Commission Regulation (EC) No 2603/2001 of 28 December 2001 concerning the increase and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland and in Liechtenstein
Date: 2001-12-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, agricultural product, import, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2603/2001

of 28 December 2001

concerning the increase and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the
European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland and in
Liechtenstein

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 Commission Regulation (EC)
No 2580/2000 (2), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/239/EC (3) concerning
the conclusion of an Agreement (‘the Agreement’) in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community,
of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part,
on Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation (4), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2905/2000 of 29
December 2000, concerning the increase and opening of
tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the Euro-
pean Community of certain processed agricultural prod-
ucts originating in Switzerland and in Liechtenstein (5),
opened, for the year 2001, the annual quotas provided
for in section III(1) and (3) of the Agreement.

the two parties may
The Agreement provides that
decide, before 31 March 2002, to extend the measures
laid down. The annual quota is, therefore, to be opened
on a pro rata basis for the first three months of the year
2002. The remainder of
the annual quota is to be
opened from 1 April 2002, subject to the prolongation
of the measures for the remaining period of the year.

The annual quota for goods classified under CN codes
2002 10 00 and ex 2202 90 10, as foreseen in section
III(3) of the Agreement, was used up in 2001 and as a
consequence, the quota has to be increased by 10 % for
the year 2002, as foreseen in section III(3), third indent.

The preferences foreseen by the Free Trade Agreement
between the European Economic Community and Swit-
zerland of 22 July 1972 have been extended to the
Principality of Liechtenstein by an additional agreement

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 189.
(5) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 52.

approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2840/72 (6).
Therefore, the measures laid down in this Regulation
must also be applicable to goods originating in Liechten-
stein.

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
Commission Regulation (EC) No 993/2001 (8), codified
the provisions for the management of the tariff quotas
to be used in the chronological order of the dates of
acceptance of the declarations for release for free circula-
tion.

The measures laid down in this Regulation comply with
the opinion of the management committee on hori-
zontal questions concerning trade in processed agricul-
tural products not listed in Annex I,

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Community tariff quotas for imports originating in Swit-
zerland and in Liechtenstein listed in the Annex to this Regula-
tion shall be opened duty-free from 1 January to 31 March
2002.

For imports of goods classified under CN codes 2202 10 00
and ex 2202 90 10, exceeding the duty free quota, a duty of
9,1 % shall be applied.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2002.

(6) OJ L 300, 31.12.1972, p. 188.
(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, 28 December 2001.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Table 1

Order No

CN code

Description

Volume

Applicable rate
of duty

09.0911

1302 20 10

Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates: dry

09.0912

2101 11 11

Extracts, essences and concentrates with a coffee-based dry matter
content of 95 % or more by weight

167 tonnes

514 tonnes

09.0913

2101 20 20

Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or maté

36 tonnes

09.0914

2106 90 92

Food preparations/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

257 tonnes

Free

Free

Free

Free

Table 2

Order No

CN code

Description

Volume

Rate of duty
applicable within
the quota

Rate of duty
applicable
outside the quota

09.0916

2202 10 00

ex 2202 90 10
(TARIC code 10)

Waters,
including mineral waters and aerated
waters, containing added sugar or other sweet-
ening matter or flavoured

Other non-alcoholic beverages, containing sugar

22 687 500 litres

Free

9,1 %