Commission Regulation (EC) No 748/2002 of 29 April 2002 on the suspension and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary and amending Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000
Date: 2002-04-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, agro-industry, import, originating product, tariff quota

1.5.2002

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 748/2002

of 29 April 2002

on the suspension and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the Community
of certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary 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 1999/67/EC of 22 October
1998 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adapta-
tion of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Republic of Hungary, of the other part, to take
into account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the
Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Euro-
pean Union and the results of the agricultural negotiations of
the Uruguay Round, improvements to the existing preferential
regime (3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Protocol 3 to the Europe Agreement establishing an
association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Hungary, of the other part, approved by Council and
Commission Decision 93/742/Euratom, ECSC, EC (4),
lays down the trade arrangements for the processed
agricultural products which are listed therein.

Protocol 3 to the Europe Agreement was amended, as
regards the volume of tariff quotas and the system for
calculating the reduced agricultural components and
additional duties, by Decision No 2/2002 of the EC-
Hungary Association Council of 16 April 2002 on
improvements to the trade arrangements for processed
agricultural products provided for in Protocol 3 to the
Europe Agreement (5). The amendments shall enter into
force as of 1 January 2002.

in Hungary by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2542/
2001 (6), and to open the new annual quotas set out in
Annex I to Protocol 3. For the year 2002, the new
quotas
should be opened from 1 January to 31
December. At the same time, it should be specified that
imports already received from Hungary to which the
tariff quotas laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2542/
2001 applied must be considered as part of the new
tariff quotas. The duties applied to these imports shall be
reimbursed, where appropriate, in accordance with the
provisions of Articles 878 to 898 of Commission Regu-
lation (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 Regulation (EC) No 444/
2002 (8).

The tariff quotas opened for Hungary must be managed
in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

The reduced agricultural components and additional
duties applicable from 1 July 2000 to the importation
into the Community of goods covered by Regulation
(EC) No 3448/93, laid down in the framework of the
Europe Agreement with Hungary by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1477/2000 (9), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 176/2002 (10), should be abolished.

Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000 must be amended
accordingly.

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,

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(3)

As a result, it is appropriate to suspend the application
of tariff quotas, opened for the year 2002 for imports
into the European Community of products originating

1.
The application of tariff quotas opened by Annex IV to
Regulation (EC) No 2542/2001 is suspended as of 1 January
2002.

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 28, 2.2.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 347, 31.12.1993, p. 1.
(5) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(6) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 82.
(7) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.
(9) OJ L 171, 11.7.2000, p. 44.
(10) OJ L 30, 31.1.2002, p. 39.

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The Community tariff quotas for products originating in
2.
Hungary, set out in Annexes I and II, shall be opened annually
from 1 January to 31 December.

For the year 2002, they shall be opened from 1 January to 31
December 2002.

The tariff quotas for products set out in Annex I are

3.
exempt from duty.

4. Within the limit of the tariff quotas set out in Annex II, a
duty of 0 % + EUR 1,8/100 kg/net eda shall be applied to the
corresponding products. This duty is subject to an annual
reduction of 10 % as of 1 January 2003.

Regulation shall be included in the quantities set out
Annexes I and II.

in

Article 3

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1(2) shall be
managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a,
308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 4

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

1. the third paragraph of Article 2 is deleted;

2. Annexes V, VI, VII and VIII are deleted.

Article 2

Article 5

The quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas and in free
circulation as of 1 January 2002 in accordance with Regulation
(EC) No 2542/2001 and before the entry into force of this

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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Preferential tariff quotas for Community imports of products originating in Hungary — exempt from duty

ANNEX I

Serial
number

CN code

(1)

(2)

09.5616

0403 10 51 to
0403 10 99

09.5257

0405 20 10
0405 20 30

ex 2106

ex 3302 10

3302 10 21

Description

(3)

Yoghurt, flavoured or with added fruit or cocoa

Quota
for 2002

Annual
increase as of
2003

(1 000 kg/net)

(4)

132

12

Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but less than 75 %

4 498

409

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, other than those falling within
CN code 2106 90 20 (1) and other than flavoured or coloured sugar syrups
Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with
a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used in the food or drink
industries:
– containing to milkfats, sucrose,

isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by
weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

3302 10 29

– other

09.5213

ex 1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate) not containing cocoa, except
liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing
other added substances, falling within CN code NC 1704 90 10

5 205

473

09.5215

1803

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted

1 170

106

09.5217

1804 00 00

Cocoa butter, fat and oil

2 173

198

09.5219

1805 00 00

Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

54

5

09.5221

1806

Chocolate and other food preprations containg cocoa

6 948

632

1901

09.5223
09.5225
09.5227

1901 10 00
1901 20 00

ex 1901 90

Malt extract; food preprations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not contining
cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of
heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by
weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or
included:
– preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale
– mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading No 1905
– other, excluding products falling within CN Code 1901 90 91

139
1 692
2 596

13
154
236

09.5228

ex 1902

Pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, excluding stuffed pasta falling
within CN codes 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30; couscous, whether or not prepared

1 144

104

09.5229

1903 00 00

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains,
pearls, siftings or similar forms

61

6

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Serial
number

CN code

(1)

(2)

09.5231

1904

Description

(3)

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for
example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form
of flakes or other worked grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise
prepared, not elsewhere specified or included

Quota
for 2002

Annual
increase as of
2003

(1 000 kg/net)

(4)

200

18

09.5233

1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing
cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use,
sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products

4 580

416

09.5617

2008 99 85
2008 99 91

Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants, containing 5 % or more by
weight of starch

09.5237

2101 12 98

2101 20

Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee or with a
basis of coffee, other than those falling within CN code 2101 12 92
– Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of

these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté

220

20

23

2

09.5239

2101 30

Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and
concentrates thereof

09.5619

2102 20 11
2102 20 19

Inactive yeasts

09.5241

2103

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard
flour and meal and prepared mustard

09.5243

2104

Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food prepra-
tions

09.5245

2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

09.5251

2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including
fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009)

09.5253

2203 00

Beer made from malt (2)

1 016

286

4 365

1 186

97

3 307

2 341

09.5255

2205

Vermouth and other wine of
substances

fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic

678

09.5211

3823
3823 12
3823 70

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols:
– – Oleic acid
– Industrial fatty alcohols

1 269

92

26

397

108

9

301

213

62

115

(1) Products falling within CN code 2106 90 10 are eligible for this preference only if they fulfil the conditions set out in the Community provisions concerned.
(2) This quota shall be suspended as of 1.7.2002.

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Preferential tariff quotas for Community imports of products originating in Hungary

ANNEX II

Serial
number

09.5209

09.5235

CN code

Description

Annual quota
for 2002

Annual increase
as of 1.1.2003

(1 000 kg/net)

Customs duty applicable
as at 1.1.2002

0710 40 00
0711 90 30

2001 90 30
2004 90 10
2005 80 00

Sweet corn

16 882

1 688

Sweet corn

14 074

1 407

0 % + EUR 1,8/100 kg
net eda (1)

0 % + EUR 1,8/100 kg
net eda (1)

(1) This customs duty is subject to an annual reduction of 10 % as of 1.1.2003.