Commission Regulation (EC) No 607/2003 of 2 April 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2497/2001 to take account of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 2003-04-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, Croatia, fishery product, originating product, sea fish, tariff nomenclature, tariff quota

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Official Journal of the European Union

3.4.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 607/2003

of 2 April 2003

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2497/2001
to take account of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 amending Annex I to Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18
September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for
linked to the
countries and territories participating in or
European Union's Stabilisation and Association process,
amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 and repealing Regula-
tions (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000 (1), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2487/2001 (2), and in parti-
cular Articles 9 and 10 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2248/2001 of 19
November 2001 on certain procedures for applying the Stabili-
sation and Association Agreement between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Croatia, of the other part, and for applying the
Interim Agreement between the European Community and the
Republic of Croatia (3), as amended by Council Regulation (EC)
No 2/2003 (4), and in particular Articles 4 and 5 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 of 1 August
2002, amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
and on the Common Customs Tariff (5), made changes
to the nomenclature for certain fishery products covered
by Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 as well as by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2497/2001 of 19
December 2001 opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of Community tariff quotas for certain fish and
fishery products originating
in the Republic of
Croatia (6). For reasons of clarity, Regulation (EC) No
2007/2000 and Regulation (EC) No 2497/2001 should
be adjusted accordingly.

The above adjustments should apply from the date of
entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002.

(1)

(2)

(3)

In the second column of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2007/
2000, for order No 09.1571, the following amendments are
incorporated:

— CN code

is
‘0302 11 20’ and ‘0302 11 80’,

‘0302 11 90’

— CN code

is
‘0303 21 20’ and ‘0303 21 80’,

‘0303 21 90’

— CN code

is
‘0304 10 15’ and ‘0304 10 17’,

‘0304 10 11’

— CN code

is
‘0304 20 15’ and ‘0304 20 17’.

‘0304 20 11’

replaced

by CN codes

replaced

by CN codes

replaced

by CN codes

replaced

by CN codes

Article 2

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2497/2001 is amended as
follows:

(a) for order No 09.1581, in the second column,

— CN code

‘0302 11 90’

is

replaced by CN codes

‘0302 11 20’ and ‘0302 11 80’,

— CN code

‘0303 21 90’

is

replaced by CN codes

‘0303 21 20’ and ‘0303 21 80’,

— CN code

‘0304 10 11’

is

replaced by CN codes

‘0304 10 15’ and ‘0304 10 17’,

— CN code

‘0304 20 11’

is

replaced by CN codes

‘0304 20 15’ and ‘0304 20 17’;

(b) for order No 09.1584, for CN code ‘ex 0301 99 90’, in the
is replaced by

third column, the TARIC subdivision ‘23’
TARIC subdivisions ‘15’ and ‘17’.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

Article 3

(1) OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 335, 19.12.2001, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 304, 21.11.2001, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 26.
(5) OJ L 290, 28.10.2002, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 337, 20.12.2001, p. 27.

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 April 2003.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission