Council Regulation (EC) No 2847/98 of 22 December 1998 renewing for 1999 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: 1998-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, Switzerland, agro-industry, import, tariff preference, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2847/98

of 22 December 1998

renewing for 1999 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 estab-
lishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for
certain processed agricultural products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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

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;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 was renewed for
1996, 1997 and 1998, by Regulations (EC) No 102/96 (2),
(EC) No 306/97 (3) and (EC) No 560/98 (4) respectively;

Whereas 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 (5) consolidated the arrange-
ments for managing the tariff quotas to be used in chron-
ological order of the date of acceptance of the declarations
for release for free circulation;

Whereas it was not possible to conclude additional Proto-
cols before 1 January 1999; whereas in the cirumstances
and pursuant to Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the Act of
Accession,
the measures
required to remedy the situation; whereas, therefore, it is
necessary to renew the measures provided for in Regula-
tion (EC) No 1416/95 for 1999,

the Community must adopt

Article 1

The measures provided for in Article 1 of Regulation

1.
(EC) No 1416/95 shall be renewed to cover 1999.

Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 shall be
replaced by Annexes I and II to this Regulation.

the reciprocal measures

If Switzerland and Norway discontinue the applica-
2.
tion of
the
Community, the Commission may, in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 16 of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 3448/93 (6), suspend application of
the
measures provided for in paragraph 1.

in favour of

Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Annexes I and II to
Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 shall be administered in
accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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 with effect from 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 1998.

For the Council

The President

C. EINEM

(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 76, 13. 3. 1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1677/98 (OJ L 212, 30. 7. 1998, p. 18.)

(6) OJ L 318, 20. 12. 1993, p. 18.

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ANNEX I

Preferential tariff quotas opened for 1999

SWITZERLAND

Order
No

CN code

Description

Autonomous
quotas

Rate of duty
applicable

09.0911

1302 20 10

Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates. Dry

550 tonnes

09.0912

2101 11 11

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

1 700 tonnes

09.0913

2101 20 20

Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or mat(cid:130)

120 tonnes

09.0914

2106 90 92

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

850 tonnes

free

free

free

free

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ANNEX II

Preferential tariff quotas opened for 1999

NORWAY

Order No

CN code

Description

Autonomous quotas

Rate of duty
applicable

09.0765

1517 10 90

Margarine, excluding liquid margarine
Other

09.0766

2102 30 00

Prepared baking powder

09.0767

2103 90 90
(taric
90/19-90/98-90/99

code 90/11-

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

09.0768

2104 10

Soups and broths and preparations therefor

09.0769

2106 90 92

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

09.0770

2203 00

Beer made from malt

09.0771

2207 10 00
(taric code 90)

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

2 470 tonnes

150 tonnes

130 tonnes

390 tonnes

510 tonnes

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
strength/other
products listed in Annex II to the EC Treaty

spirits, denatured, of any
than those obtained from agricultural

3 340 hectolitres

free

09.0773

2208 90 57
(taric code 20)

Aquavit

300 hectolitres

09.0774

2403 10

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

370 tonnes

free

free