WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/EEC/8
20November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5112)
Committee onAgriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification concerning imports under tariff quotas during themarketing year
1996/1997 (Table MA:2) wasreceived from thedelegation oftheEuropean Communities on
17November 1997.
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Thenotification asregards imports under tariff quotas forthecalendar year1996 hasbeen
submitted (documents G/AG/N/EEC/7 dated 21July 1997 andG/AG/N/EEC/7/Corr.1 dated
24July1997).G/AG/N/EEC/8
Page2Table MA:2
MARKET ACCESS: European Communities
REPORTING PERIOD: marketing year1996/97
Listrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Live bovine animals ex0102 9030 5.000 head (01.07.96-30.06.97) 5.000 head
Live bovine animals ex0102 9030 5.000 head (01.07.96-30.06.97) 5.000 head
Live bovine animals ex0102 9020 169.000 head (01.07.96-30.06.97) 169.000 head
Meat ofbovine animals, fresh or
chilled
Meat ofbovine animals, frozen
Edible offal:
-Ofbovine animals, fresh orchilled
--Thin skirtandthinskirt
-Ofbovine animals, frozen
--Thick skirtandthinskirtex0201
ex0202
ex0206 1095
ex0206 2991)38.550 t(1)(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)(product weight)
)
)
)
)
)
)33.840 t
Meat ofbovine animals, frozen
Edible offal
-Ofbovine animals, frozen
--Thick skirtandthinskirt, frozen0202
0206 2991)53.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)(without bone)
)
)53.000 t
Meat ofbovine animals, frozen
-Boneless
--Buffalo meat ex0202 3090 2.250 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
(without bone)17t
Meat ofbovine animals, frozen
-Unseparated orseparated forequarters
-Boneless
Edible offal
-Ofbovine animals, frozen
--Thick skirtandthinskirt0202 2030
0202 30
0206 2991)51.050 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)(bone-in)
)
)
)51.050 tG/AG/N/EEC/8
Page3Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Edible offal
-Ofbovine animals, frozen
--Thin skirt(whole) ex0206 2991 1.500 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 1.500 t
Cucumbers, fresh orchilled,
1/11 -15/50707 0011 1.100 t(01.11.96-15.05.97) 766t*
Apricots, fresh, 1/8-31/5 ex0809 1000 500t(01.08.96-31.05.97) 283t*
Millet 1008 2000 1.950 t(3)(01.07.96-30.06.97) 1.950 t
Cane orbeetsugar 1701 1.304.700 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
(White sugar equivalent)1.304.700 t
Raw cane sugar, forrefining 1701 1110 128.195 t(3)(01.07.96-30.06.97) 128.195 t
Chemically purefructose 1702 5000 4.504 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 4.504 t*
Boneless meat ofbovine animals, fresh
orchilled
Edible offal ofbovine animals: thick
skirtandthinskirt, fresh orchilledex0201 3000
ex0206 1095)11.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)11.000 t
Boneless meat ofbovine animals, fresh
orchilled
Boneless meat ofbovine animals,
frozen:
-Other
Edible offal ofbovine animals:
-Thick skirtandthinskirt, fresh or
chilled
-Thick skirtandthinskirt, frozenex0201 3000
ex0202 3090
ex0206 1095
ex0206 2991)5.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)4.978 tG/AG/N/EEC/8
Page4Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Boneless meat ofbovine animals, fresh
orchilled
Boneless meat ofbovine animals,
frozen:
-Other
Edible offal ofbovine animals:
-Thick andthinskirt, fresh orchilled
-Thick andthinskirt, frozenex0201 3000
ex0202 3090
ex0206 1095
ex0206 2991)4.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)4.000 t
Meat ofbovine animals, fresh, or
chilled:
-Other cutswithbone in,other
-Boneless
Meat ofbovine animals, frozen:
-Other cutswithbone in,other
-Boneless
Thick andthinbovine skirt, fresh or
chilled
Thick andthinbovine skirt, frozenex0201 2090
ex0202 3000
ex0202 2090
ex0202 30
ex0206 1095
ex0206 2991)300t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)300t
Meat ofswine
-Carcases andhalf-carcases of
domestic swine, fresh, chilled and
frozen0203 1110
0203 21103.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 0tG/AG/N/EEC/8
Page5Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Meat ofswine
-Cuts ofdomestic swine, fresh, chilled
orfrozen, withorwithout bone,
excluding tenderloin presented alone0203 1211
0203 1219
0203 1911
0203 1913
0203 1915
ex0203 1957
0203 2211
0203 2219
0203 2911
0203 2913
0203 2915
ex0203 2957)1.100 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)243t
Meat ofswine
-Boneless loins andhams, fresh or
chilled
-Boneless loins andhams, frozenex0203 1957
ex0203 2957)11.334 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)4.402 t
Meat ofswine
-Tenderloins, fresh orchilled
-Tenderloins, frozenex0203 1957
ex0203 2957)1.666 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)1.666 t
Sausages, dryorforspreading,
uncooked
Other sausages1601 0091
1601 0099)600t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)75t
Preserved meat ofdomestic swine 1602 4110
1602 4210
1602 4911
1602 4914
1602 4919
1602 4930
1602 4950)1.220 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)61tG/AG/N/EEC/8
Page6Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Chicken carcase, fresh, chilled
orfrozen0207 1110
0207 1130
0207 1190
0207 1210
0207 1290)1.240 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)930t
Chicken cuts, fresh, chilled
orfrozen0207 1310
0207 1320
0207 1330
0207 1340
0207 1350
0207 1360
0207 1370
0207 1420
0207 1430
0207 1440
0207 1460)800t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)800t
-Poultry cutsandoffal other thanliver,
frozen:
--Offowls ofthespecies Gallus
domesticus:
---Cuts:
----Boneless 0207 1410 296t(3)(01.07.96-30.06.97) 296tG/AG/N/EEC/8
Page7Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Turkey meat, fresh, chilled
orfrozen0207 2410
0207 2490
0207 2510
0207 2590
0207 2610
0207 2620
0207 2630
0207 2640
0207 2650
0207 2660
0207 2670
0207 2680
0207 2730
0207 2740
0207 2750
0207 2760
0207 2770)200t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)200t
Poultry eggs forconsumption, inshell 0407 0030 83.241 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 620t
Eggs yolks
Birdeggs, notinshell0408 1180
0408 1981
0408 1989
0408 9180
0408 9980)6.284 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)(shell eggequivalent)
)
)
)6.284 t
Eggalbumin 3502 1091
3502 1099)9.280 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)(shell eggequivalent)4.232 t
Skimmed milk powder 0402 1019 45.921 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 45.664 t
Butter 0405 10
0405 90)2.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)1.992 t
Cheese andcurd:
-Emmental, including processed
Emmentalex0406 3010
ex0406 9014)6.027 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)6.015 tG/AG/N/EEC/8
Page8Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Gruyere, Sbrinz, including processed
Gruyereex0406 3010
ex0406 9014)1.627 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)1.625 t
Cheddar 0406 9021 5.400 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 5.355 t
Cheese forprocessing 0406 9011 7.200 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 7.172 t
Fresh cheese (unripened oruncured),
including whey cheese andcurd:
--Pizza cheese, frozen, cutintopieces,
each weighing notmore than 1gram,
incontainers ofminimum 5kg,witha
moisture content of52%,andafat
content ofminimum 38%ex0406 1020
ex0406 1080)1.949 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)1.949 t
Other cheeses 0406 1020
0406 1080
0406 2090
0406 3031
0406 3039
0406 3090
0406 4000
0406 9014
0406 9018
0406 9032
0406 9050
0406 9065
0406 9082
0406 9086
0406 9092
0406 9098)6.695 t(01.07.96-30.06.97)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)6.620 t
Durum wheat ex1001 1050 50.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 43.143 t
Oats ex1004 0050 21.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 1.000 tG/AG/N/EEC/8
Page9Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed
inproduct descriptionTariff quota quantity forperiod
inquestionIn-quota imports during period
1 2 3 4
Maize 1005 90 500.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 500.000 t
Worked oats, other thankibbled ex1104 2290 10.000 t(01.07.96-30.06.97) 1.793 t
Notes:
* Thefigures represent effective imports. Forcases notmarked, thequantity indicated isbased onauthorisations toimport.
(1) Thequantity forEC-15 forthemarketing year95/96 should havebeen36.050 ttaking intoaccount Schedule CXL. Since theECopened uponly
35.300 tfor95/96, thequota quantity forthemarketing year96/97 wasincreased by750t.
(2) Thequantity forEC-15 forthemarketing year95/96 should havebeen50.350 ttaking intoaccount Schedule CXL. Since theECopened uponly
50.000 tfor95/96, thequota quantity forthemarketing year96/97 wasincreased by350t.
(3) Thetariff quota hadtotakeeffect on01.01.96 inaccordance withSchedule CXL. Thetariff quota opened isthesumofthequota quantity which
should havebeenopened forthefirst6months of1996 plusthequota quantity forthemarketing year01.07.96 to30.06.97.