Council Regulation (EC) No 2264/2001 of 21 November 2001 introducing certain temporary autonomous concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas applicable to imports into the Community of tomatoes originating in the Kingdom of Morocco
Date: 2001-11-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Morocco, fruit vegetable, import, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2264/2001

of 21 November 2001

introducing certain temporary autonomous concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas
applicable to imports into the Community of tomatoes originating in the Kingdom of Morocco

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

tonnes for the period from 1 October 2001 to 31 May
2002.

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

(4)

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001
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 (2) opened the tariff quotas for
imports into the Community of fresh and chilled toma-
toes originating in Morocco provided for in the context
of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement and lays down
detailed rules for managing the tariff quotas,

(1)

(2)

(3)

Consultations on imports into the Community of fresh
and chilled tomatoes originating in Morocco were held
in Rabat on 10 September 2001 under Article 2(6) of
Protocol 1 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement estab-
lishing an association between the European Communi-
ties and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part (1), hereinafter
referred to as the ‘Euro-Mediterranean Agreement’.

Following these consultations, the purpose of which was
to allow Morocco's traditional exports of tomatoes to
the Community to continue without disturbing the
Community market, an autonomous tariff preference
should be granted for 18 081 tonnes, to be staggered
over November and December 2001 and April and May
2002.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
For the period from 1 November 2001 to 31 March
2002, Community tariff quota with order No 09.1190, applic-
able to imports into the Community of fresh or chilled toma-
falling within CN code 0702 00 00 originating in
toes
Morocco, opened under Regulation (EC) No 747/2001,
is
hereby autonomously increased by 6 000 tonnes.

The tariff quotas for April and May 2002 should be
imports into the Community of
opened only if total
tomatoes originating in Morocco between 1 October
2001 and 31 March 2002 do not exceed 156 676
tonnes. Morocco has undertaken to ensure that its total
exports do not exceed the agreed quantity of 168 757

Provided total imports into the Community of tomatoes
2.
originating in Morocco do not exceed 156 676 tonnes during
the period from 1 October 2001 to 31 March 2002, the
following autonomous tariff quota shall be opened by the
Commission:

Order No

CN code

Description

Quota period

09.1191

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

from 1.4.2002
to 31.5.2002

Quota volume
(tonnes)

Tariff
quota duty

12 081

(1) (2)

(1) Under this tariff quota, the specific duty provided for in the list of Community concessions to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) shall
be reduced to zero if the entry price is EUR 461 or more per tonne, this being the entry price agreed between the European Community
and Morocco. If the entry price of a particular consignment is 2 %, 4 %, 6 % or 8 % below the agreed entry price, the specific customs
duty under the quota shall be 2 %, 4 %, 6 % or 8 % of the agreed entry price, as appropriate. If the entry price of a particular consignment
is below 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound in the WTO shall apply.

(2) Also exemption from ad valorem duty within the tariff quota of order No 09.1116 set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.

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

3.
with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.

This Regulation shall apply subject to Protocol 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement concerning

4.
the definition of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation.

(1) OJ L 70, 18.3.2000, p. 2.

(2) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2.

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Article 2

The conditions set out in Articles 2 and 3 of Protocol 1 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement on the
arrangements applying to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Morocco
shall apply mutatis mutandis to the autonomous additional quantities and tariff quota referred to in Article 1
of this Regulation. The monthly breakdown of quantities shall be as follows:

November 2001:
December 2001:
April 2002:
May 2002:

4 000 tonnes
2 000 tonnes
7 500 tonnes
4 581 tonnes.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 21 November 2001.

For the Council

The President

J. VANDE LANOTTE