Council Regulation (EC) No 591/2001 of 19 March 2001 renewing for 2001 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural products, with respect to products originating in Norway (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-03-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, agro-industry, import, originating product, tariff preference, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 591/2001

of 19 March 2001

renewing for 2001 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain
concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural
products, with respect to products originating in Norway

(Text with EEA relevance)

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 Commission,

Community Customs Code (8) consolidated the arrange-
ments for managing the tariff quotas to be used in
chronological order of the dates of acceptance of the
declarations for release for free circulation,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 (1) opened tariff quotas for
1995 in favour of Norway in accordance with the condi-
tions set out in Annex II thereto.

Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 was renewed for 1996,
1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 by Regulations (EC) No
102/96 (2), (EC) No 306/97 (3), (EC) No 560/98 (4), (EC)
No 2847/98 (5) and (EC) No 215/2000 (6) respectively.

It was not possible to conclude additional Protocols
before 1 January 2001.
In these circumstances and
pursuant to Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the 1994 Act
of Accession, the Community should adopt the meas-
ures required to remedy the situation. Therefore,
it is
necessary to renew the measures provided for in Regula-
tion (EC) No 1416/95 for 2001.

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Article
2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999
laying down the procedures for the exercise of imple-
menting powers conferred on the Commission (7).

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

(1) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 19, 25.1.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 51, 21.2.1997, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 76, 13.3.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 14.
(6) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 9.
(7) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

Article 1

The measures provided for in Article 1(2) of Regulation

1.
(EC) No 1416/95 shall be renewed to cover 2001.

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 shall be replaced by
the Annex to this Regulation.

If Norway discontinues the application of the reciprocal
2.
measures in favour of the Community, the Commission may,
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2(2) of
this Regulation, suspend application of the measures provided
for in paragraph 1.

Article 2

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee
referred to in Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/
93 (9) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at one month.

(8) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1602/2000 (OJ L 188, 26.7.2000, p. 1).

(9) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2491/98 (OJ L 309, 19.11.1998, p. 28).

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The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 4

Article 3

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Annex II to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1416/95 shall be administered in accordance with
Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2001.

For the Council

The President

A. LINDH

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

PREFERENTIAL TARIFF QUOTAS OPENED FOR 2001

NORWAY

Order No

CN code

Description

Autonomous
quotas

Rate of duty
applicable

09.0765

1517 10 90

Margarine, excluding liquid margarine

2 470 t

Free

Other

09.0766

2102 30 00

Prepared baking powders

150 t

Free

09.0767

ex 2103 90 90

(TARIC codes 90/
10 to 90/89)

and preparations

therefor; mixed
Sauces
condiments and mixed seasonings of CN code
2103 90 90, other than mayonnaise

130 t

Free

09.0768

2104 10

Soups and broths and preparations therefor

390 t

Free

09.0769

2106 90 92

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

510 t

Free

09.0770

2203 00

Beer made from malt

4 800 hl

Free

09.0771

ex 2207 10 00

(TARIC code 90)

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcohol
strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher/
other than that obtained from agricultural
products listed in Annex I to the Treaty

134 000 hl

Free

09.0772

ex 2207 20 00

(TARIC code 90)

Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of
any strength/other than those obtained from
agricultural products listed in Annex I to the
Treaty

3 340 hl

Free

09.0774

2403 10

Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing
tobacco substitutes in any proportion

370 t

Free’