1. This Regulation shall not preclude the fulfilment of obligations arising from special rules contained in agreements concluded between the Community and third countries.

2. (a) Without prejudice to other Community provisions, this Regulation shall not preclude the adoption or application by Member States:

(I) of prohibitions, quantitative restrictions or surveillance measures on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants, the protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value, or the protection of industrial and commercial property;

(ii) of special formalities concerning foreign exchange;

(iii) of formalities introduced pursuant to international agreements in accordance with the Treaty.

(b) The Member States shall inform the Commission of the measures or formalities they intend to introduce or amend in accordance with this paragraph. In the event of extreme urgency, the national measures or formalities in question shall be communicated to the Commission immediately upon their adoption.

Article 25

1. This Regulation shall be without prejudice to the operation of the instruments establishing the common organization of agricultural markets or of Community or national administrative provisions derived therefrom or of the specific instruments applicable to goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products; it shall operate by way of complement to those instruments.

2. However, in the case of products covered by the instruments referred to in paragraph 1, Articles 11 to 15 and 22 shall not apply to those in respect of which the Community rules on trade with third countries require the production of a licence or other import document.

Articles 16, 18 and 21 to 24 shall not apply to those products in respect of which such rules provide for the application of quantitative import restrictions.

Article 26

1. Residual national restrictions relating to products covered by the ECSC Treaty shall be progressively dismantled in accordance with the provisions of the WTO.

2. Until 31 December 1995, Spain and Portugal may maintain the quantitative restrictions on agricultural products referred to in Articles 77, 81, 244, 249 and 280 of the Act of Accession.

Article 27

Regulation (EC) No 518/94 is hereby repealed. References to the repealed Regulation shall be understood as referring to this Regulation.

Article 28

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1994.

For the Council

The President

H. SEEHOFER

(1) Opinion delivered on 14 December 1994 (not yet published in the Official Journal).(2) OJ No L 67, 10. 3. 1994, p. 77.(3) OJ No L 67, 10. 3. 1994, p. 1.(4) OJ No L 67, 10. 3. 1994, p. 89.(5) OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1.

ANNEX I

List of particulars to be given in the boxes of the surveillance document SURVEILLANCE DOCUMENT

1. Applicant

(name, full address, country)

2. Registration No

3. Consignor (name, address, country)

4. Competent authorities of issue

(name and address)

5. Declarant (name and address)

6. Last day of validity

7. Country of origin

8. Country of consignment

9. Proposed place and date of importation

10. Reference to Regulation (EC) which imposed surveillance

11. Description of goods, marks and numbers, number and kind of packages

12. Goods code (CN)

13. Gross mass (kg)

14. Net mass (kg)

15. Additional units

16. Cif value EC frontier in ecu

17. Further particulars

18. Certification by the applicant:

I, the undersigned, certify that the information provided in this application is true and given in good faith.

Date and place

(signature)(stamp)

19. Stamp of the competent authorities

Date

(signature)(stamp)

Original for the applicant