Commission Regulation (EC) No 519/98 of 5 March 1998 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95, establishing tariff ceilings and a Community statistical surveillance in the framework of reference quantities for a certain number of products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
Date: 1998-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mediterranean region (EU), agricultural product, import policy, statistics, tariff ceiling, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 519/98

of 5 March 1998

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95, establishing tariff ceilings and a
Community statistical surveillance in the framework of reference quantities for a
certain number of products originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia,
Syria, Malta, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

tariff

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95 of
10 April 1995 establishing
and a
Community statistical surveillance in the framework of
reference quantities for a certain number of products
originating in Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia,
Syria, Malta, Morocco and the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 553/
97 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,

ceilings

Whereas the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing
an association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Tunisia, of the other part (3), enters into force on 1 March
1998; whereas this agreement provides that certain prod-
ucts originating in Tunisia can benefit from tariff conces-
sions within the framework of reference quantities, when
imported into the Community and are subject
to a
Community statistical surveillance; whereas the agree-
ment provides that the volumes of the reference quanti-
ties for these products are increased, between 1 January
1997 and 1 January 2000, in four yearly and equal steps,
representing 3 % of these volumes; whereas the increases
provided by the agreement for implementation in 1997
could not take place because of the entry into force of the
agreement on 1 March 1998 and, consequently,
the
volumes of the reference quantities applicable in 1998
take account of two increases; whereas the new agreement
provides a tariff concession for new potatoes from 1
January to 31 March, in the framework of a community
tariff quota, but due to the entry into force of the agree-

ment on 1 March 1998, it seems desirable to maintain for
January and February 1998 the current concession for
these products in the framework of a reference quantity;

Whereas, as a means of implementing the new conces-
sions provided in the above mentioned agreement, Regu-
lation (EC) No 934/95 should be amended; whereas, for
all the products listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No
934/95, this amendment must also take account of the
necessary technical adjustments resulting from amend-
ments of the Combined Nomenclature and of TARIC
subdivisions;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 934/95 shall be replaced
by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 1998, except for the refer-
ence quantities with order numbers 18.0110, 18.0125 and
18.0145, which shall apply from 1 March 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 March 1998.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 96, 28. 4. 1995, p. 6.
(2) OJ L 85, 27. 3. 1997, p. 10.
(3) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the
description of the products is to 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 as they exist at the time of adoption of the current Regulation. Where ex CN codes are
indicated, the preferential scheme is to determined by application of the CN code and corresponding
description taken together

Order
Number

CN code

Taric
subdivision

Description

Period per year

Origin

Reference
quantity
per indicated
period
(in tonnes)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

18.0010

ex 0701 90 51

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

18.0015

0701 90 51
ex 0701 90 59

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to
28.2.1998

from 1.1 to 15.5
from 16.5 to 31.5

Tunisia

1 941

Malta

3 360

18.0030

ex 0703 20 00

Garlic, fresh or chilled

from 1.2 to 31.5

Egypt

1 920

18.0040

ex 0707 00 05

01 to 06

Cucumbers of a length not exceeding 15
cm, fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to the end
of February
from 1.1 to the end
of February
from 1.1 to the end
of February

Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled

from 1.10 to 31.12

18.0050

ex 0709 10 00

50
70
72
74
76
78
80

Egypt

Jordan

Malta

Egypt
Cyprus

120

120

60

120
120

18.0060

ex 0709 30 00

Aubergines (egg-plants), fresh or chilled

from 1.12 to 30.4

Israel

1 440

18.0070

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

1 200

18.0080

0712 20 00

Dried onions

from 1.1 to 31.12

Syria

840

18.0090

ex 0712 90 90

20

Dried garlic

from 1.1 to 31.12

Egypt

1 200

18.0100

0713 10 10

Peas (Pisum sativum), for sowing

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

500

18.0110

0802 11 90
0802 12 90

Almonds, other
whether or not shelled

than bitter

almonds,

from 1.3 to
31.12.1998

Tunisia

1 060

from 1.1 to
31.12.1999
from 1.1 to 31.12 of
the following years

1 090

1 120

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Order
Number

CN code

Taric
subdivision

Description

Period per year

Origin

Reference
quantity
per indicated
period
(in tonnes)

(1)

(2)

18.0120

0804 40

18.0125

ex 0805 10 82

ex 0805 10 84

ex 0805 10 86

18.0130

ex 0806 10 10

18.0140

ex 0807 19 00

(3)

90

90

90

30

10
91

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Avocados

from 1.1 to 31.12

Israel

37 200

Oranges, other than fresh

from 1.3 to
31.12.1998
from 1.1 to
31.12.1999
from 1.1 to 31.12 of
the following years

Tunisia

1 590

1 635

1 680

Table grapes, fresh

from 15.5 to 11.7

Israel

2 280

Other melons weighing 600 grams, or
less, fresh

from 1.1 to 31.3
from 1.1 to 31.3

Egypt
Jordan

Tunisia

18.0145

0809 10 00

Apricots, fresh

from 1.3 to
31.12.1998
from 1.1 to
31.12.1999
from 1.1 to 31.12 of
the following years

18.0150

ex 0810 50 10

Kiwifruit, fresh

from 1.1 to 30.4
from 1.1 to 30.4
from 1.1 to 30.4

Israel
Cyprus
Morocco

120
120

2 120

2 180

2 240

240
240
240

18.0160

ex 0812 90 95

11
20

Other citrus fruit, comminuted, provi-
sionally preserved

from 1.1 to 31.12

Israel

1 320

18.0190

18.0200

2008 30 51
2008 30 71

2008 50 61
2008 50 69

18.0215

ex 2008 30 79

18.0220

ex 2008 30 91

18.0225

ex 2008 30 99

18.0230

ex 2008 50 99
ex 2008 70 99

18.0240

2009 20 11
2009 20 19
2009 20 99

Grapefruit and pomelo segments

from 1.1 to 31.12

Israel

16 440

Apricots

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

7 560

Grapefruit and pomelos, other than in
segments

from 1.1 to 31.12

Israel

2 400

Grapefruit and pomelo segments;
Grapefruit and pomelos, other than in
segments;
Citrus pulp;
Comminuted ground citrus fruit

from 1.1 to 31.12

Israel

3 480

Grapefruit and pomelo segments

from 1.1 to 31.12

Israel

5 000

Apricot halves and peach halves (includ-
ing nectarines)

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

7 200

Grapefruit and pomelo juice

from 1.1 to 31.12

Israel

34 440

10

11
12
13
19
91
92

11

10
10

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Order
Number

CN code

Taric
subdivision

Description

Period per year

Origin

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

18.0245

2009 20 99

Grapefruit and pomelo juice

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

18.0310

ex 0702 00 00

01 to 06
08 to 13
60 to 65
68 to 73
80 to 85
88 to 93

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

from 1.12 to 31.3

18.0320

ex 0709 30 00

Aubergines (egg-plants), fresh or chilled

from 15.1 to 30.4

18.0330

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to 30.4

Reference
quantity
per indicated
period
(in tonnes)

(7)

960

1 000

3 000

1 000

300

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

Courgettes, fresh or chilled

from 1.12 to the end
of February

Oranges, fresh

from 1.1 to 31.12

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

25 000

Mandarins
satsumas),
similar citrus hybrids, fresh

(including
tangerines
clementines, wilkings

and
and

from 1.1 to 31.12

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

500

18.0340

ex 0709 90 70

18.0350

0805 10 10
0805 10 30
0805 10 50
ex 0805 10 82
ex 0805 10 84
ex 0805 10 86

18.0360

ex 0805 20 10

ex 0805 20 30

ex 0805 20 50

ex 0805 20 70

ex 0805 20 90

01, 03, 05,
07, 08, 09,
10, 12, 14,
16, 17, 19,
70, 72, 74,
76, 77, 79

10
10
10

10, 12, 14,
16, 18, 20,
30, 40, 42,
44, 46, 48,
50
10, 12, 14,
16, 18, 20,
30, 40, 42,
44, 46, 48,
50
10, 12, 14,
16, 18, 20,
30, 40, 42,
44, 46, 48,
50
10, 12, 14,
16, 18, 20,
30, 40, 42,
44, 46, 48,
50
10 to 15,
17 to 22,
24 to 29,
31, 33, 35,
37 to 42

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Order
Number

CN code

Taric
subdivision

Description

Period per year

Origin

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

18.0370

ex 0805 30 10

10 to 19
25 to 34
40 to 45

Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum),
fresh

from 1.1 to 31.12

18.0380

ex 0807 19 00

Other melons, fresh

from 1.11 to 31.5

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

West Bank
and the
Gaza Strip

Reference
quantity
per indicated
period
(in tonnes)

(7)

800

10 000'