Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2002 of 13 May 2002 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas and reference quantities for certain agricultural products originating in Jordan
Date: 2002-05-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Jordan, agricultural product, import, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 786/2002

of 13 May 2002

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas and reference
quantities for certain agricultural products originating in Jordan

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9
April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff
quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for
preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean
countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC)
No 934/95 (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an
association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite
Kingdom of
Jordan, of the other part (2), hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Agreement’, tariff concessions within
the framework of Community tariff quotas have been
granted at import into the Community for certain agri-
cultural products originating in Jordan.

the Additional Protocol
between

For certain cucumbers and melons for which the tariff
concessions under
to the
European
Cooperation Agreement
Economic Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of
Jordan approved by Council Decision 87/512/EEC (3)
apply within a reference quantity,
the Agreement
provides for an exemption of customs duties for unlim-
ited volumes at import into the Community.

the

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

the

the

implementation of

For
concessions
provided for in the Agreement it is necessary to replace
the list of agricultural products for which tariff quotas
are applicable and to delete the reference quantities for
certain cucumbers and melons.

tariff

According to the Agreement the volumes of the tariff
quotas for some products should be increased from the
entry into force of that Agreement by four equal annual
instalments, each corresponding to 3 % of
the base
volumes specified in the Agreement.

Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is replaced by the
text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 May 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2002.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2.
(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(3) OJ L 297, 21.10.1987, p. 18.

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX V

JORDAN

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 an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within
the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of the current regulation.
Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and
corresponding description taken together.

Tariff quotas

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1151

0602 40

Roses, grafted or not

09.1152

0603 10

Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind
suitable for bouquets or for ornamental
purposes

09.1153

ex 0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.1
to 31.12

From 1.1
to 31.12

From 1.1
to 31.3

Quota volume
(tonnes)

Quota duty

100

Exemption

100

Exemption

1 000

Exemption

09.1154

0705 11 00

Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce),
chilled

fresh or

From 1.11
to 31.3

200

Exemption

09.1155

0709 20 00

Asparagus, fresh or chilled

09.1156

ex 0805 20 50

07

Mandarins, fresh

09.1157

ex 0805 50 10

10

Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum), fresh

09.1158

0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh

09.1159

ex 2001

Vegetables,
fruit, nuts and other edible
parts of plants, prepared or preserved by
vinegar or acetic acid, other than products
referred to in subheadings 2001 90 30,
2001 90 40, 2001 90 50 and 2001 90 60

From 1.10
to 31.3

From 1.1
to 31.12

From 1.1
to 31.12

From 1.1
to 31.3

From 1.1
to 31.12

100

Exemption

1 000

Exemption (1)

1 000

Exemption (1)

100

Exemption

1 000 (2)

Exemption

ex 2004

ex 2005

Other vegetables prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
frozen, other than products of heading
2006 and other than products referred to
in
and
2004 90 10

subheadings

2004 10 91

Other vegetables prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
not frozen, other than products of heading
2006 and other than products referred to
in subheadings 2005 20 10, 2005 60 00
and 2005 80 00

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Quota volume
(tonnes)

Quota duty

1 000 (2)

Exemption (1)

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1161

2007

ex 2008

ex 2009

From 1.1
to 31.12

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut
purée and fruit or nut pastes, obtained by
cooking, whether or not containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants,
otherwise prepared or preserved, whether
or not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere
specified or included, other than products
referred to in subheadings 2008 11 10,
2008 40,
2008 91 00,
2008 99 85 and 2008 99 91

2008 70,

juices (including grape must) and
Fruit
vegetable
juices, unfermented and not
containing added spirit, whether or not
containing added sugar or other sweet-
ening matter, other than products referred
to in subheadings 2009 11, 2009 12 00,
2009 19, 2009 21 00, 2009 29, 2009 31
and 2009 39

09.1162

2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99

Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise
than by vinegar or acetic acid, other than
whole or in pieces, with a dry matter
content of not less than 12 % by weight

From 1.1
to 31.12

4 000, of a dry
matter content of
28 to 30 % by
weight (2) (3)

Exemption

(1) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.
(2) This quota volume shall be increased From the date of entry into force of this Regulation to 1 January 2005 by four equal annual instalments each corresponding to 3 % of

this volume.

(3) For the administration of these Community tariff quota, the following coefficients shall be applied to the quantities of products imported with a dry matter content other

than 28-30 % by weight:

Dry matter content by weight

Not less than:

but less than:

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

93

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

93

100

Coefficients

0,44828

0,51724

0,58621

0,65517

0,72414

0,7931

0,86207

0,93103

1

1,06897

1,13793

1,20689

1,27586

1,34483

1,41379

1,44828

3,32759’