Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with Latvia
Date: 2002-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, Latvia, agricultural product, common tariff policy, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas
for certain agricultural products and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and transi-
tional measure, of certain agricultural concessions provided for in the Europe Agreement with
Latvia

(2002/C 203 E/32)

COM(2002) 227 final — 2002/0103(ACC)

(Submitted by the Commission on 7 May 2002)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4) A new Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement on
trade liberalisation for agricultural products has been
negotiated.

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) The Europe Agreement establishing an association between
the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Latvia, of the other part (1),
provides for certain concessions for certain agricultural
products originating in Latvia.

an

association

(2) The first improvements to the preferential arrangements of
the Europe Agreement with Latvia were provided for in the
Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agreement
European
establishing
Communities and their Member States, of the one part,
and the Republic of Latvia of
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 agriculture, including improvements to the
existing preferential arrangements (2).

the other part,

between

the

(3) Improvements to the preferential arrangements of

the
Europe Agreement with Latvia were also provided for, as
a result of a first round of negotiations to liberalise agri-
cultural
trade. The improvements entered into force as
from 1 July 2000 in the form of Council Regulation (EC)
No 2341/2000 establishing certain concessions in the form
of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products
and providing for an adjustment, as an autonomous and
transitional measure, of certain agricultural concessions
provided for in the Europe Agreement with Latvia (3).
The second adjustment of the relevant provisions in the
Europe Agreement — which will
take the form of
another Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement —
has not yet entered into force.

(1) OJ L 26, 2.2.1998, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 317, 10.12.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 271, 24.10.2000, p. 7.

(5) A swift

implementation of

the adjustments forms an
essential part of the results of the negotiations for the
conclusion of a new Additional Protocol to the Europe
therefore appropriate to
Agreement with Latvia.
provide for the adjustment, as an autonomous and transi-
tional measure, of the agricultural concessions provided for
in the Europe Agreement with Latvia.

is

It

(6) Since the measures necessary for the implementation of
this Regulation are management measures within the
meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC
of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the
conferred on the
exercise of
Commission (4),
the
management procedure provided for in Article 4 of that
Decision.

they should be adopted by use of

implementing powers

(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 Community
Customs Code (5) codified the management rules for tariff
quotas designed to be used following the chronological
order of dates of customs declarations. Tariff quotas
under this Regulation should therefore be administered in
accordance with those rules.

(8) Regulation (EC) No 2341/2000 should therefore be

repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The conditions for import into the Community applicable
to certain agricultural products originating in Latvia as set out
in Annex C(a) and Annex C(b) to this Regulation shall replace
those set out in Annex Va to the Europe Agreement estab-
lishing an association between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic
of Latvia, of the other part, hereinafter the ‘Europe Agreement’.

(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 444/2002 (OJ L 68, 12.3.2002 p. 11).

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On the entry into force of

the Additional Protocol
2.
the
adjusting the Europe Agreement
outcome of
the negotiations between the parties on new
mutual agricultural concessions, the concessions provided for
in that Protocol shall replace those referred to in Annex C(a)
and Annex C(b) to this Regulation.

to take into account

The Commission shall adopt detailed rules

the
this Regulation in accordance with the

3.
application of
procedure laid down in Article 3(2).

for

Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (1) or, where appropriate, by the
committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the other
Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural
markets.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision

3.
1999/468/EC shall be one month.

Article 2

Tariff quotas with an order number above 09.5100 shall
1.
be administered by the Commission in accordance with
Articles 308(a), 308(b) and 308(c) of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93.

Article 4

Regulation (EC) No 2341/2000 is hereby repealed.

2.
Quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas and released
for free circulation as from 1 July 2002 under the concessions
provided for in Annex A(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2341/2000
shall be fully counted against the quantities provided for in
for
Annex C(b) of
which import licences have been issued before 1 July 2002.

this Regulation, except

for quantities

Article 5

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

Article 3

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

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 23 of Council

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21.

ANNEX C(a)

The following products originating in Latvia shall benefit from a preferential zero-duty within unlimited quantities
(applicable duty 0 % of MFN) when imported into the Community.

CN code (1)

CN code

CN code

CN code

CN code

0101 10 90
0101 90 19
0101 90 30
0101 90 90
0104 20 10
0106 19 10
0106 39 10
0205
0206 80 91
0206 90 91
0207 13 91
0207 14 91
0207 26 91
0207 27 91
0207 35 91
0207 36 89
0208 10 11

0208 10 19
0208 20 00
0208 30 00
0208 40 10
0208 40 90
0208 90 10
0208 90 55
0208 90 60
0208 90 95
0210 91 00
0210 92 00
0210 93 00
0210 99 10
0210 99 31
0210 99 39
0210 99 59
0210 99 79

0210 99 80
0407 00 90
0410 00 00
0601 10
0601 20
0602
0603
0604
0701 10 00
0701 90 10
0703 10
0703 90 00
0707 00 90
0708 10 00
0708 90 00
0709 10 00
0709 20 00

0709 30 00
0709 40 00
0709 52 00
0709 59 00
0709 60
0709 70 00
0709 90 10
0709 90 20
0709 90 50
0709 90 70
0709 90 90
0710 29 00
0710 30 00
0710 80 51
0710 80 59
0710 80 69
0710 80 80

0710 80 85
0711 40 00
0711 59 00
0711 90 10
0711 90 50
0711 90 80
0711 90 90
0712 20 00
0712 32 00
0712 33 00
0712 39 00
0713 50 00
0713 90 10
0713 90 90
0802 11 90
0802 12 90
0802 21 00

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CN code (1)

CN code

CN code

CN code

CN code

0802 22 00
0802 31 00
0802 32 00
0802 40 00
0802 90 50
0802 90 85
0806 20 11
0806 20 12
0806 20 91
0806 20 92
0806 20 98
0808 20 90
0809 40 90
0810 40 30
0810 40 50
0810 40 90
0811 90 39
0811 90 50
0811 90 75
0811 90 80
0811 90 85
0811 90 95
0812 10 00
0812 90 40
0812 90 50
0812 90 60
0812 90 99
0813 10 00
0813 20 00
0813 30 00
0813 40 10
0813 40 30
0813 40 95
0813 50 15
0813 50 19
0813 50 91
0813 50 99
0901 12 00
0901 21 00
0901 22 00

0901 90 90
0902 10 00
0904 12 00
0904 20 10
0904 20 90
0907 00 00
0910 40 13
0910 40 19
0910 40 90
0910 91 90
0910 99 99
1106 10 00
1106 30
1208 10 00
1209
1210
1211 90 30
1212 10 10
1212 10 99
1214 90 10
1502 00 90
1503 00 19
1503 00 90
1504
1507
1508
1511
1512
1513
1514
1515
1516 10 10
1516 10 90
1516 20 91
1516 20 95
1516 20 96
1516 20 98
1518 00 31
1518 00 39
1522 00 91

1602 31
1602 90 10
1602 90 31
1602 90 41
1602 90 72
1602 90 74
1602 90 76
1602 90 78
1602 90 98
1603 00 10
1704 90 10
2001 90 20
2001 90 70
2001 90 75
2001 90 85
2003 20 00
2003 90 00
2004 90 50
2004 90 91
2004 90 98
2005 10 00
2005 60 00
2005 90 10
2005 90 50
2006 00 99
2007 10 91
2007 10 99
2008 11 92
2008 11 94
2008 11 96
2008 11 98
2008 19 19
2008 19 93
2008 19 95
2008 19 99
2008 40 11
2008 40 21
2008 40 29
2008 40 39
2008 40 51

2008 40 59
2008 40 71
2008 40 79
2008 40 91
2008 40 99
2008 50 11
2008 60 11
2008 60 31
2008 60 39
2008 60 51
2008 60 59
2008 60 61
2008 60 69
2008 60 71
2008 60 79
2008 60 91
2008 60 99
2008 80 11
2008 80 31
2008 80 39
2008 92 12
2008 92 14
2008 92 34
2008 92 38
2008 92 51
2008 92 59
2008 92 74
2008 92 78
2008 92 93
2008 92 96
2008 92 98
2008 99 28
2008 99 37
2008 99 40
2008 99 45
2008 99 49
2008 99 55
2008 99 68
2008 99 72
2008 99 78

2008 99 99
2009 31 11
2009 39 31
2009 41 10
2009 49 30
2009 50 10
2009 50 90
2009 80 19
2009 80 38
2009 80 50
2009 80 63
2009 80 69
2009 80 71
2009 80 79
2009 80 89
2009 80 95
2009 80 96
2009 80 99
2009 90 19
2009 90 29
2009 90 39
2009 90 51
2009 90 59
2009 90 96
2009 90 97
2009 90 98
2204 30 10
2302 50 00
2306 90 19
2308 00 90
2309 10 51
2309 10 90
2309 90 10
2309 90 31
2309 90 41
2309 90 51

(1) As defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 of 6 August 2001 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No

2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 279, 23.10.2001, p. 1).

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Imports into the Community of the following products originating in Latvia shall be subject to the concessions set out
below (MFN = Most Favoured Nation duty).

ANNEX(b)

Applicable duty
(% of MFN) (2)

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002
to 30.6.2003
(tonnes)

20

20

178 000
heads

153 000
heads

Yearly
increase
as from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

0

0

6 %
ad valorem

7 000 heads

0

Specific
provisions

(3)

(3)

(4)

(8)

Order No

CN code

Description (1)

09.4598

0102 90 05

Live bovine animals of domestic species of a live
weight not exceeding 80 kg

Live bovine animals of domestic species of a live
weight
exceeding
300 kg

exceeding 80 kg but not

the
Heifers and cows, not
following mountain breeds: Grey, brown, yellow,
spotted Simmental and Pinzgau

slaughter, of

for

09.4537

0102 90 21

0102 90 29

0102 90 41

0102 90 49

09.4563

ex 0102 90

09.4871

0201

0202

0206 10 95

0206 29 91

0210 20

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

free

675

75

Meat of bovine animals, frozen

Edible offal of bovine animals, fresh or chilled,
thick skirt and thin skirt

Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, other, thick
skirt and thin skirt

Meat of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or
smoked thick skirt and thin skirt of bovine
animals

0210 99 51

Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal

0210 99 90

1602 50

09.4540

ex 0203

Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal
of bovine animals

Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled or frozen,
excluding CN codes 0203 11 90, 0203 12 90,
0203 19 90,
0203 22 90,
0203 21 90,
0203 29 90

free

1 500

125

(5) (8)

0104 10 30

Live sheep, lambs up to a year old

free

unlimited

(8)

0104 10 80

Live sheep, other

0104 20 90

Live goats, other

0204

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen

0210 99 21

Edible meat of sheep and goats, with bone in

0210 99 29

Edible meat of sheep and goats, boneless

0210 99 60

Edible meat offal of sheep and goats

09.6676

ex 0207

Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading
No 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen excluding CN
codes 0207 13 91, 0207 14 91, 0207 26 91,
0207 34 90,
0207 34 10,
0207 27 91,
0207 36 85,
0207 36 81,
0207 35 91,
0207 36 89

free

755

65

(8)

09.4872

0401

Milk and cream, not concentrated, nor containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter

free

200

20

(8)

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Order No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable duty
(% of MFN) (2)

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002
to 30.6.2003
(tonnes)

09.4873

0402

Milk and cream, concentrated or containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter

free

3 800

09.4874

0403 10 11
to
0403 10 39

0403 90 11
to
0403 90 69

Yoghurt, not
fruit, nuts or cocoa

flavoured nor containing added

free

100

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and
other fermented or acidified milk and cream, not
flavoured nor containing added fruit nuts or
cocoa

Yearly
increase
as from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

0

10

Specific
provisions

(8)

(8)

09.4551

0405 10 11

Natural butter of a fat content, by weight, not
exceeding 85 %, in immediate packings of a net
content not exceeding 1 kg

free

2 255

190

(8)

0405 10 19

Natural butter of a fat content by weight not
exceeding 85 %, other

0405 10 30

Recombined butter, of a fat content, by weight,
not exceeding 85 %

0405 10 50

Whey butter

0405 10 90

Butter, other

0405 20 90

Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of more
than 75 % but less than 80 %

0405 90

Other fats and oils derived from milk

09.4552

0406

Cheese and curd

09.6677

0409 00 00

Natural honey

free

free

09.6621

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled, 15 May to 31 October

free

09.6623

0703 20 00

Garlic, fresh or chilled

09.6456

0704 90

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar
edible brassicas, fresh or chilled, other

09.6457

ex 0706 10 00

Carrots, fresh or chilled

09.6678

0706 90

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac,
radishes
fresh or
chilled, other

and similar

edible

roots,

09.6679

0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled

09.6680

0709 40 00

Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled

09.6458

0710 10 00

Potatoes, frozen

09.6681

0712 90 50

Carrots, dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in
powder, but not further prepared

0712 90 90

Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables,
dried, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder,
but not further prepared

free

free

20

free

free

free

20

free

(8)

(8)

(7) (8)

(7)

5 000

500

100

250

60

550

250

200

500

50

250

200

10

50

5

50

0

20

50

5

0

20

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Yearly
increase
as from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

10

50

Specific
provisions

(7)

(7) (8)

Order No

CN code

Description (1)

09.6682

ex 0714 90 90

Frozen or dried Jerusalem artichokes

0806 10 10

Fresh table grapes

09.6625

0808 10

Apples, fresh

0808 20 50

Fresh pears (excl. perry pears, in bulk, 1 August
to 31 December)

0809 20

Cherries, fresh

0809 40 05

Plums, fresh

ex 0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh, 1 August to 14 June

Applicable duty
(% of MFN) (2)

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002
to 30.6.2003
(tonnes)

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

100

unlimited

250

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

Raspberries,
loganberries, fresh

blackberries, mulberries

and

0810 20

0810 30

Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries,
fresh

free

unlimited

09.6683

0811 10 11

Strawberries, frozen, containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter with a sugar content
exceeding 13 % by weight

20

250

0

0811 10 19

Strawberries, frozen, containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter with a sugar content
not exceeding 13 % by weight

free

unlimited

0811 10 90

Strawberries, frozen, other

0811 20 19

Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries,
black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries,
frozen, with a sugar content not exceeding
13 % by weight

0811 20 31

Other frozen raspberries

0811 20 39

Other frozen blackcurrants

0811 20 51

Other frozen redcurrants

0811 20 59

Other frozen blackberries and mulberries

0811 20 90

Other, frozen

09.6684

1001 10 00

Durum wheat

1001 90 10

Spelt for sowing

1001 90 91

Common wheat and meslin seed

1001 90 99

Other

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

26 000

2 600

(7)

(7)

(7)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(8)

09.6685

1101 00 11

Durum wheat flour

free

9 000

900

(8)

1101 00 15

Flour of common wheat and spelt

1101 00 90

Meslin flour

1103 11 10

Durum wheat groats and meal

1103 11 90

Common wheat and spelt groats and meal

1103 20 60

Wheat pellets

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Order No

CN code

Description (1)

Applicable duty
(% of MFN) (2)

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002
to 30.6.2003
(tonnes)

Yearly
increase
as from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

Specific
provisions

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

3 750

1 250

7 500

2 500

2 250

750

900

500

180

375

125

750

250

225

75

90

0

15

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

09.6686

1002 00 00

Rye

09.6687

1102 10 00

Rye flour

1103 19 10

Rye groats and meal

1103 20 10

Rye pellets

09.6688

1003 00

Barley

09.6689

1102 90 10

Barley flour

1103 19 30

Barley groats and meal

1103 20 20

Barley pellets

09.6690

1004 00 00

Oats

09.6691

1102 90 30

Oat flour

1103 19 40

Groats and meal of oats

1103 20 30

Pellets of oats

09.6692

ex 1104

Cereals grains, otherwise worked, excluding CN
1104 19 50 and CN 1104 23

09.6473

1108 13 00

Potato starch

09.4564

1601 00

1602 41

1602 42

1602 49

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal
food preparations based on these
or blood:
products

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood: of swine:
Hams and cuts thereof

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood: of swine:
Shoulders and cuts thereof

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood: of swine:
Other, including mixtures

09.6693

1602 32
to
1602 39

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood: of poultry of heading 0105: of fowls of
the species Gallus domesticus

free

120

10

(8)

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or
blood: of poultry of heading 0105: Other than of
fowls of the species Gallus domesticus and other
than of turkeys

1703

Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining
of sugar

free

unlimited

(8)

09.6694

ex 2001

09.6695

ex 2005

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of
plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic
acid, excluding CN 2001 90 30, 2001 90 40,
2001 90 60, 2001 90 65 and 2001 90 91

free

600

60

Other vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise
frozen,
than by vinegar or acetic acid, not
excluding
and
2005 80 00

CN 2005 20 10,

2005 70

free

300

30

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Order No

CN code

Description (1)

09.6696

2009 71

Apple juice of a brix value not exceeding 20

09.6697

ex 2009 79

Apple
excluding CN 2009 79 11 and 2009 79 91

juice of a brix value

exceeding 20,

Applicable duty
(% of MFN) (2)

Annual quantity
from 1.7.2002
to 30.6.2003
(tonnes)

free

free

1 000

1 000

Yearly
increase
as from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

100

100

Specific
provisions

(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more
than indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the
preferential scheme is to be determined by application to the CN code and corresponding description taken together.

(2) In cases where an MFN minimum duty exists, the applicable minimum duty is equal to the MFN minimum duty multiplied by the percentage indicated in this column.
(3) The quota for this product is opened for the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In case imports
into the Community of live bovine domestic animals may exceed 500 000 heads for any given year, the Community may take the management measures needed to
protect its market, notwithstanding any other rights given under the Agreement.

(4) The quota for this product is opened for the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
(5) Excluding tenderloin presented alone.
(6) Subject to minimum import price arrangements contained in the Annex to this Annex.
(7) The reduction applies only to the ad valorem part of the duty.
(8) This concession is only applicable to products not benefiting from export refunds.

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Annex to Annex C(b)

Minimum import price arrangement for certain soft fruit for processing

1. Minimum import prices are fixed as follows for the following products for processing originating in Latvia:

CN Code

Description

ex 0810 10

Strawberries, fresh, intended for processing

ex 0810 30 10

Blackcurrants, fresh, intended for processing

ex 0810 30 30

Redcurrants, fresh, intended for processing

ex 0811 10 11

Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a
sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight: whole fruit

ex 0811 10 11

Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a
sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight: other

ex 0811 10 19

Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a
sugar content not exceeding 13 % by weight: whole fruit

ex 0811 10 19

Frozen strawberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a
sugar content not exceeding 13 % by weight: other

ex 0811 10 90

Frozen strawberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter:
whole fruit

ex 0811 10 90

Frozen strawberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter:
other

ex 0811 20 19

Frozen raspberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter not
exceeding 13 % by weight: whole fruit

ex 0811 20 19

Frozen raspberries, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter not
exceeding 13 % by weight: other

ex 0811 20 31

Frozen raspberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter:
whole fruit

ex 0811 20 31

Frozen raspberries, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other

ex 0811 20 39

Frozen blackcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter:
without stalk

ex 0811 20 39

Frozen blackcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter:
other

ex 0811 20 51

Frozen redcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter:
without stalk

Minimum
import price
(EUR/t net)

514

385

233

750

576

750

576

750

576

995

796

995

796

628

448

390

ex 0811 20 51

Frozen redcurrants, containing no added sugar or other sweetening matter: other

295

2. The minimum import prices, as set out in point 1, will be respected on a consignment by consignment basis. In the
case of a customs declaration value being lower than the minimum import price, a countervailing duty will be
charged equal to the difference between the minimum import price and the customs declaration value.

3. If the import prices of a given product covered by this Annex show a trend suggesting that the prices could go below
the level of the minimum import prices in the immediate future, the European Commission will inform the Latvian
authorities in order to enable them to correct the situation.

4. At the request of either the Community or Latvia, the Association Council shall examine the functioning of the
system or the revision of the level of the minimum import prices. If appropriate, the Association Council shall take
the necessary decisions.

5. To encourage and promote the development of trade and for the mutual benefit of all parties concerned, a
consultation meeting may be organised three months before the beginning of each marketing year in the
European Community. This consultation meeting will take place between the European Commission and the
interested European producers' organisations for the products concerned, on the one part and the authorities',
producers' and exporters' organisations of all the associated exporting countries, on the other part.

During this consultation meeting, the market situation for soft fruit including, in particular, forecasts for production,
stock situation, price evolution and possible market development, as well as possibilities to adapt supply to demand,
will be discussed.