(1)Article 2 is replaced by the following:"Article 2Concessions on baby-beefDetailed rules for the implementation of Article 14(2) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 27(2) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, concerning the tariff quota for 'baby-beef' products shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7fa(4) of this Regulation.".
(2)Article 3 is deleted.
(3)Article 4 is replaced by the following:"Article 4Further concessionsIf additional concessions for fishery products are granted within tariff quotas, pursuant to Article 29 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and Article 16 of the Interim Agreement, detailed rules for the implementation of those tariff quotas shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7fa(4) of this Regulation.".
(4)Article 5 is deleted.
(5)Article 7 is replaced by the following:"Article 7Technical adaptationsAmendments and technical adaptations to the detailed rules on implementation adopted pursuant to this Regulation which are necessary following changes to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the TARIC subdivisions, or arising from the conclusion of new agreements, protocols, exchanges of letters or other acts between the Union and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7fa(4)."
(6)Article 7a is amended as follows:
(a)paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are deleted;
(b)in paragraph 6, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:"On the completion of the consultations, and if no other arrangement proves possible, the Commission may decide in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7fa(4) of this Regulation either not to act or to adopt appropriate measures provided for in Articles 25 and 26 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Articles 37 and 38 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.";
(c)paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 are deleted;
(d)paragraph 10 is replaced by the following:"10.The consultations within the Cooperation Council, and thereafter the Stabilisation and Association Committee, shall be deemed to be completed 30 days after the notification referred to in paragraph 5.".
(7)Article 7b is replaced by the following:"Article 7bExceptional and critical circumstancesWhere exceptional and critical circumstances arise within the meaning of Article 25(4)(b) and Article 26(4) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 38(4)(b) and Article 39(4) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, the Commission may take immediate measures as provided for in Articles 25 and 26 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Articles 38 and 39 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7fa(4) of this Regulation, or in cases of urgency, in accordance with Article 7fa(5) of this Regulation.If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a Decision thereon within five working days of receipt of the request.".
(8)In Article 7e, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:"1.In the case of a practice that may justify application by the Union of the measures provided for in Article 33 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 69 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, the Commission, after examining the case, on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State, shall decide whether such practice is compatible with the Agreement. Where necessary it shall adopt safeguard measures in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7fa(4), except in the cases of aid to which Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009note applies, where measures shall be taken in accordance with the procedures laid down in that Regulation. Measures shall be taken only under the conditions set out in Article 33(5) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 69(5) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.
(9)Article 7f is amended as follows:
(a)paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:"3.Pending a mutually satisfactory solution having been reached in the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission may decide on other appropriate measures it deems necessary in accordance with Article 30 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 43 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, as well as with the examination procedure referred to in Article 7fa(4) of this Regulation.";
As regards Regulation (EC) No 153/2002, the implementation of the bilateral safeguard clauses of the Interim Agreement and of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement requires uniform conditions for the adoption of safeguard and other measures. Those measures should be adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
The Commission should adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where, in duly justified cases relating to exceptional and critical circumstances arising within the meaning of Article 24(4)(b) and Article 25(4) of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter Article 37(4)(b) and Article 38(4) of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, imperative grounds of urgency so require.