WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/EEC/22
12 January 2000
(00-0119)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning imports under tariff quotas ( Table  MA:2 ) for the
marketing year 1997/1998 was received from the European Communities  on 24 November 1999.G/AG/N/EEC/22
Page 2Table MA:2
MARKET ACCESS:  European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD:  marketing year 1997/1998
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments
Description of Products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in
questionIn-quota imports during period
12 3 4
 Live bovine animals ex 0102 90 30 5,000 head (01.07.97-30.06.98) 5,000 head
 Live bovine animals ex 0102 90 30 5,000 head (01.07.97-30.06.98) 5,000 head
 Live bovine animals ex 0102 90 20 169,000 head (01.07.97-30.06.98) 169,000 head
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
Meat of bovine animals, frozen
Edible offal:
- Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled-- Thin skirt and thin skirt
- Of bovine animals, frozen
-- Thick skirt and thin skirtex 0201
ex 0202
ex 0206 10 95
ex 0206 29 91) 37,800 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)(product weight)
)
)))33,162 t
Meat of bovine animals, frozen
Edible offal
- Of bovine animals, frozen
-- Thick skirt and thin skirt, frozen0202
0206 29 91) 53,000 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)(without bone))
)53,000 t
Meat of bovine animals, frozen
- Boneless
-- Buffalo meat ex 0202 30 90 2,250 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
(without bone)25 t
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Page 3Description of Products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in
questionIn-quota imports during period
12 3 4
Meat of bovine animals, frozen
- Unseparated or separated forequarters
- Boneless
Edible offal
- Of bovine animals, frozen-- Thick skirt and thin skirt0202 20 30
0202 30
0206 29 91) 50,700 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)(bone-in)
)))50,700 t
Edible offal
- Of bovine animals, frozen
-- Thin skirt (whole) ex 0206 29 91 1,500 t   (01.07.97-30.06.98) 1,500 t
Cucumbers, fresh or chilled,1/11 - 15/50707 00 11 1,100 t (01.11.97-15.05.98) 1,092 t *
Apricots, fresh, 1/8 - 31/5  ex 0809 10 00 500 t (01.08.97-31.05.98) 500 t *
Millet 1008 20 00 1,300 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98) 1,300 t
Cane or beet sugar 1701 1,304,700 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
(White sugar equivalent)1,304,700 t
Raw cane sugar, for refining 1701 11 10 85,463 t (01.07.97-30.06.98) 85,463 t
Chemically pure fructose 1702 50 00 4,504 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98) 4,504 t *
Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
Edible offal of bovine animals: thick skirt and
thin skirt, fresh or chilledex 0201 30 00
ex 0206 10 95) 11,000 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)10,964 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, frozenex 0201 30 00
ex 0202 30 90
ex 0206 10 95
ex 0206 29 91) 5,000 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)))
)5,000 t
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Page 4Description of Products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in
questionIn-quota imports during period
12 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, frozenex 0201 30 00
ex 0202 30 90
ex 0206 10 95
ex 0206 29 91) 4,000 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
))))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 chilledThick and thin bovine skirt, frozenex 0201 20 90
ex 0202 30 00
ex 0202 20 90
ex 0202 30
ex 0206 10 95ex 0206 29 91) 300 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)
)
))300 t
Meat of swine
-  Carcasses and half-carcasses of domestic
swine, fresh, chilled and frozen0203 11 10
0203 21 106,000 t (01.07.97-30.06.98) 22 t
Meat of swine
-  Cuts of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or
frozen, with or without bone, excluding
tenderloin presented alone0203 12 11
0203 12 19
0203 19 11
0203 19 130203 19 15ex 0203 19 570203 22 11
0203 22 19
0203 29 110203 29 130203 29 15
ex 0203 29 57) 2,200 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)
))))))
)299 t
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Page 5Description of Products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in
questionIn-quota imports during period
12 3 4
Meat of swine
-  Boneless loins and hams, fresh or chilled-  Boneless loins and hams, frozenex 0203 19 57
ex 0203 29 57) 17,000 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)5,343 t
Meat of swine
-  Tenderloins, fresh or chilled-  Tenderloins, frozenex 0203 19 57
ex 0203 29 57) 2,500 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)778 t
Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked
Other sausages1601 00 91
1601 00 99) 1,200 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)246 t
Preserved meat of domestic swine 1602 41 10
1602 42 101602 49 111602 49 141602 49 19
1602 49 30
1602 49 50) 2,440 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)))
)170 t
Chicken carcass, fresh, chilled or frozen 0207 11 10
0207 11 300207 11 900207 12 10
0207 12 90) 2,480 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)))130 t
Chicken cuts, fresh, chilled or frozen 0207 13 10
0207 13 200207 13 300207 13 400207 13 500207 13 60
0207 13 70
0207 14 200207 14 300207 14 40
0207 14 60) 1,600 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
))
)
))))1,200 t
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Page 6Description of Products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in
questionIn-quota imports during period
12 3 4
-  Poultry cuts and offal other than liver, frozen:
--  Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:
---  Cuts:----  Boneless 0207 14 10 352 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98) 352 t
Turkey meat, fresh, chilled or frozen 0207 24 10
0207 24 900207 25 100207 25 900207 26 10
0207 26 20
0207 26 300207 26 400207 26 500207 26 600207 26 70
0207 26 80
0207 27 300207 27 400207 27 500207 27 600207 27 70) 400 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
))
)
))))))
)
))400 t
Poultry eggs for consumption, in shell 0407 00 30 96,181 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98) 475 t
Eggs yolks
Bird eggs, not in shell0408 11 80
0408 19 81
0408 19 890408 91 800408 99 80) 6,463 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)(shell egg equivalent)
)5,732 t
Egg albumin 3502 11 90
3502 19 90) 10,835 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
) (shell egg equivalent)4,361 t
Skimmed milk powder 0402 10 19 51,441 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98) 50,893 t
Butter 0405 10
0405 90) 4,000 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)3,961 t
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Page 7Description of Products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in
questionIn-quota imports during period
12 3 4
Cheese and curd:
-  Emmental, including processed   Emmentalex 0406 30 10
ex 0406 90 14) 9,120 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)9,055 t
Gruyere, Sbrinz, including processed
Gruyereex 0406 30 10
ex 0406 90 14) 2,520 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)2,518 t
 Cheddar 0406 90 21 7,800 t (01.07.97-30.06.98) 7,726 t
 Cheese for processing 0406 90 11 10,400 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98) 10,345 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 ofminimum 5 kg, with a moisture content of 52 %,
and a fat content of minimum 38%ex 0406 10 20
ex 0406 10 80) 2,787 t  (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)2,785 t
Other cheeses 0406 10 20
0406 10 800406 20 900406 30 31
0406 30 39
0406 30 900406 40 000406 90 140406 90 18
0406 90 32
0406 90 500406 90 650406 90 820406 90 860406 90 92
0406 90 98) 9,896 t (01.07.97-30.06.98)
)))))
)
)))))9,777 t
Durum wheat ex 1001 10 50 50,000 t (01.07.97-30.06.98) 0 t
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Page 8Description of Products Tariff item number(s)
encompassed in product
descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in
questionIn-quota imports during period
12 3 4
Oats ex 1004 00 50 21,000 t (01.07.97-30.06.98) 2,000 t
Maize 1005 90 500,000 t (01.07.97-30.06.98) 491,500 t
Worked oats, other than kibbled ex 1104 22 90 10,000 t (01.07.97-30.06.98) 2,553 t
Note to Table MA: 2
*The figures represent effective imports.  For cases not marked, the quantity indicated is based on authorizations to import.
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