Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/2002 of 19 September 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas, and derogating from that Regulation
Date: 2002-09-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import (EU), import licence, milk, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1667/2002

of 19 September 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and
opening tariff quotas, and derogating from that Regulation

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1255/1999 of
17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 509/2002 (2), and in particular Article
29(1) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1151/2002 of 27
June 2002 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 Estonia (3), and in particular Article
1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1361/2002 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 Lithuania (4), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,

Having regard to 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 (5), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1408/2002 of 29
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 Hungary (6), and in particular Article 1(3)
thereof,

(2)

(3)

(4)

for in the Europe Agreements between the Community
and certain central and eastern European countries. It
should be amended to implement
the concessions
provided for by Regulations (EC) No 1151/2002, (EC)
No 1361/2002, (EC) No 1362/2002 and (EC) No 1408/
2002.

reopened if

The new quotas should be opened on 1 October 2002
and the existing quotas
the quantities
resulting from the new quotas exceed the quantities
opened in July 2002. The import quotas provided for by
Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 normally being opened
on 1 July, provision should be made for a derogation
from Articles 6, 12 and 14 of that Regulation.

Certain new quotas involve limited quantities which
render Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001
inapplicable. This provision should therefore be adjusted.

Repayment of import duties on products listed in parts 8
and 9 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) 2535/2001 as it
existed before the entry into force of this Regulation and
imported under licences used from 1 July 2000 falls
within the scope of Articles 878 to 898 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 Commu-
nity Customs Code (9), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 444/2002 (10).

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (7), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1165/2002 (8),
lays
down, inter alia, detailed rules for the application to milk
and milk products of the import arrangements provided

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 15.
(4) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(7) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29.
(8) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 49.

Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 5(b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b) the quotas provided for in Regulations (EC) No 2290/
2000, (EC) No 2433/2000, (EC) No 2434/2000, (EC)
(EC) No 2851/
(EC) No 2475/2000,
No 2435/2000,
2000, (EC) No 1151/2002, (EC) No 1361/2002, (EC)
No 1362/2002 and (EC) No 1408/2002;.’

(9) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(10) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.

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2. The first subparagraph of Article 13(2) is replaced by the

following:

‘Licence applications shall relate to no more than 10 % of
the quantity available under the quota for the six-month
period as referred to in Article 6, and shall involve no less
than 10 tonnes.’

3. Points 4, 7, 8 and 9 of Part B of Annex I shall be replaced

by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Licence applications shall relate to no more than 10 % of the
quantity under the quota opened on 1 October 2002, and shall
involve no less than 10 tonnes.

2.
Notwithstanding Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/
2001, operators who have submitted import licence applica-
tions under one of the quotas referred to in points 4, 7, 8 and
9 of Part B of Annex I to that Regulation during the submission
period from 1 to 10 July 2002 may submit a further applica-
tion in respect of that quota under this Regulation.

Article 2

Article 3

1.
Notwithstanding Article 6 and Article 14(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2535/2001, for the period from 1 July to 31 December
2002 applications for import licences may be submitted from 1
to 10 October 2002 for the quotas opened on 1 October 2002
referred to in points 4, 7, 8 and 9 of Part B of Annex I thereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2002.

Article 1(3) shall apply from 1 July 2002, with the exception of
the opening of quotas 09.4776, 09.4777 and 09.4778 in point
4 of Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX I B

4. Products originating in Hungary

Quota
No

CN-code

Description
(1) (2)

Applicable duty
(% of MFN)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)

1.7.2002—30.6.2003

Quantities opened on
1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened on
1.10.2002

Quantities
1.1.2003—30.6.2003

Annual increase

from 1.7.2003

09.4775

09.4776

09.4777

09.4778

0401
0402

0403 10 11—0403 10 39
0403 90 11—0403 90 69

0404

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30
0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 20 90
0405 90 10
0405 90 90

Exemption

1 300

227,5

422,5

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

50

50

300

—

—

—

25

25

150

650

25

25

150

130

10

10

30

09.4733

0406

Exemption

4 200

2 100

—

2 100

350

7. Products originating in Estonia

Quota
No

CN code

Description
(1) (2)

Applicable duty
( % of MFN)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)

1.7.2002—30.6.2003

Quantities opened on
1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened on
1.10.2002

Quantities
1.1.2003—30.6.2003

Annual increase

from 1.7.2003

09.4578

09.4546

09.4579

09.4580

09.4547

09.4582

09.4581

0401

0402 10 19
0402 21 19

0403 10 11—0403 10 39

0403 90 59
0403 90 61
0403 90 63
0403 90 69

0405 10 11
0405 10 19

0406 10

0406 20
0406 30
0406 40
0406 90

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

800

14 000

800

1 120

4 800

1 120

4 000

400

8 000

240

560

2 400

560

1 600

—

160

—

—

—

400

400

6 000

400

560

2 400

560

2 000

150

0

240

210

900

210

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No

CN code

Description
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Applicable duty
( % of MFN)

Annual quantities
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1.7.2002—30.6.2003

Quantities opened on
1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened on
1.10.2002

Quantities
1.1.2003—30.6.2003

Annual increase

from 1.7.2003

8. Products originating in Latvia

09.4872

09.4873

09.4874

09.4551

0401

0402

0403 10 11—0403 10 39
0403 90 11—0403 90 69

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30
0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 20 90
0405 90 10
0405 90 90

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

200

3 800

100

2 255

—

2 525

1 127,5

100

—

50

—

100

1 275

50

1 127,5

20

0

10

190

09.4552

0406

Exemption

5 000

1 800

700

2 500

500

Quota
No

CN code

Description
(1) (2)

Applicable duty
( % of MFN)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)

1.7.2002—30.6.2003

Quantities opened on
1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened on
1.10.2002

Quantities from
1.1.2003—30.6.2003

Annual increase

from 1.7.2003

9. Products originating in Lithuania

09.4862

09.4863

09.4864

09.4865

09.4866

0401

0402

0403 10 11—0403 10 39
0403 90 11—0403 90 69

0404

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30
0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 20 90
0405 90 10
0405 90 90

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

Exemption

3 000

6 350

300

2 000

2 100

—

3 150

—

1 050

1 500

25

150

1 000

—

1 500

3 175

150

1 000

1 050

300

635

30

200

210

09.4557

0406

Exemption

7 200

3 600

—

3 600

600

(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 an indicative value, the applicability of the preferential scheme being
determined, for the purposes of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the applicability of the preferential scheme is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken
jointly.

(2) This concession is applicable only to products not benefiting from any kind of export subsidies.
(3) Quantities opened on the basis of the quota numbers in use before the entry into force of this Regulation.

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