Commission Regulation (EC) No 2359/2002 of 27 December 2002 opening tariff quotas for the year 2003 for imports into the European Community of certain products originating in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia
Date: 2002-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Romania, Slovakia, foodstuff, import, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2359/2002

of 27 December 2002

opening tariff quotas for the year 2003 for imports into the European Community of certain
products originating in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia

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 98/707/EC of 22 October
1998 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adaptation
the trade aspects of Europe Agreement between the
of
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to take into
account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic
of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union
and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay
Round, including the improvements of the existing preferential
regime (3), and in particular Article 2(1) of that Decision and
Articles 2 and 6 of that Protocol,

Having regard to Council Decision 98/626/EC of 5 October
1998 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adaptation
of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and Romania, of the other part, to take into account the
accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland
and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union and the
results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay Round,
including the
existing preferential
regime (4), and in particular Article 2(1) of that Decision and
Articles 2 and 5 of that Protocol,

improvements

to the

Having regard to Council Decision 98/638/EC of 5 October
1998 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adaptation
of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to take into
account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic
of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union
and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay
Round, including the improvements of the existing preferential
regime (5), and in particular Article 2(1) of that Decision and
Articles 2 and 6 of that Protocol,

Whereas:

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 301, 11.11.1998, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 1.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Protocols 3 on trade in processed agricultural products
to the Europe Agreements with the Czech Republic,
Romania and Slovakia, as amended by the Protocols for
the adapting of
the
granting of annual tariff quotas for imports of products
originating in the Czech Republic, Romania
and
Slovakia. Those quotas should be opened for 2003.

those Agreements, provide for

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
Common Customs Code (6), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 444/2002 (7),
lays down rules for the
management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide
that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation are to be
managed in accordance with those rules.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The annual quotas for the products originating in the Czech
Republic, Romania and Slovakia, set out in Annexes I, II and III
are opened from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003 under
the conditions set out in the said Annexes.

Article 2

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be
managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a,
308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 January 2003.

(6) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

CZECH REPUBLIC

Serial No

CN code

Description

Quota for 2003

Rate of duty
applicable

09.5417

0403 10 51 to
0403 10 99

Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or
cocoa

EUR 5 436 000

0 + RAC (1)

0403 90 71 to
0403 90 99

Other, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or
cocoa

0405 20 10
0405 20 30

1517 10 10

Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or
more, but not exceeding 75 %

Margarine,
containing
excluding liquid margarine,
more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of
milk fats

1517 90 10

Other, containing more than 10 % but not more than
15 % by weight of milk fats

ex 1704

ex 1806

ex 1901

ex 1902

cocoa,

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

liquorice

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

food preparations containing

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or
malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less
than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included;
food preparations of goods of CN codes 0401 to
0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing less
than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included,
other than in CN code 1901 90 91

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

1903 00 00

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch,
in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar
forms

1904

1905

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of
cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes);
cereals, (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in
the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour
and meal), precooked, or otherwise prepared, not else-
where specified 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

2101 12 98

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

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Serial No

CN code

Description

Quota for 2003

Rate of duty
applicable

09.5417
(suite)

ex 2101 20 98

2101 30 19

2101 30 99

2102 10 31
2102 10 39

2105 00

ex 2106

2202 90 91
2202 90 95
2202 90 99

ex 3302 10

Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or maté, and
preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences
and concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté not
falling within CN codes 2101 20 20 or 2101 20 92
containing no milkfats, milk
excluding products
proteins, sucrose,
isoglucose, glucose or starch or
containing less than 1,5 % milkfat, 2,5 % milk proteins,
5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

Roasted coffee substitutes

Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee
substitutes excluding those of roasted chicory

Bakers' yeast

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

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
other than those falling within CN codes 2106 10 20,
2106 90 20 and 2106 90 92 and other than flavoured
or coloured sugar syrups

fruit or
Non-alcoholic beverages, not
vegetable juices of CN code 2009, containing products
of CN codes 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from
products of CN codes 0401 to 0404

including

Mixtures of odoriferous
substances and mixtures
(including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or
more of these substances, of a kind used for the bever-
ages industries:

3302 10 29

Other

09.5641

1516 20 10

Hydrogenated castor oil, so called ‘opal wax’

314 tonnes

0 %

(1) RAC = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 3 to the Agreement) applicable within the quantitative limits

of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff,

if any.

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ANNEX II

ROMANIA

Serial No

CN code

Description

09.5431

ex 1704

09.5433

ex 1806

09.5435

ex 1902

09.5437

ex 1904

09.5439

1905

cocoa,

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

liquorice

food preparations containing
Chocolate and other
cocoa (*), other than those falling within CN codes,
1806 10 15 or 1806 20 70

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed or otherwise
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, corn flakes);
cereals, (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in
the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour
and meal), precooked, or otherwise prepared, not else-
where specified or included, excluding products falling
within CN code 1904 20 10

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

Quota for 2003
(tonnes)

Rate of duty
applicable (1)

2 100

0 + RAC

1 500

0 + RAC

600

0 + RAC

438

0 + RAC

1 875

0 + RAC

09.5441

2101 30 19

2101 30 99

Roasted coffee substitutes

163

0 + RAC

Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee
substitutes excluding those of roasted chicory

09.5443

2105 00

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

114

0 + RAC

09.5445

0405 20 10
0405 20 30

ex 2106

ex 3302 10

Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or
more, but not exceeding 75 %

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
other than those falling within CN codes 2106 10 20,
2106 90 20 and 2106 90 92 and other than flavoured
or coloured sugar syrups (*)

Mixtures of odoriferous
substances and mixtures
(including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or
more of these substances, of a kind used for the bever-
ages industries:

3302 10 29

Other

1 050

0 + RAC

09.5447

2202 90 91
2202 90 95
2202 90 99

Non-alcoholic beverages, not
fruit or
vegetable juices of CN code 2009, containing products
of CN codes 0401 a 0404 or fat obtained from prod-
ucts of CN codes 0401 to 0404

including

100

0 + RAC

(1) RAC = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 3 to the Agreement) applicable within the quantitative limits
of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff, if any, and in the case of products falling
within CN codes 1704 10 91, 1704 10 99, 2105 00 10, 2105 00 91 or 2106 90 10, to the maximum duty provided for in the Agreement.

(*) Excluding goods containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose), falling within CN codes ex 1704 90 51, ex 1704 90 99,

ex 1806 20 80, ex 1806 20 95, ex 1806 90 90 or ex 2106 90 98.

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ANNEX III

SLOVAKIA

Serial No

CN code

Description

Quota for 2003

Rate of duty
applicable

09.5417

0403 10 51 to
0403 10 99

Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or
cocoa

EUR 2 718 000

0 + RAC (1)

0403 90 71 to
0403 90 99

Other, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or
cocoa

0405 20 10
0405 20 30

1517 10 10

Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or
more, but not exceeding 75 %

containing
excluding liquid margarine,
Margarine,
more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of
milk fats

1517 90 10

Other, containing more than 10 % but not more than
15 % by weight of milk fats

ex 1704

ex 1806

ex 1901

ex 1902

cocoa,

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

liquorice

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

food preparations containing

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or
malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less
than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included;
food preparations of goods of CN codes 0401 to
0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing less
than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included,
other than in CN code 1901 90 91

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

1903 00 00

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch,
in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar
forms

1904

1905

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of
cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes);
cereals, (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in
the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour
and meal), precooked, or otherwise prepared, not else-
where specified 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

2101 12 98

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

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Serial No

CN code

Description

Quota for 2003

Rate of duty
applicable

09.5417

ex 2101 20 98

2101 30 19

2101 30 99

2102 10 31
2102 10 39

2105 00

ex 2106

2202 90 91
2202 90 95
2202 90 99

ex 3302 10

Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or maté, and
preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences
and concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté not
falling within CN codes 2101 20 20 or 2101 20 92
containing no milkfats, milk
excluding products
proteins, sucrose,
isoglucose, glucose or starch or
containing less than 1,5 % milkfat, 2,5 % milk proteins,
5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

Roasted coffee substitutes

Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee
substitutes excluding those of roasted chicory

Bakers' yeast

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

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
other than those falling within CN codes 2106 10 20,
2106 90 20 and 2106 90 92 and other than flavoured
or coloured sugar syrups

fruit or
Non-alcoholic beverages, not
vegetable juices of CN code 2009, containing products
of CN codes 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from
products of CN codes 0401 to 0404

including

Mixtures of odoriferous
substances and mixtures
(including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or
more of these substances, of a kind used for the bever-
ages industries:

3302 10 29

Other

(1) RAC = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 3 to the Agreement) applicable within the quantitative limits

of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid down in the Common Customs Tariff,

if any.