Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2002 of 23 January 2002 opening tariff quotas for the year 2002 for imports into the European Community of products originating in Lithuania
Date: 2002-01-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Lithuania, confectionery product, originating product, tariff quota, tobacco

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 119/2002

of 23 January 2002

opening tariff quotas for the year 2002 for imports into the European Community of products
originating in Lithuania

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

Having regard to Council Decision 98/677/EC of 18 May 1998
on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the
Europe Agreement establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part, to take
account of
the
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro-
pean Union and the outcome of the Uruguay Round nego-
tiations on agriculture, including improvements to the existing
preferential arrangements (3), and in particular Article 2 of that
Protocol,

the Republic of Austria,

the accession of

Whereas:

(1)

Protocol 2 on trade in processed agricultural products
between the Community and the Republic of Lithuania,
as amended by the Protocol adjusting trade aspects of
the Europe Agreement
establishing an association
between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, of
the other part, to take account of 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 agricul-
ture, including improvements to the existing preferential
arrangements (4), sets out in its Annex I the annual tariff
quotas for imports of products originating in Lithuania.

its Annex II the quotas for products originating in Lithu-
ania for the period from January 2001 to 31 December
2001. These quotas should therefore be opened in
accordance with the aforementioned Protocol 2 for the
period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002.

(3)

(4)

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 (6), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 993/2001 (7), consolidated the arrange-
ments for managing the tariff quotas to be used in
chronological order of the dates of acceptance of the
declarations for release for free circulation.

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 annual quotas for products originating in Lithuania set out
in the Annex to this Regulation are hereby opened from 1
January 2002 to 31 December 2002 under the conditions set
out in the said Annex.

Article 2

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 3

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2906/2000 of 28
December 2000 opening tariff quotas for the year 2001
for imports into the European Community of products
originating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (5) set out in

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

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 321, 30.11.1998, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 54.

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2002.

(6) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(7) 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, 23 January 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Serial No

CN code

Description

Quota for 2002
(tonnes)

Rate of duty
applicable

09.6501

1704 90 71

Boiled sweets, whether or not filled

560

0 + RAC (1)

1704 90 75

Caramels

09.6503

1806 90

Chocolate and other food preparations containing
cocoa falling within CN codes 1806 90 11 to
1806 90 90

700

0 + RAC (1)

09.6534

2402 20 90

Cigarettes containing tobacco but not containing
cloves

56

28,8 %

(1) RAC = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 2 to the Agreement)
applicable within the quantitative limits of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid down
in the Common Customs Tariff,

if any.