Council Regulation (EC) No 560/98 of 9 March 1998 renewing for 1998 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural products
Date: 1998-03-09
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, Switzerland, agro-industry, import, tariff preference, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 560/98

of 9 March 1998

renewing for 1998 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95
establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995
for certain processed agricultural products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland
and Sweden,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 of 19 June
1995 establishing certain concessions in the form of
Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed
agricultural products (1) opened tariff quotas for 1995 in
favour of Switzerland and Norway in accordance with the
conditions set out in Annexes I and II thereto;

required to remedy the situation; whereas, therefore, it is
necessary to renew the measures provided for in Regula-
tion (EC) No 1416/95 for 1998;

Whereas, as a result of changes in the tariff classification
of certain goods referred to in Annexes I and II to Regu-
lation (EC) No 1416/95, the said Annexes need to be
adapted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The measures provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
No 1416/95 shall be renewed to cover 1998.

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 was renewed for
1996 and 1997, respectively by Council Regulations (EC)
No 102/96 (2) and (EC) No 306/97 (3);

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 shall be
replaced by Annexes I and II as they appear in the Annex
hereto.

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of
2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementa-
tion of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 estab-
lishing the Community Customs Code (4) consolidated
the arrangements for managing the tariff quotas to be
used in chronological order of the dates of acceptance of
the declarations for release for free circulation;

Whereas it was not possible to conclude additional Proto-
cols before 1 January 1998; whereas, in these circum-
stances and pursuant to Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the
Act of Accession, the Community should adopt measures

(1) OJ L 141, 24. 6. 1995, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 19, 25. 1. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 51, 21. 2. 1997, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1427/97 (OJ L 196, 24. 7. 1997, p. 31).

Article 2

The tariff quotas mentioned in Annexes I and II to Regu-
lation (EC) No 1416/95 shall be administered by the
Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1998.

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

Done at Brussels, 9 March 1998.

For the Council

The President

G. BROWN

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

PREFERENTIAL TARIFF QUOTAS OPENED FOR 1998

SWITZERLAND

Order
number

09.0911

09.0912

09.0913

09.0914

CN code

Description

Autonomous
quotas

Rate of
duty applicable

1302 20 10

Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates. Dry

550 tonnes

2101 11 11

Extracts, essences and concentrates with a coffee-
based dry matter content of 95 % or more by
weight

1 700 tonnes

2101 20 20

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea

2106 90 92

Food preparations/other, containing no milk fats,
sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing
less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglu-
cose, 5 % glucose or starch

120 tonnes

850 tonnes

free

free

free

free

ANNEX II

PREFERENTIAL TARIFF QUOTAS OPENED FOR 1998

NORWAY

Order
number

CN code

Description

Autonomous
quotas

Rate of
duty applicable

09.0765

1517 10 90

Margarine, excluding liquid margarine.

2 470 tonnes

09.0766

09.0767

09.0768

09.0769

09.0770

09.0771

Other

2102 30 00

Prepared baking powders

2103 90 90
(taric code 90/11-
90/19-90/98-90/99)

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condi-
ments
and mixed seasonings of CN code
2103 90 90, other than mayonnaise

150 tonnes

130 tonnes

2104 10 00

Soups and broths and preparations therefor

390 tonnes

2106 90 92

Food preparations/other, containing no milk fats,
sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing
less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglu-
cose, 5 % glucose or starch

510 tonnes

2203 00

Beer made from malt

2207 10 00
(taric code 90)

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcohol strength
by volume of 80 % vol. or higher/other than those
which obtained from agricultural products listed in
Annex II to the EC Treaty

4 800 hectolitres

134 000 hectolitres

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

09.0772

2207 20 00
(taric code 90)

Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any
strength/other than those which obtained from
agricultural products listed in Annex II to the EC
Treaty

3 340 hectolitres

free

09.0773

2208 90 57
(taric code 20)

Aquavit

300 hectolitres

free

09.0774

2403 10 00

Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing
tobacco substitutes in any proportion

370 tonnes

free’