WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/EEC/48 
27 February 2004 
 (04-0890) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 23 February 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Communities .  The notification concerns  imports under tariff quotas 
(Table MA:2 ) for the marketing year 2002/2003 .  
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Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  European Communities 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 2002/2003 
 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments 
 
Description of Products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Live bovine animals ex 0102 90 5,000 head (01.07.02-30.06.03)  3,998 head  
Live bovine animals ex 0102 90 5,000 head (01.07.02-30.06.03) 4,265 head  
Live bovine animals ex 0102 90 169,000 head (01.07.02-30.06.03) 168,817 head  
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 
Meat of bovine animals, frozen Edible offal: 
- Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 
-- Thick skirt and thin skirt 
- Of bovine animals, frozen -- Thick skirt and thin skirt ex 0201  
ex 0202  
 
ex 0206 10 95 
 ex 0206 29 91 ) 37,800 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
)(product weight) 
) 
) ) 
) 25,751 t  
Meat of bovine animals, frozen 
Edible offal 
- Of bovine animals, frozen -- Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen 0202 
 
 0206 29 91 ) 53,000 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
)(without bone) ) 
) 52,849 t  
Meat of bovine animals, frozen 
- Boneless 
-- Buffalo meat  
 
ex 0202 30 90  
 
2,250 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
(without bone) 0 t 
 
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encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Meat of bovine animals, frozen 
- Unseparated or separated forequarters 
– Boneless 
Edible offal 
- Of bovine animals, frozen 
-- Thick skirt and thin skirt  
0202 20 30 
0202 30 
 
 
0206 29 91 )50,700 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
)(bone-in) 
) ) 
) 50,700 t  
Edible offal 
- Of bovine animals, frozen 
-- Thin skirt (whole)  
 
ex 0206 29 91  
 
1,500 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 1,124 t 
Cucumbers, fresh or chilled,  
1/11 - 15/5 ex 0707 00 1,100 t (01.11.02-15.05.03) 882  t *  
Apricots, fresh, 1/8 - 31/5 ex 0809 10 00 500 t (01.08.02-31.05.03) 500  t *  
Millet 1008 20 00 1,300 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 1,300 t *  
Cane or beet sugar 1701 1,304,700 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
(White sugar equivalent) 1,304,700 t  
Raw cane sugar, for refining 1701 11 10 85,463 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 85,463 t  
Chemically pure fructose 1702 50 00 4,504 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 4,504 t *  
Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
Edible offal of bovine animals: thick skirt and 
thin skirt, fresh or chilled ex 0201 30 00 
ex 0206 10 95 ) 11,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 11,000 t  
Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
Boneless meat of bovine animals, frozen: 
-  Other 
Edible offal of bovine animals: 
-  Thick skirt and thin skirt, fresh or chilled -  Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen ex 0201 30 00 
 
ex 0202 30 90 
 
ex 0206 10 95 ex 0206 29 91 ) 5,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
) ) 
) 4,999 t  
 
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encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
Boneless meat of bovine animals, frozen: 
-  Other 
Edible offal of bovine animals: 
-  Thick and thin skirt, fresh or chilled -  Thick and thin skirt, frozen ex 0201 30 00 
 
ex 0202 30 90 
 
ex 0206 10 95 ex 0206 29 91 ) 4,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
) ) 
) 4,000 t  
Meat of bovine animals, fresh, or chilled: 
-  Other cuts with bone in, other -  Boneless 
Meat of bovine animals, frozen: 
-  Other cuts with bone in, other 
-  Boneless 
Thick and thin bovine skirt, fresh or chilled     
Thick and thin bovine skirt, frozen  
ex 0201 20 90 ex 0202 30 00 
 
ex 0202 20 90 
ex 0202 30 
ex 0206 10 95 
ex 0206 29 91  
) 300 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
) ) ) 286 t 
Meat of swine 
-  Carcasses and half-carcasses of domestic 
swine, fresh, chilled and frozen  
0203 11 10 
0203 21 10  
) 15,000 t   (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
 0 t 
 
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encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Meat of swine 
-  Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or 
frozen, with or without bone, excluding 
tenderloin presented alone  
0203 12 11 
0203 12 19 
0203 19 11 
0203 19 13 0203 19 15 
ex 0203 19 55 
0203 22 11 0203 22 19 
0203 29 11 
0203 29 13 0203 29 15 
ex 0203 29 55 
0203 19 59 0203 29 59  
) 5,500 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 1,375 t 
Meat of swine 
-  Boneless loins and hams, fresh or chilled 
-  Boneless loins and hams, frozen  
ex 0203 19 55 
ex 0203 29 55  
) 34,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 5,441 t 
Meat of swine 
-  Tenderloins, fresh or chilled -  Tenderloins, frozen  
ex 0203 19 55 ex 0203 29 55  
) 5,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) ) 1,845 t 
Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked 
Other sausages 1601 00 91 
1601 00 99 ) 3,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 213 t  
Preserved meat of domestic swine 1602 41 10 
1602 42 10 1602 49 11 
1602 49 13 
1602 49 15 
1602 49 19 
1602 49 30 1602 49 50 ) 6,100 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
) 
) ) 0 t  
 
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encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Chicken carcass, fresh, chilled or frozen 0207 11 10 
0207 11 30 0207 11 90 0207 12 10 
0207 12 90 ) 6,200 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
) ) 1,305 t  
Chicken cuts, fresh, chilled or frozen 0207 13 10 
0207 13 20 0207 13 30 0207 13 40 
0207 13 50 
0207 13 60 0207 13 70 
0207 14 20 
0207 14 30 0207 14 40 
0207 14 60 ) 4,000 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 109 t  
-  Poultry cuts and offal other than liver, frozen: 
--  Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus: 
---  Cuts: ----  Boneless  
 
 0207 14 10  
 
 700 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 700 t 
 
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encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Turkey meat, fresh, chilled 0207 24 10 
0207 24 90 
0207 25 10 0207 25 90 0207 26 10 
0207 26 20 
0207 26 30 0207 26 40 
0207 26 50 
0207 26 60 0207 26 70 
0207 26 80 
0207 27 30 0207 27 40 
0207 27 50 
0207 27 60 
0207 27 70 ) 1,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 692 t  
Poultry eggs for consumption, in shell 0407 00 30 135,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 10,038 t  
Eggs yolks 
 
 
Bird eggs, not in shell 0408 11 80 
0408 19 81 
0408 19 89 
0408 91 80 0408 99 80 ) 7,000 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
)(shell egg equivalent) ) 7,000 t  
Egg albumin 3502 11 90 
3502 19 90 ) 15,500 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) (shell egg equivalent) 7,346 t  
Skimmed milk powder 0402 10 19 68,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 51,896 t  
Butter 0405 10 
0405 90 ) 10,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 9,911 t  
Cheese and curd: 
-  Emmental, including processed    Emmental  
ex 0406 30 10 0406 90 13  
) 18,400 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) ) 0 t 
 
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Page 8 Description of Products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Gruyere, Sbrinz, including processed 
Gruyere ex 0406 30 10 
0406 90 15 ) 5,200 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 739 t  
Cheddar 0406 90 21 15,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 14,940 t  
Cheese for processing 0406 90 01 20,000 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 7,375 t  
Fresh cheese (unripened or uncured), including 
whey cheese and curd: 
--  Pizza cheese, frozen, cut into pieces, each 
weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers of minimum 5 kg, with a moisture content of 52 %, 
and a fat content of minimum 38%  
 
ex 0406 10 20 
ex 0406 10 80  
 
)5,300 t  (01.07.02-30.06.03) 
) 1,642 t 
 
Other cheeses  
ex 0406 10 20 ex 0406 10 80 0406 20 90 
0406 30 31 
0406 30 39 0406 30 90 
0406 40 10 
0406 40 50 0406 40 90 
0406 90 17 
0406 90 18 0406 90 23 
0406 90 25 
0406 90 27 
0406 90 29 
0406 90 31 0406 90 33 
0406 90 35 
  
) 19,500 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) )  
) 
 ) 
 
)  
) 
 ) 
 
) 
 
)  
) 
  19,447 t 
 
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encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Other cheeses (cont'd) 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
     0406 90 37 
0406 90 39 0406 90 50 
ex 0406 90 63 
0406 90 69 0406 90 73 
ex 0406 90 75 
ex 0406 90 76 0406 90 78 
ex 0406 90 79 
ex 0406 90 81 0406 90 82 
0406 90 84 
0406 90 86 0406 90 87 
0406 90 88 
0406 90 93 
0406 90 99 )  
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
  
Garlic 0703 20 00 38,370 t (01.06.02-31.05.03) 37,300 t  
Durum wheat ex 1001 10 00 50,000 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 11 t *  
Oats ex 1004 00 00 21,000 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 0 t (1) 
Maize 1005 90 00 500,000 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 500,000 t  
Worked oats, other than kibbled ex 1104 22 98 10,000 t (01.07.02-30.06.03) 8,212 t  
 
 
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Page 10 Description of Products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period 
1 2 3 4 
    
Grape juice (including grape must): 
-  Of a density exceeding 1.33 g/cm3 at 20°C: --  Of a value not exceeding 22 EUR/100 kg. net 
weight 
--  Other -  Of a density not exceeding 1.33 g/cm3 at 
20°C: 
--  Of a value exceeding 18 EUR/100 kg. net 
weight: 
---  Concentrated 
--  Of a value not exceeding 18 EUR/100 kg. net 
weight: 
---  Other  
 2009 69 11 
 
2009 69 19 
 
 
2009 69 51  
 
2009 69 90 ) 14,000 t 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 
) ) 
) 
)  
) 
) ) (01.09.02-31.08.03) 2,952 t  
 
Note  
 
*The figures represent effective imports.  For cases not marked, the quantity indicated is based on authori zations to import. 
 
(1) This quota does not exist any longer.  As from 1 July 2000, the standard import duty applicable  on oats is of 89 €/tonne, w hich is the same amount as the in-quota duty.  The 
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 411/96 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of this quota was repealed by Commissio n Regulation (EC) No. 1453/2000 as from 
1 July 2000. 
 
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