Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Community in the Association Council established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, concerning the improvement of the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products foreseen in Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and the Republic of Bulgaria
Date: 2001-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, agricultural product, export policy, generalised preferences, processed foodstuff, trade agreement

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 04.07.2001
COM(2001) 368 final

2001/0145 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the position to be taken by the Community in the Association Council established by
the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, concerning the
improvement of the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products foreseen in
Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and the
Republic of Bulgaria

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Article 20 of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, approved by Decision
of the Council and the Commission (1994/908/EC, ECSC, Euratom) of 19 December 1994 1,
provides that Protocol 3 lays down the trade arrangements for the processed agricultural
products which are listed therein. Pursuant to Article 2(1) of the Protocol adjusting trade
aspects of the Europe Agreement to take into account the accession of the Republic of
Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the
outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture, including improvements to the
existing preferential agreements,
approved by Council Decision (1999/278/EC) of
9 March 1999 2, Protocol 3 to the Europe Agreement has been replaced by the text contained
in Annex G to that Protocol.

During the debate on the mandate proposed by the Commission allowing the improvement of
the agricultural part of the Europe Agreements, Member States asked the Commission to
negotiate in parallel improvement of the access to the markets for processed agricultural
products. This negotiation would have as a legal basis the relevant provisions of the
Protocol 3 mentioned above.

Following this request of the Council, the Commission services started negotiations with a
delegation of the Republic of Bulgaria in order to improve access to the markets.

The two parties have reached a technical agreement which envisages the elimination of import
duties for most of the products under quota, the increase in the amount of the quotas taking
account of the traditional trade flow, as well as reductions of imports duties for a wide range
of products. Furthermore, the agreement foresees an extension to the trade in all of the
processed agricultural products.

It is therefore proposed to the Council to adopt this Proposal for a Decision of the Association
Council, aiming to adapt Protocol 3.

1

2

OJ L 358, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
OJ L 112, 29.4.1999, p. 1.

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2001/0145 (ACC)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the position to be taken by the Community in the Association Council established by
the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, concerning the
improvement of the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products foreseen in
Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and the
Republic of Bulgaria

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article
133, in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Europe Agreement 3
an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria,
of the other part.

establishes

Protocol 3, as amended by the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe
Agreement 4 to take into account
the
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the
outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture lays down the trade
arrangements in processed agricultural products between the Community and
Bulgaria.

the accession of the Republic of Austria,

Under Article 1(2) of Protocol 3 the Association Council decides in particular on any
amendment of the duties mentioned in the annexes to this Protocol and on the increase
or abolition of tariff quotas.

Under Article 2, second indent of this Protocol, the Association Council also decides
that the duties applied may be reduced in response to reductions resulting from mutual
concessions relating to processed agricultural products,

3

4

OJ L 358, 31.12.1994, p. 3.
OJ L 112, 29.4.1999, p. 3.

3

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established by the
Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, concerning the improvement of the
Protocol 3 on the bilateral trade of processed agricultural products, shall be based on the draft
decision of the Association Council annexed to this Decision.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council
The President

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ANNEX

Proposal for a

EC-BULGARIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL DECISION N°…/2001

on the improvement of the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products
foreseen in Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the
other part and in particular Article 1(2) of Protocol 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Protocol 3 lays down the trade arrangements in processed agricultural products
between the Community and Bulgaria.

Under Article 1(2) of this Protocol the Association Council decides in particular on
any amendment of the duties mentioned in the annexes to Protocol 3 and on the
increase or abolition of tariff quotas.

Under Article 2, second indent of this Protocol, the Association Council also decides
that the duties applied may be reduced in response to reductions resulting from
mutual concessions relating to processed agricultural products.

The annual quotas provided for in Annexes I and II of this Decision should be
opened for the year 2001. In view of the fact that these annual quotas can only be
opened after the 1st January 2001, on a date to be fixed, they should be reduced on a
pro rata basis according to the period already elapsed,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annexes I and II of Protocol No 3 on the trade in processed agricultural products between the
Community and Bulgaria are replaced by Annexes I and II of this Decision.

Article 2

The annual quotas for the year 2001 provided for in Annexes I and II of this decision will be
reduced on a pro rata basis taking into account the period, based on whole months, already
elapsed.

This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following its
adoption.

Article 3

Done at Brussels,

For the Association Council
The President

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ANNEX I

Table 1: Quotas applicable upon import into the Community of goods originating in

Bulgaria – exempt from duty

CN Code

Description

(1)

0405
0405 20
0405 20 10
0405 20 30

ex 2106

3302 10

3302 10 29

(2)

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
-Dairy spreads:
--Of a fat content, by weight, of 39% or more but less than 60%
--Of a fat content, by weight, of 60% or more but not exceeding 75%
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included other than those
falling within CN codes 2106 10 20 and 2106 90 20 and other than
flavoured or coloured sugar syrups (1)
Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic
solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used
in the food or drink industries:
-----Other

1702 50

Chemically pure fructose

ex 1704

ex 1806

ex 1901

ex 1902

1904

1905

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa;
excluding liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight of
sucrose but not containing other added substances falling within CN code
1704 90 10

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa other than those
of CN code 1806 10 15

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not
containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa
calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included;
food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing
cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a
totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding
goods falling within CN code 1901 90 91

Pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared excluding stuffed
pasta falling within CN codes 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30; couscous,
whether or not prepared

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal
products (for example, cornflakes); 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

2101 12 98

2101 20 98

Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee
or with a basis of coffee, other than those of CN code 2101 12 92
Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or
maté or with a basis of tea or maté, other than those of CN code 2101 20
92

Annual quota
2001

Annual increase
from 2002 on

(1 000kg)

(3)

539

4 000

185

554

111

370

277

647

185

(4)

49

-

17

50

10

34

25

59

17

6

2101 30

2101 30 19

2101 30 99

2103

-Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts,
essences and concentrates thereof:
--Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:
---Other
--Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted
coffee substitutes:
---Other

Sauces and preparations
seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:

therefor; mixed condiments and mixed

2103 20 00

Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces

2103 30 90

--Prepared mustard

2103 90 90

--Other

2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

2202

2202 90 91 to
2202 90 99

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic
beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009:
--Other

24

2

2 000

2 000

2 000

92

19

200

200

200

8

2

(1)For products under CN code 2106 90 10, eligibility to benefit from this preference is subject to conditions laid down in

the relevant Community provisions.

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Table 2: Duties applicable upon import into the Community of goods originating in
Bulgaria

Note:

The duties set out in this table are subject to a reduction by 10 %. The amounts taken into
consideration in calculating the reduced agricultural components (EAR) and additional duties
(AD S/ZR and AD F/MR), applicable on importation into the Community of goods listed in
this Table are those set out in table 2 (b) (from 1.7.2000) of Annex 1 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/1999 of 12 October 1999 (pages 775 to 787 of OJ L 278 of 28
October 1999) (1).

CN Code

(1)

Description

(2)

Duty applicable on 31.12.2000

(3)

0403

0403 10

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other
fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated
or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured
or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
-Yoghurt:
--Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
---In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content,
by weight:
0403 10 51 ----Not exceeding 1,5 %
0403 10 53 ----Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 %
0403 10 59 ----Exceeding 27 %

---Other, of a milk fat content, by weight:

0403 10 91 ----Not exceeding 3 %
0403 10 93 ----Exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 %
0403 10 99 ----Exceeding 6 %
-Other:
0403 90
--Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
---In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat content, by
weight:

0403 90 71 ----Not exceeding 1,5 %
0403 90 73 ----Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 %
0403 90 79 ----Exceeding 27 %

---Other, of a milkfat content, by weight:

0403 90 91 ----Not exceeding 3 %
0403 90 93 ----Exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 %
0403 90 99 ----Exceeding 6 %

0 % + 95 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 130,4 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 168,8 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 12,4 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 17,1 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 26,6 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 95 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 130,4 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 168,8 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 12,4 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 17,1 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 26,6 EUR/100 kg

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
-Dairy spreads:

0405
0405 20
0405 20 10 --Of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but less than 60 %
0405 20 30 --Of a fat content, by weight, of 60 % or more but not exceeding

75 %

0509 00
0509 00 90 -Other

Natural sponges of animal origin:

0 % + EAR
0 % + EAR

5,1 %

0710

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water),
frozen:

0710 40 00 -Sweet corn

0 % + 9,4 EUR/100kg net eda

0711

Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur
dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative
solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption:
-Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:
--Vegetables
0711 90 30 ---Sweet corn

0711 90

0 % + 9,4 EUR/100kg net eda

1302

Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and
pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or
not modified, derived from vegetable products:
-Vegetable saps and extracts:

1302 12 00 --Of liquorice
1302 13 00 --Of hops

0 %
1.9 %

8

-Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates:

1302 20
1302 20 10 --Dry
1302 20 90 --Other

1505

Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including
lanolin):
1505 10 00 -Wool grease, crude

1516

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or
wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized,
whether or not refined, but not further prepared:
-Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:

1516 20
1516 20 10 --Hydrogenated castor oil, so called "opal-wax"

1517

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable
fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter,
other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516:
-Margarine, excluding liquid margarine:

1517 10
1517 10 10 --Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of

milk fats
-Other:

1517 90
1517 90 10 --Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of

milk fats
--Other

7,1 %
5,2 %

3,2 %

3,4 % (2)

0 % + 28,4 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 28,4 EUR/100 kg

1517 90 93 ---Edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould release

2,9 %

preparations

1518 00

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled,
oxidized, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerized by heat in
vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding
those of heading No 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of
animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or
oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included:

1518 00 10 -Linoxyn

-Other:

1518 00 91 --Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled,
oxidized, dehydrated, sulphurized, blown, polymerized by heat in
vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding
those of heading No1516
--Other:

1518 00 95 ---Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and

vegetable fats and oils and their fractions

1518 00 99 ---Other

1521

1521 90

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect
waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured:
-Other
--Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or
coloured
1521 90 99 ---Other

1522 00

Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or
animal or vegetable waxes:

1522 00 10 -Degras

1702

Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose
and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added
flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not
mixed with natural honey; caramel:

1702 50 00 -Chemically pure fructose
1702 90
1702 90 10 --Chemically pure maltose

-Other, including invert sugar:

1704

1704 10

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing
cocoa:
-Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated:
--Containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert
sugar expressed as sucrose):

7,7 %

7,7 %

2 %

7,7 %

2,5 %

3,8 %

16 % + 50,7 EUR/100kg net mas

12,8 %

1704 10 11 ---Gum in strips
1704 10 19 ---Other

0 % + 27,1 EUR/100kg MAX 17,9 %
0 % + 27,1 EUR/100kg MAX 17,9 %

9

--Containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert
sugar expressed as sucrose):

1704 10 91 ---Gum in strips
1704 10 99 ---Other
1704 90
-Other:
1704 90 10 --Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose

but not containing other added substances

1704 90 30 --White chocolate

0 % + 30,9 EUR/100kg MAX 18,2 %
0 % + 30,9 EUR/100kg MAX 18,2 %

5,8 %

0 % + 45,1 EUR/100kg MAX 18,9 % +
16,5 EUR/100kg

--Other:

1704 90 51 ---Pastes, including marzipan,

in immediate packings of a net

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

content of 1 kg or more
1704 90 55 ---Throat pastilles and cough drops
1704 90 61 ---Sugar coated (panned) goods

---Other:

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

1704 90 65 ----Gum confectionery and jelly confectionery including fruit

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

pastes in the form of sugar confectionery

1704 90 71 ----Boiled sweets whether or not filled
1704 90 75 ----Toffees, caramels and similar sweets

----Other
1704 90 81 -----Compressed tablets
1704 90 99 -----Other

1803

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted:

1804 00 00 Cocoa butter, fat and oil

1805 00 00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening

matter

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
1806
-Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
1806 10
1806 10 15 --Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of
sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose
expressed as sucrose

1806 10 20 --Containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose
isoglucose

sugar expressed as sucrose) or

(including invert
expressed as sucrose

1806 10 30 --Containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of sucrose
(including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or
isoglucose
expressed as sucrose

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 % + 25,2 EUR/100kg

0 % + 31,4 EUR/100kg

1806 10 90 --Containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert

0 % + 41,9 EUR/100kg

1806 20

sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
-Other preparations in block, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg
or
in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in
containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg:

1806 20 10 --Containing 31 % or more by weight of cocoa butter or containing

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

a combined weight of 31 % or more of cocoa butter and milk fat

1806 20 30 --Containing a combined weight of 25 % or more, but less than

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

31 % of cocoa butter and milk fat
--Other:

1806 20 50 ---Containing 18 % or more by weight of cocoa butter
1806 20 70 ---Chocolate milk crumb
1806 20 80 ---Chocolate flavour coating
1806 20 95 ---Other

-Other, in blocks, slabs or bars:

--Not filled

1806 31 00 --Filled
1806 32
1806 32 10 ---With added cereal, fruit or nuts
1806 32 90 ---Other
-Other:
1806 90
--Chocolate and chocolate products:
---Chocolates, whether or not filled:

1806 90 11 ----Containing alcohol
1806 90 19 ----Other
---Other:
1806 90 31 ----Filled
1806 90 39 ----Not filled

10

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

1806 90 50 --Sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

substitution products, containing cocoa

1806 90 60 --Spreads containing cocoa
1806 90 70 --Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages
1806 90 90 --Other

0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 18,7 % + AD S/ZR

1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt
extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight
of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere
specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos
0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by
weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere
specified or included:

1901 10 00 -Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale
1901 20 00 -Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading

0 % + EAR
0 % + EAR

1901 90

No 1905
-Other:
--Malt extract:

1901 90 11 ---With a dry extract content of 90 % or more by weight
1901 90 19 ---Other
--Other:

1901 90 91 ---Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or
containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert
sugar) or
isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food
preparations in powder form of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404

1901 90 99 ---Other

1902

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other
substances) or otherwise prepared such as spaghetti, macaroni,
noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or
not prepared:
-Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared:

--Other

1902 11 00 --Containing eggs
1902 19
1902 19 10 ---Containing no common wheat flour or meal
1902 19 90 ---Other
1902 20

-Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:
--Other

-Other pasta

1902 20 91 ---Cooked
1902 20 99 ---Other
1902 30
1902 30 10 --Dried
1902 30 90 --Other
1902 40
1902 40 10 --Unprepared
1902 40 90 --Other

-Couscous

0 % + 18 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 14,7 EUR/100 kg

12,8 %

0 % + EAR

0 % + 24,6 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 24,6 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 21,1 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 6,1 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 17,1 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 24,6 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 9,7 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 24,6 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 9,7 EUR/100 kg

1903 00 00 Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form

0 % + 15,1 EUR/100 kg

of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms

1904

1904 10

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or
cereal products (for example, cornflakes); 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:
-Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or
cereal products:

1904 10 10 --Obtained from maize
1904 10 30 --Obtained from rice
1904 10 90 --Other:
1904 20

-Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from
mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or
swelled cereals:

0 % + 20 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 46 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 33,6 EUR/100 kg

1904 20 10 --Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

0 % + EAR

--Other:
1904 20 91 ---Obtained from maize
1904 20 95 ---Obtained from rice
1904 20 99 ---Other
-Other:
1904 90

0 % + 20 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 46 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 33,6 EUR/100 kg

11

1904 90 10 --Rice
1904 90 90 --Other

0 % + 46 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 25,7 EUR/100 kg

1905

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:

1905 10 00 -Crispbread
1905 20
1905 20 10 --Containing by weight of sucrose less than 30 % (including invert

-Gingerbread and the like

0 % + 13 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 18,3 EUR/100 kg

sugar expressed as sucrose)

1905 20 30 --Containing by weight of sucrose 30 % or more but less than 50 %

0 % + 24,6 EUR/100 kg

(including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

1905 20 90 --Containing by weight of sucrose 50 % or more (including invert

0 % + 31,4 EUR/100 kg

1905 30

sugar expressed as sucrose)
-Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers:
--Completely or partially coated or covered with chocolate or other
preparations containing cocoa:

1905 30 11 ---In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 85g
1905 30 19 ---Other
--Other:
---Sweet biscuits:

1905 30 30 ----Containing 8 % or more by weight of milk fats

----Other:
1905 30 51 -----Sandwich biscuits
1905 30 59 -----Other

---Waffles and wafers:

-Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products:

1905 30 91 ----Salted, whether or not filled
1905 30 99 ----Other
1905 40
1905 40 10 --Rusks
1905 40 90 --Other
1905 90
-Other:
1905 90 10 --Matzos
1905 90 20 --Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for
pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
--Other:

1905 90 30 ---Bread, not containing added honey, eggs, cheese or fruit, and
containing by weight in the dry matter state not more than 5 % of
sugars and not more than 5 % of fat

0 % + EAR MAX 24,2 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 24,2 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 24,2 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 24,2 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 24,2 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR MAX 20,7 % + AD F/MR
0 % + EAR MAX 24,2 % + AD S/ZR

0 % + EAR
0 % + EAR

0 % + 15,9 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 60,5 EUR/100 kg

0 % + EAR

1905 90 40 ---Waffles and wafers with a water content exceeding 10 % by

0 % + EAR MAX 20,7 % + AD F/MR

weight

1905 90 45 ---Biscuits
1905 90 55 ---Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted

0 % + EAR MAX 20,7 % + AD F/MR
0 % + EAR MAX 20,7 % + AD F/MR

---Other:

1905 90 60 ----With added sweetening matter
1905 90 90 ----Other

0 % + EAR MAX 24,2 % + AD S/ZR
0 % + EAR MAX 20,7 % + AD F/MR

2001

Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid:
-Other:

2001 90
2001 90 30 --Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
2001 90 40 --Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing

5 % or more by weight of starch

2001 90 60 --Palm hearts

2004

2004 10

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading No 2006:
-Potatoes:
--Other

2004 10 91 ---In the form of flour, meal or flakes
2004 90

-Other vegetables and mixtures of
vegetables:

2004 90 10 --Sweet corn(Zea mays var. saccharata)

2005

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006:
-Potatoes:

2005 20
2005 20 10 --In the form of flour, meal or flakes

0 % + 9,4 EUR/100 kg net eda
0 % + 3,8 EUR/100 kg net eda

10 %

0 % + EAR

5,1 % + 9,4 EUR/100 kg net eda

0 % + EAR

12

2005 80 00 -Sweet corn(Zea mays var. saccharata)
ex20059080 Preparations based on flour of leguminous vegetables in the form of

0 % + 9,4 EUR/100 kg net eda
0 %

sun-dries discs or dough, known as "papad"

2008

Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or
preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included:
-Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together:
--Ground-nuts

2008 11
2008 11 10 ---Peanut butter

-Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19:

2008 91 00 --Palm hearts
2008 99

--Other
---Not containing added spirit:
----Not containing added sugar:

5,2 %

3,5 %

2008 99 85 -----Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
2008 99 91 -----Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants,

0 % + 9,4 EUR/100 kg net eda
0 % + 3,8 EUR/100 kg net eda

containing 5 % or more by weight of starch

2101

2101 11
2101 12

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté‚ and
preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee,
tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes,
and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:
-Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations
with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a
basis of coffee:
--Extracts; essences or concentrates
--Preparations with a basis of
concentrates or with a basis of coffee:

these extracts, essences or

2101 12 92 ---Preparations with a basis of
concentrates of coffee

these extracts, essences or

2101 12 98 ---Other
2101 20

-Extracts, essences and concentrates, of
preparations with a basis of
concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté:

tea or maté, and
these extracts, essences and

2101 20 20 --Extracts, essences or concentrates:

--Preparations

2101 20 92 ---With a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or maté
2101 20 98 ---Other
2101 30

-Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts,
essences and concentrates thereof:
--Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:

2101 30 11 ---Roasted chicory
2101 30 19 ---Other

--Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other
roasted coffee substitutes:

2101 30 91 ---Of roasted chicory
2101 30 99 ---Other

2102

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead
(but not including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking
powders:
2102 10
-Active yeasts:
2102 10 10 --Culture yeast
--Baker's yeast:

2102 10 31 ---Dried
2102 10 39 ---Other
2102 10 90 --Other
2102 20

-Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead:
--Inactive yeasts:

2102 20 11 ---In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net

content not exceeding 1 kg.

2102 20 19 ---Other
2102 30 00 -Prepared baking powders

2103

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed
seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:

2103 10 00 -Soya sauce
2103 20 00 -Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces

13

3,2 %

4,9 %

0 % + EAR

2,2 %

0%
0 % + EAR

4,9 %
0 % + 12,7 EUR/100 kg

5,5 %
0 % + 22,7 EUR/100 kg

4,7 %

0 %
0 %
3,8 %

1,9 %

2,6 %
1,9 %

2,8 %
3,8 %

-Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:

2103 30
2103 30 90 --Prepared mustard
2103 90
-Other:
2103 90 90 --Other:

2104

Soups
and broths
composite food preparations:
-Soups and broths and preparation therefor:

and preparations

2104 10
2104 10 10 --Dried
2104 10 90 --Other
2104 20 00 -Homogenised composite food preparations

therefor; homogenised

4,2 %

3,2 %

4,5 %
4,5 %
5,5 %

2105 00
2105 00 10 -Containing no milk fats or containing less than 3 % by weight of

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa:

such fats
-Containing by weight of milk fats:

2105 00 91 --3 % or more but less than 7 %

2105 00 99 --7 % or more

0 % + 20,2 EUR/100kg MAX19,4 % +
9,4 EUR/100kg

0 % + 38,5 EUR/100kg MAX18,1 % +
7 EUR/100kg
0 % + 54 EUR/100kg MAX17,8 % +
6,9 EUR/100kg

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
2106
2106 10
-Protein concentrates and textured protein substances:
2106 10 20 --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

2106 10 80 --Other
2106 90
-Other:
2106 90 10 --Cheese fondues (3)
2106 90 20 --Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on
odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of
beverages
--Other:

2106 90 92 ---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

2106 90 98 ---Other

2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other
non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of
heading No 2009:

2202 10 00 -Waters including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured
-Other:

2202 90
2202 90 10 --Not containing products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404 or fat
obtained from products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404
--Other, containing by weight of fat obtained from the products of
heading Nos 0401 to 0404:

2202 90 91 ---Less than 0.2 %
2202 90 95 ---0.2 % or more but less than 2 %
2202 90 99 ---2 % or more

2203 00

Beer made from malt

2205

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or
aromatic substances:
-In containers holding 2 litres or less:

2205 10
2205 10 10 --Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18 % vol or less
2205 10 90 --Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18 % vol
2205 90
2205 90 10 --Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18 % vol or less
2205 90 90 --Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18 % vol

-Other:

5,2 %

0 % + EAR

35 EUR/100 kg
17,3 % MIN 1 EUR/%vol/hl

2,8 %

0 % + EAR

1,9 %

3,8 %

0 % + 13,7 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 12,1 EUR/100 kg
0 % + 21,2 EUR/100 kg

1,8 %

5,1 EUR/hl
0 %

3,2 EUR/hl
0 %

2207

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of
80 % vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of
any strength:

2207 10 00 -Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of

19,2 EUR/hl

80 % vol or higher

14

2207 20 00 -Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength

10,2 EUR/hl

2208

2208 40

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of
less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages:
-Rum and taffia:
--In containers holding 2 litres or less:

2208 40 11 ---Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and
methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of
pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)
---Other:

€

2208 40 31 ----Of a value exceeding 7.9
2208 40 39 ----Other

per litre of pure alcohol

--In containers holding more than 2 litres:

2208 40 51 ---Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and
methyl alcohol equal to or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of
pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)
---Other:

€

0,6 EUR/% vol/hl + 3,2 EUR/hl

0,6 EUR/% vol/hl + 3,2 EUR/hl
0,6 EUR/% vol/hl + 3,2 EUR/hl

0,6 EUR/% vol/hl

2208 40 91 ----Of a value exceeding 2
2208 40 99 ----Other
2208 90

per litre of pure alcohol

0,6 EUR/% vol/hl
0,6 EUR/% vol/hl

-Other:
--Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of
less than 80 % volume, in containers holding:

2208 90 91 ---2 litres or less
2208 90 99 ---More than 2 litres

1 EUR/% vol/hl + 6,4 EUR/hl
1 EUR/% vol/hl

2402

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco
substitutes:

-Cigarettes containing tobacco:

2402 10 00 -Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco
2402 20
2402 20 10 --Containing cloves
2402 20 90 --Other
2402 90 00 -Other

2403

2403 10

Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes;
"homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco; tobacco extracts and
essences:
-Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in
any proportion:

2403 10 10 --In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 500 g
2403 10 90 --Other
-Other

2403 91 00 --"Homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco
2403 99
2403 99 10 ---Chewing tobacco and snuff
2403 99 90 ---Other

--Other:

2905

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives:
-Other polyhydric alcohols:

2905 43 00 --Mannitol
2905 44

--D-glucitol (sorbitol):
---In aqueous solution:

26 %

10 %
57,6 %
57,6 %

74,9 %
74,9 %

16,6 %

41,6 %
16,6 %

0 % + 125,8 EUR/100 kg

2905 44 11 ----Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on

0 % + 16,1 EUR/100 kg

the D-glucitol content

2905 44 19 ----Other
---Other

0 % + 37,8 EUR/100 kg

2905 44 91 ----Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on

0 % + 23 EUR/100 kg

the D-glucitol content

2905 44 99 ----Other
2905 45 00 --Glycerol

0 % + 53,7 EUR/100 kg
0 %

3301

3301 90

in fixed oils,

(terpeneless or not),

Essential oils
including concretes and
absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential
oils in fats,
in waxes or the like, obtained by
enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation
of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of
essential oils:
-Other:
--Extracted oleoresins:

15

3301 90 21 ---Of liquorice and hops

0 %

3302

3302 10

substances and mixtures

(including
Mixtures of odoriferous
alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances,
of a kind used as a raw materials in industry; other preparations
based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture
of beverages:
-Of a kind used in the food or drink industries
--Of the type used in the drink industries:
---Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterizing a
beverage:

3302 10 10 ----Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0.5 %

----Other:

3302 10 21 -----Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose, or starch
or containing, by weight, less than 1.5 % milkfat, 5 %sucrose or
isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

3302 10 29 -----Other

3501
3501 10
3501 10 50 --For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs or

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivates; casein glues:
-Casein:

fodder
3501 10 90 --Other
3501 90
-Other:
3501 90 90 --Other

0 %

2,8 %

0 % + EAR

0 %

0 %

0 %

3505

Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinized
or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or
other modified starches:
-Dextrins and other modified starches:

3505 10
3505 10 10 --Dextrins

--Other modified starches:

3505 10 90 ---Other
3505 20
-Glues:
3505 20 10 --Containing, by weight, less than 25 % of starches or dextrins or

other modified starches

0 % + 17,7 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 17,7 EUR/100 kg

0 % + 4,5 EUR/100 kg MAX 11,5 %

3505 20 30 --Containing, by weight, 25 % or more but less than 55 % of

0 % + 8,9 EUR/100 kg MAX 11,5 %

starches or dextrins or other modified starches

3505 20 50 --Containing, by weight, 55 % or more but less than 80 % of

0 % + 14,2 EUR/100 kg MAX 11,5 %

starches or dextrins or other modified starches

3505 20 90 --Containing by weight 80 % or more of starches or dextrins or

0 % + 17,7 EUR/100 kg MAX 11,5 %

other modified starches

3809

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of
dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example,
dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather
or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included:
-With a basis of amylaceous substances:

3809 10
3809 10 10 --Containing by weight of such substances less than 55 %
3809 10 30 --Containing by weight of such substances 55 % or more but less

0 % + 8,9 EUR/100 kg MAX 12,8 %
0 % + 12,4 EUR/100 kg MAX 12,8 %

than 70 %

3809 10 50 --Containing by weight of such substances 70 % or more but less

0 % + 15,1 EUR/100 kg MAX 12,8 %

than 83 %

3809 10 90 --Containing by weight of such substances 83 % or more

0 % +17,7 EUR/100 kg MAX 12,8 %

3823

3824

3824 60

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining;
industrial fatty alcohols

0 %

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products
and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including
those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere
specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied
industries, not elsewhere specified or included:
-Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44:
--in aqueous solution:

3824 60 11 ---Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on

0 % + 16,1 EUR/100 kg

the D-glucitol content

3824 60 19 ---Other
--Other

0 % + 37,8 EUR/100 kg

16

3824 60 91 ---Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on

0 % + 23 EUR/100 kg

the D-glucitol content

3824 60 99 ---Other

0 % + 53,7 EUR/100 kg

(1) The final rate of preferential duty, calculated according to this note, shall be rounded down to the first decimal place,
except for duties expressed as "EAR", "AD S/ZR" and "AD F/MR" in this table, which shall be rounded down to the
second decimal place.

(2) From the entry into force of this Decision, the duty shall be 0 %.
(3) Eligibility to benefit from this preference is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

17

Table 3: Basic amounts taken into consideration in calculating the reduced agricultural
components (EAR) and additional duties applicable on importation into the Community

of goods listed in Table 2

Basic Product

(1)

Common wheat

Durum wheat

Rye

Barley

Maize

Long-grain husked rice

Skimmed-milk powder

Whole-milk powder

Butter

White sugar

MFN rate on 1.7.2000
€
/100Kg)

(

(2)

9,504

14,752

9,261

9,261

9,395

26,432

118,800

130,432

189,562

41,928

18

ANNEX II

Table 1: List of goods originating in the Community for which Bulgaria applies
preferential treatment within quantitative limits

Note:

The duties applicable upon import of goods exceeding these quantitative limits are those set
out in Table 2.

CN Code

Description

Annual quota
(1 000kg)
2001

Annual increase
(1 000kg)
from 2002 on

Rate of duty
applicable within
the quota (%)

(1)

(2)

1516 20 91

Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions

1702 50 00
1702 90 10

Chemically pure fructose
Chemically pure maltose

1704 90

1806 10

Other sugar confectionery (including white
chocolate), not containing cocoa

Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter

2004 10 91

Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes

2005 20 10

Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes

2202 10

including mineral waters

Waters
and
aerated waters, containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter or flavoured

(3)

1 307

40

320

200

300

150

(4)

119

-

-

20

-

-

(5)

Exemption

Exemption

20

Exemption

20

20

3 520

320

Exemption

ex 2208 60

Vodka, in containers holding not more than
2 litres

1 380 hl

-

Exemption

19

Table 2: Duties applicable to goods originating in the Community upon import into

CN Code

(1)

0403

0403 10

0403 10 51 to
0403 10 59
0403 10 91 to
0403 10 99
0403 90

0403 90 71 to
0403 90 79
0403 90 91 to
0403 90 99

0405
0405 20
0405 20 10
0405 20 30

0505

Bulgaria

Description

(2)

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified
milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
-Yoghurt:
--Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
---In powder, granules or other solid forms

---Other

-Other:
--Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
---In powder, granules or other solid forms

---Other

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
-Dairy spreads:
--Of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but less than 60 %
--Of a fat content, by weight, of 60 % or more but not exceeding 75 %

Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of
feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than
cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts
of feathers

0506

0507

Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape),
treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products

Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails,
claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and
waste of these products:

0508 00 00

Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked;
shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply
prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof

0509 00

Natural sponges of animal origin

0510 00 00

Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried;
glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products,
fresh chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved

0710
0710 40 00

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:
-Sweet corn

0711

0711 90

0711 90 30

Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in
sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption:
-Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:
--Vegetables:
---Sweet corn

0903 00 00 Maté

1212

Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled,
frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable
products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus
sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or
included:

20

Rate of duty (%)

(3)

32

40*

32

40*

8
8

0

0

0

0

0

0

24

30

0

1212 20 00

-Seaweeds and other algae

1302

1302 12 00
1302 13 00
1302 20
1302 20 10
1302 20 90

1302 31 00
1302 32

1302 32 10

1401

1402

1403

1404
1404 10 00
1404 20 00
1404 90 00

1505
1505 10 00
1505 90 00

1506 00 00

1515

1515 60 00

1516

1516 20
1516 20 10
1516 20 91

1517

1517 90
1517 90 10

1517 90 93

1518 00

1518 00 10

Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and
other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable
products:
-Vegetable saps and extracts:
--Of liquorice
--Of hops
-Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates:
--Dry
--Other
-Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable
products:
--Agar-agar
--Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans,
locust bean seeds or sugar seeds:
---Of locust beans or locust bean seeds

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos,
rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime
bark)

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding (for example,
kapok, vegetable hair and eel-grass), whether or not put up as a layer with or without
supporting material

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example,
broomcorn piassava, couch-grass and istle), whether or not in hanks or bundles

Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included:
-Raw vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in dyeing or tanning
-Cotton linters
-Other

Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):
-Wool grease, crude
-Other

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not
chemically modified

Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether
or not refined, but not chemically modified:
-Jojoba oil and its fractions

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated,
inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further
prepared:
-Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:
--Hydrogenated castor oil, so called "opal-wax"
--Other

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of
fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their
fractions of heading No 1516:
-Other:
--Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats
--Other:
---Edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould release preparations

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated,
sulphurised, blown, polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise
chemically modified, excluding those of heading No 1516; inedible mixtures or
preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils
of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included:
-Linoxyn
-Other:

21

0

0
0

0
3

0

0

0

0

0

0
0
12

8
0

15

8

0
13

22,5*

20*

8

1518 00 91

1518 00 95

1518 00 99

--Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated,
sulphurized, blown, polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise
chemically modified, excluding those of heading No1516
--Other:
---Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and
oils and their fractions
---Other

1520 00 00

Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

1521

1521 10 00
1521 90

1522 00

1522 00 10

1702

1702 50 00
1702 90
1702 90 10

Vegetable waxes (other
spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured:
-Vegetable waxes
-Other

than triglycerides), beeswax, other

insect waxes and

Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or
vegetable waxes:
-Degras

22,5

Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in
solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter;
artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel:
-Chemically pure fructose
-Other, including invert sugar:
--Chemically pure maltose

1704
1704 10
1704 10 11 to
1704 10 19
1704 10 91 to
1704 10 99
1704 90

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:
-Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated:
--Containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed
as sucrose)
--Containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as
sucrose)
-Other

1803

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted

1804 00 00

Cocoa butter, fat and oil

1805 00 00

Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

1806
1806 10
1806 20

1806 31 00
1806 32
1806 90

1901

1901 20 00
1901 90
1901 90 11 to
1901 90 19
1901 90 91 to
1901 90 99

1902

1902 11 00
1902 19
1902 20

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
-Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
-Other preparations in block, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid,
paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a
content exceeding 2 kg
-Other, in blocks, slabs or bars:
--Filled
--Not filled
-Other

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing
cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of
heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by
weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or
included:
-Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading No 1905
-Other:
--Malt extract

--Other

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise
prepared such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni;
couscous, whether or not prepared:
-Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared:
--Containing eggs
--Other
-Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:

22

5

8

5

5

8
8

10

25

8

8

35

0

0

0

35
301

301
301
301

35

30

8

35
301

1902 20 91 to
1902 20 99
1902 30
1902 40

1903 00 00

1904

1904 10
1904 20

1904 90

1905

1905 10 00
1905 20
1905 30
1905 40
1905 90
1905 90 10
1905 90 20

1905 90 30 to
1905 90 90

2001

2001 90
2001 90 30
2001 90 40

2001 90 60

2004

2004 10

2004 10 91
2004 90
2004 90 10

2005

2005 20
2005 20 10
2005 80 00

2008

2008 11
2008 11 10

2008 91 00
2008 99

2008 99 85

--Other

-Other pasta
-Couscous

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains,
pearls, siftings or similar forms

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for
example, cornflakes); 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:
-Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products
-Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted
cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals
-Other

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:
-Crispbread
-Gingerbread and the like
-Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers
-Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products
-Other:
--Matzos
--Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use,
sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
--Other

Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by
vinegar or acetic acid:
-Other:
--Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
--Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5% or more by
weight of starch
--Palm hearts

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
frozen, other than products of heading No 2006:
-Potatoes:
--Other
---In the form of flour, meal or flakes
-Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables:
--Sweet corn(Zea mays var. saccharata)

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not
frozen, other than products of heading No 2006:
-Potatoes:
--In the form of flour, meal or flakes
-Sweet corn(Zea mays var. saccharata)

Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether
or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere
specified or included:
-Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together:
--Ground-nuts:
---Peanut butter
-Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19:
--Palm hearts
--Other:
---Not containing added spirit:
----Not containing added sugar:
-----Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

35

35
35

5

22,5
25

25

12
32
25
32

22,5
22,5

25

18
5

5

36

18

36
12

25

0

30

23

2008 99 91

-----Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants, containing 5% or more
by weight of starch

2101

2101 11
2101 12

2101 20

2101 30

2102

2102 10
2102 10 10

2102 10 31
2102 10 39
2102 10 90
2102 20
2102 30 00

2103

2103 10 00
2103 20 00
2103 30
2103 30 10
2103 30 90
2103 90
2103 90 10
2103 90 30

2103 90 90

2104

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté‚ and preparations with a
basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and
other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:
-Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these
extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee:
--Extracts; essences or concentrates
--Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis
of coffee
-Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of
these extracts, essences and concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté
-Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and
concentrates thereof

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including
vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking powders:
-Active yeasts:
--Culture yeast
--Baker's yeast:
---Dried
---Other
--Other
-Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead:
-Prepared baking powders

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard
flour and meal and prepared mustard:
-Soya sauce
-Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
-Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:
--Mustard flour
--Prepared mustard
-Other:
--Mango chutney, liquid
--Aromatic bitters of an alcoholic strength by volume of 44,2 to 49,2 % vol
containing from 1,5 to 6 % by weight of gentian, spices and various ingredients and
from 4 to 10 % of sugar, in containers holding 0,5 litre or less
--Other

Soups and broths and preparations
preparations

therefor; homogenised composite food

2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

2106
2106 10
2106 90
2106 90 10
2106 90 20

2106 90 92

2106 90 98

2201

2201 10
2201 10 11 to
2201 10 19

2201 10 91
2201 10 99
2201 90 00

2202

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
-Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
-Other:
--Cheese fondues
--Compound alcoholic preparations, other
substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages
--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:
---Other

than those based on odoriferous

including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not

Waters,
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow:
-Mineral waters and aerated waters:
--Natural mineral waters

--Other:
---Not carbonated
---Other
-Other

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including
fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009:

24

18

3
3

25

25

60

18
20
22,5
8
8

20
301

25
27

0
8

8

35

322

8

3
40

3

3

22,5

36
22,5
3

2202 10 00

2202 90

-Waters including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or flavoured
-Other

36

203

2203 00

Beer made from malt

29 min 8,14 EUR/hl

2205

2205 10
2205 90

2207

2207 10 00
2207 20 00

2208

2208 70
2208 70 10

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic
substances:
-In containers holding 2 litres or less
-Other

22,5
1,6 EUR/%vol/hl +
7,9 EUR/hl***

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher;
ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength:
-Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher
-Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength

24 EUR/hl
13 EUR/hl

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol;
spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages:
-Liqueurs and cordials:
--In containers holding 2 litres or less

2208 70 90

--In containers holding more than 2 litres

2208 90

2208 90 11

-Other:
--Arrack, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less

2208 90 19

---More than 2 litres

2208 90 33

--Plum, pear or cherry spirit (excluding liqueurs), in containers holding:
---2 litres or less:

2208 90 38

---More than 2 litres:

--Other spirits and other spirituous beverages, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less:
----Ouzo

2208 90 41

----Other:
-----Spirits (excluding liqueurs):
------Distilled from fruit:
-------Calvados

2208 90 45

2208 90 48

-------Other

2208 90 52

------Other:
-------Corn

2208 90 57

-------Other

2208 90 69

-----Other spirituous beverages

---More than 2 litres:
----Spirits (excluding liqueurs):

25

36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***
40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***

36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***
40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***

36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***
40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***

36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***

36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***
36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***

36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***
36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***
36 % min
0,68 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,05 EUR/hl***

2208 90 71

-----Distilled from fruit

2208 90 74

-----Other

2208 90 78

----Other spirituous beverages

--Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 %
volume, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less

2208 90 91

2208 90 99

---More than 2 litres

2402
2402 10 00
2402 20

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes:
-Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco
-Cigarettes containing tobacco

2402 90 00

-Other

2403

2403 10

2403 91 00
2403 99

2905

2905 45 00

3301

3301 90

3301 90 21
3301 90 30

3302

3302 10

3302 10 10

3302 10 21

3302 10 29

3501
3501 10
3501 90
3501 90 90

3505

3505 10

Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; "homogenized"
or "reconstituted" tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences:
-Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion
-Other:
--"Homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco
--Other

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated,
derivatives:
-Other polyhydric alcohols:
--Glycerol

sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated

Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids;
extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or
the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration;
the
deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential
oils:
-Other:
--Extracted oleoresins:
---Of liquorice and hops
---Other

terpenic by products of

Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with
a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as a raw materials in
industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the
manufacture of beverages:
-Of a kind used in the food or drink industries
--Of the type used in the drink industries:
---Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterizing a beverage:
----Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0.5 %

----Other:
-----Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose, or starch or containing, by
weight, less than 1.5 % milkfat, 5 %sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch
-----Other

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivates; casein glues:
-Casein
-Other:
--Other

Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinized or esterified
starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches:
-Dextrins and other modified starches:

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40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***
40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***
40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***

40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***
40 % min
0,75 EUR/%vol/hl +
4,5 EUR/hl***

36*
50 % min
9,6 EUR/1 000p**
50 % min
9,6 EUR/1 000p**

40

3
3

3

0
0

40 % min
0,33 EUR/%vol/hl +
2,1 EUR/hl

3

3

0

3

3505 10 10

3505 10 90
3505 20

--Dextrins
--Other modified starches:
---Other
-Glues

3823

3824

3824 60

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining;
alcohols

industrial fatty

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of
the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural
products), not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or
allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included:
-Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44

3,84

3,84
3,84

0

0

* Bulgaria may increase the rate of duty to max 52 %.
** Bulgaria may increase the rate of duty to max 52 % min 10 EUR/1 000pce.
*** Duties and minimum must not exceed the duties applicable at the entry into force of the Europe Agreement.
1 From 1.1.2002 onwards the rate of duty will be 25 %.
2 From 1.1.2002 onwards the rate of duty will be 29 %.
3 From 1.1.2002 onwards the rate of duty will be 15 %.
4 From 1.1.2002 onwards the duty will be abolished.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

5.0

5.1

6.0

6.1

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

DATE:
APPROPRIATIONS:

BUDGET HEADING:
Article 120 -Chapter 10
TITLE:
Proposal for a decision No /2001 of the Association Council on the improvement of the trade
arrangements for processed agricultural products foreseen in Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement
between the Community and Bulgaria.
LEGAL BASIS:
Article 133
AIMS:
Improvement of the bilateral trade in processed agricultural products according to Protocol 3 of the
Europe Agreement
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

12 MONTH
PERIOD

(EUR million)

CURRENT
FINANCIAL
YEAR
2001
(EUR million)

FOLLOWING
FINANCIAL
YEAR
2002
(EUR million)

EXPENDITURE
- CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)

- NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
- OTHER
REVENUE
- OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)

- NATIONAL

5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:

-2.53

-3.18

2003

-3.46

2004

-3.75

2005

-4.04

2006

-4.32

Based on average imports during 1996 to 1998, calculation of loss of revenue through abolition of in-
quota duties, annual increase of zero duty quotas and 10% reduction of duties for all other processed
agricultural products.
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE
RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF
THE CURRENT BUDGET?

NO

NO
NO
NO

6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?
6.3 WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS?
OBSERVATIONS:

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