2002R0933 — EN — 01.09.2006 — 001.001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 933/2002

of 31 May 2002

opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 851/95







THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council and Commission Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Techbological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation ( 1 ), and in particular the Agreement on trade in agricultural products ( 2 ), hereinafter called ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1) It is necessary to open and provide the management rules for the tariff quotas provided in Annex 2 of the Agreement. (2) These tariff quotas should be managed by the Community authorities and the Member States in accordance with the management system for tariff quotas provided for in Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of 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 ( 3 ), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 ( 4 ). (3) To be eligible for the benefit of these tariff quotas products must originate in Switzerland in conformity with the rules referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement. (4) The tariff quota for table cherries of CN code 0809 20 95 replaces the tariff quota for the same product, the subject of order No 09.0901, laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 851/95 ( 5 ). That Regulation will thereby become redundant and should be repealed from the date of entry into force of the Agreement. (5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:







Article 1

1. Subject to paragraph 2, the tariff quotas for products originating in Switzerland listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall be opened annually, and at the rates of customs duty indicated in that Annex, from 1 January to 31 December.

2. In 2002, the tariff quotas shall be opened from 1 June to 31 December. The annual volumes shall be reduced to a level in proportion to the number of months the tariff quotas are open. Any fractions of a tonne resulting from this calculation shall be rounded up to the next complete tonne.

Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with the Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 851/95 shall be repealed from 1 June 2002.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.









ANNEX

List of tariff quotas

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is considered to be as having no more than an indicative value, the coverage of the tariff quotas within the context of this Annex, being determined by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the coverage of the tariff quotas is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.







Order No CN code TARIC code Description Rate of duty Annual volume (in tonnes net weight) 09.0921 0701 10 00 Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled Free 4 000 09.0922 0702 00 00 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled Free (1) 1 000 09.0923 0703 10 190703 90 00 Onions other than sets, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled Free 5 000 09.0924 0704 10 000704 90 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and other similar edible brassicas with the exception of Brussels sprouts, fresh or chilled Free 5 500 ▼M1 09.0925 0705 11 00 0705 19 00 0705 21 00 0705 29 00 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), including Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum), fresh or chilled Free 3 000 ▼B 09.0926 0706 10 00 Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled Free 5 000 09.0927 0706 90 100706 90 90 Salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, with the exception of horse-radish Cochlearia armoracia), fresh or chilled Free 3 000 09.0928 0707 00 05 Cucumbers, fresh or chilled Free (1) 1 000 09.0929 0708 20 00 Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), fresh or chilled Free 1 000 09.0930 0709 30 00 Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled Free 500 09.0931 0709 40 00 Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled Free 500 09.0932 0709 70 00 Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or chilled Free 1 000 09.0933 0709 90 10 Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled Free 1 000 09.0934 0709 90 50 Fennel, fresh or chilled Free 1 000 09.0935 0709 90 70 Courgettes, fresh or chilled Free (1) 1 000 09.0936 0709 90 90 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled Free 1 000 09.0937 ex080810 20 90 Apples, other than cider apples, fresh Free (1) 3 000 ex080810 50 90 ex080810 90 90 09.0938 0808 20 Pears and quinces, fresh Free (1) 3 000 09.0939 0809 10 00 Apricots, fresh Free (1) 500 09.0940 0809 20 95 Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh Free (1) 1 500 (2) 09.0941 0809 40 Plums and sloes, fresh Free (1) 1 000 09.0942 0810 20 10 Raspberries, fresh Free 100 09.0943 0810 20 90 Blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh Free 100 09.0944 1106 30 10 Flour, metal and powder of bananas Free 5 09.0945 0710 10 00 Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen Free 3 000 2004 10 102004 10 99 Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading No 2006, with the exception of flour, meal or flakes 2005 20 80 Potatoes, prepared or otherwise preserved than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006, with the exception of flour, meal or flakes and preparations that are thinly sliced, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption 09.0946 ex081190 19 21 29 31 39 Cherries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter Free 500 ex081190 39 21 29 31 39 0811 90 80 Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cesarus), uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 2008 60 Cherries, other prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included (1) The reduction of duty within these tariff quotas is limited to the ad valorem element. Entry prices and their specific duties remain applicable. (2) The tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 851/95 (order No 09.901) is available for claims for quota benefit on customs declarations accepted no later than 31 May 2002. In 2002, the volume of the new tariff quota of cherries (order No 09.0940) is calculated by summing the quantities, unused in 2002, under the former quota (order No 09.0901) and a supplementary volume of 500 t reduced pro rata temporis in accordance with the provisions of Article 1(2).