- ment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Latvia (}). The second adjust- ment of the relevant provisions in the Europe Agreement — which will take the form of another Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement — has not yet entered into force. (4) A new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on trade liberalisation for agricultural products has been negotiated. (5) A swift implementation of the adjustments forms an essential part of the results of the negotiations for the conclusion of a new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of the agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement. OJ L 26, 2.2.1998, p. 3. () OJL317,10.12.1999, p. 1 OJ L 271, 24.10.2000, p. 7. Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (*). (77 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code () codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations. Tariff quotas under this Regulation should therefore be administered in accordance with those rules. (8)  As a result of the aforementioned negotiations, Regula- tion (EC) No 2341/2000 has effectively lost its substance and should therefore be repealed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The conditions for import into the Community applicable to certain agricultural products originating in Latvia as set out in Annex C(a) and Annex C(b) to this Regulation shall replace those set out in Annex Va to the Europe Agreement. 2. On the entry into force of the Additional Protocol adjusting the Europe Agreement to take into account the outcome of the negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions, the concessions provided for in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annex C(a) and Annex C(b) to this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the applica- tion of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3(2). Article 2 1. Tariff quotas with an order number above 09.5100 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93. () OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. ] () OJ L 253,11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 (O] L 68, 12.3.2002 p. 11).