11.8.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L2111 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1763/1999 of 29 July 1999 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in Albania and amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 as regards Albania 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)  Relations between the European Union and non-asso- ciated countries in south-eastern Europe are governed by the EU's Regional Approach based on the conclusions of the Council of 29 April 1997 which contain a number of common principles and conditions, including for the granting of preferential trade concessions; 20  All countries formerly part of Yugoslavia covered by the EU's Regional Approach concerning the non-associated countries in south-eastern Europe who comply with relevant conditionality benefit from preferential trade concessions; (3)  Albania is equally covered by the EU's Regional Approach and currently complies with the relevant conditionality in the framework of the EU's Regional Approach for the granting of autonomous trade prefer- ences; (4)  The Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Albania on trade and commercial and economic cooperation (1) does not provide for the granting of preferential trade concessions comparable with those applying as autonomous trade preferences to countries formerly part of Yugoslavia; (5)  The granting of autonomous trade preferences for Albania in addition to the GSP would make it possible to supplement the provisions of the said Agreement in the direction of a comparable trade regime with regional standards without the opening of negotiations, while taking into account the specific situation of trade between the European Community and Albania; these autonomous trade preferences would be governed by the same basic rules as those which apply to countries which emerged from former Yugoslavia; it is therefore appropriate to limit the coverage of the GSP for Albania to agricultural products once these autonomous trade () O] L 343, 25.11.1992, p. 2. preferences apply, in line with the regime applicable to these countries; (6)  Such trade preferences comprise exemption from duties and the abolition of quantitative restrictions for indus- trial products, except for certain products subject to tariff ceilings, and special concessions (exemption from duties, reduction of the agricultural components, tariff quotas) for various agricultural products; (7) It is appropriate, in the light of experience achieved in the framework of an agreement on textile products between the Community and Albania in force between 1992 and 1997, to provide for specific tariff ceilings for these products; (8) It is appropriate to provide in the case of Albania for specific concessions for fishery products; (99  For the purposes of certification and administrative cooperation procedures, the relevant provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 () laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 291392 establishing the Community Customs Code (*) should be applied; () O] L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Re%ulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 502/1999 (OJ L 65, 12.3.1999, p. 1). () OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Refgula— tion (EC) No 955/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 1).