Commission Regulation (EC) No 1899/2002 of 24 October 2002 applying reduction coefficients to inward processing certificates for certain basic products in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1488/2001
Date: 2002-10-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, inward processing, quantitative restriction, skimmed milk powder, sugar

L 287/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

25.10.2002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1899/2002

of 24 October 2002

applying reduction coefficients to inward processing certificates for certain basic products in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1488/2001

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

— 15 080 tonnes

in respect of butter, CN code

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),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/2001
of 19 July 2001 laying down rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the placement
of certain quantities of certain basic products listed in Annex I
to the Treaty establishing the European Community under the
inward processing arrangements without prior examination of
the economic conditions (3), and in particular the first subpara-
graph of Article 21(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

for

total quantities

The
each basic product were
published in the Official Journal of the European Commu-
nities pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1488/
2001 and that those quantities were the following:

— 38 500 tonnes in respect of skimmed milk powder,

CN code ex 0402 10 19,

— 16 300 tonnes

in respect of butter, CN code

ex 0405 10 19, and

ex 0405 10 19, and

— 101 020 tonnes
1701 99 10.

in respect of

sugar, CN code

The total of the quantities notified to the Commission
are admissible.

The total admissible quantities applied for exceeds the
quantities of those basic products which are available in
accordance with Article 21(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1488/2001.

Reduction coefficients should therefore be applied to the
quantities of skimmed milk powder, butter and sugar
applied for the period beginning 2 October 2002 and
ending on 14 October 2002,

(3)

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Inward processing certificates applied for during the period
beginning 2 October 2002 and ending on 14 October 2002
shall be subject to the following reduction coefficients:

— 77,30 % in respect of skimmed milk powder, CN code

ex 0402 10 19,

in respect of

sugar, CN code

— 64,90 % in respect of butter, CN code ex 0405 10 19, and

— 89 800 tonnes
1701 99 10.

(2)

The total of the quantities for which inward processing
certificates have been applied for in respect of skimmed
milk powder, butter and sugar, as notified by the
Member States by 21 October 2002, are as follows:

— 29 870 tonnes in respect of skimmed milk powder,

CN code ex 0402 10 19,

— 53,30 % in respect of sugar, CN code 1701 99 10.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 24 October 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 196, 20.7.2001, p. 9.