The Commission shall in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5) adopt changes to the Annexes to this Regulation made necessary:
(a)
by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature;
(b)
by changes in the international status or classification of countries or territories;
(c)
by the application of Article 3(2);
(d)
if a country has reached the thresholds set out in Article 3(1);
(e)
for the establishment of the final list of beneficiary countries by 15 December 2005 at the latest in accordance with Article 11.
1. Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member States shall send the Statistical Office of the European Communities their statistical data on products placed under the customs procedure of free circulation during that quarter under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation. These data, supplied by reference to Combined Nomenclature codes and, where applicable, TARIC codes, shall show, by country of origin, values, quantities and any supplementary units required in accordance with the definitions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 ( 10 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 ( 11 ) .
2. In accordance with Article 308d of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at its request, details of the quantities of products admitted for free circulation under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation, during the previous months. These data shall include the products referred to in paragraph 3.
3. The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, monitor the imports of products of CN code 0803 00 19 , of tariff headings 0603 , 1006 , 1701 , 1704 and 6403 and of CN codes 1604 14 , 1604 19 31 , 1604 19 39 , 1604 20 70 , 2002 90 and 2103 20 in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 21 and 22 are fulfilled.
1. In implementing this Regulation, the Commission shall be assisted by a Generalised Preferences Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).
2. The Committee may examine any matter relating to the application of this Regulation raised by the Commission or on the request of a Member State.
3. The Committee shall examine the effects of the scheme, on the basis of a report from the Commission covering the period from 1 January 2006. This report shall cover all preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) and be presented in time for the discussion on the next Regulation.
4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 3 months.
5. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
6. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
