Council Regulation (EC) No 1362/2002 of 22 July 2002 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: 2002-07-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Latvia, agreement (EU), agricultural product, import, originating product, tariff preference, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1362/2002

of 22 July 2002

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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

The first improvements to the preferential arrangements
of
the Europe Agreement were provided for in the
Protocol adjusting trade aspects of the Europe Agree-
ment 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
including
Uruguay Round negotiations on agriculture,
arrange-
existing preferential
improvements
ments (2).

to the

Improvements to the preferential arrangements of the
Europe Agreement were also provided for, as a result of
a first round of negotiations to liberalise agricultural
trade. The improvements entered into force as from 1
July 2000 in the form of Council Regulation (EC) No
2341/2000 of 17 October 2000 establishing certain
concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas for
certain agricultural products and providing for an adjust-
ment, as an autonomous and transitional measure, of
certain agricultural concessions provided for
in the
Europe Agreement with Latvia (3). The second adjust-
ment 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.

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

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
Agreement. It is therefore appropriate to provide for the
adjustment, as an autonomous and transitional measure,
of
in the
Europe Agreement.

the agricultural concessions provided for

(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.

(6)

(7)

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 (4).

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)

As a result of the aforementioned negotiations, Regula-
tion (EC) No 2341/2000 has effectively lost its substance
and 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.

On the entry into force of

the Additional Protocol
2.
the
adjusting the Europe Agreement
the negotiations between the parties on new
outcome of
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 for the applica-
3.
tion of this Regulation in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 3(2).

Article 2

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

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

Article 3

The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
1.
Committee for Cereals instituted by Article 23 of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common
organisation of the market in cereals (1) or, where appropriate,
by the committee instituted by the relevant provisions of the
other Regulations on the common organisation of agricultural
markets.

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 4

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

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.

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2002.

For the Council

The President

P. S. MØLLER

(1) OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1666/2000 (O L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1).

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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

ANNEX C(a)

CN code (1)

CN code (1)

CN code (1)

CN code (1)

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
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

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CN code (1)

CN code (1)

CN code (1)

CN code (1)

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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ANNEX C(b)

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)

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

09.4598

0102 90 05

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

0210 99 51

0210 99 90

1602 50

09.4540

ex 0203

bovine

animals of

Live
domestic
species of a live weight not exceeding
80 kg

bovine

animals of

Live
domestic
species of a live weight exceeding
80 kg but not exceeding 300 kg

20

20

178 000
heads

153 000
heads

Heifers and cows, not for slaughter, of
the following mountain breeds: grey,
brown, yellow, spotted Simmental and
Pinzgau

6 % ad valorem

7 000 heads

0

0

0

(3)

(3)

(4)

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

free

675

75

(8)

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,
brine, dried or smoked

salted,

in

Thick skirt and thin skirt of bovine
animals

Edible flours and meals of meat or
meat offal

Other prepared or preserved meat or
meat offal of bovine animals

frozen,

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

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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

0210 99 21

0210 99 29

Edible meat of sheep and goats, with
bone in

Edible meat of sheep and goats, bone-
less

0210 99 60

Edible meat offal of sheep and goats

09.6676

ex 0207

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

CN

free

755

65

(8)

09.4872

0401

Milk and cream, not concentrated, nor
containing added sugar or other sweet-
ening matter

free

200

20

09.4873

0402

and

cream,

Milk
concentrated or
containing added sugar or other sweet-
ening matter

free

3 800

0

09.4878

0403 10 11 to
0403 10 39

Yoghurt, not flavoured nor containing
added fruit, nuts or cocoa

free

100

10

0403 90 11 to
0403 90 69

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

(8)

(8)

(8)

09.4551

0405 10 11

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

exceeding

85 %,

not

free

2 255

190

(8)

0405 10 19

0405 10 30

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

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

09.6621

ex 0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled, 15 May to
31 October

09.6623

0703 20 00

Garlic, fresh or chilled

free

free

free

free

5 000

500

100

250

60

10

50

5

(8)

(8)

(7) (8)

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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

Order No

CN code

Description (1)

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 and similar edible
roots, fresh or chilled, other

09.6679

ex 0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled

09.6680

0709 40 00

Celery other
chilled

than celeriac,

fresh or

09.6458

0710 10 00

Potatoes, frozen

09.6681

0712 90 50

dried, whole,

sliced,
Carrots,
broken or in powder, but not further
prepared

cut,

0712 90 90

vegetables

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

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,
June

fresh, 1 August

to 14

free

20

free

free

free

20

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

free

0810 20

0810 30

Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries
and loganberries, fresh

free

unlimited

Black-, white- or
gooseberries, fresh

redcurrants

and

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

550

250

200

500

50

250

200

50

0

20

50

5

0

20

(7)

100

10

unlimited

(7)

250

50

(7) (8)

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

unlimited

(7)

(7)

(7)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

(6)

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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

0811 10 90

Strawberries, frozen, other

0811 20 19

Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries,
loganberries, black-, white- or redcur-
rants 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 mulber-
ries

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

(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

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

free

free

free

free

free

free

3 750

1 250

4 500

1 500

1 500

500

375

125

450

150

150

50

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

(8)

09.6692

ex 1104

grains,

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

free

900

90

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Order No

CN code

Description (1)

09.6473

1108 13 00

Potato starch

09.4564

1601 00

1602 41

1602 42

1602 49

09.6693

1602 32 to
1602 39

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

Other prepared or preserved meat,
meat offal or blood: of poultry of
heading No 0105: of
the
species Gallus domesticus

fowls of

Other prepared or preserved meat,
meat offal or blood: of poultry of
heading No 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

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 40,
codes
2001 90 60,
and
2001 90 91

2001 90 30,

2001 90 65

prepared

vegetables,

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

2005 20 10,

2005 70

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

500

180

0

15

(8)

free

120

10

(8)

free

free

unlimited

(8)

600

60

free

300

30

09.6696

2009 71

juice of

Apple
exceeding 20

a brix value not

free

1 000

09.6697

ex 2009 79

Apple juice of a brix value exceeding
20, excluding CN codes 2009 79 11
and 2009 79 91

free

1 000

100

100

(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. Should imports into
the Community of live bovine domestic animals 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 Appendix 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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APPENDIX 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

ex 0811 20 51

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

Minimum import
price
(EUR/tonne net)

514

385

233

750

576

750

576

750

576

995

796

995

796

628

448

390

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 Appendix 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.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 198/23

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.