Council Regulation (EC) No 1763/1999 of 29 July 1999 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in Albania and amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 as regards Albania
Date: 1999-07-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Albania, generalised preferences, import, originating product, tariff preference, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1763/1999

of 29 July 1999

concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in
Albania and amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised
tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 as regards Albania

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Relations between the European Union and non-asso-
ciated countries in south-eastern Europe are governed by
the EU's Regional Approach based on the conclusions of
the Council of 29 April 1997 which contain a number
of common principles and conditions, including for the
granting of preferential trade concessions;

All countries formerly part of Yugoslavia covered by the
EU's Regional Approach concerning the non-associated
countries in south-eastern Europe who comply with
relevant conditionality benefit from preferential trade
concessions;

Albania is equally covered by the EU's Regional
Approach and currently complies with the relevant
conditionality in the framework of the EU's Regional
Approach for the granting of autonomous trade prefer-
ences;

The Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Albania on trade and
commercial and economic cooperation (1) does not
provide for the granting of preferential trade concessions
comparable with those applying as autonomous trade
preferences to countries formerly part of Yugoslavia;

trade preferences

The granting of autonomous
for
Albania in addition to the GSP would make it possible
to supplement the provisions of the said Agreement in
the direction of a comparable trade regime with regional
standards without the opening of negotiations, while
taking into account
trade
between the European Community and Albania; these
autonomous trade preferences would be governed by the
same basic rules as those which apply to countries
which emerged from former Yugoslavia; it is therefore
appropriate to limit the coverage of the GSP for Albania
to agricultural products once these autonomous trade

the specific situation of

(1) OJ L 343, 25.11.1992, p. 2.

preferences apply, in line with the regime applicable to
these countries;

Such trade preferences comprise exemption from duties
and the abolition of quantitative restrictions for indus-
trial products, except for certain products subject to
tariff ceilings, and special concessions (exemption from
duties, reduction of the agricultural components, tariff
quotas) for various agricultural products;

It is appropriate, in the light of experience achieved in
the framework of an agreement on textile products
between the Community and Albania in force between
1992 and 1997, to provide for specific tariff ceilings for
these products;

(6)

(7)

(8)

It is appropriate to provide in the case of Albania for
specific concessions for fishery products;

(9)

For the purposes of certification and administrative
the relevant provisions of
cooperation procedures,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 (2) laying down provisions for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing
the Community Customs Code (3) should be applied;

(2) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 502/1999 (OJ L 65, 12.3.1999, p.
1).

(3) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-
the

the European Parliament and of

tion (EC) No 955/1999 of
Council (OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 1).

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(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

Community monitoring may be achieved by means of
an administrative procedure based on charging imports
of the products in question against the tariff ceilings at
Community level as and when those products are
entered with the customs authorities for free circulation;
this administrative procedure must make provision for
the possibility of reintroducing customs duties as soon
as the ceilings are reached at Community level;

This administrative procedure requires close and particu-
larly rapid cooperation between the Member States and
the Commission, which must in particular be able to
follow the progress of quantities charged against the
ceilings;

The decision for the opening of tariff quotas should be
taken by the Community in the execution of its inter-
national obligations;
to ensure the efficiency of a
common administration of these quotas, there is no
obstacle to authorising the Member States to draw from
the quota-volumes
the necessary quantities corres-
ponding to actual
imports; however, this method of
administration requires close cooperation between the
Member States and the Commission and the latter must
in particular be able to monitor the rate at which the
quotas are used up and inform the Member States;

It is necessary, in particular, to ensure for all Community
importers equal and uninterrupted access to the said
tariff quotas and to ensure uninterrupted application of
the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the
products concerned into all Member States until the
quotas have been used up;

For the sake of rationalisation and simplification, it is
appropriate to provide that
the Commission may,
having consulted the Customs Code Committee, make
any necessary changes and technical amendments neces-
sary to this Regulation;

The Community must be able to act swiftly against
Albania when its financial
interests are damaged as a
result of fraud, serious and repeated irregularities or a
manifest lack of administrative cooperation in Albania;
having notified the Member States and the operators
the Commission
concerned of
should be able to suspend certain preferences provision-
ally on the basis of sufficient evidence;

its reasonable doubts,

The import arrangements are renewed on the basis of
the conditions established by the Council in relation to
the
of
the
the
regional
and Albania,
Community

relations
including

between
the

development

approach; it is therefore appropriate to limit the dura-
tion of these arrangements to 31 December 2001,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Subject to the special provisions laid down in Articles 2,
3, 4 and 5, products originating in Albania, other than those
listed in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European
Community and in Annex A to this Regulation, shall be
admitted for import into the Community without quantitative
restrictions or measures having equivalent effect and with
exemption from customs duties and charges having equivalent
effect.

2.
Entitlement to the preferential arrangements laid down in
this Regulation shall be subject to compliance with a definition
of origin adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 249 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.

3.
Pending the adoption and entry into force of the defini-
tion of origin referred to in paragraph 2, entitlement to the
preferential arrangements laid down in this Regulation shall be
subject to compliance with the definition of the concept of
originating products for which provision is made in Part I, Title
IV, Chapter 2, Section 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93.

Article 2

Processed agricultural products

The import duties, namely the customs duties and agricultural
components, applicable on import into the Community of the
products listed in Annex B shall be those indicated for each
product in the said Annex.

Article 3

Industrial products and textile products — tariff ceilings

1.
From 1 January to 31 December each year, imports into
the Community of certain products originating in Albania and
listed in Annex C shall benefit
from an exemption from
customs duties in accordance with the annual tariff ceilings
specified in that Annex.

The description of the products referred to in the first subpara-
graph, their Combined Nomenclature codes and the corres-
ponding ceilings are set out in the said Annex. The amounts of
the ceilings shall be increased annually by 5 % of the volume of
the previous year.

Annex C, part II, provides specific provisions containing
2.
separate tariff ceilings for direct imports and for reimportations
of textile products following an outward-processing operation,
in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 3036/94 (1).

(1) OJ L 322, 15.12.1994, p. 1.

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The tariff ceilings referred to in this Article shall be
3.
subject to Community surveillance managed by the Commis-
sion, in close cooperation with the Member States, in accord-
ance with Article 308d of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Quantities shall be charged against the ceilings as and
4.
when declarations for release for free circulation are lodged
with customs authorities with an evidence of origin issued in
accordance with the provisions of Article 1(2) and (3).

Goods may be charged against a ceiling only if the evidence of
origin is presented before the date on which customs duties are
reintroduced.

As soon as a tariff ceiling is reached, the Commission
5.
may adopt a Regulation re-establishing, until the end of the
calendar year, the customs duties applicable to third countries
in respect of imports of the products concerned.

Article 4

Agricultural products

Imports
into the Community of products originating in
Albania and listed in Annex D, shall benefit from an exemption
from customs duties in accordance with the tariff concessions
listed in that Annex.

Article 5

Agricultural products including fisheries — tariff quotas

The customs duties applicable to imports

1.
into the
Community of the products originating in Albania and listed in
Annex E, shall be suspended during the periods, at the levels
and within the limits of the Community tariff quotas indicated
for each one.

2.
The tariff quotas referred to in this Article shall be admin-
istered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a to
308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

3.
Each Member State shall ensure that importers of the
products in question have equal and uninterrupted access to
the tariff quotas for as long as the balance of the relevant quota
volume so permits.

(a) amendments and technical adjustments necessary following
amendments to the Combined Nomenclature and Taric
codes,

(b) necessary adjustments following the conclusion of other

agreements between the Community and Albania,

shall be adopted by the Commission, assisted by the Customs
Code Committee, in accordance with the procedure set out in
paragraph 2 of this Article.

2.
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee
shall deliver its opinion on this draft within a time limit, which
the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the
matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid
down in Article 205(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions
which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the
Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member
States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner
set out in that Article. The Chairman shall not vote.

The Commission shall adopt the measures which shall apply
immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance
with the opinion of the Committee, they shall be communic-
ated by the Commission to the Council forthwith.
In that
event:

(a) the Commission may defer application of the measures
which it has decided for a period of not more than one
month from the date of such communication;

(b) the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
different decision within the time limit referred to in point
(a).

The Committee may examine any question concerning
3.
the application of tariff quotas and tariff ceilings, which is
raised by its Chairman either at the latter's initiative or at the
request of a Member State.

Article 8

Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to
ensure that this Regulation is complied with.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 9

Article 6

Temporary suspension clause

For the first calendar year of application, the volumes of tariff
quotas and tariff ceilings listed in Annexes C and E, shall be
calculated as a pro rata of
taking into
account the part of the period elapsed before the date of
application of this Regulation.

the basic volumes,

Article 7

1.
The provisions necessary for the application of this Regu-
lation, other than those provided for in Article 3(4), notably:

there is sufficient
1. Where the Commission finds that
evidence of fraud or failure to provide administrative coopera-
tion as required for the verification of evidence of origin by
Albania it may take measures to suspend in whole or in part
the arrangements provided for in this Regulation for a period
of three months, provided that it has first:

— informed the Committee referred to in Article 7;

— called on the Member States to take such precautionary
to safeguard the

measures as are necessary in order
Community's financial

interests;

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— published a notice in the Official Journal of the European
Communities stating that there are grounds for reasonable
doubts about the application of the preferential arrange-
ments by the beneficiary country concerned which may call
into question its right to continue enjoying the benefits
granted by this Regulation.

2.
A Member State may refer the Commission's decision to
the Council within 10 days. The Council, acting by a qualified
majority, may take a different decision within 30 days.

— extend the suspension measure in accordance with the

procedure provided for in paragraph 1.

Article 10

Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 (1) is amended as follows:

in Annex III,
enjoying generalised tariff preferences,
inserted next to AL Albania.

listing the beneficiary countries and territories
footnote 1 shall be

Article 11

On conclusion of the period of suspension, the Commis-

3.
sion shall decide either to:

— terminate the provisional suspension measure following
consultation of the Committee referred to in paragraph 1,
or

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

It shall apply with effect from the first day of the second
month after its entry into force until 31 December 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1999.

For the Council

The President

S. HASSI

(1) OJ L 357, 30.12.1998, p. 1.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX A

CONCERNING THE EXCLUDED PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1(1)

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products is to be 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. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is
to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

CN code

Description

ex 0509 00

Natural sponges of animal origin:

0509 00 90

– Other than raw

1302

Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages
and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:

– Vegetable saps and extracts:

1302 13 00

– – Of hops

– Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:

1302 31 00

– – Agar-agar

1302 32

– – Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds

or guar seeds:

1302 32 10

– – – Of locust beans or locust bean seeds

1505

Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)

1515

Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined,
but not chemically modified:

1515 60

– Jojoba oil and its fractions:

1515 60 90

– – Other

1518 00

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown,
polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of
heading No 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions
of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included:

– Other:

1518 00 91

– – Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised,
blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding
those of heading No 1516

– – Other:

1518 00 95

– – – Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and oils and their

fractions

1518 00 99

– – – Other

1520 00 00

Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol

lyes

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CN code

1521

Description

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or
not refined or coloured:

1521 10

– Vegetable waxes:

1521 10 90

– – Other

1521 90

– Other:

– – Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured:

1521 90 99

– – – Other than raw

1702

Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar
syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed
with natural honey; caramel:

– Lactose and lactose syrup:

1702 11 00

– – Containing by weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry

matter

1702 30

– Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by

weight of fructose:

– – Other:

1702 30 51
and 59

– – – Containing in the dry state 99 % or more by weight of glucose

1702 50 00

– Chemically pure fructose

1702 90

– Other,

including invert sugar:

1702 90 10

– – Chemically pure maltose

1803

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted

1804 00 00

Cocoa butter, fat and oil

1805 00 00

Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or
containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere
specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing
cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not
elsewhere specified or included:

ex 1901 10 00

– Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale:

– Excluding those containing cocoa and prepared milk in powder form

1901 20 00

– Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading No 1905

1901 90

– Other:

1901 90 11
and 19

– – Malt extract

ex 1901 90 91

– – Other:

and 99

– Excluding those containing cocoa and prepared milk in powder form for dietetic or culinary

purposes

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CN code

1902

Description

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such
as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles,
lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not
prepared:

– Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared:

1902 11 00

– – Containing eggs

1902 19

– – Other

1902 40

– Couscous:

1902 40 10

– – Unprepared

1903 00 00

Tapioca and substitutes therefore prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or
similar forms

1905

2008

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

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included:

– Nuts, grounds-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together:

2008 11

– – Ground-nuts:

2008 11 10

– – – Peanut butter

– Other,

including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19:

2008 99

– – Other:

– – – Not containing added spirit:

– – – – Not containing added sugar:

ex 2008 99 99

– – – – – Other:

– Vine leaves, hop shoots and similar edible parts of plants

2101

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these
products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes
and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:

– Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts,

essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee:

2101 11

– – Extracts, essences and concentrates

2101 12

– – Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee:

2101 12 92

– – – Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee

2101 20

– Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts,

essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté:

2101 20 20

– – Extracts, essences or concentrates

– – Preparations:

2101 20 92

– – – With a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or maté

2101 30

– Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof

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CN code

2102

Description

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of
heading No 3002); prepared baking powders:

2102 20

– Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead:

2102 20 11
and 19

– – Inactive yeasts

2102 30 00

– Prepared baking powders

2103

Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal
and prepared mustard

2104

Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homogenised composite food preparations

2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:

2106 10

– Protein concentrates and textured protein substances:

2106 10 20

– – Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk

fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

2106 90

– Other:

2106 90 20

– – Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a kind

used for the manufacture of beverages

– – Other:

ex 2106 90 92

– – – Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 %

milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch:

– – – – Excluding hydrolysates of proteins and autolysates of yeast

2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of
heading No 2009

2203 00

Beer made from malt

2205

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances

2207

2208

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; ethyl alcohol
and other spirits, denatured, of any strength

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits; liqueurs
and other spirituous beverages

2402

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes

2403

Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; “homogenised” or “reconstitued”
tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences

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CN code

Description

2905

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

– Other polyphydric alcohols:

2905 43 00

– – Mannitol

2905 44

– – D-Glucitol (sorbitol)

2905 45 00

– – Glycerol

3302

Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or
more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on
odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:

3302 10

– Of a kind used in the food or drink industries:

– – Of a kind used in the drink industries:

– – – Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage:

3302 10 10

– – – – Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0,5 %

– – – – Other:

3302 10 21

– – – – – Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 %

milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

3501

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivates; casein glues:

3501 10

– Casein

3501 90

– Other:

3501 90 90

– – Other

3502

Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than
80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivates:

3502 11 90
and 19 90

– Egg albumin, other than unfit, or to be rendered unfit, for human consumption

3502 20

– Milk albumin,

including concentrates of two or more whey proteins:

3502 20 91
and 99

– – Other, than unfit, or to be rendered unfit, for human consumption

3505

Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches): glues based
on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches:

3505 10

– Dextrins and other modified starches:

3505 10 10

– – Dextrins

– – Other modified starches:

3505 10 90

– – – Other

3505 20

– Glues

3809

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and
preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like
industries, not elsewhere specified or included:

3809 10

– With a basis of amylaceous substances

3824

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or
allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified
or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included:

3824 60

– Sorbitol, other than that of subheading 2905 44

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CONCERNING THE TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS AND RULES APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING
FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

ANNEX B

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products is to be 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. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to
be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

CN code

0403

Description

Rate of
Duty (1)

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 of flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts
or cocoa:

0403 10

– Yoghurt:

0403 10 51
to 99

– – Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

0403 90

– Other:

0403 90 71
to 99

– – Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

0405

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:

0405 20

– Dairy spreads:

0405 20 10

– – Of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but less than 60 %

0405 20 30

– – Of a fat content, by weight, of 60 % or more but less than 75 %

0710

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:

0710 40 00

– Sweet corn

0711

Vegetables 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:

0711 90

– Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:

– – Vegetables:

0711 90 30

– – – Sweet corn

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

– Margarine, excluding liquid margarine:

1517 10 10

– – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats

1517 90

– Other:

1517 90 10

– – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

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CN code

Description

1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:

1704 10

– Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated

1704 90

– Other:

Rate of
Duty (1)

EA

1704 90 10

– – Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not

9 %

containing other added substances

1704 90 30

– – White chocolate

1704 90 51
to a 99

– – Other

1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

1806 10

– Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

1806 10 15

– – Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose
(including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as
sucrose

1806 10 20

– – Containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose (including
invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 10 30

– – Containing 65 % or more but

less than 80 % by weight of sucrose
(including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as
sucrose

1806 10 90

– – Containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar

expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 20

– Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in
liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or
immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg

– Other,

in blocks, slabs or bars:

1806 31 00

– – Filled

1806 32

– – Not filled

1806 90

– Other

EA

EA

free

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not
containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated
on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food prepara-
tions of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or
containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted
basis, not elsewhere specified or included:

ex 1901 10 00

– Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale:

– Containing cocoa and prepared milk in powder form

EA

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Description

Rate of
Duty (1)

1901 90

– Other:

– – Other:

ex 1901 90 91

– – – Containing no milk fats, sucrose,

isoglucose, glucose or starch or
containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar)
or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations in
powder form of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404:

– Containing cocoa and prepared milk in powder form for dietetic or culinary

12,8 %

purposes

ex 1901 90 99

– – – Other:

– Containing cocoa and prepared milk in powder form for dietetic or culinary

EA

purposes

1902

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or
otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles,
lasagne, gnocchi,
ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared:

1902 20

– Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:

1902 20 91
and 99

– – Other

1902 30

– Other pasta

1902 40

Couscous:

1902 40 90

– – Other

1904

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereals
products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain
form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour and meal),
pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included

2001

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved
by vinegar or acetic acid:

2001 90

– Other:

2001 90 30

– – Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

2001 90 40

– – Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or

more by weight of starch

2004

Other vegetables prepared or perserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, frozen, other than products of heading No 2006:

2004 10

– Potatoes:

– – Other:

2004 10 91

– – – In the form of flour, meal or flakes

2004 90

– Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables:

2004 90 10

– – Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

EA

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CN code

2005

Description

Rate of
Duty (1)

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006:

2005 20

– Potatoes:

2005 20 10

– – In the form of flour, meal or flakes

2005 80 00

– Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

2008

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved,
whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit,
not elsewhere specified or included:

– Other,

including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19:

2008 91 00

– – Palm hearts

2008 99

– – Other:

– – – Not containing added spirit:

– – – – Not containing added sugar:

2008 99 85

– – – – – Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

2008 99 91

– – – – – Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants, containing

5 % or more by weight of starch

2101

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations
with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted
chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concen-
trates thereof:

– Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations with a basis of

these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee:

2101 12

– – Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with

a basis of coffee:

2101 12 98

– – – Other

2101 20

– Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a
basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or
maté:

– – Preparations:

2101 20 98

– – – Other

2102

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not
including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking powders:

2102 10

– Active yeasts:

2102 10 10

– – Culture yeast

2102 10 31
and 39

– – Baker's yeast

2102 10 90

– – Other

2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:

2106 10

– Protein concentrates and textured protein substances:

2106 10 80

– – Other

2106 90

– Other:

EA

EA

9 %

EA

EA

EA

EA

8 %

EA

10 %

EA

EA

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Description

– – Other:

ex 2106 90 92

– – – Containing no milk fats, sucrose,

isoglucose, glucose or starch or
containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 %
glucose or starch:

– Hydrolysates of proteins; autolysates of yeast

2106 90 98

– – – Other

3302

Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions)
with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw
materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a
kind used for the manufacture of beverages:

3302 10

– Of a kind used in the food or drink industries:

– – Of a kind used in the drink industries:

– – – Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage:

– – – – Other:

3302 10 29

– – – – – Other

Rate of
Duty (1)

free

EA

EA

(1) The amounts of the agricultural elements (EA) which may be subject to a maximum duty are set out in the Common Customs Tariff

(Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 as amended).

CONCERNING THE ANNUAL TARIFF CEILINGS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(1)

ANNEX C

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products is to be 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.

PART I

(industrial products)

Order
number

CN Code

Description

27.0010

3103

Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic:

3103 10

– Superphosphates

Ceiling
(in tonnes)

25 900

27.0020

6403

Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composi-
tion leather and uppers of leather:

540

6403 59

– Other footwear with outer soles of leather, other

6403 91

6403 99

– Other footwear:

– – Covering the ankle

– – Other

27.0030

6406

Parts of footwear (including uppers whether or not attached to
soles other than outer soles); removable in-soles, heel cushions
and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and similar articles, and parts
thereof:

4 100

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number

CN Code

Description

Ceiling
(in tonnes)

6406 10

– Uppers and parts thereof, other than stiffeners

6406 20

– Outer soles and heels, of rubber or plastics

6406 99

– Other, of other materials

27.0040

7010

Carboys, bottles, flasks,
jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other
containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing
of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers,
lids and other
closures, of glass:

1 650

7010 92

– Other, of a capacity exceeding 0,33 l but not exceeding 1 l

27.0050

7202

Ferro-alloys:

20 280

7202 41

– Ferro-chromium, containing by weight more than 4 % of

carbon

27.0060

7601

Unwrought aluminium:

1 860

7601 10 00

– Aluminum, not alloyed

7601 20

– Aluminium alloys

27.0070

7602 00

Aluminium waste and scrap

1 400

PART II

(textile products)

Order number

CN code

Description

Ceiling
(in items)
(a) Outward proces-

sing traffic
(b) Direct import

(a) 27.0100
(b) 27.0105

6104

Women's and girls' suits, ensembles,
jackets, blazers,
dresses, skirts, trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches
and shorts (other than swimwear), knitted or crocheted:

(a) 306 000
(b) 100 000

6104 33 00

– Jackets and blazers, of synthetic fibres

6104 62

– Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of

cotton

(a) 27.0110
(b) 27.0115

6105

Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted:

(a)
(b)

69 000
8 000

6105 20

– Of man-made fibres

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CN code

Description

Ceiling
(in items)
(a) Outward proces-

sing traffic
(b) Direct import

(a) 27.0120
(b) 27.0125

6106

Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses, knitted
or crocheted:

(a) 655 000
94 000
(b)

6106 10 00

– Of cotton

6106 20 00

– Of man-made fibres

(a) 27.0130
(b) 27.0135

6107

Men's or boys' underpants, briefs, nightshirts, pyjamas,
bathrobes, dressing gowns and similar articles, knitted or
crocheted:

(a) 2 212 000
(b) 494 000

6107 11 00

– Underpants and briefs, of cotton

6107 21 00

– Nightshirts and pyjamas, of cotton

(a) 27.0140
(b) 27.0145

6108

Women's or girls' slips, petticoats, briefs, panties night-
dresses, pyjamas, négligés, bathrobes, dressing gowns and
similar articles, knitted or crocheted:

(a) 5 504 000
62 000
(b)

6108 21 00

– Briefs and panties, of cotton

(a) 27.0150
(b) 27.0155

6109

T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted

(a) 2 745 000
(b) 389 000

(a) 27.0160
(b) 27.0165

6110

Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoasts and similar
articles, knitted or crocheted:

(a) 265 000
(b) 111 000

6110 20

– Of cotton

6110 30

– Of man-made fibres

(a) 27.0170
(b) 27.0175

6112

Track suits, ski suits and swimwear, knitted or crocheted:

(a) 520 000
32 000
(b)

6112 41

– Women's or girl's swimwear, of synthetic fibres

(a) 27.0180
(b) 27.0185

6115

Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery,
including stockings
for varicose veins and footwear
without applied soles, knitted or crocheted:

(a) 167 000
34 000
(b)

6115 11 00

– Panty hose and tights, of synthetic fibres, measuring per

single yarn less than 67 decitex

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Order number

CN code

Description

Ceiling
(in items)
(a) Outward proces-

sing traffic
(b) Direct import

(a) 27.0190
(b) 27.0195

6201

Men's or boys' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks, anoraks
(including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and
similar articles, other than those of heading No 6203:

(a) 200 000
(b) 110 000

– Overcoats, raincoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks and similar

6201 12

6201 13

articles:

– – Of cotton

– – Of man-made fibres

– Other:

6201 92 00

– – Of cotton

6201 93 00

– – Of man-made fibres

(a) 27.0200
(b) 27.0205

6202

Women's or girls' overcoats, car-coats, capes, cloaks,
(including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-
anoraks
jackets and similar articles, other than those of heading
No 6204:

(a)
(b)

12 000
23 000

6202 11 00

– Overcoats,

raincoats,

car-coats,

capes,

cloaks, and

similar articles, of wool or fine animal-hair

(a) 27.0210
(b) 27.0215

6203

Men's or boys' suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers, trousers,
bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than
swimwear):

(a) 1 738 000
(b) 1 362 000

– Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts:

6203 41

6203 42

6203 43

– – Of wool or fine animal hair

– – Of cotton

– – Of synthetic fibres

(a) 27.0220
(b) 27.0225

6204

jackets, blazers,
Women's or girl's
dresses, skirts, divided skirts, trousers, bib and brace over-
alls, breeches and shorts (other than swimware):

suits, ensembles,

(a) 856 000
(b) 1 106 000

– Jackets and blazers:

6204 31 00

– – Of wool or fine animal hair

6204 33

– – Of synthetic fibres

– Dresses:

6204 42 00

– – Of cotton

6204 44

– – Of artificial fibres

– Skirts and divided skirts:

6204 52 00

– – Of cotton

6204 53 00

– – Of synthetic fibres

6204 59

6204 62

– – Of other textile materials

– Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, of

cotton

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Order number

CN code

Description

(a) 27.0230
(b) 27.0235

(a) 27.0240
(b) 27.0245

(a) 27.0250
(b) 27.0255

6205

Men's or boys' shirts:

6205 20 00

– Of cotton

6206

Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses:

6206 30 00

6206 40 00

6206 90

– Of cotton

– Of man-made fibres

– Of other textile materials

6211

Track suits, ski suits and swimwear; other garments:

Ceiling
(in items)
(a) Outward proces-

sing traffic
(b) Direct import

(a) 896 000
(b) 212 000

(a) 1 066 000
(b) 384 000

(a)
(b)

661 (*)
193 (*)

– Other garments, men's or boys':

6211 33

– – Of man-made fibres

– Other garments, women's or girls':

6211 42

6211 43

– – Of cotton

– – Of man-made fibres

6211 49 00

– – Of other textile materials

(a) 27.0260
(b) 27.0265

6212

Brassières, girdles, corsets, braces, suspenders, garters and
similar articles and parts thereof, whether or not knitted
or crocheted:

(a) 284 000
17 000
(b)

6212 10

– Brassières

(a) 27.0270
(b) 27.0275

(*) In tonnes.

6305

Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods:

(a)
(b)

95 (*)
3

6305 20 00

– Of cotton

ANNEX D

CONCERNING THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products is to be 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.

CN code

0713

Description

Quantity

Rate of duty

Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or
split:

0713 31 00

– Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata

unlimited

0 %

(L.) Wilczek

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ANNEX E

CONCERNING THE TARIFF QUOTAS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5

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

PART I

(Fishery products)

Order Number

CN code

Description

Quota volume per
year
(in tonnes)

Rate of duty

09.1561

1604 16 00

Prepared or preserved anchovies

700

12,5 %

1604 20 40

PART II

(Agricultural products)

Order
Number

CN code

Description

09.1562

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled:

Quota volume per
year or indicated
period
(in tonnes)

Rate of duty

– from 20 May to 30 June

300

0 %

ex 0703 90 00

Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or
chilled:

09.1563

09.1564

– from 1 January to 15 March

– from 1 November to 31 December

09.1565

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled:

– from 1 May to 31 May

09.1566

ex 0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled:

– from 10 July to 15 September

09.1567

0712 90 30 Dried tomatoes, whole, cut, sliced, broken or

in powder, but not further prepared

09.1568

ex 0807 11 00 Watermelons, fresh:

– from 16 July to 31 August

09.1569

2005 90 80 Other vegetables, prepared or preserved other-
wise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen

100

200

300

300

300

500

300

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %’