Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 of 29 April 1991 on the tariff arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the occupied territories and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86
Date: 1991-04-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Middle East, import, occupied territory, originating product, tariff policy













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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1134/91 of 29 April 1991 on the tariff arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the occupied territories and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86  


Official Journal L 112 , 04/05/1991 P. 0001 - 0005 Finnish special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 17 P. 0003  Swedish special edition: Chapter 11 Volume 17 P. 0003  





COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1134/91  of 29 April 1991  on the tariff arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the occupied territories and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,  Whereas products originating in the West Bank of the River Jordan or the Gaza Strip (called the 'occupied territories'), both occupied by Israel, enjoy preferential treatment with regard to access to the Community market under Council Regulation (EEC)  No 3363/86 of 27 October 1986 on the tariff arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the occupied territories (1);  Whereas the preferential arrangements provide for free access to the Community market for industrial goods and preferential tariff treatment for certain agricultural products;  Whereas it is appropriate to introduce measures to bring about a rapid improvement in the conditions of access to the Community market for agricultural products originating in the occupied territories; whereas, to achieve this objective, Regulation  (EEC) No 3363/86 should be replaced by a new Regulation,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  1. Products other than those listed in Annex II to the Treaty and originating in the occupied territories shall be imported into the Community without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect and free of customs duties  and charges having equivalent effect.  2. In the case of goods listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3033/80 of 11 November 1980 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (2) which list is set out in  Annex I hereto, paragraph 1 shall apply only to the fixed component of the charge imposed on such goods imported into the Community.  Article 2  The customs duties on imports into the Community of the agricultural products set out in Annex II hereto and originating in the occupied territories shall be eliminated in two equal instalments, on 1 January 1992 and 1 January 1993, and  within the periods indicated for each product.  Article 3  1. Article 2 shall apply within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 1 200 tonnes to strawberries falling within CN Code 0810 10 90.  2. A reference quantity is set out in Annex II hereto for certain products.  Where imports of any of these products exceed the reference quantity, the product concerned may be made subject to a Community tariff quota which shall apply to a volume equivalent to the reference quantity, if the amounts imported appear likely to  cause difficulties in the Community market.  3. In the case of products listed in Annex II other than those in paragraphs 1 and 2, reference quantities may be set if the amounts imported appear likely to create difficulties in the Community market.  These products may subsequently be made subject to tariff quotas under the same conditions as those set out in paragraph 2.  4. The rates of tariff reduction set out in Annex II shall apply to amounts imported in excess of the quotas.  5. From the time when, pursuant to the application of Article 2, customs duties have reached a level of 2 % or less, their collection shall be totally suspended.  Article 4  The rules of origin to be applied shall be those laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4129/86 (3).  Article 5  Regulation (EEC) No 3363/86 is hereby repealed.  Article 6  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1991. For the Council  The President  R. GOEBBELS  (1) OJ No L 306, 1. 11. 1986, p. 103. (2) OJ No L 323, 29. 11. 1980, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 381, 31. 12. 1986, p. 1.    ANNEX I   CN code  Description       ex 0403  Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing  added fruit, nuts or cocoa:  0403 10 51  to  0403 10 99  - Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa  0403 90 71  to  0403 90 99  - Other, flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa  0710 40 00  Sweet corn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen  0711 90 30  Sweet corn provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in  sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption  ex 1517  Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter,  other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516:  1517 10 10  - Margarine, excluding liquid margarine containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats  1517 90 10  - Other, containing more than 10 % but not  more than 15 % by weight of milk fats  1702 50 00  Chemically pure fructose  ex 1704  Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa; excluding liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing  other added substances, falling within subheading No 1704 90 10  1806  Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa  1901  Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa  powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10 %, not  elsewhere specified or included  ex 1902  Pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared excluding stuffed pasta falling within subheadings 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30  1903  Tapioca and substitutes therefor, prepared from starch in the form of  flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms  1904  Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example corn flakes); cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared  1905   Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers'wares, whether or not containing cocoa, communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products  2001 90 30  Sweet corn (Zea mays var.  saccharata) prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid  2001 90 40  Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight of starch, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid  2004 90 10  Sweet corn (Zea  mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid; frozen  2005 80 00  Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid; not frozen  2008 99 85  Maize other than  sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar  2008 99 91  Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight of starch, otherwise prepared or  preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar  2101 30 19  Roasted coffee substitutes excluding roasted chicory  2101 30 99  Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee substitutes excluding those of roasted chicory  2102 10 31  to  2102 10 39  Bakers' yeast  2105  Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa  ex 2106  Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included other than those falling within subheadings 2106 10 10 and 2106 90 91 and other than  flavoured or coloured sugar syrups  2202 90 91  2202 90 95  2202 90 99  Non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009, containing products of Nos 0401 to 0404 or obtained from products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404  2905 43  Mannitol  2905 44  D-Glucitol (sorbitol)  ex 3501   Caseins caseinates and other casein derivatives  ex 3505 10  Dextrins and other modified starches, excluding esterified or etherified starches of subheading 3505 10 50  3505 20  Glues based on starches or on dextrins or other modified starches  3809 10   Prepared glazings and prepared dressings with a basis of amylaceous substances  3823 60  Sorbitol other than of subheading 2905 44   ANNEX II   CN code  Description  Rate of reduction in customs duties (%) (1)         ex 0702 00 10  Tomatoes, fresh or chilled,    from 1 December to 31 March (2)  60 %  ex 0703 10  Onions, fresh or chilled,    from 15 February to 15 May  60 %  ex 0709 30 00   Aubergines (eggs-plants), fresh or chilled,    from 15 January to 30 April (3)  60 %  ex 0709 60  Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled:   0709 60 10  Sweet peppers or pimentos (4)  40 %  0709 60 99  Other  80 %  ex  0709 90 70  Courgettes, fresh or chilled,    from 1 December to end of February (5)  60 %  ex 0709 90 90  Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:    Wild onions of the species Muscari comosum,    from 15 February to 15 May  60 %  ex 0710 80  Other  vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen:   0710 80 59  Fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers or pimentos  80 %  0710 90 10  Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta,  excluding sweet peppers or pimentos, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption  80 %  ex 0805 10  Oranges, fresh (6)  60 %  ex 0805 20  Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and  similar citrus hybrids, fresh (7)  60 %  ex 0805 30  Lemons, (citrus limon, citrus limonum), fresh (8)  40 %  0805 40 00  Grapefruit and pomelos  80 %  ex 0807 10 90  Melons fresh:    from 1 November to 31 May (9)  50 %  ex 0810 10 90  Strawberries,  fresh    from 1 November to 31 March (10)  0 %  ex 0812 90 20  Oranges, comminuted, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption  80 %  0904 20 39  Peppers other than sweet peppers or pimentos, dried, neither crushed  nor ground  80 %  2001 90 20  Fruit of the genus Capsicum other than Sweet peppers or pimentos, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid  80 %  2005 90 10  Fruit of the genus Capsicum other than sweet peppers or pimentos, prepared or preserved  otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen  80 %     (1) For amounts imported in excess of any tariff quota.  (2) Reference quantity: 1 000 tonnes.  (3) Reference quantity: 3 000 tonnes.  (4) Reference quantity: 1 000 tonnes.  (5) Reference quantity: 300 tonnes.  (6) Reference quantity: 25 000 tonnes.  (7) Reference quantity: 500 tonnes.  (8) Reference quantity: 800 tonnes.  (9) Reference quantity: 10 000 tonnes.  (10) Reference quantity: 1 200 tonnes.  ANNEX I   CN code  Description       ex 0403  Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing  added fruit, nuts or cocoa:  0403 10 51  to  0403 10 99  - Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa  0403 90 71  to  0403 90 99  - Other, flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa  0710 40 00  Sweet corn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen  0711 90 30  Sweet corn provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in  sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption  ex 1517  Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter,  other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516:  1517 10 10  - Margarine, excluding liquid margarine containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats  1517 90 10  - Other, containing more than 10 % but not  more than 15 % by weight of milk fats  1702 50 00  Chemically pure fructose  ex 1704  Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa; excluding liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing  other added substances, falling within subheading No 1704 90 10  1806  Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa  1901  Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa  powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10 %, not  elsewhere specified or included  ex 1902  Pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared excluding stuffed pasta falling within subheadings 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30  1903  Tapioca and substitutes therefor, prepared from starch in the form of  flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms  1904  Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example corn flakes); cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared  1905   Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers'wares, whether or not containing cocoa, communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products  2001 90 30  Sweet corn (Zea mays var.  saccharata) prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid  2001 90 40  Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight of starch, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid  2004 90 10  Sweet corn (Zea  mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid; frozen  2005 80 00  Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid; not frozen  2008 99 85  Maize other than  sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar  2008 99 91  Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight of starch, otherwise prepared or  preserved, not containing added spirit or added sugar  2101 30 19  Roasted coffee substitutes excluding roasted chicory  2101 30 99  Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee substitutes excluding those of roasted chicory  2102 10 31  to  2102 10 39  Bakers' yeast  2105  Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa  ex 2106  Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included other than those falling within subheadings 2106 10 10 and 2106 90 91 and other than  flavoured or coloured sugar syrups  2202 90 91  2202 90 95  2202 90 99  Non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009, containing products of Nos 0401 to 0404 or obtained from products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404  2905 43  Mannitol  2905 44  D-Glucitol (sorbitol)  ex 3501   Caseins caseinates and other casein derivatives  ex 3505 10  Dextrins and other modified starches, excluding esterified or etherified starches of subheading 3505 10 50  3505 20  Glues based on starches or on dextrins or other modified starches  3809 10   Prepared glazings and prepared dressings with a basis of amylaceous substances  3823 60  Sorbitol other than of subheading 2905 44   ANNEX II   CN code  Description  Rate of reduction in customs duties (%) (1)         ex 0702 00 10  Tomatoes, fresh or chilled,    from 1 December to 31 March (2)  60 %  ex 0703 10  Onions, fresh or chilled,    from 15 February to 15 May  60 %  ex 0709 30 00   Aubergines (eggs-plants), fresh or chilled,    from 15 January to 30 April (3)  60 %  ex 0709 60  Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled:   0709 60 10  Sweet peppers or pimentos (4)  40 %  0709 60 99  Other  80 %  ex  0709 90 70  Courgettes, fresh or chilled,    from 1 December to end of February (5)  60 %  ex 0709 90 90  Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:    Wild onions of the species Muscari comosum,    from 15 February to 15 May  60 %  ex 0710 80  Other  vegetables, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen:   0710 80 59  Fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers or pimentos  80 %  0710 90 10  Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta,  excluding sweet peppers or pimentos, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption  80 %  ex 0805 10  Oranges, fresh (6)  60 %  ex 0805 20  Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and  similar citrus hybrids, fresh (7)  60 %  ex 0805 30  Lemons, (citrus limon, citrus limonum), fresh (8)  40 %  0805 40 00  Grapefruit and pomelos  80 %  ex 0807 10 90  Melons fresh:    from 1 November to 31 May (9)  50 %  ex 0810 10 90  Strawberries,  fresh    from 1 November to 31 March (10)  0 %  ex 0812 90 20  Oranges, comminuted, provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption  80 %  0904 20 39  Peppers other than sweet peppers or pimentos, dried, neither crushed  nor ground  80 %  2001 90 20  Fruit of the genus Capsicum other than Sweet peppers or pimentos, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid  80 %  2005 90 10  Fruit of the genus Capsicum other than sweet peppers or pimentos, prepared or preserved  otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen  80 %     (1) For amounts imported in excess of any tariff quota.  (2) Reference quantity: 1 000 tonnes.  (3) Reference quantity: 3 000 tonnes.  (4) Reference quantity: 1 000 tonnes.  (5) Reference quantity: 300 tonnes.  (6) Reference quantity: 25 000 tonnes.  (7) Reference quantity: 500 tonnes.  (8) Reference quantity: 800 tonnes.  (9) Reference quantity: 10 000 tonnes.  (10) Reference quantity: 1 200 tonnes.