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"B COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2905/2000
of 29 December 2000
concerning the increase and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European
Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
(OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 52)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2905/2000
of 29 December 2000
concerning the increase and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the
importation into the European Community of certain processed
agricultural products originating in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993
laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from
the processing of agricultural products (
1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2491/98 (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/239/EC of 13 March 2000
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss
Confederation, of the other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between theEuropean Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (
3), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas:(1) The annual quotas provided for in Section III(1) and (3) of the
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, ofthe other part, on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the EuropeanEconomic Community and the Swiss Confederation (
4), called here-
inafter, ‘the Agreement’, should be opened for the year 2001.
(2) The annual quotas foreseen in Section III(1) of the Agreement have to
be increased by 10 % for the year 2001, as foreseen in Section III(2).
(3) The annual quota for goods classified under CN codes 2202 10 00 and
ex 2202 90 10, as foreseen in Section III(3) of the Agreement, hasbeen exhausted and in consequence, has to be increased by 10 % for
the year 2001, as foreseen in Section III(3), third indent.
(4) The preferences foreseen by the Free Trade Agreement between the
European Economic Community and Switzerland of 22 July 1972 have
been extended to the Principality of Liechtenstein by an additionalagreement approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2840/72 of 18
December 1972 (
5). Therefore, the measures laid down in this
Regulation must also be applicable to goods originating in Liech-tenstein.
(5) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying
down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (
6), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000 (7), codified
the provisions for the management of the tariff quotas to be used in thechronological order of the dates of acceptance of the declarations for
release for free circulation.
(6) The measures laid down in this Regulation comply with the opinion of
the Management Committee on Horizontal Questions concerning tradein processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,!B
(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.
(5) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 188.
(6) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 330, 27.12.2000, p. 1.2000R2905 — EN — 01.01.2001 — 001.001 — 2
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Community quotas for imports originating in Switzerland and in
Liechtenstein listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be opened duty
exempt from 1 January to 31 December 2001.
For imports of goods classified under CN codes 2202 10 00 and
ex 2202 90 10 exceeding the duty-exempt quota, a duty of 9,1 % shall beapplied.
Article 2
The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the
Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC)
No 2454/93.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
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ANNEX
Table 1
Serial No CN code DescriptionQuantities for 2001
(t)Applicable rate of
duty
09.0911 1302 20 10 Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates: dry 666 Exempt
09.0912 2101 11 11 Extracts, essences and concentrates with a
coffee-based dry matter content of 95 % ormore by weight2 057 Exempt
09.0913 2101 20 20 Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or
maté145 Exempt
09.0914 2106 90 92 Food preparations/other containing no milk fats,
sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or con-taining, by weight, less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 %sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch1 029 Exempt
Table 2
Serial No CN code Description VolumeRate of duty
applicable
within the quo-
taRate of duty
applicable out-
side the quota
09.0916 2202 10 00 Waters, including mineral waters
and aerated waters, containing addedsugar or other sweetening matter or
flavoured 82 500 000 litres Exempt 9,1 %
ex 2202 90 10
(TARIC code 10)Other non-alcoholic beverages, con-
taining sugar!
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