Commission Regulation (EC) No 2905/2000 of 29 December 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 and Liechtenstein
Date: 2000-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, agricultural product, import, originating product, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2905/2000

of 29 December 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 and
Liechtenstein

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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,

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,

18 December 1972 (5). Therefore,
the measures laid
down in this Regulation must also be applicable to
goods originating in Liechtenstein.

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 (6), as
last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2787/2000 (7), 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.

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,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 (4), called here-
inafter, ‘the Agreement’, should be opened for the year
2001.

The annual quotas foreseen in Section III(1) of
the
Agreement have to be increased by 10 % for the year
2001, as foreseen in Section III(2).

The annual quota for goods classified under CN codes
2202 10 00 and ex 2202 90 10, as foreseen in Section
III(3) of
the Agreement, has been exhausted and in
consequence, has to be increased by 10 % for the year
2001, as foreseen in Section III(3), third indent.

The preferences foreseen by the Free Trade Agreement
between the European Economic Community and Swit-
zerland of 22 July 1972 have been extended to the
Principality of Liechtenstein by an additional agreement
approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2840/72 of

Article 1

The Community quotas for imports originating in Switzerland
and in Liechtenstein listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall
be opened duty exempt from 1 January to 31 December 2001.

For imports of goods classified under CN codes 2202 10 00
and ex 2202 90 10 exceeding the duty-exempt 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 with effect from 1 January 2001.

(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 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.

(5) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 188.
(6) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 330, 27.12.2000, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 December 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Table 1

Serial No

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

Quantities
for 2001
(t)

Applicable rate
of duty

660

2 040

144

1 020

Exempt

Exempt

Exempt

Exempt

Table 2

Serial No

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)

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

Other non-alcoholic beverages, containing sugar

82 500 000 litres

Exempt

9,1 %