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"B COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2007/2000
of 18 September 2000
introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European
Union’s Stabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations
(EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000
(OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2007/2000
of 18 September 2000
introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories
participating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation andAssociation process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, and
repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in
particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) At its meeting in Lisbon on 23 and 24 March 2000, the European
Council concluded that Stabilisation and Association Agreements with
Western Balkan countries should be preceded by asymmetrical trade
liberalisation.
(2) The Council, in its conclusions of 24 January and 14 February 2000,
also invited the Commission to examine the question of facilitating
trade with the Republic of Montenegro within the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia.
(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 of 17 December 1999 concerning
the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of
products originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina andCroatia and to imports of wine originating in the former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia (
1) offers for
certain industrial products exemption from customs duties within the
limit of tariff ceilings and limited concessions are made foragricultural goods, many of them in form of exemption from dutieswithin the limit of tariff quotas. Council Regulation (EC) No
1763/1999 of 29 July 1999 concerning arrangements applicable to
imports into the Community of products originating in Albaniaprovides for a similar regime containing the same restrictions and
amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multilateral scheme
of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31December 2001 as regards Albania (
2).
(4) The general level of imports from the Western Balkan countries is less
than 0,6 % of all Community imports. Further market opening is
expected to contribute to the process of political and economicstabilisation in the region while not creating negative effects for the
Community.
(5) It is, therefore, appropriate to further improve the Community’s
autonomous trade preferences by removing all remaining tariff ceilingsfor industrial products and by further improving access to the
Community market for agricultural and fishery products, including
processed products.
(6) These measures are proposed as part of the EU Stabilisation and
Association process, in a response to the specific situation in the
Western Balkans. They will not constitute a precedent for Communitytrade policy with other third countries.
(7) In accordance with the EU Stabilisation and Association process,
based on the earlier Regional Approach and the Council Conclusions
of 29 April 1997, the development of bilateral relations between theEuropean Union and the Western Balkan countries is subject to certain
conditions. The granting of autonomous trade preferences is linked to
respect for fundamental principles of democracy and human rights andto the readiness of the countries concerned to develop economicrelations between themselves. The granting of improved autonomous
trade preferences in favour of countries participating in the EU
Stabilisation and Association process should be linked to theirreadiness to engage in effective economic reforms and in regional!B
(1) OJ L 2, 5.1.2000, p. 1.
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cooperation, in particular through the establishment of free trade areas
in line with relevant GATT/WTO standards. In addition, entitlement tobenefit from autonomous trade preferences is conditional on thebeneficiaries’ involvement in effective administrative cooperation with
the Community in order to prevent any risk of fraud.
(8) Trade preferences can only be granted to countries or territories
possessing a customs administration.
(9) Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo, as the latter is defined by theUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999
subject to international civil administration by the United Nations
Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), (hereinafter referred to as ‘Kosovo’)fulfil these conditions, and similar trade preferences should be granted
to all of them in order to avoid discrimination within the region.
(10) The Republic of Montenegro within the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia does not possess a separate customs administration. It is,
therefore, impossible to grant the same preferences to it. However, the
granting of limited trade preferences for certain Montenegrin industrialproducts that are not produced in other parts of the Federal Republic ofYugoslavia is possible without prejudice to the principle of excluding
the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from the trade preferences as a
whole and in full compliance with Council Regulation (EC) No1294/1999 of 15 June 1999 concerning a freeze of funds and a ban oninvestment in relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Y) and
repealing Regulations (EC) No 1295/98 and (EC) No 1607/98 (
1).
(11) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is already linked to the
Community by a Cooperation Agreement containing trade preferences,
and the Community and its Member States opened negotiations for a
Stabilisation and Association Agreement with that country. Theequivalent of improved autonomous trade preferences under this
Regulation should, therefore, be granted to that country on a separate
basis, with the exception of concessions for wine.
(12) The proposed Regulation should continue to provide for concessions
on wine, as granted under Regulation (EC) No 6/2000, which apply
equally to Slovenia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedoniapending the conclusion of specific wine agreements with thesecountries. As these concessions continue to consist of a global tariff
quota, it is appropriate to keep these provisions in one and the same
Regulation.
(13) It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the improved autonomous trade
preferences to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and to
include Kosovo and to grant limited and specific trade preferences forcertain industrial products originating in the Federal Republic ofYugoslavia.
(14) For the purposes of certification or origin and administrative
cooperation procedures, the relevant provisions of Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions
for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92establishing the Community Customs Code (
2) should be applied.
(15) For the sake of rationalisation and simplification, it is appropriate to
provide that the Commission may, having consulted the Customs CodeCommittee and without prejudice to the specific procedures providedfor in this Regulation, make any necessary changes and technical
amendments necessary to this Regulation.
(16) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation
should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC
of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (
3).
(17) The introduction of the proposed measures for agricultural products
and fishery products originating in the Republics of Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina and Croatia will make the inclusion of those!B
(1) OJ L 153, 19.6.1999, p. 63. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1440/2000 (OJ L 161, 1.7.2000, p. 68).
(2) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1602/2000 (OJ L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1).
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Republics in the Community’s scheme of generalised tariff preferences
superfluous. It is therefore appropriate to remove those Republics fromthe list of beneficiaries of Council Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 of 21December 1998 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff
preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 (
1).
(18) A single new Regulation containing all autonomous trade preferences
would give greater transparency to the Community trade regime withcountries and territories participating in or linked to the EUStabilisation and Association process. Consequently, Regulations (EC)
No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 should be repealed.
(19) These import arrangements should be renewed on the basis of the
conditions established by the Council and in the light of the experiencegained in granting these arrangements under this Regulation. It is
therefore appropriate to limit the duration of the arrangements to 31
December 2002,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Preferential arrangements
1. Subject to the special provisions laid down in Articles 3 and 4, products
"M1 originating in the Republics of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo as defined by UNSC Resolution1244 of 10 June 1999
3, other than those of heading Nos 0102, 0201, 0202
and 1604 of the Combined Nomenclature, shall be admitted for import into
the Community without quantitative restrictions or measures having
equivalent effect and with exemption from customs duties and chargeshaving equivalent effect.
2. Wine imports originating in the Republic of Slovenia
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3shall benefit from concessions provided for in Article 4.
Article 2
Conditions for entitlement to the preferential arrangements
1. Entitlement to benefit from the preferential arrangements introduced by
Article 1 shall be subject to the following:
(a) compliance with the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’
provided for in Title IV , Chapter 2, section 2 of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93; and
(b) to the abstention of the countries and territories mentioned in Article 1
from introducing new duties or charges having equivalent effect and newquantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect from
imports originating in the Community or from increasing existing levels
of duties or charges or from introducing any other restrictions from theday of the entry into force of this Regulation;
(c) to the involvement of beneficiaries in effective administrative cooper-
ation with the Community in order to prevent any risk of fraud.
2.
"M1 For Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3,
the entitlement to benefit from the preferential arrangements introduced byArticle 1 shall equally be subject to their readiness to engage in effectiveeconomic reforms and in regional cooperation with other countries concerned
by the European Union’ s Stabilisation and Association process, in particular
through the establishment of free trade areas in conformity with Article XXIVof the GATT 1994 and other relevant WTO provisions.!B
(1) OJ L 357, 30.12.1998, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1763/1999.!M1
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In the event of non-compliance in this respect, the Council may take the
appropriate measures by a qualified majority vote, on the basis of aCommission proposal.
Article 3
Limited concessions for certain textile products
1. As regards textile products originating in the countries or territories
referred to in Article 1(1) of this Regulation and indicated in Annex III B ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 517/94 of 7 March 1994 on common rules for
imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by
bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specificCommunity import rules (
1), the exemption from customs duties and charges
having equivalent effect shall be limited to the Community annual quantities
set out in Regulation (EC) No 517/94.
2. For re-importations following an outward processing operation in
accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 3036/94 of 8 December 1994
establishing economic outward processing arrangements applicable to certaintextiles and clothing products reimported into the Community after workingor processing in certain third countries (
2), the exemption from customs duties
shall be limited to the Community annual quantities set in Annex VI to
Regulation (EC) No 517/94 when products originate in countries or territoriesmentioned in Article 1(1) of this Regulation.
Article 4
Agricultural products — tariff quotas
1. For certain fishery products originating
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territories referred to in Article 1(1) 3and wine originating in the countries
and territories referred to in Article 1(1) and (2), both listed in Annex I, the
customs duties applicable to imports into the Community shall be suspendedduring the periods, at the levels and within the limits of the Community tariffquotas indicated for each product in that Annex.
2. The customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of
‘baby-beef’ products defined in Annex II and originating in the countries and
territories referred to in Article 1(1), shall be 20 % of the ad valorem duty and
20 % of the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff, withinthe limit of an annual tariff quota of
"M1 22 525 3tonnes expressed in
carcase weight.
The volume of the annual tariff quota of "M1 22 525 3tonnes shall be
distributed among the beneficiary Republics, as follows:
(a) 1 500 tonnes (carcase weight) for ‘baby-beef’ products originating in
Bosnia and Herzegovina;
(b) 9 400 tonnes (carcase weight) for ‘baby-beef’ products originating in
Croatia;
(c) 1 650 tonnes (carcase weight) for ‘baby-beef’ products originating in the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
(d) 9 975 tonnes (carcase weight) for ‘baby-beef’ products originating in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovo.
Imports into the Community of ‘baby-beef’ products defined in Annex II and
originating in Albania shall not benefit from a tariff concession.
Any request for import within these quotas shall be accompanied by an
authenticity certificate issued by the competent authorities of the exportingcountry and attesting that the goods originate in the country or territory
concerned and correspond to the definition in Annex II. This certificate shall
be drawn up by the Commission according to the procedure provided for inArticle 43 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on thecommon organisation of the market in beef and veal (
3).!B
(1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2452/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 14).
(2) OJ L 322, 15.12.1994, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21.!M1
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3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Regulation, and in particular
Article 12, given the particular sensitivity of the agricultural and fishery
markets, if imports of agricultural and fishery products cause seriousdisturbance to the Community markets and their regulatory mechanisms, theCommission may take the appropriate measures in accordance with the rules
of the competent Management Committee.
Article 6
Implementation of tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’
The detailed rules for implementing the tariff quota for ‘baby-beef’ products
shall be determined by the Commission according to the procedure providedfor in Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.
Article 7
Administration of tariff quotas
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 4(1)
"M1 3shall be
administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and
308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
Communication for that purpose between the Member States and the
Commission shall be effected, as far as possible, by telematic link.
Article 8
Access to tariff quotas
Each Member State shall ensure that importers have equal and uninterrupted
access to the tariff quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quotavolume so permits.
Article 9
Conferment of powers
The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
10(2), adopt the provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation,
other than those provided for in Article 6, notably:
(a) amendments and technical adjustments necessary following amendments
to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the TARIC-subdivisions;
(b) necessary adjustments following the conclusion of other agreements
between the Community and the countries and territories referred to inArticle 1.
Article 10
Management Committee
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee
instituted by Article 247 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (
1),
hereinafter referred to as the ‘Committee’.
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be one
month.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
955/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p.
1).!B2000R2007 — EN — 01.12.2000 — 001.001 — 6
Article 11
Cooperation
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure that this
Regulation, and in particular the provisions set out in Article 12(1), are
complied with.
Article 12
Temporary suspension
1. Where the Commission finds that there is sufficient evidence of fraud or
failure to provide administrative cooperation as required for the verification ofevidence of origin, or that there is a massive increase of exports into the
Community above the level of normal production and export capacity or a
failure of compliance with the provisions of Article 2(1) by countries andterritories covered by this Regulation, it may take measures to suspend inwhole or in part the arrangements provided for in this Regulation for a period
of three months, provided that it has first:
(a) informed the Committee;
(b) called on the Member States to take such precautionary measures as are
necessary in order to safeguard the Community’s financial interestsand/or to secure compliance by the beneficiary countries and territories
with Article 2(1);
(c) published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities
stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubts about the application
of the preferential arrangements and/or compliance with Article 2(1) by
the beneficiary country or territory concerned which may call intoquestion its right to continue enjoying the benefits granted by thisRegulation.
2. A Member State may refer the Commission’ s decision to the Council
within 10 days. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
different decision within 30 days.
3. On conclusion of the period of suspension, the Commission shall decide
either to terminate the provisional suspension measure following consultation
of the Committee or to extend the suspension measure in accordance with the
procedure provided for in paragraph 1.
Article 13
Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 2820/98
In Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2820/98, the following entries shall be
deleted: ‘AL Albania (
1)’, ‘BA Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)’,"M1 ‘XM
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)’3and ‘HR Croatia (1)’.
Article 14
Repeals
Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 are hereby repealed.
Article 15
Initial pro rata application
1. By way of derogation from Article 7, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article
shall apply for the first calendar year of the application of this Regulation.
2. The volumes of the tariff quotas shall be calculated as a pro rata of the
basic volumes indicated in Annexes I and III, account being taken of the partof the period elapsed before the date of application of this Regulation.
3. The quantities which have been imported within the framework of the
tariff quotas with order numbers 09.1515 and 09.1561 applicable withinRegulations (EC) No 6/2000 and (EC) No 1763/1999 respectively, shall be
taken into account for charging on the respective tariff quotas in Annex I to
this Regulation.!B2000R2007 — EN — 01.12.2000 — 001.001 — 7
4. The quantities which have been imported within the framework of the
tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’ applicable within Article 5(3) and Annex F ofRegulation (EC) No 6/2000 shall be taken into account for charging on therespective tariff quotas referred to in Article 4(2) and Annex II of this
Regulation.
Article 16
Transitional measures
1. The benefit of the generalised tariff preferences established by
Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 shall continue to be granted in respect of goods
originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia which are put
into free circulation in the Community before 1 January 2001,
"M1 and
goods originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which are
put into free circulation in the Community before the first day of the third
month following the entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000amending this Regulation
3, provided that:
(a) the goods concerned are covered by a purchase contract concluded before
the date of entry into force of this Regulation; and
(b) it can be shown to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that those
goods left the country of origin no later than the date of entry into forceof this Regulation.
2. The customs authorities may regard paragraph 1(b) as having been
satisfied if one of the following documents is submitted to them:
(a) in the case of transport by sea or waterway, the bill of loading showing
that loading took place before the date of entry into force of this
Regulation;
(b) in the case of transport by rail, the consignment note accepted by the
railways of the expediting country before the date of entry into force ofthis Regulation;
(c) in the case of transport by road, the international road transport TIR
carnet issued before the date of entry into force of this Regulation by thecustoms office in the country of origin or any other appropriate document
authenticated by the relevant customs authorities of the country of origin
before that date;
(d) in the case of transport by air, the air consignment note showing that the
airline received the goods before the date of entry into force of thisRegulation.
Article 17
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from the first day of the second month after its entry into force
until
"M1 31 December 2005 3.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.!B2000R2007 — EN — 01.12.2000 — 001.001 — 8
ANNEX I
Concerning the tariff quotas referred to in Article 4(1)
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is
to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of theseAnnexes, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined byapplication of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
Order No CN code DescriptionQuota vo-
lume per
year (
1)Beneficiaries Rate of duty
09.1571 0301 91 10
0301 91 90
0302 11 10
0302 11 900303 21 10
0303 21 90
0304 10 11
ex 0304 10 19ex 0304 10 91
0304 20 11
ex 0304 20 19ex 0304 90 10ex 0305 10 00
ex 0305 30 90
0305 49 45
ex 0305 59 90ex 0305 69 90Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus
mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncor-hynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchusgilae, Oncorhynchus apache and On-corhynchus chrysogaster) , live; fresh
or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in
brine, smoked; fillets and other fishmeat; flours, meals and pellets, fit forhuman consumption150 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,Former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia,Federal Republic of Yu-
goslavia including Ko-
sovoExemption
09.1573 0301 93 00
0302 69 11
0303 79 11
ex 0304 10 19ex 0304 10 91
ex 0304 20 19
ex 0304 90 10ex 0305 10 00
ex 0305 30 90
ex 0305 49 80ex 0305 59 90ex 0305 69 90Carp: live; fresh or chilled; frozen;
dried, salted or in brine, smoked;fillets and other fish meat; flours,meals and pellets, fit for humanconsumption350 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,Former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia,Federal Republic of Yu-goslavia including Ko-
sovoExemption
09.1575 ex 0301 99 90
0302 69 61
0303 79 71
ex 0304 10 38ex 0304 10 98
ex 0304 20 95
ex 0304 90 97ex 0305 10 00ex 0305 30 90
ex 0305 49 80
ex 0305 59 90ex 0305 69 90Sea bream ( Dentex dentex andPagel-
lus spp.), live; fresh or chilled;
frozen; dried, salted or in brine,smoked; fillets and other fish meat;flours, meals and pellets, fit for
human consumption150 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,Former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia,Federal Republic of Yu-
goslavia including Ko-
sovoExemption
09.1577 ex 0301 99 90
0302 69 94
ex 0303 77 00
ex 0304 10 38ex 0304 10 98ex 0304 20 95
ex 0304 90 97
ex 0305 10 00ex 0305 30 90
ex 0305 49 80
ex 0305 59 90ex 0305 69 90Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) :l i v e ;
fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, saltedor in brine, smoked; fillets and otherfish meat; flours, meals and pellets,fit for human consumption650 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,Former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia,Federal Republic of Yu-
goslavia including Ko-
sovoExemption!
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Order No CN code DescriptionQuota vo-
lume per
year (1)Beneficiaries Rate of duty
09.1579 1604 13 11
1604 13 19
ex 1604 20 50Prepared or preserved sardines 250 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,
Former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia,Federal Republic of Yu-goslavia including Ko-sovo6%
09.1561 1604 16 00
1604 20 40Prepared or preserved anchovies 1 000
tonnesAlbania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,Former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia,Federal Republic of Yu-goslavia including Ko-sovo12,5 %
09.1515 2204 21 79
ex 2204 21 80
2204 21 83
ex 2204 21 84
2204 29 65
ex 2204 29 75
2204 29 83
ex 2204 29 84Wine of fresh grapes, of an actual
alcoholic strength by volume notexceeding 15 % vol, other thansparkling wine545 000 hl Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,Former Yugoslav Re-public of Macedonia,Federal Republic of Yu-goslavia including Ko-sovo, SloveniaExemption
(
1) One global volume per tariff quota shared among the beneficiaries.!M12000R2007 — EN — 01.12.2000 — 001.001 — 10
ANNEX II
Definition of ‘baby beef’ products referred to in Article 4(2)
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the
wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more thanan indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of thisAnnex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, thepreferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and
corresponding description taken together.
CN code TARIC subdivision Description
Live bovine animals:
– Other:
– – Domestic species:– – – Of a weight exceeding 300 kg:
– – – – Heifers (female bovines that have never calved):
ex 0102 90 51– – – – – For slaughter:
10 – Not yet having any permanent teeth, of a weight of 320 kg or more but not
exceeding 470 kg (
1)
ex 0102 90 59– – – – – Other:
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21
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91– Not yet having any permanent teeth, of a weight of 320 kg or more but not
exceeding 470 kg (1)
– – – – Other:
ex 0102 90 71– – – – – For slaughter:
10 – Bulls and steers not yet having permanent teeth, of a weight of 350 kg or more but
not exceeding 500 kg (1)
ex 0102 90 79– – – – – Other:
21
91– Bulls and steers not yet having permanent teeth, of a weight of 350 kg or more but
not exceeding 500 kg (1)
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
ex 0201 10 00– Carcases and half-carcases
91 – Carcases of a weight of 180 kg or more but not exceeding 300 kg, and half carcases
of a weight of 90 kg or more but not exceeding 150 kg, with a low degree of
ossification of the cartilages (in particular those of the symphysis pubis and the
vertebral apophyses), the meat of which is a light pink colour and the fat of which,of extremely fine texture, is white to light yellow in colour (
1)
– Other cuts with bone in:
ex 0201 20 20– – ‘Compensated ’ quarters:
91 – ‘Compensated ’ quarters of a weight of 90 kg or more but not exceeding 150 kg,
with a low degree of ossification of the cartilages (in particular those of thesymphysis pubis and the vertebral apophyses), the meat of which is a light pink
colour and the fat of which, of extremely fine texture, is white to light yellow in
colour (
1)
ex 0201 20 30– – Unseparated or separated forequarters:
91 – Separated forequarters, of a weight of 45 kg or more but not exceeding 75 kg, with
a low degree of ossification of the cartilages (in particular those of the vertebral
apophyses), the meat of which is a light pink colour and the fat of which, ofextremely fine texture, is white to light yellow in colour (
1)
ex 0201 20 50– – Unseparated or separated hindquarters:
91 – Separated hindquarters of a weight of 45 kg or more but not exceeding 75 kg (but
38 kg or more and not exceeding 68 kg in the case of ‘Pistola’ cuts), with a low
degree of ossification of the cartilages (in particular those of the vertebralapophyses), the meat of which is a light pink colour and the fat of which, ofextremely fine texture, is white to light yellow in colour (
1)
(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.!B
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