Council Regulation (EC) No 2745/1999 of 17 December 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural product, industrial product, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2745/1999

of 17 December 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of auto-
nomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be
amended,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

By virtue of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 (1), the Council
opened Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
and industrial products; Community demand for the
products in question should be met under the most
favourable conditions; Community tariff quotas should
therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of duty for
appropriate volumes, and increased or extended in the
case of certain existing tariff quotas, while avoiding any
disturbance to the markets for these products;

It is no longer in the Community's interest to maintain a
Community tariff quota on some of
the products
covered by the above Regulation, and those products
should therefore be removed from the table in Annex I;

In view of the large number of amendments coming into
effect on 1 January 2000 and in order to clarify matters
for the user, the table in Annex I to the above Regula-
tion should be replaced by the table in the Annex to this
Regulation;

Having regard to the economic importance of the said
Regulation for European industry and the requirement
that it enter into force on 1 January 2000, it is necessary
to invoke the ground of urgency referred to in point I(3)
of the additional Protocol to the Treaty of Amsterdam
on the role of national parliaments in the European
Union;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 1999,
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as
follows:

— order number 09.2711: the amount of the tariff quota shall

be altered to 1 035 000 tonnes,

— order number 09.2939: the amount of the tariff quota shall

be altered to 135 000 000 units,

— order number 09.2943: the amount of the tariff quota shall

be altered to 60 000 000 units,

— order number 09.2944: the amount of the tariff quota shall

be altered to 48 000 000 units,

— order number 09.2959: the amount of the tariff quota shall

be altered to 60 000 tonnes,

— order number 09.2966: the amount of the tariff quota shall

be altered to 12 000 tonnes.

Article 2

The table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be
replaced by the table set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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.

(1) OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1969/1999 (OJ L 244, 16.9.1999, p. 38).

It shall apply from 1 January 2000, except for Article 1 which
shall apply from 1 January 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ

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ANNEX

Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Amount of quota

Quota duty
( %)

Quota period

09.2703

ex 2852 30 00

10

Vanadium oxides and hydroxides, only for the produc-
tion of alloys (a)

13 000 tonnes

09.2711

7202 41 10
7202 41 91
7202 41 99

—

Ferro-chromium containing by weight more than 4 % of
carbon for the manufacture of iron or steel of Chapter
72 of Combined Nomenclature (a)

1 035 000 tonnes

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

09.2713

09.2719

ex 2008 60 19
ex 2008 60 39

10
11/19

Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter not
exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned, intended for the manufac-
ture of chocolate products (a):
— with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight
— with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight

2 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12

10 (1)
10

ex 2008 60 19
ex 2008 60 39

20
20

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol, of
a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm,
intended for the
manufacture of chocolate products (a):
— with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight
— with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight

2 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

10 (1)
10

09.2727

ex 3902 90 90

93

Synthetic poly-alpha-olefin having a viscosity of not less
than 38 × 10–6 m2 s–1 (38 centistokes) at 100 °C, meas-
ures using the ASTM D 445 method

7 500 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

09.2729

ex 0811 90 95

10

Boysenberries, preserved by freezing, not containing
added sugar, for the processing industry (a)

1 500 tonnes

12

1.1.-31.12.

09.2799

ex 7202 49 90

10

Ferro-chromium containing 1,5 % or more but not
more than 4 % by weight of carbon and not more than
70 % by weight of chromium

35 000 tonnes

09.2809

ex 3802 90 00

10

Acid-activated montmorillonite for the manufacture of
self-copy paper (a)

10 000 tonnes

09.2829

ex 3824 90 95

19

Solid extract of
insoluble in aliphatic
solvents obtained during the extraction of resin from
wood, having the following characteristics:

the residual

— a resin acid content not exceeding 30 % by weight
— an acid number not exceeding 110, and
— melting point of not less than 100 °C

1 600 tonnes

09.2837

ex 2903 49 80

10

Bromochloromethane

700 tonnes

09.2841

ex 2712 90 99

10

Blend of 1-alkenes containing 80 % by weight or more
of 1-alkenes of a chain-length of 20 and 22 carbon
atoms

10 000 tonnes

0

0

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

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Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Amount of quota

Quota duty
( %)

Quota period

09.2849

ex 0710 80 69

10

Mushrooms of
species Auricularia polytricha
(uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling), frozen,
for the manufacture of prepared meals (a) (b)

the

700 tonnes

09.2851

ex 2907 12 00

10

o-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 % by
weight

13 000 tonnes

09.2853

ex 2930 90 70

09.2859

ex 2909 49 90

35

10

Glutathione

15 tonnes

2,2(cid:1)-Isopropylidene-bis (p-phenyleneoxy) diethanol,
solid form

in

1 300 tonnes

09.2867

ex 3207 40 80

10

Glass granulate, containing by weight:

310 tonnes

— 73 % or more but not more than 77 % of silicon

dioxide,

— 12 % or more but not more than 18 % of dibroron

trioxide and

— 4 % or more but not more than 8 % of polyethylene

glycol

Chlorosulphonated polyethylene

Sulphate turpentine

Natural unmanufactured tobacco, whether or not cut in
regular size, having a custom value of not less than 450
€/100 kg net weight, for use as binder or wrapper for
the manufacture of products falling within subheading
2402 10 00 (a)

6 000 tonnes

20 000 tonnes

6 000 tonnes

Aqueous solution containing by weight not less than
40 % of dry betaine-extract and 5 % or more but not
more than 30 % by weight of organic or inorganic salts

38 000 tonnes

09.2881

ex 3901 90 90

09.2889

3805 10 90

09.2913

ex 2401 10 41
ex 2401 10 49
ex 2401 10 50
ex 2401 10 70
ex 2401 10 90
ex 2401 20 41
ex 2401 20 49
ex 2401 20 50
ex 2401 20 70
ex 2401 20 90

09.2914

ex 3824 90 95

92

—

10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

26

09.2915

ex 3824 90 95

27

Silicon dioxide having a purity of 99 % or more by
weight, in the form of spherical particles dispersed in
monoethylene glycol

60 tonnes

09.2917

2930 90 14

09.2918

ex 2910 90 00

09.2919

ex 8708 29 90

09.2933

ex 2903 69 90

09.2935

3806 10 10

09.2935

3806 10 10

09.2936

ex 3815 90 90

—

50

10

30

—

—

45

Cystine

1,2-Epoxybutan

600 tonnes

500 tonnes

Foldings bellows for the manufacture of articulated
buses (a)

2 600
units

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

2 600 tonnes

Rosin and resin acids, obtained from fresh oleoresins

60 000 tonnes

Rosin and resin acids, obtained from fresh oleoresins

50 000 tonnes

Catalyst,
in the form of powder, consisting of mixed
vanadium and phosphorus oxides, containing by weight
not more than 0,5 % of one of the following elements:
lithium, potassium, sodium, cadmium or zinc, for use in
the manufacture of maleic anhydride from butane (a)

100 tonnes

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-30.6.

1.7.-31.12.

1.1.-
30.6.2000

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Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

09.2939

ex 8543 89 95

43

Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), other than tempera-
ture compensated oscillators, consisting of active and
elements mounted on a printed circuit,
passive
contained in a housing bearing:

— an identification marking consisting of or including
one of the following alphanumeric combinations:

1012TDK, 1019TDK, EK304, MQC403, MQC404,
MQE001, MQE041, MQE042, MQE051, MQE201,
MQE411, MQE501,
URAB8,
URAE8X960A, VD2S40, VD2S41, VD5S07

URAE8X956A,

— or other identification markings relating to devices
complying with the abovementioned description

Amount of quota

Quota duty
( %)

Quota period

135 000 000
units

0

1.1.-31.12.

09.2945

ex 2940 00 90

10

D-Xylose

800 tonnes

09.2947

ex 3904 69 90

95

Poly(vinylidene fluoride), in powder form, for the prepa-
ration of paint or varnish for coating metal (a)

1 300 tonnes

09.2949

ex 8543 89 95

44

12 000 000
units

Temperature
comprising a
compensated oscillator,
printed circuit on which are mounted at least a piezo-
electric crystal and an adjustable capacitor, contained in
a housing bearing:

— an identification marking consisting of o including
one of the following alphanumeric combinations:

3211A-ANF50,
TXO2603

5111B-ANL51,

TCXO-111,

— or other identification markings relating to devices
complying with the abovementioned description

09.2950

ex 2905 50 20

20

2-Chloroethanol,
plasts of subheading 4002 99 90 (a)

for the manufacture of

liquid thio-

4 000 tonnes

09.2954

ex 2926 90 99

55

3-[Trifluoromethyl] phenylacetonitrile

100 tonnes

09.2955

ex 2932 19 00

60

Flurtamone (ISO)

09.2957

ex 8507 90 98

10

Stamped cylindrical can, in non-alloy steel, post-nickel-
plated, for an accumulator, of a diameter of 13 mm or
more but not exceeding 17 mm , and of a height of
27 mm or more but not exceeding 70 mm

200 tonnes

70 000 000
units

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

09.2959

ex 4804 41 91
ex 4804 41 99
ex 4804 51 90

10
10
10

Kraft paper and paperboard, weighing more than
150 g/m2, only consisting of unbleached virgin fibres
obtained by the chemical sulphate process,
for the
manufacture of products falling within heading 3921 (a)

45 000 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

09.2964

ex 5502 00 80

20

Filament tow of cellulose produced by organic solvent
spinning (Lyocell), folr use in the paper industry (a)

1 200 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

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Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Amount of quota

Quota duty
( %)

Quota period

09.2966

ex 2839 19 00

20

Crystalline disodium disilicate, containing by weight:

12 000 tonnes

09.2975

ex 2918 30 00

09.2976

ex 8407 90 10

09.2977

ex 3204 17 00

09.2978

ex 4804 52 90

10

10

20

10

09.2979

ex 7011 20 00

15

09.2980

ex 4810 32 10
ex 4810 32 90

09.2981

ex 8407 90 80
ex 8407 90 90

09.2982

ex 2903 69 90

09.2983

ex 2909 30 38

09.2984

ex 4811 29 00

10
10

10
10

20

10

10

09.2985

ex 8540 91 00

33

— 59 % or more of silicondioxide, and

— 30 % or more of disodium oxide

Benzophenone-3,3':4,4-tetracarboxylic dianhydride

500 tonnes

Four-stroke petrol engines of a cylinder capacity not
exceeding 250 cc, for use in the manufacture of lawn-
mowers of sub-heading 8433 11 (a)

900 000
units

Dye C.I.Pigment Blue 61

Kraft paper
and paperboard, bleached uniformly
throughout the mass, weighing 250 g/m2 or more, for
use in the manufacture of liquid food containers (a)

600 tonnes

48 000 tonnes

Glass face-plate with a diagonal measurement from the
outer edge to the outer edge of 80,9 (± 0,2) cm and
having a light transmission of 80 % (± 2 %) by a glass
thickness of 11,43 mm

200 000
units

Kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls, bleached uniformly
throughout the mass, coated on one side with kaolin
and/or
than
calcium carbonate, weighing more
150 g/m2 but less than 400 g/m2, for use in the manu-
facture of liquid food containers (a)

52 000 tonnes

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combus-
tion piston engines, having a cylinder capacity of not
less than 300 cc and a power of not less than 6 but not
exceeding 15,5 kW,
self-
propelled lawn mowers, with a seat (tractor mowers) of
sub-heading 8433 11 51 (a)

the manufacture of

for

1,2-Bis (penthabromophenyl) ethane

Bis (penthabromophenyl) ether

Kraft paper comprising predominantly of pulped virgin
fibres obtained from the chemical sulphate process,
coated on one side with a (waxy) maize-starch based
adhesive:

— not reinforced, having a weight of not less than 48
grammes/m2 but not exceeding 93 grammes/m2
— reinforced, having a weight of not less than 130
grammes/m2 but not exceeding 210 grammes/m2 in
the form of rolls of a width of not less than 150 cm,
for slitting and reduction into rolls of subheading
4823 19 00 (a)

Flat masks of a length of 691,1 mm (± 0,2 mm) and a
height of 407,7 mm (± 0,2 mm), with a width of the
slots at
the central vertical axe of 155
the end of
micrometer (± 8 micrometer)

210 000
units

0

1.1.-31.12.

4 500 tonnes

6 500 tonnes

150 tonnes

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

150 000
units

0

1.1.-31.12.

(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
(b) However, the tariff quota is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.
(1) The specific additional duty is applicable.