Council Regulation (EC) No 120/2002 of 21 January 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 as regards the adjustment of the tariff quota for wine
Date: 2002-01-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: South Africa, bottled wine, import, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 120/2002

of 21 January 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 as regards the adjustment of the tariff quota for wine

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Community and the Republic of South Africa on trade
in wine amending the volume of the tariff quota for
wine imported in bottles provided for in Annex X to
the TDC Agreement.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

By Decision 1999/753/EC of 29 July 1999 (1)
the
Council approved the provisional application of
the
Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation
between the European Community and its Member
States, of
the one part, and the Republic of South
Africa, of the other part (2) (hereinafter referred to as
the (cid:145)TDC Agreement(cid:146)). The TDC Agreement has been
applied provisionally from 1 January 2000.

Annex X to the TDC Agreement contains an Exchange
of Letters between the European Community and the
Republic of South Africa which provides for an annual
duty-free tariff quota of 32 million litres of South
African wine imported in bottles. Article 8 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 of 17 December 1999 on
certain procedures for applying the Trade, Development
and Cooperation Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of South Africa (3),
defers the opening of that tariff quota for wine until
the entry into force of
the Agreements between the
European Community and the Republic of South
Africa on trade in wine and trade in spirits respectively.

By Decision 2002/51/EC (4) the Council has approved,
on behalf of the Community, an Agreement between the
European Community and the Republic of South Africa
on trade in wine. Furthermore, the Council by Decision
2002/55/EC (5) has approved an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European

(1) OJ L 311, 4.12.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 311, 4.12.1999, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 29. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1747/2000 (OJ L 200, 8.8.2000, p. 25).

(4) See page 3 of this Official Journal.
(5) See page 133 of this Official Journal.

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 is amended as
follows:

In the fifth column, under the title (cid:145)Annual tariff quota
volume, and annual growth factor(cid:146), the entry corresponding
to order number 09.1825 shall be replaced by the
following:

(cid:145)35 300 000 litres

(agf 3 %) (4)

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(4) For each year from 2002 to 2011 a set volume of
6 720 000 litres will be added to the basic annual
quota volume. The annual growth factor will apply
from 2003 to the basic quota volume of 35 300 000
litres only.(cid:146).

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of
the European
Communities.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

It shall apply from 1 January 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2002.

For the Council

The President

M. ARIAS CA(cid:209)ETE