Proposal for a Council Regulation providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95
Date: 2001-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Mediterranean region (EU), agricultural product, alcoholic beverage, tariff preference, tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 17.01.2001
COM(2001) 23 final

2001/0020 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities
for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean
countries and repealing Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

In trade agreements which the Community has concluded with certain Mediterranean
countries, tariff concessions have been provided for a number of products within Community
tariff quotas and/or reference quantities.

The tariff quotas have been implemented by Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94 of 25 July
1994, whilst the administration of the reference quantities has been provided for by Council
Regulation (EC) No 934/95 of 10 April 1995.

As these Regulations have been repeatedly and substantially amended, they now need to be
recast and simplified. In the interest of rationalising the implementation of the measures
concerned, it is proposed to group the provisions relating to tariff quotas and reference
quantities currently included in different regulations in one single regulation.

The attached proposal takes account of subsequent amendments of Regulations 1981/94 and
934/95, together with amendments to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the Taric-
subdivisions. In addition, it includes the implementing provisions for three new tariff quotas
and for some changes to existing tariff quotas and reference quantities for products
originating in Tunisia. These are provided for in Council Decision of […] on the conclusion
of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and
the Republic of Tunisia on reciprocal liberalisation measures and on the amendment of the
agricultural protocols to the Association agreement between the European Community and
the Republic of Tunisia.

This is the purpose of the attached proposal.

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2001/0020 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities
for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean
countries and repealing Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article
133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Additional Protocols to the Cooperation Agreements between the European
Economic Community, of the one part, and the People’s Democratic Republic of
Algeria2, the Arab Republic of Egypt3, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan4, the Syrian
Arab Republic5, of the other part, and the supplementary Protocol to the Agreement
establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta6,
provide tariff concessions of which some fall within Community tariff quotas and
reference quantities.

The Protocol laying down the conditions and procedures for the implementation of the
second stage of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European
Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus and adapting certain provisions of
the Agreement7,
supplemented by Council Regulation (EC) No 3192/94 of
19 December 1994 amending the arrangements applying to imports into the
Community of certain agricultural products originating in Cyprus8, also provide tariff
concessions of which some fall within Community tariff quotas and reference
quantities.

(3)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1764/92 of 29 June 1992 amending the arrangements
for the import into the Community of certain agricultural products originating in
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia9,

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

OJ C …, …, p. …
OJ L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 1.
OJ L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 10.
OJ L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 18.
OJ L 327, 30.11.1988, p. 57.
OJ L 81, 23.3.1989, p. 2.
OJ L 393, 31.12.1987, p. 1.
OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 9.
OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 9.

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accelerated the tariff dismantling and provided for an increase of the volumes of the
tariff quotas and reference quantities laid down in the Protocols to the Association or
Cooperation Agreements with the Mediterranean countries in question.

The arrangements for importing oranges originating in Cyprus, in Egypt and in Israel
into the Community has been adjusted by the Agreements in the form of an Exchange
of Letters between the European Community and Cyprus10, between the European
Community and Egypt11 and between the European Community and Israel12.

Decision No 1/98 of the EC-Turkey Association Council of 25 February 1998 on the
trade regime for agricultural products13, provides for tariff concessions of which some
are granted within tariff quotas.

The Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation
between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip14, of the other part, as well as the Euro-Mediterranean Agreements
establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia15, the Kingdom of Morocco16, the
State of Israel17, of the other part, provide tariff concessions of which some fall within
Community tariff quotas and reference quantities.

These tariff concessions have been implemented by 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 quotas18, and by
Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95 of 10 April 1995, establishing a Community
statistical 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 Strip19.

As both Council Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95 have been repeatedly and
substantially amended, they now need to be recast and simplified in line with the
Council Resolution of 25 October 1996 on the simplification and rationalisation of the
Community's customs regulations and procedures20. In the interest of rationalising the
implementation of the tariff measures concerned, the provisions relating to tariff
quotas and reference quantities should be grouped together in one single regulation
which takes account of subsequent amendments of Regulations 1981/94 and 934/95,

OJ L 89, 4.4.1997, p. 1.
OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 31.
OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 3.
OJ L 86, 20.3.1998, p. 1.
OJ L 187, 16.7.1997, p. 3.
OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 2.
OJ L 70, 18.3.2000, p. 2.
OJ L 147, 21.6.2000, p. 3.
OJ L 199, 2.8.1994, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 563/2000
(OJ L 68, 16.3.2000, p. 46).
OJ L 96, 28.4.1995, p. 6. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2000
(OJ L 96, 18.4.2000, p. 33).
OJ C 332, 7.11.1996, p. 1.

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(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

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(9)

(10)

(11)

together with amendments to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the Taric-
subdivisions.

As the preferential agreements concerned are concluded for an unlimited period, it is
appropriate not to limit the duration of this Regulation.

Entitlement to benefit from the tariff concessions is subject to presentation to the
customs authorities of the relevant proof of origin as provided for in the preferential
agreements in question between the European Community and Mediterranean
countries.

The preferential agreements in question provide, when a reference quantity is
exceeded, for the Community to have the possibility to replace in the following
preferential period the concession granted within that reference quantity by a tariff
quota of equal amount.

(12) As a result of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations
the customs duties of the Common Customs Tariff became as favourable for certain
products as the tariff concession granted for these products in the Mediterranean
preferential agreements. It is therefore not necessary to continue providing for the
management of the tariff quota for prepared or preserved turkey meat originating in
Israel or of the reference quantity for peas for sowing originating in Morocco.

(13) Council or Commission decisions amending the Combined Nomenclature and Taric
codes do not entail any substantive changes. For the sake of simplification and of
timely publication of regulations implementing the Community tariff quotas and
reference quantities provided for in new preferential agreements, protocols, exchanges
of letters or other acts concluded between the Community and Mediterranean
countries, and insofar these acts already specify the products eligible for tariff
preferences in the framework of tariff quotas and reference quantities, their volumes,
the
duties, periods and any eligibility criteria,
Commission may, having consulted the Customs Code Committee, make any
necessary changes and technical amendments to this Regulation. This does not affect
the specific procedure provided in 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 products21.

is appropriate to provide that

it

(14) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code22 codified the management rules for tariff quotas designed
to be used following the chronological order of dates of customs declarations and for
surveillance of preferential imports.

(15)

For reasons of speed and efficiency, communication between the Member States and
the Commission should, as far as possible, take place by telematic link.

21

22

OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1602/2000 (OJ L 188,
26.7.2000, p. 1).

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(16)

Entitlement to benefit from the tariff concessions for large-flowered roses, small-
flowered roses, uniflorous (bloom) carnations and multiflorous (spray) carnations is
subject to compliance with the conditions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4088/87 of
21 December 1987 fixing conditions for the application of preferential customs duties
on imports of certain flowers originating in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip23.

(17) Wines originating in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia and carrying a registered
designation of origin, must be accompanied either by a certificate of designation of
origin in accordance with the model specified in the preferential agreement or by the
V I 1 document or a V I 2 extract annotated in compliance with Article 9 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85 of 18 December 1985 on the certificate
and analysis report required for the importation of wine, grape juice and grape must24.

(18)

Entitlement to benefit from the tariff quota for liqueur wines originating in Cyprus is
subject to compliance with the condition that the wines be designated as ‘liqueur
wines’ in the V I 1 document or a V I 2 extract provided for
in Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85.

(19) Council Decision of […] on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an
exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia on
reciprocal liberalisation measures and on the amendment of the agricultural protocols
to the Association agreement between the European Community and the Republic of
Tunisia25, provides for new tariff concessions and for changes to existing concessions
of which some fall within Community tariff quotas and reference quantities.

(20)

Since the measures necessary for
this Regulation are
management measures within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision
1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission26, they should be adopted by use
of the management procedure provided for in Article 4 of that Decision,

the implementation of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Tariff concessions within Community tariff quotas or within reference quantities

When products originating in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Israel, West
Bank and the Gaza Strip, Turkey, Malta and Cyprus listed in Annexes I to XI to this
Regulation are put into free circulation in the Community, they shall be eligible for exemption
or reduced rates of customs duties within the limits of the Community tariff quotas or in the
framework of the reference quantities, during the periods and in accordance with the
provisions set out in this Regulation and in its Annexes.

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24

25

26

OJ L 382, 31.12.1987, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1300/1997 (OJ L 177,
5.7.1997, p. 1).
OJ L 343, 20.12.1985, p. 20. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 960/1998 (OJ L 135,
8.5.1998, p. 4).
OJ L …, …, p. …
OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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Special provisions for tariff quotas for fresh cut flowers and flower buds

Article 2

1.
The application of the tariff quotas for fresh cut flowers and flower buds may, by
Commission Regulation, be suspended and the Common Customs Tariff duty re-established
for
and
small-flowered roses, uniflorous
multiflorous (spray) carnations if the price conditions laid down by Regulation (EEC)
No 4088/87 are not being observed.

large-flowered roses,

carnations

(bloom)

2.
Imports into the Community of products on which the Common Customs Tariff duty
has been re-established during the period of application of such re-establishment, shall not be
eligible for benefit from the tariff quota concerned.

Article 3

Special conditions for entitlement to the tariff quotas for certain wines

1.
To benefit from the Community tariff quotas mentioned in Annexes I to III under
order numbers 09.1001, 09.1107 and 09.1205, the wines shall be accompanied either by a
certificate of designation of origin issued by the relevant Algerian, Moroccan or Tunisian
authority, in accordance with the model set out in Annex XII to this Regulation, or, by a
V I 1 document or a V I 2 extract annotated in compliance with Article 9 of Regulation (EEC)
No 3590/85.

2.
Entitlement to benefit from the tariff quota under order number 09.1417 mentioned in
Annex XI for liqueur wines originating in Cyprus is subject to compliance with the condition
that the wines be designated as ‘liqueur wines’ in the V I 1 document or a V I 2 extract
provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85.

Article 4

Management of tariff quotas and reference quantities

The tariff quotas referred to in this Regulation shall be managed by the Commission in

1.
accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Products put into free circulation with the benefit of the preferential rates, in particular
2.
those provided within the reference quantities referred to in Article 1, shall be subject to
Community surveillance in accordance with Article 308d of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
The Commission in consultation with the Member States shall decide the other products than
those covered by reference quantities to which surveillance applies.

Communication for that purpose between the Member States and the Commission

3.
shall be effected, as far as possible, by telematic link.

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Article 5

Conferment of powers

1.

Without prejudice to the procedure laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No
3448/93, the Commission can, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
6(2), adopt the provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, notably:

(a)

(b)

amendments and technical adjustments necessary following changes to the
Combined Nomenclature codes and to the Taric-subdivisions;

the necessary adaptations arising from the entry into force of new agreements,
protocols, exchanges of letters or any other act concluded between the
Community and Mediterranean countries and adopted by the Council, where
such agreements, protocols, exchanges of letters or other Council acts specify
the products eligible for tariff preferences in the framework of tariff quotas and
reference quantities, their volumes, duties, periods and any eligibility criteria.

2.

The provisions adopted in accordance with paragraph 1 do not authorise the
Commission to:

(a)

carry over preferential quantities from one period to another,

(b)

transfer quantities under one tariff quota or reference quantity to another tariff
quota or reference quantity,

(c)

transfer quantities from a tariff quota to a reference quantity and vice versa,

(d)

change the timetables laid down in the agreements, protocols, exchanges of
letters or other Council acts,

(e)

adopt legislation affecting tariff quotas managed by means of import licences.

Article 6

Management Committee

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee instituted by
Article 248a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/9227, hereinafter referred to as the
‘Committee’.

Where reference is made to this paragraph, the management procedure laid down in

2.
Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7 thereof.

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be three

3.
months.

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OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p.1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 (OJ L 311,
12.12.2000, p. 17).

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Article 7

Cooperation

The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with
this Regulation.

Article 8

Repeals

Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95 are hereby repealed.

References to Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95 shall be deemed to refer to this
Regulation and read according to the correspondence table in Annex XIII.

Article 9

Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2001 for the tariff quotas mentioned in Annex III under order
numbers 09.1211, 09.1215, 09.1217, 09.1218, 09.1219 and 09.1220.

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

Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

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ANNEX I

ALGERIA
Tariff quotas

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
subdi-
vision

09.1001

ex

ex

ex

ex

2204 21 79

2204 21 80

2204 21 83

2204 21 84

71

71

71

71

09.1003

2204 10 19
2204 10 99

Description of goods

Quota period

Quota
volume

Quota duty

Wines entitled to one of the following
designations of origin: Aïn Bessem-
Bouira, Médéa, Coteaux du Zaccar,
Dahra, Coteaux de Mascara, Monts du
Tessalah, Coteaux de Tlemcen, of an
actual alcoholic strength by volume not
exceeding 15 % vol,
in containers
holding 2 l or less

Other sparkling wine

Other wine of fresh grapes

from 1.1 to
31.12

224 000 hl

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

224 000 hl

Exemption

2204 21 10

2204 21 79

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

71
79
80

10
71
79
80

10
30

10
30

10

ex

2204 29 75

10

2204 29 83

ex

2204 29 84

ex

2204 29 94

ex

2204 29 98

ex

2204 29 99

10
30

10
30

10
30

10

10

ANNEX II

MOROCCO

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
subdi-
vision

09.1135

PART A: Tariff quotas

Description of goods

Quota period

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

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

3 000

Exemption

0603 10 10

Roses

0603 10 40

Gladioli

0603 10 50

Chrysanthemums

0603 10 20

Carnations

09.1136

09.1115

0603 10 30
0603 10 80

0701 90 50

0701 90 90

10

ex

ex

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

Orchids and other flowers

New potatoes and so-called “new
potatoes”, fresh or chilled

09.1116

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

09.1189

09.1190

09.1127

ex

ex

09.1109

0703 10 11

0703 10 19

0709 90 90

0704 90 90

50

20

Onions, including wild onions of the
species Muscari comosum, fresh or
chilled

Chinese cabbage, fresh or chilled

09.1111

ex

0705 11 00

10

“Iceberg” lettuce, fresh or chilled

09.1139

0707 00

Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or
chilled

09.1137

0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled

11

from 15.10
to 14.5

from 15.10
to 14.5

from 15.10
to 14.5

from 15.10
to 31.5

from 15.10
to 14.5

from 1.12 to
30.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.10 to
31.10

from 1.11 to
31.3

from 15.2 to
15.5

from 1.11 to
31.12

from 1.11 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.11 to
31.5

2 000

Exemption

120 000

Exemption

168 757

Exemption
(1)

5 000 (2)(3)

145 676
(2)(3)

(4)

(4)

7 840

Exemption

120

Exemption

120

Exemption

5 600

Exemption
(1)

5 000 (2)(3)

(5)

09.1138

0709 10 00

Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled

0709 90 70

Courgettes, fresh or chilled

09.1132

09.1133

09.1141

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

0709 40 00

Celery other than celeriac

from 1.11 to
31.12

from 1.11 to
31.5

from 1.10 to
20.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

500 (2)(3)

_

5 600

Exemption
(1)

5 000 (2)(3)

(6)

8 960

Exemption

ex

0709 51 10

90

0709 51 30

0709 51 50

ex

0709 51 90

90

0709 70 00

ex

0709 90

09.1143

ex

0710

Mushrooms, other than cultivated
mushrooms

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

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

onions

of

peas

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

fruits of

of

from 1.1 to
31.12

6 720

Exemption

Fresh oranges

0805 10 10

0805 10 30

0805 10 50

ex

0805 10 80

10

09.1121

09.1122

09.1129

09.1130

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

Mandarins (including tangerines and
satsumas), clementines, wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids, fresh

0805 20 10

0805 20 30

0805 20 50

0805 20 70

05

05

05

05

0805 20 90

05, 09

0805 20 10

05

Fresh clementines

09.1145

0808 20 90

Fresh quinces

09.1147

ex

2001 10 00

90

Gherkins, prepared or preserved by
vinegar or acetic acid

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.12 to
31.5

from 1.1 to
31.12

380 800

Exemption
(1)

300 000
(2)(3)

168 000

(7)

Exemption
(1)

from 1.11 to
28/29.2

110 000
(2)(3)

(8)

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

1 000

Exemption

3 584

Exemption

12

09.1119

09.1105

09.1149

09.1123

09.1124

09.1107

09.1131

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

10 440

Exemption

ex

ex

2008 50 92

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

9 899

Exemption

Mixtures of fruit, containing added
sugar, but not containing added spirit

from 1.1 to
31.12

100

Exemption

Orange juice

from 1.1 to
31.12

37 640

Exemption

of which:

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

11 292

Exemption

Wines entitled to one of the following
designations of origin: Berkane, Saïs,
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

Other sparkling wine

Other wine of fresh grapes

from 1.1 to
31.12

56 000 hl

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

95 200 hl

Exemption

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

2009 11 11

2009 11 19

2009 11 91

2009 11 99

2009 19 11

2009 19 19

2009 19 91

2009 19 99

2204 21 79

2204 21 80

2204 21 83

2204 21 84

2204 10 19
2204 10 99

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

2204 21 10

2204 21 79

ex

2204 21 80

2204 21 83

10

10

10

11, 19
92, 94

10

10

10

10

72

72

72

72

72
79
80

13

10
72
79
80

10
30

10
30

10

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

10

2204 29 83

ex

2204 29 84

ex

2204 29 94

ex

2204 29 98

ex

2204 29 99

10
30

10
30

10
30

10

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

€

461/tonne from 1 October to 31 March;
€

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 Morocco agreed entry price:
a) for tomatoes,
b) for cucumbers,
c) for globe artichokes,
d) for courgettes:
-
-
than the agreed entry price shall apply;
e) for oranges:

during the period from 1 February to 31 March the “WTO” entry price which is more favourable

424/tonne from 1 to 31 January, from 1 to 20 April and from 1 October to 31 December,

571/tonne from 1 November to 31 December;

264/tonne, from 1 December to 31 May;

449/tonne from 1 November to 31 May;

€

€

€

f) for clementines,

484/tonne from 1 November to the end of February.

€

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.

Also exemption of the ad valorem duty, in the framework of the tariff quota under order No 09.1116.

Also exemption of the ad valorem duty, in the framework of the tariff quota under order No 09.1139.

Also exemption of the ad valorem duty during the period from 1.11 to 20.4, in the framework of the
tariff quota under order No 09.1132.

Also exemption of the ad valorem duty, in the framework of the tariff quota under order No 09.1121.

Also exemption of the ad valorem duty, in the framework of the tariff quota under order No 09.1129.

14

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

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18.0005

ex

0602

18.0020

0703 10 90
0703 20 00
0703 90 00

18.0035

ex

0704

PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

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

Shallots,
alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled

garlic,

leeks

and

other

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.1 to
31.12

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

336

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

168

Exemption

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

560

Exemption

0705

0706

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory
(Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled

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

18.0070

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

18.0075

0711 10 00
0711 40 00
0711 90

ex

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

state

that

for

18.0085

ex

0712

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

18.0115

0804 20

Figs, fresh or dried

18.0127

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

Oranges, other than fresh

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

0805 10 80

0805 20 10

0805 20 30

0805 20 50

0805 20 70

90

99

99

99

99

0805 20 90

91, 99

0805 30 10

99

Lemons and limes, other than fresh

0805 30 90

91, 99

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

3 360

Exemption

560

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

560

Exemption

336

Exemption

1 120

Exemption
(1)

18.0147

0809 10 00

0809 20

0809 30

Fresh apricots

Fresh cherries

Peaches, including nectarines, fresh

18.0150

0810 50 00

Fresh kiwi-fruit

from 1.1 to
31.12

560

Exemption
(1)

from 1.1 to
30.4

240

Exemption

15

18.0200

2008 50 61
2008 50 69

18.0230

ex

ex

2008 50 99

2008 70 99

10

10

prepared

otherwise

Apricots,
or
preserved, not containing added spirit,
containing
in
immediate packings of a net content
exceeding 1 kg

added

sugar

and

halves

and peach

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

7 560

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

7 200

Exemption

18.0245

2009 20 99

Grapefruit juice

from 1.1 to
31.12

960

Exemption

(1)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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ANNEX III

TUNISIA

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
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vision

PART A: Tariff quotas

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1218

0409 00 00

Natural honey

09.1211

0603 10

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

09.1213

ex

0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.3

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

50

Exemption

1 000(1)

Exemption

16 800(1)

Exemption

09.1219

0711 20 10

Olives provisionally preserved, for uses
other than the production of oil(2)

from 1.1 to
31.12

10

Exemption

09.1207

09.1201

09.1215

0805 10 10

0805 10 30

0805 10 50

ex

ex

ex

ex

0805 10 80

10

20

20

10

1604 13 11

1604 13 19

1604 20 50

2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99

09.1220

2003 20 00

Fresh oranges

from 1.1 to
31.12

35 123(1)

Exemption
(3)

Prepared or preserved sardines of the
species Sardina pilchardus

from 1.1 to
31.12

100

Exemption

Tomatoes prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, other than whole or in pieces,
with a dry matter content of not less
than 12 %

Truffles, prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid

from 1.1 to
31.12

2 500(4)

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

5

Exemption

5 160

Exemption

ex

ex

2008 50 92

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

09.1203

09.1217

Mixtures of fruit, not containing added
spirit, containing added sugar

from 1.1 to
31.12

1 000

Exemption

2008 92 51
2008 92 59

2008 92 72
2008 92 74
2008 92 76
2008 92 78

17

09.1205

ex

ex

ex

ex

2204 21 79

2204 21 80

2204 21 83

2204 21 84

73

73

73

73

09.1209

2204 10 19
2204 10 99

Wines entitled to one of the following
designations of origin : Coteaux de
Tebourba, Coteaux d'Utique, Sidi-
Salem, Kelibia, Thibar, Mornag, Grand
cru Mornag, of an actual alcoholic
strength by volume of 15 % vol or less
and in containers holding 2 l or less

Other sparkling wine

Other wine of fresh grapes

from 1.1 to
31.12

56 000 hl

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

179 200 hl

Exemption

2204 21 10

2204 21 79

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

73
79
80

10
73
79
80

10
30

10
30

10

ex

2204 29 75

10

2204 29 83

ex

2204 29 84

ex

2204 29 94

ex

2204 29 98

ex

2204 29 99

10
30

10
30

10
30

10

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

This quota volume shall be increased from 1 January 2002 to 1 January 2005 on the basis of 4 equal
instalments each corresponding to 3 % of this volume.

Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions
(see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p.71)
and subsequent amendments).

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

This quota volume shall be increased to 2 875 tonnes on 1.1.2002, to 3 250 tonnes on 1.1.2003, to 3 625
tonnes on 1.1.2004 and to 4 000 tonnes from 1.1.2005.

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PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

18.0110

0802 11 90
0802 12 90

Almonds, other than bitter almonds,
whether or not shelled

18.0125

ex

0805 10 80

90

Oranges, other than fresh

18.0145

0809 10 00

Apricots, fresh

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

1 120(1)

Exemption

1 680(1)

Exemption

2 240(1)

Exemption
(2)

(1)

(2)

This reference quantity volume shall be increased from 1 January 2002 to 1 January 2005 on the basis
of 4 equal instalments each corresponding to 3 % of this volume.

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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ANNEX IV

EGYPT

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
subdi-
vision

PART A: Tariff quotas

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1705

ex

0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

09.1703

ex

ex

09.1709

0703 10 11
0703 10 19

0709 90 90

50

Onions, including wild onions of the
species Muscari comosum, fresh or
chilled

0708 20 00

10, 20

Beans (Phaseolus spp.), fresh or chilled

09.1701

0712 20 00

0805 10 10

0805 10 30

0805 10 50

ex

0805 10 80

10

Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced,
broken or in powder, but not further
prepared

Fresh oranges

from 1.1 to
31.3

from 1.2 to
15.5

from 1.11 to
30.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

109 760

Exemption

12 120

Exemption

7 680

Exemption

5 880

Exemption

09.1707

09.1711

(1)

(2)

(3)

from 1.7 to
30.6

from 1.12 to
31.5

7 840

Exemption
(1)

8 000(2)

(3)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

Within this tariff quota, the specific duty provided in the Community’s list of concessions to the WTO
264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between
is reduced to zero, if the entry price is not less than
the European Community and Egypt. If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than
the agreed entry price, 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.

€

Also exemption of the ad valorem duty, in the framework of the tariff quota with order No 09.1707.

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vision

PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

18.0030

0703 20 00

Garlic, fresh or chilled

18.0040

ex

0707 00 05

10, 90

Cucumbers of a length not exceeding
15 cm, fresh or chilled

18.0050

0709 10 00

Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled

18.0090

ex

0712 90 90

20

Dried garlic

18.0140

ex

0807 19 00

10, 91

Other melons weighing 600 grams or
less, fresh

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.2 to
31.5

from 1.1 to
28/29.2

from 1.10 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.3

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

1 920

Exemption

120

120

Exemption
(1)

Exemption
(1)

1 200

Exemption

120

Exemption

(1)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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ANNEX V

JORDAN

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

09.1152

0603 10

Order No

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vision

Taric
subdi-
vision

PART A: Tariff quota

Description of goods

Quota period

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

from 1.11 to
31.10

PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

Reference
quantity
period

18.0040

ex

0707 00 05

10, 90

18.0140

ex

0807 19 00

10, 91

Cucumbers of a length not exceeding
15 cm, fresh or chilled

Other melons weighing 600 grams or
less, fresh

from 1.1 to
28/29.2

from 1.1 to
31.3

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

56

Exemption

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

120

Exemption
(1)

120

Exemption

(1)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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ANNEX VI

SYRIA

Reference quantity

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
subdi-
vision

18.0080

0712 20 00

Description of goods

Dried onions, whole, cut, sliced,
broken or in powder, but not further
prepared

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.1 to
31.12

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

840

Exemption

23

ANNEX VII

ISRAEL

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
subdi-
vision

09.1306

0603 10

PART A: Tariff quotas

Description of goods

Quota period

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

09.1341

0603 10 80

09.1351

0603 90 00

Other fresh cut flowers and flower
buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or
for ornamental purposes

Cut flowers and flower buds, dried,
dyed, bleached, impregnated or
otherwise prepared

09.1309

ex

0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

09.1342

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

09.1335

ex

ex

09.1311

0703 10 11

0703 10 19

0709 90 90

0704 90 90

50

20

Onions, including wild onions of the
species Muscari comosum, fresh or
chilled

Chinese cabbage, fresh or chilled

09.1313

0705 11 00

Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce) , fresh
or chilled

09.1317

ex

0706 10 00

10

Carrots, fresh or chilled

09.1321

ex

0709 40 00

10

Celery sticks, fresh or chilled

09.1303

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

09.1343

09.1353

09.1354

09.1344

0709 90 90
0810 90 85

0710 40 00
2004 90 10

0711 90 30
2001 90 30
2005 80 00

0712 90 30
0712 90 50
0712 90 90

Other fresh fruits and fresh or chilled
vegetables

Sweet corn, frozen

Sweet corn, not frozen

Tomatoes, carrots and other vegetables,
dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in
powder, but not further prepared

24

from 1.11 to
15.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.3

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 15.2 to
15.5

from 1.11 to
31.3

from 1.11 to
31.3

from 1.1 to
30.4

from 1.1 to
30.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

19 500

Exemption

5 000

Exemption

100

Exemption

22 400

Exemption

1 000

Exemption
(1)

13 400

Exemption

1 120

Exemption

336

Exemption

6 832

Exemption

13 000

Exemption

8 900

Exemption

2 240

Exemption

10 600

5 400

70 % of
the specific
duty

70 % of
the specific
duty

100

Exemption

09.1323

09.1325

09.1345

09.1315

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

Fresh oranges

from 1.7 to
30.6

200 000

Exemption
(1) (2)

0805 10 10

0805 10 30

0805 10 50

ex

0805 10 80

10

Mandarins (including tangerines and
satsumas), clementines, wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids, fresh

from 1.1 to
31.12

21 000

Exemption
(1)

Mandarins (including tangerines and
satsumas), clementines, wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids, fresh

from 15.3 to
30.9

14 000

Exemption
(1)

0805 20 10

0805 20 30

0805 20 50

0805 20 70

05

05

05

05

0805 20 90

05, 09

0805 20 10

0805 20 30

0805 20 50

0805 20 70

05

05

05

05

0805 20 90

05, 09

0805 30 10

05

Fresh lemons

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.4 to
15.6

from 1.11 to
31.5

from 1.11 to
31.3

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

7 700

Exemption
(1)

1 000

Exemption

9 400

Exemption

11 400

Exemption

2 600

Exemption

10 000

Exemption

100

2 500

70 % of
the specific
duty

85 % of
the specific
duty or of
the agri-
cultural
component

09.1346

ex

0805 30 90

11, 19

Fresh limes

09.1327

0807 11 00

Watermelons, fresh

09.1329

0807 19 00

Other melons, fresh

09.1339

0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh

09.1337

ex

0812 90 20

10

Oranges, comminuted, provisionally
preserved

09.1355

1704 90 30

White chocolat

09.1356

1806

Chocolate and other food preparations
containing cocoa

from 1.1 to
31.12

25

09.1357

ex

1901 10 00

ex

1901 90 99

22, 26,
30, 34,
38, 42,
46, 50,
54, 58,
62, 66

14, 20,
52, 56,
80, 84

ex

ex

2106 10 80

20

2106 90 98

23, 27,
33, 37,
43, 47

09.1358

1904

09.1359

1905

09.1307

2002 10 10

09.1348

2004 90 98

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

09.1349

09.1301

09.1350

10

10

10

13

30

30

20

20

2008 40 71

2008 50 71

2008 70 71

2008 92 74

2008 92 78

2008 99 68

2008 50 92

2008 50 94

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

Preparations for infant use, containing
milk and milk products

from 1.1 to
31.12

100

70 % of
the agri-
cultural
component

70 % of
the specific
duty or of
the agri-
cultural
component

70 % of
the specific
duty or of
the agri-
cultural
component

Prepared foods obtained by the
swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal
products (for example, corn flakes);
cereals (other than maize (corn)) in
grain form or in the form of flakes or
other worked grains (except flour and
meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise
prepared, not elsewhere specified or
included

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other
bakers' wares, whether or not
containing cocoa; communion wafers,
empty cachets of a kind suitable for
pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers,
rice paper and similar products

Peeled tomatoes, prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid

Other vegetables, prepared or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid, frozen

Slices of apples, of pears, of apricots,
of peaches and mixtures of sliced
fruits, fried in oil

from 1.1 to
31.12

200

from 1.1 to
31.12

3 200

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

3 500

Exemption

1 000

Exemption

100

Exemption

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

Mixtures of fruit, not containing added
spirit, containing added sugar

from 1.1 to
31.12

180

Exemption

250

Exemption

26

Orange juice

from 1.1 to
31.12

92 600

Exemption
(1)

of which:

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

22 400

Exemption
(1)

09.1331

09.1333

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

2009 11 11

2009 11 19

2009 11 91

2009 11 99

10

10

10

11, 19
92, 94

2009 19 11

2009 19 19

2009 19 91

2009 19 99

10

10

10

10

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

09.1319

2009 50

Tomato juice

09.1352

2204 21 10

Other wine of fresh grapes

ex

ex

ex

2204 21 79

79, 80

2204 21 80

79, 80

2204 21 83

ex

2204 21 84

10, 79,
80

10, 79,
80

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

10 200

Exemption

1 610 hl

Exemption

ex

ex

ex

2204 21 94

10, 30

2204 21 98

10, 30

2204 21 99

10

(1)

(2)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

Within this tariff quota, the specific duty provided in the Community’s list of concessions to the WTO
is reduced to zero, for the period from 1 December to 31 May, if the entry price is not less than
€
264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between the European Community and Israel. If the entry
price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price, 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.

27

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PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

18.0060

0709 30 00

Aubergines (egg-plants), fresh or
chilled

18.0120

0804 40 00

Avocados, fresh or dried

18.0130

ex

0806 10 10

91, 99

Table grapes, fresh

18.0150

0810 50 00

Kiwifruit, fresh

18.0160

ex

0812 90 95

11, 20

18.0190

2008 30 51
2008 30 71

18.0215

ex

2008 30 79

10

18.0220

ex

2008 30 91

11, 12,
13, 19,
91, 92

Other citrus fruit, comminuted,
provisionally preserved

Grapefruit and pomelo segments

Grapefruit and pomelos, other than in
segments

Grapefruit and pomelo, citruspulp and
comminuted ground citrus fruit

18.0225

ex

2008 30 99

11

Grapefruit and pomelo segments

18.0240

2009 20 11
2009 20 19
2009 20 99

Grapefruit and pomelo juice

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.12 to
30.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 15.5 to
11.7

from 1.1 to
30.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

1 440

Exemption

37 200

Exemption

2 280

Exemption

240

Exemption

1 320

Exemption

16 440

Exemption

2 400

Exemption

3 480

Exemption

5 000

Exemption

34 440

Exemption

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ANNEX VIII

WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP

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
subdi-
vision

09.1382

0603 10

PART A: Tariff quotas

Description of goods

Quota period

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

1 500

Exemption

09.1381

0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh

from 1.11 to
31.3

1 200

Exemption

Order No

CN code

Taric
subdi-
vision

PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

18.0310

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

18.0320

0709 30 00

Aubergines (egg-plants), fresh or
chilled

18.0330

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

18.0340

0709 90 70

Courgettes, fresh or chilled

Fresh oranges

0805 10 10

0805 10 30

0805 10 50

ex

0805 10 80

10

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.12 to
31.3

from 15.1 to
30.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.12 to
28/29.2

from 1.1 to
31.12

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

1 000

Exemption
(1)

3 000

Exemption

1 000

Exemption

300

Exemption
(1)

25 000

Exemption
(1)

Mandarins (including tangerines and
satsumas), clementines, wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids, fresh

from 1.1 to
31.12

500

Exemption
(1)

0805 20 10

0805 20 30

0805 20 50

0805 20 70

05

05

05

05

0805 20 90

05, 09

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.11 to
31.5

800

Exemption
(1)

10 000

Exemption

18.0350

18.0360

18.0370

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

0805 30 10

05

Fresh lemons

18.0380

0807 19 00

Other melons, fresh

(1)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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ANNEX IX

TURKEY

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.

Tariff quotas

Description of goods

Quota period

Order No

CN code

Taric
subdi-
vision

09.0211

09.0213

0703 10 11
0703 10 19

0709 30 00

Onions, fresh or chilled

Aubergines (egg-plants), fresh or
chilled

09.0215

0709 90 70

Courgettes, fresh or chilled

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

2 000

Exemption

1 000

Exemption

500

Exemption
(1)

14 000

Exemption

100

Exemption

from 16.5 to
14.2

from 1.5 to
14.1

from 1.3 to
30.11

from 16.6 to
31.3

from 1.1 to
31.12

0807 11 00

Watermelons, fresh

0811 10 11

0811 20 11

Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by
steaming or boiling in water, frozen,
with a sugar content exceeding 13 %
by weight:

Strawberries

Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries,
loganberries, black-, white-or
redcurrants and gooseberries

0811 90 19

Other

Tomatoes prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid:

from 1.1 to
31.12

8 000

Exemption

2002 10

2002 90 11
2002 90 19

2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99

2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99

whole or in pieces

other, with a dry matter content of less
than 12 % by weight

Tomatoes prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, other than whole or in pieces,
with a dry matter content of not less
than 12 % by weight

Tomatoes prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, other than whole or in pieces,
with a dry matter content of not less
than 12 % by weight

from 1.1 to
30.6

from 1.7 to
31.12

Exemption

Exemption

15 000, of
a dry
matter
content of
28 to 30 %
by
weight(3)

15 000, of
a dry
matter
content of
28 to 30 %
by
weight(3)

30

09.0217
(2)

09.0219

09.0221

09.0207
(2)

09.0209
(2)

09.0223

2007 91 30

09.0225

2007 99 39

09.0203

ex

ex

2008 50 92

2008 50 94

20

20

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit
purée and fruit pastes, being cooked
preparations of citrus fruit, with a sugar
content exceeding 13 % but not
exceeding 30 % by weight, other than
homogenised preparations

Other preparations of fruit and nuts,
with a sugar content exceeding 30 %
by weight

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

100

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

100

Exemption

600

Exemption

(1)

(2)

(3)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

Suspended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1506/98 (OJ L 200, 16.7.1998, p. 1).

For the administration of these Community tariff quotas, the following coefficients shall be applied to
imports of products with a dry matter content other than 28-30 % by weight:

Dry matter content by weight

not less than:

but less than:

Coefficients

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

93

0,44828

0,51724

0,58621

0,65517

0,72414

0,7931

0,86207

0,93103

1

1,06897

1,13793

1,20689

1,27586

1,34483

1,41379

1,44828

3,32759

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

93

100

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ANNEX X

MALTA

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.

PART A: Tariff quota

Order No

CN code

Taric
subdi-
vision

Description of goods

Quota period

Quota
volume

Quota duty

09.1451

2203 00

Beer made from malt

from 1.1 to
31.12

5 000 hl

Exemption

Order No

CN code

Taric
subdi-
vision

PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

18.0015

ex

0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

18.0040

ex

0707 00 05

10, 90

Cucumbers of a length not exceeding
15 cm, fresh or chilled

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.1 to
31.5

from 1.1 to
28/29.2

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

3 360

Exemption

60

Exemption
(1)

(1)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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ANNEX XI

CYPRUS

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
subdi-
vision

09.1420

0603 10

PART A: Tariff quotas

Description of goods

Quota period

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

Quota duty

Quota
volume
(in tonnes)

75

Exemption

110 000

Exemption

150

Exemption

150

Exemption

3 750

Exemption

2 250

Exemption

450

Exemption

450

Exemption

48 200

Exemption
(1)

11 000

Exemption
(2)

2 250

Exemption

from 1.11 to
31.10

from 16.5 to
30.6

from 1.11 to
31.12

from 1.11 to
31.12

from 1.4 to
15.5

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.10 to
30.11

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.12 to
31.5

from 8.6 to
9.8

from 1.1 to
31.12

09.1401

ex

0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

09.1425

ex

0704 90 90

20

Chinese cabbage, fresh or chilled

09.1427

ex

0705 11 00

10

“Iceberg” lettuce, fresh or chilled

09.1403

ex

0706 10 00

10

Carrots, fresh or chilled

09.1411

ex

0706 90 90

20

Salad beetroots, fresh or chilled

09.1405

0709 30 00

Aubergines (egg-plants), fresh or
chilled

09.1409

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

09.1431

0805 10 10
0805 10 30
0805 10 50

Fresh oranges

09.1407

ex

0806 10 10

91, 99

Fresh table grapes

Dried grapes, in immediate containers
of a net capacity not exceeding 15 kg

09.1413

09.1429

0806 20 11

0806 20 12

0806 20 18

0806 20 91

0806 20 92

0806 20 98

2008 99 43

2008 99 53

10

10

10

ex

ex

ex

Grapes, otherwise prepared or
preserved, not containing added spirit,
containing added sugar, not elsewhere
specified or included

from 1.1 to
31.12

2 500

Exemption

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09.1421

2009 60 51

2009 60 71

ex

2009 60 90

10

Concentrated grape juice (including
grape must)

from 1.1 to
31.12

4 950

Exemption
(2)

09.1415

09.1423

09.1417

(1)

(2)

from 1.1 to
31.12

52 500 hl

Exemption

from 1.1 to
31.12

29 120 hl

Exemption

Other wine of fresh grapes, in
containers holding 2 litres or less, of an
actual alcoholic strength by volume not
exceeding 15 % vol, other than liqueur
wines of an actual alcoholic strength by
volume of 15 % vol

Other wine of fresh grapes, in
containers holding more than 2 litres,
of an actual alcoholic strength by
volume not exceeding 15 % vol, other
than liqueur wines of an actual
alcoholic strength by volume of 15 %
vol

Liqueur wines of an actual alcoholic
strength by volume of not less than
15 % vol

from 1.1 to
31.12

225 000 hl

Exemption

2204 30 92

2204 21 79

2204 21 80

79, 80

2204 21 83

79, 80

2204 21 84

79, 80

2204 29 65

2204 29 75

2204 29 83

2204 29 84

2204 21 83

2204 21 84

2204 21 94

2204 21 98

2204 29 83

2204 29 84

2204 29 94

2204 29 98

10

80

30

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

ex

Within this tariff quota, the specific duty provided in the Community’s list of concessions to the WTO
264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between
is reduced to zero, if the entry price is not less than
the European Community and Cyprus. If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than
the agreed entry price, 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.

€

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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Order No

CN code

Taric
subdi-
vision

PART B: Reference quantities

Description of goods

18.0050

0709 10 00

Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled

18.0150

0810 50 00

Kiwifruit, fresh

Reference
quantity
period

from 1.10 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
30.4

Reference
quantity
volume
(in tonnes)

Reference
quantity
duty

120

Exemption
(1)

240

Exemption

(1)

The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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Certificate of designation of origin referred to in Article 3(1)

ANNEX XII

1. Exporter (Name, full address, country):

2. Number

00000

4. Consignee (Name, full address, country):

3. Name of the authority guaranteeing the

designation of origin:

5.

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN

6. Means of transport:

7. Designation of origin

8. Place of unloading:

9. Marks and numbers - number and kind of packages

10.Gross weight

11.Litres

12. Litres (in words):

13. Certificate of the issuing authorithy:

14. Customs stamp:

(See the translation under No 15)

36

15.

We hereby certify that the wine described in this certificate is wine produced within the wine district of
……………… and is considered by Algerian/Moroccan/Tunisian legislation as entitled to the
designation of origin ‘……………………….’.
The alcohol added to this wine is alcohol of vinous origin.

16.

(1)

(1)

Space reserved for additional details given in the exporting country.

37

ANNEX XIII

CORRELATION TABLE

PART A

Council Regulation (EC) No 1981/94

Present Regulation

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 6

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

Annex VI

Annex VII

Annex VIII

Annex IX

Annex X

Annex XI

Article 1

Article 3

Article 2

Article 4(1)(3)

Article 5

Article 6

Article 7

Article 9

Annex IX

Annex VII – Part A

Annex V – Part A

Annex II – Part A

Annex XI – Part A

Annex IV – Part A

Annex III – Part A

Annex I

Annex X – Part A

Annex VIII – Part A

Annex XII

38

Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95

Present Regulation

PART B

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5(1)

Article 5(2)

Article 6

Annex

Articles 1 and 4(3)

Article 5

Article 6

Article 7

Article 4(3)(4)

Article 9

Annex VI and Part B of Annexes II to V,
VII, VIII, X and XI

39

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.

TITLE OF OPERATION

for a Council Regulation (EC) providing for

Proposal
the management of
Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for
preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and
repealing Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95

2.

BUDGET HEADING(S) INVOLVED

Chapter 12, Article 120

3.

LEGAL BASIS

Article 133 of the Treaty

4.

DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION

For reasons of clarity and rationalisation it is necessary to recast and simplify in one
single Regulation, 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 as well as Council Regulation (EC) No 934/95 of
10 April 1995, establishing a Community statistical 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.

In addition, it includes the implementing provisions for three new tariff quotas and
for some changes to existing tariff quotas and reference quantities for products
on the
originating in Tunisia. These are provided for in Council Decision of
conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the
European Community and the Republic of Tunisia on reciprocal
liberalisation
measures and on the amendment of the agricultural protocols to the Association
agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia

5.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

This Regulation does not entail any financial losses or gains, other than those
foreseen in the financial statements made on the occasion of the adoption of
Regulations (EC) Nos. 1981/94 and 934/95 and its subsequent amendments and of
Council Decision of on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange
of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia on
reciprocal liberalisation measures and on the amendment of the agricultural protocols
to the Association agreement between the European Community and the Republic of
Tunisia

40

6.

FRAUD PREVENTION MEASURES

The provisions on the management of tariff quotas and reference quantities include
the measures necessary for preventing fraud and irregularities

41