Commission Regulation (EC) No 176/2002 of 30 January 2002 on the suspension and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania and amending Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000
Date: 2002-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lithuania, import (EU), originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/2002

of 30 January 2002

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

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 thereof,

the Republic of Austria,

the accession of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the year 2002,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 119/2002 (4) opened,
for
the tariff quotas applicable to
Community imports of products originating in Lithu-
ania.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000 (5), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2106/2001 (6),
lays
down the reduced agricultural components and addi-
tional duties applicable from 1 July 2000 to the
importation into the Community of goods covered by
Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 under Europe Agreements.

Decision No 5/2001 of the EU-Lithuania Association
Council amended Protocol 2 to the Europe Agreement.
The said Decision amends the volume of tariff quotas
and the system for calculating the reduced agricultural
components and additional duties. It shall enter into
force on 1 February 2002.

As a result, it is appropriate to suspend the application
of quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 119/2002 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 February 2002,

(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 21, 24.1.2002, p. 19.
(5) OJ L 171, 11.7.2000, p. 44.
(6) OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 12.

them, for the year 2002, in proportion to the period
which has already elapsed. At the same time, it is appro-
priate to abolish the reduced agricultural components
and additional duties laid down by Regulation (EC) No
1477/2000.

(5)

(6)

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), codified 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.

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 the Annex to Regu-
lation (EC) No 119/2002 is suspended as from 1 February
2002.

Article 2

The Community tariff quotas for goods originating in Lithu-
ania, set out in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be opened
annually from 1 January to 31 December. For the year 2002,
they shall be opened from 1 February to 31 December 2002.

Article 3

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 2 shall be
managed by the Commission in accordance with the provisions
of Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 4

Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000 shall be amended as follows:

1. the seventh paragraph of Article 2 is deleted;

2. Annexes XV and XVI are deleted.

(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 enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

It shall apply from 1 February 2002.

Article 5

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

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

Preferential tariff quotas for Community imports of goods originating in Lithuania

ANNEX

Order
No

CN code

Description

(1)

(2)

(3)

09.6549

09.6501

0403 10 51 to
0403 10 99

Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit,
nuts or cocoa

1704 90 71
1704 90 75

Boiled sweets, whether or not filled
Caramels

09.6503

1806 90

and other

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

Quota volume, per annum
(tonnes)

2002

(4)

2003

(5)

2004

(6)

1 009

1 200

1 300

Rate of duty
applicable within
the limits of the
quota

(7)

565

706

672

840

728

910

Exemption

09.6534

2402 20 90

Cigarettes
containing cloves

containing

tobacco but not

101

120

130