Commission Regulation (EC) No 1491/2000 of 7 July 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
Date: 2000-07-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import licence, milk, milk product, tariff quota

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8.7.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1491/2000

of 7 July 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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
1040/2000 (2), and in particular Article 29(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

the

import

tariff quotas

Article 12(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/
98 of 29 June 1998 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the import arrangements and opening
tariff quotas for milk and milk products (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 970/2000 (4), provides
that
referred to in the
GATT/WTO Agreements for unspecified countries of
origin are to be divided into four equal parts covering
three-month periods. In view of the present situation on
the milk market, those quotas should be administered
on a six-monthly basis. Such an amendment will
simplify the work of importers and the national and
Community authorities. As a result, it should apply from
the next period onwards and the period of validity of
licences should be amended.

Article 1

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

1. Article 12(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2.
The quantities set out in Annex II for each year of
import shall be divided into two equal parts for the six-
month periods commencing on 1 July and 1 January of
each year.’

2. Article 15 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 15

Nothwithstanding Article 2(4), import licences shall be valid
for 150 days from the actual day of issue pursuant to
Article 21(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88.

However, the period of validity of licences may not extend
beyond 30 June following the date of issue referred to in the
first paragraph.

Import licences issued pursuant to this section may be
transferred only to the natural or legal persons fulfilling the
conditions under Article 13(1).’

3. Annex II is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

(2)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 112, 11.5.2000, p. 27.

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

33
(09.4590)

34
(09.4599)

(09.4593)

39
(09.4594)

41
(09.4595)

44
(09.4596)

ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

TARIFF QUOTAS PURSUANT TO THE GATT/WTO AGREEMENTS, NOT SPECIFIED BY COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN

(GATT/WTO year)

CN code

Description

Country of origin

Quota quantity
(tonnes)

Annual

Half-yearly

Import duty
(EUR/100 kg
net weight)

0402 10 19

Skimmed milk powder

all third countries

68 000

34 000

47,50

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk

all third countries

10 000

5 000

94,80

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30

0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 90 10 (*)
0405 90 90 (*)

in butter
equivalent

all third countries

5 300

2 650

13,00

36
(09.4591)

ex 0406 10 20
ex 0406 10 80

frozen, cut

Pizza cheese,
into pieces each
weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers
of a net content of 5 kg or more, of a water
content, by weight, of 52 % or more, and of a
fat content by weight in the dry matter of 38 %
or more

37

ex 0406 30 10

Processed Emmental

all third countries

18 400

9 200

(09.4592)

0406 90 13

Emmental

38

ex 0406 30 10

Processed Gruyère

all third countries

5 200

2 600

0406 90 15

Gruyère, Sbrinz

71,90

85,80

71,90

85,80

0406 90 01

Cheese for processing (1)

all third countries

20 000

10 000

83,50

0406 90 21

Cheddar

all third countries

15 000

7 500

21,00

ex 0406 10 20

ex 0406 10 80

Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including
whey cheese, and curd, other than pizza cheese
of order No 36

0406 20 90

Other grated or powdered cheese

0406 30 31
0406 30 39
0406 30 90

0406 40 10
0406 40 50
0406 40 90

Other processed cheese

Blue-veined cheese

all third countries

19 500

9 750

92,60

106,40

94,10

69,00
71,90
102,90

70,40

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

CN code

Description

Country of origin

0406 90 17

0406 90 18

0406 90 23

0406 90 25

0406 90 27

0406 90 29

0406 90 31

0406 90 33

0406 90 35

0406 90 37

0406 90 39

0406 90 50

Bergkäse and Appenzell

Fromage fribourgeois, Vacherin Mont d'Or and
Tête de Moine

Edam

Tilsit

Butterkäse

Kashkaval

Feta, of sheep's milk or buffalo milk

Feta, other

Kefalo-Tyri

Finlandia

Jarlsberg

Cheese of sheep's milk or buffalo milk

ex 0406 90 63

Pecorino

0406 90 69

0406 90 73

Other

Provolone

ex 0406 90 75

Caciocavallo

ex 0406 90 76

Danbo, Fontal, Fynbo, Havarti, Maribo, Samsø

0406 90 78

Gouda

ex 0406 90 79

Esrom, Italico, Kernhem, Saint-Paulin

ex 0406 90 81

Cheshire, Wensleydale,
Gloucester, Blarney, Colby, Monterey

Lancashire, Double

0406 90 82

0406 90 84

0406 90 86

0406 90 87

0406 90 88

0406 90 93

0406 90 99

Camembert

Brie

Exceeding 47 % but not exceeding 52 %

Exceeding 52 % but not exceeding 62 %

Exceeding 62 % but not exceeding 72 %

Exceeding 72 %

Other

Quota quantity
(tonnes)

Annual

Half-yearly

Import duty
(EUR/100 kg
net weight)

85,80

75,50

94,10

75,50

92,60

106,40

(*) 1 kg product = 1,22 kg butter.
(1) Utilisation for this particular purpose will be monitored by applying the Community provisions laid down on the subject.’