Commission Regulation (EC) No 2302/2002 of 20 December 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
Date: 2002-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, import policy, milk, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2302/2002

of 20 December 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

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 6(2) and Article 7(2) and (3)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (3), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 509/2002 (4), and in particular Article 29(1)
thereof,

Having regard to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of
the
Council and of the Commission of 4 April 2002 on the conclu-
sion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (5), and
in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Under Annex 2 to the Agreement between the European
Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in
agricultural products, signed in Luxembourg on 21 June
1999 and approved by Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom,
quota 09.4155 covers all yoghurt,
including flavoured
yoghurt. The description of the goods covered by that
quota should therefore be amended to reflect this.

(2)

(3)

(4)

Halloumi cheese can be classified in both quota number
2 and quota number 3 in Annex III(C) to Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (6), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1667/2002 (7). To avoid confusion,
the description in that Annex should be adjusted.

Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the joint meeting of the
Management Committees on Milk and Milk Products and
on horizontal matters relating to trade in processed agri-
cultural products not covered by Annex I,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. Annex I.F is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regula-

tion.

2. Annex III.C is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regu-

lation.

Article 2

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

Point 1 of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

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 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(4) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29.
(7) OJ L 252, 20.9.2002, p. 8.

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ANNEX I

Quota No

CN code

Description

Customs duty

Quantity (tonnes)

Fixed quota

2002
from 1 July 2002 to
30 June 2003

2003 et seq.
from 1 July to 30
June

‘09.4155

ex 0401 30

Cream, of a fat content by weight exceeding 6 %

0403 10

Yoghurt

exemption

2 167
(2 000 + 167)

2 000’

ANNEX ΙΙ

‘III.C

PREFERENTIAL IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS — OTHER

Order No

CN Code

Description

Country of origin

Import duty
(EUR/100 kg net
weight without
further indication)

Rules or comple-
ting IMA 1
certificates

1

2

3

ex 0406 90 29 Kashkaval, made exclusively from sheep's milk, matured
for at least two months, of a minimum fat content of
45 % by weight in the dry matter and a minimum dry
matter content, by weight, of 58 %, in whole cheeses
not exceeding 10 kg, whether wrapped in plastic or not

ex 0406 90 31
ex 0406 90 50

Cheese, except Halloumi, made exclusively from sheep's
milk or buffalo milk, in containers containing brine, or
in sheep or goatskin bottles

Halloumi

ex 0406 90 50
ex 0406 90 86
ex 0406 90 87
ex 0406 90 88

Cyprus

67,19

See Annex XI(E)

Cyprus

67,19

See Annex XI(F)

Cyprus

27,63

See Annex XI(F)’