Commission Regulation (EC) No 2363/2002 of 27 December 2002 concerning the opening of tariff quotas for the year 2003 for imports into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Norway
Date: 2002-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, ethanol, import, margarine, originating product, prepared foodstuff, tariff quota, tobacco

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2363/2002

of 27 December 2002

concerning the opening of tariff quotas for the year 2003 for imports into the European Commu-
nity of certain processed agricultural products originating in Norway

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 2002/981/EC of 11
November 2002 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement
in the form of an exchange of Letters between the European
Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Norway, of
the other part, on Protocol No 2 to the bilateral Free Trade
Agreement between the European Economic Community and
the Kingdom of Norway (3), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The annual quotas for certain processed agricultural
products originating in Norway, provided for in the
in the form of an Exchange of Letters
Agreement
between the European Community, of the one part, and
the Kingdom of Norway, of the other part, concerning
Protocol No 2 to the bilateral Free Trade Agreement
between the European Economic Community and the
Kingdom of Norway should be opened for the year
2003.

Common Customs Code (4), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 444/2002 (5),
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.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Community tariff quotas specified in the Annex shall be
open from 1 January to 31 December 2003.

Article 2

The Community tariff quota 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

(2)

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

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

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

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 171, 27.6.1973, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.

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ANNEX

Order No

CN code

Description

09.0765

1517 10 90

Margarine excluding liquid margarine
Other

09.0766

2102 30 00

Prepared baking powders

09.0767

ex 2103 90 90
code 10 and 89)

(Taric

Sauces and preparations thereof, mixed condiments and
mixed seasonings of CN code 2103 90 90, other
than
mayonnaise

09.0768

2104 10

Soups and broths and preparations therefor;

09.0769

2106 90 92

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included /
other, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose
or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5 % milk fat,
5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

Volume

Applicable rate
of duty

2 470 tonnes

Free

150 tonnes

130 tonnes

390 tonnes

510 tonnes

Free

Free

Free

Free

09.0771

ex 2207 10 00
code 90)

(Taric

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcohol strength by volume
of 80 % vol. or higher/other than that obtain from agricul-
tural products listed in Annex I to the EEC Treaty

134 000 hectolitres

Free

09.0772

ex 2207 20 00
code 90)

(Taric

Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength/
other than those obtained from agricultural products listed
in Annex I to the EEC Treaty

3 340 hectolitres

Free

09.0774

2403 10

Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substi-
tutes in any proportion

370 tonnes

Free