Commission Regulation (EC) No 216/2000 of 26 January 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1407/1999 laying down the reduced agricultural components and additional duties applicable from 1 July to 31 December 1999 to the importation into the Community of goods covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 under Agreements with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Date: 2000-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, agricultural product, import

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 216/2000

of 26 January 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1407/1999 laying down the reduced agricultural components and
additional duties applicable from 1 July to 31 December 1999 to the importation into the
Community of goods covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 under Agreements with
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

tion (EC) No 26/1999 for the period from 1 July to 31
December 1999.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2491/98 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1407/1999 (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2185/1999 (4),
laid
down the reduced agricultural components and addi-
tional duties applicable from 1 July to 31 December
1999 to the importation into the Community of goods
covered by Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 under Agree-
ments with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

the

concerning

importation of

Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 213/2000 of 24
January 2000 adopting autonomous and transitional
measures
certain
processed agricultural products originating in Latvia (5)
lays down the basic amounts to be taken into considera-
tion in calculating the reduced agricultural components
applicable on importation from Latvia from 1 January to
30 June 2000, identical to those laid down by Council
Regulation (EC) No 26/1999 (6) for the period from 1
July to 31 December 1999.

Protocol 2 on trade in processed agricultural products,
as amended by the protocol amending the Europe
Agreement with the Republic of Estonia (7), which
entered into force on 1 september 1999, lays down the
basic amounts to be taken into consideration in calcu-
lating the reduced agricultural components applicable on
importation from Estonia from 1 January to 30 June
2000, identical to those laid down by Council Regula-

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 25.
(4) OJ L 267, 5.10.1999, p. 27.
(5) See page 3 of this Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 29, 3.2.1999, p. 9.

Protocol 2 on trade in processed agricultural products,
as amended by the protocol amending the Europe
Agreement with the Republic of Lithuania (8), which
entered into force on 1 September 1999, lays down the
basic amounts to be taken into consideration in calcu-
lating the reduced agricultural components applicable on
importation from Lithuania from 1 January to 30 June
2000, identical to those laid down by Regulation (EC)
No 26/1999 for the period from 1 July to 31 December
1999.

Regulation (EC) No 213/2000 provides for application
of reduced agricultural components to imports of certain
processed agricultural products, as provided for in draft
Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement with Latvia,
currently awaiting formal adoption.

Regulation (EC) No 1407/1999 must
therefore be
amended in order to extend the reduced agricultural
components and additional duties for the three Baltic
countries until 30 June 2000 and to set the reduced
agricultural components and additional duties for certain
processed agricultural products for Latvia.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/96 (9),
as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2495/97 (10), establishes
the detailed rules for implementing the preferential trade
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from
the processing of agricultural products, as provided for
in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93,

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1407/1999 shall be amended as follows:

1. In Articles 1 and 3 and Annexes I to VI, the date ‘31
December 1999’ shall be replaced by ‘30 June 2000’.

(8) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 187, 26.7.1996, p. 18.
(10) OJ L 343, 13.12.1997, p. 18.

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2. In Annex III, Part 1, the following text shall be inserted:

‘CN code

EUR/100 kg

‘CN code

AD S/Z

AD F/M

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

1704 90 30

1704 90 51

1704 90 55

1704 90 61

1704 90 81

1704 90 99

1806 90 31

1806 90 39

1806 90 50

1806 90 60

1806 90 70

1806 90 90

19,46

1704 90 30

13,76

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)’

1704 90 51

1704 90 55

1704 90 61

1704 90 81

1704 90 99

1806 90 31

1806 90 39

1806 90 50

1806 90 60

1806 90 70

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

(*)

1806 90 90

(*)’

Article 2

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

3. In Annex IV, Part 1, the following text shall be inserted:

It shall apply from 1 January to 30 June 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 January 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission