Commission Regulation (EC) No 2106/2001 of 26 October 2001 on the suspension and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000
Date: 2001-10-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, agricultural product, import (EU), originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2106/2001

of 26 October 2001

on the suspension and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European
Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia, and amending Regula-
tion (EC) No 1477/2000

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/
2000 (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Protocol 2 to the Agreement establishing an
Association between the European Communities and their
Member States, acting within the framework of the European
Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Latvia of the other
part (3), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2906/2000 (4) opened,
the tariff quotas applicable to
for
Community imports of products originating in Latvia.

the year 2001,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000 (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1700/2001 (6),
lays
down the reduced agricultural components and addi-
tional duties applicable as from 1 July 2000 to the
importation into the Community of goods covered by
Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 under Europe Agreements.

EU-Latvia Association Council Decision No 7/2001 of 2
October 2001 amended Protocol 2 to the Europe Agree-
ment. The said Decision amends the volume of tariff
quotas and the system for calculating the reduced agri-
cultural components and additional duties. The Decision
shall enter into force on 1 December 2001.

It is appropriate to suspend the application of quotas
opened by Regulation (EC) No 2906/2000 and to open
the new annual quotas provided for in Annex I
to
Protocol 2. As these annual quotas cannot be opened
it is appropriate to reduce
before 1 December 2001,
them, for the year 2001, in proportion to the period
which has already elapsed. At the same time, it is appro-
priate to abolish the reduced agricultural components

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 26, 2.2.1998, p. 3. Amended by the Protocol adjusting trade
aspects of the Europe Agreement (OJ L 317, 10.12.1999, p. 3).

(4) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 54.
(5) OJ L 171, 11.7.2000, p. 44.
(6) OJ L 231, 29.8.2001, p. 6.

and additional duties laid down by Regulation (EC) No
1477/2000.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Community Customs Code (7), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 993/2001 (8), codifies the management of
tariff quotas intended to be used in the chronological
order of
the dates of acceptance of declarations for
release for free circulation.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The application of tariff quotas opened by Annex III to Regula-
tion (EC) No 2906/2000 shall be suspended as from 1
December 2001.

The Community tariff quotas for goods originating in Latvia,
set out
in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be opened
annually from 1 January to 31 December. For the year 2001,
they shall be opened from 1 to 31 December 2001.

Article 2

Article 2, eighth paragraph, of Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000
and Annexes XVII and XVIII thereto are deleted.

Article 3

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be
managed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions
of Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 December 2001.

(7) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 141, 28.5.2001, p. 1.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 2001.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

Preferential tariff quotas for Community imports of goods originating in Latvia

ANNEX

Order
No

CN code

Description

(1)

(2)

(3)

09.6535

ex 1704 90

Other sugar confectionery, excluding liquorice extract falling
within CN code 1704 90 10

Quota volume,
per annum
(in tonnes)

2002
and thereafter

Rate of duty
applicable within
the limits of the
quota

(5)

(6)

1 000

Exempt

2001

(4)

83

Chocolate products

167

2 000

1806 31
1806 32
1806 90

09.6536

09.6537

Malt extract

1901 90 11
1901 90 19
1901 90 99 Other food preparations

09.6538

1905 30

Sweet biscuits; waffes and wafers

09.6513

2105 00

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

47

47

83

560

560

1 000

09.6545

2106 90 98 Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

133

1 600

09.6546

2402 20 90 Cigarettes containing tobacco but not containing cloves

83
million units

1 000
million units

15 % of the MFN
duty