Commission Regulation (EC) No 697/2000 of 31 March 2000 concerning the increase and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland
Date: 2000-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, agro-industry, import, originating product, tariff quota

1.4.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 697/2000

of 31 March 2000

concerning the increase and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the
European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (5), as
last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1662/1999 (6), codified
the provisions for the management of the tariff quotas
to be used in the chronological order of the dates of
acceptance of the declarations for release for free circula-
tion.

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(2) thereof,

(4)

The measures laid down in this Regulation comply with
the opinion of the Management Committee on hori-
zontal questions concerning trade in processed agricul-
tural products not listed in Annex I,

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/239/EC of 13 March
2000 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community,
of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part,
on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (3), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The annual quotas provided for in section III(1) and (3)
of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community, of the one part, and
the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on Protocol 2
to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Swiss Confederation, should be
opened for the year 2000. In view of the fact that the
annual quota for soft drinks can only be opened as from
1 April 2000, it should be reduced on a pro rata basis
for the period elapsed.

Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2000 of 24 January
2000 renewing for 2000 the measures laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain conces-
sions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995
certain processed agricultural products (4), has
for
already independently opened part of
the quotas
provided for in the Agreement. These quotas should
therefore be increased in accordance with the Agreement
concluded with Switzerland.

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 9.

1.
From 1 January to 31 December 2000 the quotas opened
by Regulation (EC) No 215/2000 shall be increased by the
quantities shown in Annex I to this Regulation.

2.
A duty-exempt quota shall be opened for the goods of
Swiss origin classified under CN codes 2202 10 00 and
ex 2202 90 10 listed in Annex II to this Regulation from 1
April to 31 December 2000. For imports in excess of this
quota a duty of 9,1 % shall be applied.

Article 2

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be
managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a
to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 April 2000, with the exception of Article
1(1), which is applicable from 1 January 2000.

(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

Serial number

CN code

Description

09.0911

1302 20 10

Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates: dry

09.0912

2101 11 11

Extracts, essences and concentrates with a coffee-based dry matter
content of 95 % or more by weight

09.0913

2101 20 20

Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or maté

09.0914

2106 90 92

Food preparations/other containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose,
glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5 % milk fat,
5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

Additional
quantities
(tonnes)

Applicable rate
of duty

55

170

12

85

Exempt

Exempt

Exempt

Exempt

ANNEX II

Serial number

CN code

Description

Volume

Rate of duty
applicable within
the quota

Rate of duty
applicable
outside the quota

09.0916

2202 10 00

ex 2202 90 10
(Taric Code 10)

Waters,
including mineral waters and aerated
waters, containing added sugar or other sweet-
ening matter or flavoured

Other non-alcoholic beverages, containing sugar

56 250 000 litres

Exempt

9,1 %