Commission Regulation (EC) No 563/2000 of 15 March 2000 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94, in relation to Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Morocco and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95, in relation to Community statistical surveillance in the framework of reference quantities for certain products originating in Morocco
Date: 2000-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Morocco, import, originating product, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 563/2000

of 15 March 2000

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94, in relation to Community tariff quotas for certain
products originating in Morocco and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95, in relation to
Community statistical surveillance in the framework of reference quantities for certain products
originating in Morocco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25
July 1994, opening and providing for the administration of
Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Malta, Morocco, the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip, Tunisia and Turkey, and providing
detailed rules for extending and adapting these tariff quotas (1),
as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2530/
1999 (2), and in particular Articles 6 and 7 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95 of 10
April 1995, establishing tariff ceilings and a Community statist-
ical surveillance in the framework of reference quantities for a
certain number of products originating in Cyprus, Egypt,
Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, Syria, Malta, Morocco and the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip (3), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 519/98 (4), and in particular Articles 3 and
4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of
Morocco, of the other part (5), provides that at import
into the Community, certain products originating in
Morocco can benefit from tariff concessions within the
framework
of
Community surveillance of reference quantities.

of Community

quotas

tariff

or

For some products, according to the agreement, the
volumes of the tariff quotas and the reference quantities
should be increased, between 1 January 1997 and 1
January 2000,
in four annual and equal steps, each
representing 3 % of the base volumes specified in the
Agreement. The increases provided by the Agreement
for implementation in 1997, 1998 and 1999, could not
take place because of the entry into force of the Agree-
ment only in 2000 and, consequently, the volumes of
these tariff quotas and references quantities indicated in
this Regulation take account of four increases.

(3)

The volumes of the new tariff quotas and reference
quantities, as well as of the enlarged tariff quotas and
reference quantities, shall for the first period of applica-

(1) OJ L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 306, 1.12.1999, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 96, 28.4.1995, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 66, 6.3.1998, p. 3.
(5) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

tion, be calculated as a pro rata of the volumes indicated
in this Regulation, taking into account the part of the
period elapsed before the date of entry into force of the
abovementioned Agreement.

To implement
the concessions provided for in the
abovementioned Agreement, Regulation (EC) No 1981/
94 and Regulation (EC) No 934/95 should be amended.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
In Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 the table
relating to Community tariff quotas for certain products origin-
ating in Morocco, shall be replaced by the table set out in
Annex I to this Regulation.

For the current quota period, the quantities which have
2.
been imported within the framework of the tariff quotas with
order numbers 09.1105, 09.1107, 09.1115, 09.1119,
09.1122, 09.1123, 09.1124, 09.1127, 09.1131, 09.1133,
09.1135, 09.1136, 09.1137 and 09.1190 applicable within
Regulation (EC) No 1981/94, shall be taken into account for
charging on the respective tariff quotas in Annex I to this
Regulation.

Article 2

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 934/95 the reference quant-
ities for products originating in Morocco shall be replaced by
the reference quantities set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

For the first period of application, the volume of the new tariff
quotas and reference quantities, as well as of the enlarged tariff
quotas and reference quantities, shall be calculated as a pro rata
of the volume indicated in this Regulation, taking into account
the part of the period elapsed before the date of entry into
force of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an
association between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco,
of the other part.

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 March 2000.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2000.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX IV

MAROCCO

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 as they exist at the time of adoption of the current Regulation.
Where “ex” CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and
corresponding description taken together.

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota volume per
year (from 1.1 to
31.12) or indicated
period
(in tonnes)

Quota duty

09.1135

3 000

Exemption

Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for
bouquets or for ornamental purposes:

ex 0603 10 10
ex 0603 10 40
ex 0603 10 50

ex 0603 10 20

Roses, gladioli and chrysanthemums:

— from 15 October to 14 May

Carnations:

— from 15 October to 31 May

09.1136

ex 0603 10 30
ex 0603 10 80

Orchids and other flowers:

— from 15 October to 14 May

2 000

Exemption

Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for
bouquets or for ornamental purposes:

09.1115

ex 0701 90 50
ex 0701 90 90

*10

New potatoes and so-called “new potatoes”,
chilled:

fresh or

120 000

Exemption

— from 1 December to 30 April

09.1116

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

168 757

Exemption (1)

09.1189

09.1190

09.1127

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled:

— from 1 to 31 October

— from 1 November to 31 March

5 000 (2) (3)

145 676 (2) (3)

(4)

(4)

ex 0703 10 11
ex 0703 10 19
ex 0709 90 90

Onions,
comosum, fresh or chilled:

including wild onions of the species Muscari

7 840

Exemption

*50

— from 15 February to 15 May

09.1109

ex 0704 90 90

*20

Chinese cabbage, fresh or chilled:

120

Exemption

— from 1 November to 31 December

09.1111

ex 0705 11 00

*10

Iceberg lettuce, fresh or chilled:

120

Exemption

— from 1 November to 31 December

09.1139

0707 00

Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled

5 600

Exemption (1)

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

09.1137

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled:

— from 1 November to 31 May

Quota volume per
year (from 1.1 to
31.12) or indicated
period
(in tonnes)

5 000 (2) (3)

09.1138

ex 0709 10 00

Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled:

500 (2) (3)

— from 1 November to 31 December

Quota duty

(5)

—

09.1132

09.1133

09.1141

ex 0709 90 70

Courgettes, fresh or chilled:

— from 1 November to 31 May

— from 1 October to 20 April

5 600

Exemption (1)

5 000 (2) (3)

(6)

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

8 960

Exemption

0709 40 00

ex 0709 51 10
0709 51 30
0709 51 50
ex 0709 51 90

0709 70 00

ex 0709 90

Celery other than celeriac

*90

Mushrooms, other than cultivated mushrooms

*90

Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach
(garden spinach)

Other vegetables, excluding courgettes of subheading
0709 90 70, okra and wild onions of
subheading
ex 0709 90 90

09.1143

ex 0710

frozen,

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling
in water),
subheadings
0710 21 00 and ex 0710 29 00 and excluding other
fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta of
subheading 0710 80 59

excluding peas of

6 720

Exemption

0805 10 10
0805 10 30
0805 10 50
ex 0805 10 80

*10

Fresh oranges:

09.1121

09.1122

09.1129

ex 0805 20 10
ex 0805 20 30
ex 0805 20 50
ex 0805 20 70
ex 0805 20 90

*05
*05
*05
*05
*05, *09

— from 1 January to 31 December

380 800

Exemption (1)

— from 1 December to 31 May

300 000 (2) (3)

(7)

Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clemen-
tines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh

168 000

Exemption (1)

09.1130

ex 0805 20 10

*05

Fresh clementines:

110 000 (2) (3)

(8)

— from 1 November to the end of February

09.1145

0808 20 90

Fresh quinces

1 000

Exemption

09.1147

ex 2001 10 00

*90

Gherkins, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

3 584

Exemption

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

09.1119

2004 90 50
2005 40 00
2005 59 00

Peas (Pisum sativum) and immature beans in pod prepared
or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
whether or not frozen

Quota volume per
year (from 1.1 to
31.12) or indicated
period
(in tonnes)

Quota duty

10 440

Exemption

09.1105

ex 2008 50 92
ex 2008 50 94

*20
*20

Apricot pulp, not containing added spirit or sugar,
in
immediate packings of a net content of 4,5 kg or more

9 899

Exemption

09.1149

09.1123

09.1124

2008 92 51
2008 92 59
2008 92 72
2008 92 74
2008 92 76
2008 92 78

2009 11 11
2009 11 19
2009 11 91
2009 11 99
2009 19 11
2009 19 19
2009 19 91
2009 19 99

ex 2009 11 11
ex 2009 11 19
ex 2009 11 91
ex 2009 11 99

ex 2009 19 11
ex 2009 19 19
ex 2009 19 91
ex 2009 19 99

09.1107

ex 2204 21 79
ex 2204 21 80
ex 2204 21 83
ex 2204 21 84

09.1131

2204 10 19
2204 10 99

2204 21 10
2204 21 79

*10
*10
*10
*10
*91
*10
*10
*10
*10

*72
*72
*72
*72

Mixtures of
containing added spirit

fruit, containing added sugar, but not

100

Exemption

Orange juice

37 640

Exemption

of which:

Orange juice imported in packings of a capacity of 2 l or
less

11 292

Exemption

Wines entitled to one of the following designations of
origin: Berkane, Säis, Beni M'Tir, Guerrouane, Zemmour
and Zennata, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume
not exceeding 15 % vol and in containers holding 2 l or
less

56 000 hl

Exemption

Other sparkling wine

95 200 hl

Exemption

Other wine of fresh grapes

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota volume per
year (from 1.1 to
31.12) or indicated
period
(in tonnes)

Quota duty

09.1131
(cont'd)

ex 2204 21 80

2204 21 83
ex 2204 21 84

ex 2204 21 94

ex 2204 21 98

ex 2204 21 99

2204 29 10
2204 29 65
ex 2204 29 75
2204 29 83
ex 2204 29 84

ex 2204 29 94

ex 2204 29 98

ex 2204 29 99

*72
*79
*80

*10
*72
*79
*80
*10
*30
*10
*30
*10

*10

*10
*30
*10
*30
*10
*30
*10

(1) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

(2) Within these tariff quotas, the specific duty provided in the Community's list of concessions to the WTO is reduced to zero, if the entry price is not less than the following

between the European Community and Marocco agreed entry price:
a) for tomatoes, 461/EUR from 1 October to 31 March;
b) for cucumbers, 449/EUR from 1 November to 31 May;
c) for globe artichokes, 571/EUR from 1 November to 31 December;
d) for cougettes:

— 424/EUR from 1 to 31 January, from to 20 April and from 1 October to 31 December,
— during the period from 1 February to 31 March the “WTO” entry price which is more favourable than the agreed entry prices shall apply;

e) for oranges:

— 266/EUR from 1 December 1999 to 31 May 2000.
— 264/EUR, for every period thereafter from 1 December to 31 May;

f) for clementines, 484/EUR from 1 November to the end of February.

(3) If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price as specified in footnote 2, the specific customs quota duty shall be equal respectively
to 2, 4, 6 or 8 % of this agreed entry price. If the entry price of a consignment is less than 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound within the WTO
shall apply.

(4) Also exemption of the ad valorem duty,

in the framework of the tariff quota with order No 09.1116.

(5) Also exemption of the ad valorem duty,

in the framework of the tariff quota with order No 09.1139.

(6) Also exemption of the ad valorem duty during the period form 1.11 to 20.4,

in the framework of the tariff quota with order No 09.1132.

(7) Also exemption of the ad valorem duty,

in the framework of the tariff quota with order No 09.1121.

(8) Also exemption of the ad valorem duty,

in the framework of the tariff quota with order No 09.1129.’

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ANNEX II

Reference quantities for products originating in Morocco

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Period per year

Origin

Reference
quantity per
indicated period
(in tonnes)

18.0005

ex 0602

Other live plants (including their roots),
cuttings
slips; mushroom spawn;
excluding roses of subheading 0602 40

and

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

336

18.0020

0703 10 90
0703 20 00
0703 90 00

18.0035

ex 0704

0705

0706

Shallots, garlic,
vegetables, fresh or chilled

leeks and other alliaceous

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

168

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and
similar edible brassicas,
fresh or chilled,
excluding Chinese cabbage

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cicho-
rium spp.), fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

560

turnips,

Carrots,
salsify,
celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots,
fresh or chilled

salad beetroot,

18.0070

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

3 360

18.0075

0711 10 00
0711 40 00

ex 0711 90

Onions, cucumbers and gherkins, other
vegetables
vegetables,
and mixtures of
provisionally preserved, but unsuitable in
that
consumption,
immediate
excluding fruits of the genus Capsicum or
the genus Pimenta

state

for

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

560

18.0085

ex 0712

Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken
or in powder, but not
further prepared,
excluding onions and olives

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

560

18.0100

0713 10 10

Peas (Pisum sativum), for sowing

for 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

18.0115

0804 20

Figs, fresh or dried

for 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

500

336

18.0127

ex 0805 10 80

*90

Oranges, other than fresh

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

1 120

ex 0805 20 10
ex 0805 20 30
ex 0805 20 50
ex 0805 20 70
ex 0805 20 90

*99
*99
*99
*99
*91, *99

ex 0805 30 10
ex 0805 30 90

*99
*91, *99

(including

Mandarins
and
satsumas), clementines, wilkings and similar
citrus hybrids, other than fresh

tangerines

Lemons and limes, other than fresh

18.0147

0809 10 00

Fresh apricots

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

560

0809 20

0809 30

Fresh cherries

Peaches,

including nectarines, fresh

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Period per year

Origin

Reference
quantity per
indicated period
(in tonnes)

18.0150

ex 0810 50 00

Fresh kiwi-fruit

from 1.1 to 30.4

Morocco

240

18.0200

2008 50 61
2008 50 69

containing added spirit,

Apricots, otherwise prepared or preserved,
not
containing
added sugar and in immediate packings of a
net content exceeding 1 kg

from 1.1 al 31.12

Morocco

7 560

18.0230

ex 2008 50 99
ex 2008 70 99

*10
*10

otherwise

Apricot halves and peach halves (including
nectarines),
or
preserved, not containing added spirit nor
sugar,
in immediate packings of a net
content of less than 4,5 kg

prepared

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

7 200

18.0245

2009 20 99

Grapefruit juice

from 1.1 to 31.12

Morocco

960