Commission Regulation (EC) No 249/2000 of 1 February 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products concerning the tariff quota for butter of New Zealand origin
Date: 2000-02-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: New Zealand, butter, import policy, milk, milk product, tariff quota

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2. 2. 2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 249/2000

of 1 February 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import
arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products concerning the tariff quota for
butter of New Zealand origin

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular Articles 26(3) and 29(1)
and (4) thereof,
Whereas:

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 2250/1999 of 22 October
1999 concerning the tariff quota for butter of New
Zealand origin (2), specifies that for the purpose of the
implementation of that quota the phrase ‘manufactured
directly from milk or cream’ does not exclude from
eligibility under the quota, butter manufactured from
milk or cream without the use of stored materials, in a
single, self-contained and uninterrupted process which
may involve the cream passing through a stage of
concentrated milkfat and/or the fractionation of such
milkfat. As butter of these types is classified by the
Community
under
Combined Nomenclature code 0405 10 30, this code
must be added to those indicated under order number
38 in Annex I and to those indicated under New
Zealand in Annex VII to Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1374/98 of 29 June 1998 laying down detailed rules

recombined

falling

butter

as

for the application of
the import arrangements and
opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2809/1999 (4).

(2)

(3)

The corresponding amendment should enter into force
as soon as possible to ensure that
the appropriate
customs classification is used.

The Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by
its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 is hereby amended as follows:

1. In Annex I, the text corresponding to order number 38 is
replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.

2. In Annex VII, the information relating to New Zealand is
replaced by the information in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 275, 26.10.1999, p. 4.

(3) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 340, 31.12.1999, p. 77.

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ANNEX I

Order number
in Annex 7 to
the Combined
Nomenclature
(TARIC order
number)

CN code

Description

Country of origin

Quota quanity
(annual)
(tonnes)

Import duty
(EUR/100 kg net
weight)

Rules for
completing
IMA 1
certificates

New Zealand

76 667

86,88

See Article 9

38
(09.4589)

ex 0405 10 11
ex 0405 10 19

ex 0405 10 30

least six weeks old, of a fat
Butter, at
content by weight of not less than 80 %
but less than 82 %, manufactured directly
from milk or cream without the use of
stored materials, in a single, self-contained
and uninterrupted process

Butter, at
least six weeks old, of a fat
content by weight of not less than 80 %
but less than 82 %, manufactured directly
from milk or cream without the use of
stored materials, in a single, self-contained
and uninterrupted process which may
involve the cream passing through a stage
of concentrated milkfat and/or the fractio-
nation of
(the processes
referred to as ‘Ammix’ and ‘Spreadable’)

such milkfat

ANNEX II

Third country

CN code and discription

Issuing agency

Name

Location

New Zealand

ex 0405 10 11

Butter

New Zealand Dairy Board

ex 0405 10 19

Butter

ex 0405 10 30

Butter

ex 0406 90 01

Cheddar and ohter cheese
for processing

ex 0406 90 21

Cheddar

PO Box 417
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel. (4) 471 83 00
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