Council Regulation (EC) No 284/2002 of 12 February 2002 renewing for 2002 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural products, as regards products originating in Norway (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-02-12
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, agro-industry, import, originating product, tariff preference, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 284/2002

of 12 February 2002

renewing for 2002 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain
concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural
products, as regards products originating in Norway

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

certain concessions

Council Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 of 19 June 1995
establishing
form of
Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed
agricultural products (1) opened tariff quotas for 1995 in
favour of Norway in accordance with the conditions set
out in Annex II thereto.

in the

The measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95
have been renewed annually by Regulations (EC) No
102/96 (2), (EC) No 306/97 (3), (EC) No 560/98 (4), (EC)
No 2847/98 (5), (EC) No 215/2000 (6) and (EC) No 591/
2001.

Since it has not been possible to conclude additional
Protocols before 1 January 2002, the Community must,
pursuant to Articles 76, 102 and 128 of the Act of
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,
take the
necessary measures to deal with the situation. Therefore,
it is necessary to renew the measures provided for in
Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 for 2002.

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Regulation should be adopted in accordance with
Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (7).

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

(1) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 591/2001 (OJ L 88, 28.3.2001, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 19, 25.1.1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 51, 21.2.1997, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 76, 13.3.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 14.
(6) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 9.
(7) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

Community Customs Code (8) 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The measures provided for in Article 1(2) of Regulation

1.
(EC) No 1416/95 shall be renewed to cover 2002.

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 shall be replaced by
the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

2.
If Norway discontinues the application of the reciprocal
measures in favour of the Community, the Commission may,
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2(2) of
this Regulation, suspend application of the measures provided
for in paragraph 1.

Article 2

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee
referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 (9).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at one month.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 3

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Annex II to Regula-
tion (EC) No 1416/95 shall be administered in accordance with
Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

(8) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 993/2001 (OJ L 141, 28.5.2001, p. 1).

(9) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2002.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2002.

For the Council

The President

R. DE RATO Y FIGAREDO

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX II

PREFERENTIAL TARIFF QUOTAS OPENED FOR 2002

NORWAY

Order Number

CN code

Description

Autonomous
quotas

Rate of duty
applicable

09.0765

1517 10 90

Margarine, excluding liquid margarine

2 470 tonnes

Free

Other

09.0766

2102 30 00

Prepared baking powders

150 tonnes

09.0767

ex 2103 90 90

(TARIC codes 10
and 89

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed
condiments and mixed seasonings of CN
code 2103 90 90, other than mayonnaise

130 tonnes

Free

Free

09.0768

2104 10

Soups
therefor

and

broths

and

preparations

390 tonnes

Free

09.0769

2106 90 92

containing no
Food preparations/other,
milk fats, sucrose,
isoglucose, glucose or
starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk
fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose
or starch

510 tonnes

Free

09.0770 (1)

2203 00

Beer made from malt

09.0771

ex 2207 10 00

(TARIC code 90)

09.0772

ex 2207 20 00

(TARIC code 90)

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcohol
strength by volume of 80 % vol. or higher/
other than that obtained from agricultural
products listed in Annex I to the Treaty

Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured,
of any strength/other than those obtained
from agricultural products listed in Annex I
to the Treaty

4 800
hectolitres

134 000
hectolitres

3 340
hectolitres

Free

Free

Free

09.0774

2403 10

tobacco, whether

Smoking
containing tobacco substitutes
proportion

or
not
in any

370 tonnes

Free

(1) The application of the quota shall be restricted to the period from 1 January to 30 June 2002.’