Commission Regulation (EC) No 1446/2002 of 8 August 2002 on the suspension and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Bulgaria and amending Regulation (EC) No 1477/2000
Date: 2002-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, agro-industry, import (EU), originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1446/2002

of 8 August 2002

on the suspension and opening of tariff quotas applicable to the importation into the Community
of certain processed agricultural products originating in Bulgaria 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 1999/278/EC of 9 March
1999 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting trade
aspects of
the Europe Agreement between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, 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 arrange-
ments (3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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
Bulgaria, of the other part, approved by Decision 94/
908/ECSC, EC, Euratom of
the
Commission (4),
lays down the trade arrangements for
the processed agricultural products which are listed
therein.

the Council and of

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 EU-
Bulgaria Association Council of 1 July 2002 on improve-
ments to the trade arrangements for processed agricul-
tural products provided for in Protocol 3 to the Europe
Agreement (5). The amendments shall enter into force as
of 1 September 2002.

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 in
Bulgaria by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2542/
2001 (6) and to open the new annual quotas provided
for in Annex I to Protocol 3. Given that for the year
2002, these new annual quotas cannot be opened before
1 September 2002, they should be reduced, for the year
2002,
in proportion to the period which has already
elapsed.

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 112, 29.4.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 358, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
(5) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(6) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 82.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The tariff quotas opened for Bulgaria must be managed
in accordance with 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 (7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 (8).

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 Bulgaria by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1477/2000 (9), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 748/2002 (10), should be abolished.

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

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The application of
Regulation (EC) No 2542/2001 is
September 2002.

tariff quotas opened by Annex V to
from 1

suspended as

Article 2

The Community tariff quotas for goods originating in Bulgaria,
set out
in the Annex to this Regulation, shall be opened
annually from 1 January to 31 December and exempt from
duty.

For the year 2002, they shall be reduced on a pro rata basis
according to the period, based on whole months, already
elapsed.

Article 3

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

(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 115, 1.5.2002, p. 15.

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Article 4

Article 5

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

1. the fifth paragraph of Article 2 is deleted;

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

2. Annexes XI and XII are deleted.

It shall apply from 1 September 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 August 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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Quotas applicable upon import into the Community of goods originating in Bulgaria — exempt from duty

ANNEX

Quota from
1.9.2002
to 31.12.2002

Annual quota
2003

Annual
increase
from 2004

(1 000 kg/net)

(4)

196

(5)

637

(6)

49

Serial
number

CN code

Description

(1)

(2)

(3)

09.5481

0405

Butter and other fats and oils derived
from milk; dairy spreads:

0405 20

– Dairy spreads:

0405 20 10

– – Of a fat content, by weight, of 39 %

or more but less than 60 %

0405 20 30

– – Of a fat content, by weight, of 60 %
or more but not exceeding 75 %

ex 2106

3302 10

Food preparations not elsewhere specified
than those falling
or
included other
within CN codes
and
2106 90 20 and other than flavoured or
coloured sugar syrups (1)

2106 10 20

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:

3302 10 29

– – – – – Other

09.5486

1702 50

Chemically pure fructose

1 334

4 000

—

09.5461

ex 1704

confectionery
not

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

containing
extract

68

219

17

09.5463

ex 1806

Chocolate and other food preparations
containing cocoa other than those of CN
code 1806 10 15

202

654

50

41

131

10

09.5485

ex 1901

starch

extract,

Malt extract; food preparations of flour,
meal,
not
or malt
containing cocoa or containing less than
40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a
totally defatted basis, not elsewhere speci-
fied 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 speci-
fied or included, excluding goods falling
within CN code 1901 90 91

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Quota from
1.9.2002
to 31.12.2002

Annual quota
2003

Annual
increase
from 2004

(1 000 kg/net)

(4)

135

(5)

438

(6)

34

101

327

25

236

765

59

68

219

17

9

28

2

Serial
number

CN code

Description

(1)

(2)

(3)

09.5469

ex 1902

09.5471

1904

09.5473

1905

09.5474

2101 12 98

2101 20 98

09.5476

2101 30

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

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling
or roasting of cereals or cereal products
(for example, cornflakes); 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 speci-
fied or included

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

Preparations with a basis of extracts,
essences or concentrates of coffee or with
a basis of coffee, other than those of CN
code 2101 12 92

Preparations with a basis of extracts,
essences or concentrates of tea or maté
or with a basis of tea or maté, other than
those of CN code 2101 20 92

– Roasted chicory and other

roasted
coffee substitutes and extracts, essences
and concentrates thereof:

– – Roasted chicory and other

roasted

coffee substitutes:

2101 30 19

– – – Other

– – Extracts, essences and concentrates of
roasted

roasted chicory and other
coffee substitutes:

2101 30 99

– – – Other

2103

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

09.5487

2103 20 00

Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces

734

2 400

200

09.5488

2103 30 90

– – Prepared mustard

734

2 400

200

09.5489

2103 90 90

– – Other

734

2 400

200

09.5479

2105 00

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

34

108

8

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Serial
number

CN code

Description

(1)

(2)

(3)

09.5483

2202

Waters,
including mineral waters and
aerated waters, containing added sugar or
flavoured,
other sweetening matter or
and other non-alcoholic beverages, not
including fruit or vegetable juices of
heading No 2209:

2202 90 91 to
2202 90 99

– – Other

Quota from
1.9.2002
to 31.12.2002

Annual quota
2003

Annual
increase
from 2004

(1 000 kg/net)

(4)

7

(5)

23

(6)

2

(1) For products under CN code 2106 90 10, eligibility to benefit from this preference is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant

Community provisions.