Conferment of powers
Article 5
1
Without prejudice to the procedure laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93, the Commission can, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 6(2) of this Regulation, adopt the provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, notably:
a
amendments and technical adjustments necessary following changes to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the Taric-subdivisions;
b
the necessary adaptations arising from the entry into force of new agreements, protocols, Exchanges of Letters or any other act concluded between the Community and Mediterranean countries and adopted by the Council, where such agreements, protocols, Exchanges of Letters or other Council acts specify the products eligible for tariff preferences in the framework of tariff quotas and reference quantities, their volumes, duties, periods and any eligibility criteria.
2
The provisions adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 do not authorise the Commission to:
a
carry over preferential quantities from one period to another;
b
transfer quantities under one tariff quota or reference quantity to another tariff quota or reference quantity;
c
transfer quantities from a tariff quota to a reference quantity and vice versa;
d
change the timetables laid down in the agreements, protocols, Exchanges of Letters or other Council acts;
e
adopt legislation affecting tariff quotas managed by means of import licences.