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of18September2000
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,andrepealingRegulations(EC)No1763/1999and(EC)No6/2000
(OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EC) No 2563/2000 of 20 November 2000 L 295 1 23.11.2000
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 2487/2001 of 18 December 2001 L 335 9 19.12.2001
►M3Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2003 of 2 April 2003 L 86 18 3.4.2003
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COUNCILREGULATION(EC)No2007/2000
of18September2000
introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and terri-
tories participating in or linked to the European Union'sStabilisation and Association process, amending Regulation (EC)No 2820/98, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and
(EC)No6/2000
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 February2000, also invited the Commission to examine the question offacilitating trade with the Republic of Montenegro within theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia.
(3)Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 of 17 December 1999concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the
Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia
and Herzegovina and Croatia and to imports of wine originatingin the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republicof Slovenia (
1) offers for certain industrial products exemption
from customs duties within the limit of tariff ceilings and limited
concessions are made for agricultural goods, many of them in
form of exemption from duties within the limit of tariff quotas.Council Regulation (EC) No 1763/1999 of 29 July 1999concerning arrangements applicable to imports into the Commu-nity of products originating in Albania provides for a similarregime containing the same restrictions and amending Regula-
tion (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 countriesis less than 0,6 % of all Community imports. Further marketopening is expected to contribute to the process of political andeconomic stabilisation 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 tariffceilings for industrial products and by further improving accessto 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 forCommunity trade policy with other third countries.
(7)In accordance with the EU Stabilisation and Association process,based on the earlier Regional Approach and the Council Conclu-sions of 29 April 1997, the development of bilateral relationsbetween the European Union and the Western Balkan countries
is subject to certain conditions. The granting of autonomous
trade preferences is linked to respect for fundamental principlesof democracy and human rights and to the readiness of the coun-2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 2, 5.1.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 211, 11.8.1999, p. 1.
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tries concerned to developeconomic relations between them-
selves. The granting of improved autonomous trade preferencesin favour of countries participating in the EU Stabilisation and
Association process should be linked to their readiness to engage
in effective economic reforms and in regional cooperation, inparticular through the establishment of free trade areas in linewith relevant GATT/WTO standards. In addition, entitlement tobenefit from autonomous trade preferences is conditional on the
beneficiaries' 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 territoriespossessing a customs administration.
(9)Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia and Kosovo, as the latter is defined bythe United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10
June 1999 subject to international civil administration by the
United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), (hereinafterreferred to as ‘Kosovo’) fulfil these conditions, and similar tradepreferences should be granted to all of them in order to avoiddiscrimination 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 certainMontenegrin industrial products that are not produced in otherparts of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is possible without
prejudice to the principle of excluding the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia from the trade preferences as a whole and in fullcompliance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1294/1999 of 15June 1999 concerning a freeze of funds and a ban on investmentin relation to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) andrepealing 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 tradepreferences, and the Community and its Member States openednegotiations for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement withthat country. The equivalent of improved autonomous trade
preferences under this Regulation should, therefore, be granted
to that country on a separate basis, with the exception of conces-sions for wine.
(12)The proposed Regulation should continue to provide for conces-sions on wine, as granted under Regulation (EC) No 6/2000,which apply equally to Slovenia and the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia pending the conclusion of specific wine
agreements with these countries. As these concessions continueto consist of a global tariff quota, it is appropriate to keep theseprovisions in one and the same Regulation.
(13)It is, therefore, appropriate to grant the improved autonomoustrade preferences to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Croatia and to include Kosovo and to grant limited and specific
trade preferences for certain industrial products originating in theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia.
(14)For the purposes of certification or origin and administrativecooperation procedures, the relevant provisions of CommissionRegulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provi-
sions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (
2) should
be applied.2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 3
(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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(15)For the sake of rationalisation and simplification, it is appro-
priate to provide that the Commission may, having consulted
the Customs Code Committee and without prejudice to thespecific procedures provided for in this Regulation, make anynecessary changes and technical amendments necessary to thisRegulation.
(16)The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regula-tion should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures forthe exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commis-
sion(
1).
(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 Republics in the Community's scheme ofgeneralised tariff preferences superfluous. It is therefore appro-priate to remove those Republics from the list of beneficiariesof Council Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 of 21 December 1998applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences
for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 (
2).
(18)A single new Regulation containing all autonomous trade prefer-
ences would give greater transparency to the Community trade
regime with countries and territories participating in or linked
to the EU Stabilisation and Association process. Consequently,Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 should berepealed.
(19)These import arrangements should be renewed on the basis ofthe conditions established by the Council and in the light of theexperience gained in granting these arrangements under thisRegulation. It is therefore appropriate to limit the duration ofthe 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 ►M2originating in the Republics of Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia including Kosovoas defined by UNSC Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999 ◄, 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 effectand with exemption from customs duties and charges having equivalenteffect.
2. Products originating in the Republic of Croatia and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will continue to benefit from the
provisions of this Regulation when so indicated or for any measuresprovided in this Regulation which are more favourable than the tradeconcessions provided for in the framework of bilateral agreementsbetween the European Communities and these countries.2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 4
(1) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(2) OJ L 357, 30.12.1998, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No
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Article 2
Conditionsforentitlement tothepreferential arrangements
1. Entitlement to benefit from the preferential arrangements intro-
duced 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 Regula-tion (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 equivalenteffect and new quantitative restrictions or measures having equiva-
lent effect from imports originating in the Community or from
increasing existing levels of duties or charges or from introducingany other restrictions from the day of the entry into force of thisRegulation;
(c) to the involvement of beneficiaries in effective administrative
cooperation with the Community in order to prevent any risk offraud.
2.►
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introduced by Article 1 shall also be subject to the readiness of thebeneficiary countries to engage ◄in effective economic 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 XXIV ofthe GATT 1994 and other relevant WTO provisions.
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
a Commission proposal.
Article 3
Limitedconcessionsforcertain textile products
1.►
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Republic of Yugoslavia ◄and indicated in Annex III B of Council
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 otherspecific Community import rules (
1), the exemption from customs
duties and charges having equivalent effect shall be limited to theCommunity 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 December1994 establishing economic outward processing arrangements applic-able to certain textiles and clothing products reimported into theCommunity after working or 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►
M2when products originate in the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia ◄.
Article 4
Agriculturalproducts—tariff quotas
1. For certain fishery products and for wine originating in the coun-
tries and territories referred to in Article 1, both listed in Annex I, thecustoms duties applicable to imports into the Community shall be2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 5
(1) OJ L 67, 10.3.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 2452/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p. 14).
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suspended during the periods, at the levels, within the limits of the
Community tariff quotas and under the conditions indicated for eachproduct and origin set out 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 coun-
tries 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, within the limit of an annual tariff quota of►
M211 475◄tonnes expressed in carcase weight.
The volume of the annual tariff quota of ►M211475◄tonnes shall
be distributed among the beneficiary Republics, as follows:
(a) 1 500 tonnes (carcase weight) for ‘baby-beef’ products originating
in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
(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
exporting country 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 upby the Commission according to theprocedure provided for in Article 43 of Council Regulation (EC) No1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the marketin beef and veal (
1).
3. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Regulation, and in parti-
cular Article 12, given the particular sensitivity of the agricultural and
fishery markets, if imports of agricultural and fishery products causeserious disturbance to the Community markets and their regulatorymechanisms, the Commission may take the appropriate measures inaccordance with the rules of the competent Management Committee.
Article 6
Implementationoftariff quotasfor‘babybeef’
The detailed rules for implementing the tariff quota for ‘baby-beef’
products shall be determined by the Commission according to theprocedure provided for in Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.
Article 7
Administrationoftariffquotas
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 4(1) ►
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shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with Articles308a, 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.2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 6
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Article 8
Accesstotariff quotas
Each Member State shall ensure that importers have equal and uninter-
rupted access to the tariff quotas for as long as the balance of the
relevant quota volume so permits.
Article 9
Confermentofpowers
The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 10(2), adopt the provisions necessary for the application of thisRegulation, other than those provided for in Article 6, notably:
(a) amendments and technical adjustments necessary following amend-
ments to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the TARIC-
subdivisions;
(b) necessary adjustments following the conclusion of other agree-
ments between the Community and the countries and territoriesreferred to in Article 1.
Article 10
ManagementCommittee
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code
Committee instituted by Article 247 of Council Regulation (EEC) No2913/92 (
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.
Article 11
Cooperation
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure
that this Regulation, and in particular the provisions set out in Article12(1), are complied with.
Article 12
Temporarysuspension
1. Where the Commission finds that there is sufficient evidence of
fraud or failure to provide administrative cooperation as required for
the verification of evidence of origin, or that there is a massive
increase of exports into the Community above the level of normalproduction and export capacity or a failure of compliance with theprovisions of Article 2(1) by countries and territories covered by thisRegulation, it may take measures to suspend in whole or in part thearrangements 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
interests and/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 Commu-
nitiesstating that there are grounds for reasonable doubts about the2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 7
(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).
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application of the preferential arrangements and/or compliance with
Article 2(1) by the beneficiary country or territory concerned whichmay call into question its right to continue enjoying the benefits
granted by this Regulation.
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 inaccordance with the procedure provided for in paragraph 1.
Article 13
AmendmentofRegulation(EC)No2820/98
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)’◄and ‘HR
Croatia (1)’.
Article 14
Repeals
Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 are hereby
repealed.
Article 15
Initialprorataapplication
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 beingtaken of the part of the period elapsed before the date of applicationof this Regulation.
3. The quantities which have been imported within the framework of
the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.1515 and 09.1561 applicablewithin Regulations (EC) No 6/2000 and (EC) No 1763/1999 respec-tively, shall be taken into account for charging on the respective tariffquotas in Annex I to this Regulation.
4. The quantities which have been imported within the framework of
the tariff quotas for ‘baby beef’ applicable within Article 5(3) andAnnex F of Regulation (EC) No 6/2000 shall be taken into accountfor charging on the respective tariff quotas referred to in Article 4(2)and Annex II of this Regulation.
Article 16
Transitionalmeasures
1. The benefit of the generalised tariff preferences established by
Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 shall continue to be granted in respect ofgoods originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatiawhich are put into free circulation in the Community before 1 January
2001,►
M1and goods originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia which are put into free circulation in the Community beforethe first day of the third month following the entry into force of Regu-lation (EC) No 2563/2000 amending this Regulation ◄, 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 entryinto force of this Regulation.2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 8
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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 intoforce of this 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 Regu-lation by the customs office in the country of origin or any otherappropriate document authenticated by the relevant customs autho-
rities 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 intoforce of this Regulation.
Article 17
Entryintoforceandapplication
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 ►
M131 December 2005 ◄.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 9
ANNEX I
CONCERNINGTHETARIFFQUOTASREFERREDTOINARTICLE4(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 his Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes.
Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken
together.
Order No CN Code DescriptionQuota volume per
year(1)Beneficiaries Rate of duty
09.1571 0301 9110 Trout ( Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus
mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncor-
hynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus
gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster ): live;
fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted
or in brine, smoked; fillets and other
fish meat; flours, meals and pellets,
fit for human consumption120 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia,
Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia including KosovoExemption
0301 91900302 1110►
M303021120 ◄
►M303021180 ◄
0303 2110►
M303032120 ◄
►M303032180 ◄
►M303041015 ◄
►M303041017 ◄
ex 03041019ex 03041091
►
M303042015 ◄
►M303042017 ◄
ex 03042019ex 03049010
ex 03051000
ex 03053090
0305 4945
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Order No CN Code DescriptionQuota volume per
year(1)Beneficiaries Rate of duty
09.1573 0301 9300 Carp: live; fresh or chilled; frozen;
dried, salted or in brine, smoked;
fillets and other fish meat; flours,
meals and pellets, fit for human
consumption140 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia,
Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia including KosovoExemption
0302 69110303 7911
ex 03041019ex 03041091ex 03042019
ex 03049010
ex 03051000ex 03053090ex 03054980ex 03055990ex 03056990
09.1575 ex 03019990 Sea bream ( Dentex dentex and
Pagellus spp.): live; fresh or chilled;
frozen; dried, salted or in brine,
smoked; fillets and other fish meat;
flours, meals and pellets, fit for
human consumption115 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia including KosovoExemption
0302 69610303 7971
ex 03041038ex 03041098ex 03042095ex 03049097
ex 03051000
ex 03053090ex 03054980ex 03055990ex 03056990▼M22000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 11
Order No CN Code DescriptionQuota volume per
year(1)Beneficiaries Rate of duty
09.1577 ex 03019990 Sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ): live;
fresh or chilled; frozen; dried; salted
or in brine, smoked; fillets and other
fish meat; flours, meals and pellets,
fit for human consumption100 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia including KosovoExemption
0302 6994
ex 03037700ex 03041038ex 03041098ex 03042095
ex 03049097
ex 03051000ex 03053090ex 03054980ex 03055990ex 03056990
09.1579 1604 1311 Prepared or preserved sardines 70 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia including Kosovo6%
1604 1319
ex 16042050
09.1561 1604 1600 Prepared or preserved anchovies 960 tonnes Albania, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia including Kosovo12,5 %
1604 2040
09.1515 2204 2179 Wine of fresh grapes, of an actual
alcoholic strength by volume not
exceeding 15 % vol, other than spark-
ling wine152000 hl (
2) Albania, Bosnia and Herze-
govina, Croatia (3), former
Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia (4), Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia including KosovoExemption
ex 22042180
2204 2183
ex 22042184
2204 2965
ex 22042975
2204 2983
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(1) One global volume per tariff quota accessible to imports originating in the beneficiaries.
(2) From 1 January 2003, the volume of this global tariff quota shall be reduced if the quota volumes of the individual tariff quotas applicable under orde r Nos 09.1588 and
09.1548, for certain wines originating in Croatia and in Slovenia are increased.
(3) Access for wine originating in the Republic of Croatia to this global tariff quota, is subject to the prior exhaustion of the individual tariff quotas provided for in the
Additional Protocol on wine concluded with Croatia. These individual tariff quotas are opened under order Nos 09.1588 and 09.1589.
(4) Access for wine originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to this global tariff quota, is subject to the prior exhaustion of the indivi dual tariff quotas
provided for in the Additional Protocol on wine concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. These individual tariff quotas are opened u nder order Nos
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ANNEX II
Definitionof‘babybeef’productsreferred toinArticle 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 than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes.
Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential 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 01029051 – ––––F o r slaughter:
10 – Not yet having any permanent teeth, of a weight of 320 kg or more but not exceeding 470 kg(
1)
ex 01029059 – ––––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 01029071 – ––––F o r 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 01029079 – ––––Other:
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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:
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CN code TARIC subdivision Description
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 parti-
cular 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 02012020 – – ‘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 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)
ex 02012030 – – 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, of extremely fine texture, is white to light yellow in
colour (1)
ex 02012050 – – 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 carti-
lages (in particular those of 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)
(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.▼B2000R2007 — EN — 01.01.2003 — 003.001 — 15
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