Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002 of 31 May 2002 opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 851/95
Date: 2002-05-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, agricultural product, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 933/2002

of 31 May 2002

opening and providing for the management of tariff quotas for certain agricultural products
originating in Switzerland, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 851/95

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council and Commission Decision 2002/
309/EC, Euratom as regards the Agreement on Scientific and
Techbological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion
of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (1), and in
particular the Agreement on trade in agricultural products (2),
hereinafter called ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 2
thereof,

Whereas:

It is necessary to open and provide the management
rules for the tariff quotas provided in Annex 2 of the
Agreement.

tariff quotas

should be managed by

the
These
in
Community authorities and the Member States
accordance with the management
tariff
quotas provided for in Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of
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 (3), as
last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 (4).

system for

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
Subject to paragraph 2, the tariff quotas for products
originating in Switzerland listed in the Annex to this Regula-
tion shall be opened annually, and at the rates of customs duty
indicated in that Annex, from 1 January to 31 December.

2.
In 2002, the tariff quotas shall be opened from 1 June to
31 December. The annual volumes shall be reduced to a level
in proportion to the number of months the tariff quotas are
open. Any fractions of a tonne resulting from this calculation
shall be rounded up to the next complete tonne.

Article 2

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

To be eligible for the benefit of these tariff quotas prod-
ucts must originate in Switzerland in conformity with
the rules referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement.

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 851/95 shall be repealed from 1 June
2002.

table

tariff quota

cherries of CN code
for
The
0809 20 95 replaces the tariff quota for
the same
product, the subject of order No 09.0901, laid down by
Council Regulation (EC) No 851/95 (5). That Regulation
will thereby become redundant and should be repealed
from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communi-
ties.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 May 2002.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.
(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 86, 20.4.1995, p. 7.

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ANNEX

List of tariff quotas

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

Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Rate of duty

Annual volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

09.0921

0701 10 00

Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled

09.0922

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

09.0923

09.0924

09.0925

0703 10 19
0703 90 00

0704 10 00
0704 90

0705 11 00
0705 19 00
0705 29 00

Onions other than sets,
vegetables, fresh or chilled

leeks and other alliaceous

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and other similar
edible brassicas with the exception of Brussels sprouts,
fresh or chilled

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.),
with the exception of Witloof chicory (Cichorium
intypus var. foliosum), fresh or chilled

09.0926

0706 10 00

Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled

09.0927

0706 90 10
0706 90 90

Salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar
edible roots, with the exception of horse-radish
Cochlearia armoracia), fresh or chilled

Free

Free (*)

Free

Free

Free

Free

Free

09.0928

0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled

Free (*)

09.0929

0708 20 00

Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), fresh or chilled

Free

09.0930

0709 30 00

Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled

09.0931

0709 40 00

Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled

09.0932

0709 70 00

Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach
(garden spinach), fresh or chilled

Free

Free

Free

09.0933

0709 90 10

Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and
chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled

Free

09.0934

0709 90 50

Fennel, fresh or chilled

09.0935

0709 90 70

Courgettes, fresh or chilled

09.0936

0709 90 90

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

09.0937

ex 0808 10 20
ex 0808 10 50
ex 0808 10 90

90
90
90

Apples, other than cider apples, fresh

Free

Free (*)

Free

Free (*)

4 000

1 000

5 000

5 500

3 000

5 000

3 000

1 000

1 000

500

500

1 000

1 000

1 000

1 000

1 000

3 000

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Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Rate of duty

09.0938

0808 20

Pears and quinces, fresh

09.0939

0809 10 00

Apricots, fresh

Free (*)

Free (*)

09.0940

0809 20 95

Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh

Free (*)

09.0941

0809 40

Plums and sloes, fresh

Free (*)

09.0942

0810 20 10

Raspberries, fresh

09.0943

0810 20 90

Blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh

09.0944

1106 30 10

Flour, metal and powder of bananas

Free

Free

Free

Free

Annual volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

3 000

500

1 500 (1)

1 000

100

100

5

3 000

09.0945

0710 10 00

2004 10 10
2004 10 99

2005 20 80

09.0946

ex 0811 90 19

ex 0811 90 39

0811 90 80

2008 60

21
29
31
39

21
29
31
39

Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling
in water, frozen

Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of
heading No 2006, with the exception of flour, meal or
flakes

Potatoes, prepared or otherwise preserved than by
vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products
of heading No 2006, with the exception of flour, meal
or flakes and preparations that are thinly sliced, fried
or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight
packings, suitable for immediate consumption

Cherries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling
in water,
frozen, containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter

Free

500

than sour cherries (Prunus

Cherries, other
cesarus),
uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water,
frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweet-
ening matter

Cherries, other prepared or preserved, whether or not
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or
spirit, not elsewhere specified or included

(*) The reduction of duty within these tariff quotas is limited to the ad valorem element. Entry prices and their specific duties remain applicable.
(1) The tariff quota opened by Regulation (EC) No 851/95 (order No 09.901) is available for claims for quota benefit on customs declarations accepted no later than 31 May
2002. In 2002, the volume of the new tariff quota of cherries (order No 09.0940) is calculated by summing the quantities, unused in 2002, under the former quota (order
No 09.0901) and a supplementary volume of 500 t reduced pro rata temporis in accordance with the provisions of Article 1(2).