L 6530 Official Journal of the European Union 7.3.2006 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 27 February 2006 on a Community position within the EU-Chile Association Council on the amendment of Annex I to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take into account the consolidation of the tariff preferences granted to Chile by the Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP) (2006/180/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) In order to ensure clarity, long term economic predict- ability and legal certainty for economic operators, it is considered appropriate to consolidate into the bilateral free trade agreement the remaining tariff preferences granted to Chile by the Community scheme of gener- alised tariff preferences and not yet provided for by the Community tariff concessions listed in Annex I to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part (1), signed in Brussels on 18 November 2002. () Chile, as a current beneficiary country under the Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences, will benefit by means of the enclosed Association Council Decision, from a commercial agreement giving () OJ L 352, 30.12.2002, p. 3. preferential treatment including all the preferences provided for by the tariff scheme contained in Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (2), HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article The position to be adopted by the Community within the Association Council on the amendment of Annex I to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take into account the consolidation of the tariff preferences granted to Chile by the Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP), shall be based on the draft Decision of the Association Council annexed to this Decision. Dorne at Brussels, 27 February 2006. For the Council The President U. PLASSNIK () OJ L 169, 30.6.2005, p. 1.