Commission Regulation (EC) No 787/2003 of 8 May 2003 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, and derogating from that Regulation
Date: 2003-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import licence, milk, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 787/2003

of 8 May 2003

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, and derogating from that Regulation

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 509/2002 (2), and in particular Article 29(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2302/2002 (4),
lays
down, inter alia, detailed rules for the application to milk
and milk products of the import arrangements provided
for in the Europe Agreements between the Community
and its Member States, of the one part, and certain
Central and East European countries, of the other part.
In order to implement the concessions provided for by
Council Decisions 2003/263/EC (5), 2003/298/EC (6) and
2003/299/EC (7)
Protocols
adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreements
establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part,
and the Republic of Poland, the Czech Republic and the
Slovak Republic, of the other part, the new import tariff
quotas should be opened and certain existing quotas
should be increased.

conclusion

the

on

of

Since the import quotas provided for by Regulation (EC)
No 2535/2001 are normally opened only on 1 July and
1 January, provision should be made for a new period
for submitting import licence applications, from 1 to 25
May 2003, and for a derogation from Articles 6, 12, 14
and 16 of that Regulation.

Council Decision 2003/18/EC (8), which approved the
Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agree-
ment establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part,
and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the
outcome of negotiations between the Parties on new
repealed Regulation
mutual agricultural concessions,

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 78.
(5) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 53.
(6) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 12.
(7) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 36.
(8) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.

(EC) No 2435/2000. The references made to that Regu-
lation in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should, there-
fore, be replaced.

applicable

arrangements

Council Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002 (9), which lays
down the
to agricultural
products and goods resulting from the processing of
agricultural products originating in the African, Carib-
bean and Pacific States (ACP States), repealed Regulation
(EC) No 1706/98. The references made to that Regula-
tion in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should, therefore,
be replaced.

The first subparagraph of Article 12 of Regulation (EC)
No 2535/2001 lays down that importers may lodge only
one licence application each for the same quota. An
exception is made for quotas for products originating in
the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where quota numbers
are identical since the two countries were previously one
country. The quota numbers for those two countries are
to be differentiated from 1 May 2003. That exception
should consequently be abolished.

Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 of 18 February
2003 implementing for the Community the tariff provi-
sions laid down in the Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
the other part (10), provides for quota No
Chile, of
09.1924 to be managed on a ‘first come, first served’
basis,
in accordance with Articles 308a to 308c of
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
Community Customs Code (11), as
last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 444/2003 (12). Arrange-
ments should be laid down for import licences in cases
where quotas are managed in this way.

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

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.
(10) OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 1.
(11) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(12) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Licences shall be valid from the day of actual issue within
the meaning of Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1291/
2000 until the end of the third subsequent month.

Article 1

Licences shall be issued no later than the business day
following the day on which the application is lodged.

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

1. Article 5(b) and (c) is amended as follows:

4.
Application of the reduced rate of duty shall be subject
to the presentation of proof of origin issued in accordance
with Annex III to the Agreement with the Republic of Chile.

‘(b) the quotas provided for in Council Regulations (EC) No
1151/2002 (*), (EC) No 1361/2002 (**), (EC) No 1362/
2002 (***) and (EC) No 1408/2002 (****), and in
2003/263/
Council Decisions
EC (******),
2003/299/
EC (********);

2003/18/EC (*****),
and

2003/298/EC (*******)

(*) OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 1.’.

4. Article 20(1)(a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002;’.

5. Annex I is amended as follows:

(c) the quotas provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No

2286/2002 (*********);

(a) in Part I.B, points 1, 2 and 3 are replaced by the text in

Annex I to this Regulation;

(*) OJ L 170, 29.6.2002, p. 15.
(**) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 1.
(***) OJ L 198, 27.7.2002, p. 13.
(****) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 9.
(*****) OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 18.
(******) OJ L 97, 15.4.2003, p. 53.
(*******) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 12.
(********) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 36.
(*********) OJ L 348, 21.12.2002, p. 5.’.

(b) Part I.C is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regu-

lation.

6. Part II.A of Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex III to

this Regulation.

7. The Annex contained in Annex IV to this Regulation is

inserted as Annex VIIa.

2. The second sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 12

is deleted.

Article 2

3. Under Title 2, Chapter Ia is inserted:

‘CHAPTER IA

IMPORTS UNDER THE QUOTAS MANAGED IN ACCOR-
DANCE WITH ARTICLES 308a TO 308c OF REGULATION
(EEC) No 2454/93

Article 19a

the quota provided for in
1. Within the context of
Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 (*), and given in
Annex VIIa to this Regulation, Articles 308a to 308c of
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall apply.

2. Without prejudice to Title II of Regulation (EC) No
1291/2000, imports under the quotas referred to in para-
graph 1 shall be subject to the presentation of an import
licence.

For the quotas opened on 1 May 2003, referred to in points 1,
2 and 3 of Part B of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2535/
2001, as amended by this Regulation, the following rules shall
apply:

1. Notwithstanding Article 6 and Article 14(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 2535/2001, applications for import licences may
be submitted from 1 to 25 May 2003.

Licence applications shall relate to no more than 10 % of
the quantity under the quota opened on 1 May 2003, and
shall involve no less than 10 tonnes.

2. Notwithstanding Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2535/
2001, importers who have lodged import licence applica-
tions during the submission period from 1 to 10 January
2003 may submit a further application in respect of that
quota under this Regulation.

3. The second subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regulation

(EC) No 2535/2001 shall not apply.

3.
The rate of guarantee referred to in Article 15(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 shall be equal to EUR 10
per 100 kg net of products.

Article 3

Box 16 of both the licence application and the licence shall
contain the eight-digit CN code. The licence shall be valid
only for the product so designated.

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

It shall apply from 1 May 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

1. Products originating in Poland

Quota number

CN code

Description (1) (2)

Applicable rate of
duty
(% of MFN duty)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Quantities opened
on 1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.1.2003 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.5.2003

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004

Annual increase
from 1.7.2004

09.4813

09.4814

0402 10 19
0402 21 19
0402 21 99

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30
0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 20 90

Exemption

12 575

6 000

6 000

575

14 300

1 430

Exemption

7 545

3 600

3 600

345

8 580

860

09.4815

0406

Exemption

11 318

5 400

5 400

518

12 870

1 290

Quota number

CN code

Description (1) (2)

Applicable rate of
duty
(% of MFN duty)

Annual quantities
tonnes)
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Quantities opened
on 1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.1.2003 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.5.2003

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004

Annual increase
from 1.7.2004

2. Products originating in the Czech Republic

Exemption

Exemption

4 188

150

1 438

—

1 438

—

1 312

150

5 500

300

0

0

09.4611

0402

09.4636

0403 10 11
0403 10 13
0403 10 19
0403 10 31
0403 10 33
0403 10 39
0403 90 11
0403 90 13
0403 90 19
0403 90 31
0403 90 33
0403 90 39
0403 90 51
0403 90 53
0403 90 59
0403 90 61
0403 90 63
0403 90 69

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CN code

Description (1) (2)

Applicable rate of
duty
(% of MFN duty)

Annual quantities
tonnes)
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Quantities opened
on 1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.1.2003 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.5.2003

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004

Annual increase
from 1.7.2004

09.4637

0404

Exemption

300

09.4612

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30
0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 20 90
0405 90 10
0405 90 90

Exemption

1 375

—

625

—

625

300

125

600

1 500

0

0

09.4613

0406

Exemption

6 630

3 315

3 315

—

7 395

765

Quota number

CN code

Description (1) (2)

Applicable rate of
duty
(% of MFN duty)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Quantities opened
on 1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.1.2003 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.5.2003

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004

Annual increase
from 1.7.2004

3. Products originating in the Slovak Republic

750

—

750

—

1 000

250

3 500

500

0

0

09.4641

0402

Exemption

2 500

Exemption

250

09.4645

0403 10 11
0403 10 13
0403 10 19
0403 10 31
0403 10 33
0403 10 39
0403 90 11
0403 90 13
0403 90 19
0403 90 31
0403 90 33
0403 90 39
0403 90 51
0403 90 53
0403 90 59
0403 90 61
0403 90 63
0403 90 69

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CN code

Description (1) (2)

Applicable rate of
duty
(% of MFN duty)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Quantities opened
on 1.7.2002 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.1.2003 (3)

Quantities opened
on 1.5.2003

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
from 1.7.2003 to
30.6.2004

Annual increase
from 1.7.2004

09.4642

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30
0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 20 90
0405 90 10
0405 90 90

Exemption

750

375

375

—

750

0

09.4643

0406

Exemption

2 930

1 430

1 430

70

3 000

300

ANNEX II

‘ANNEX IC

Tariff quotas referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002

Description (1)

Country of origin

Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

Cheese and curd

ACP

ACP

Serial number of
the quota

CN code

09.4026

09.4027

0402

0406

Quota from 1 January to 31 December
(in tonnes)

annual

1 000

1 000

six-monthly

500

500

Reduction in
customs duties

65 %

65 %

(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential arrangements being deter-
mined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are referred to, the applicability of the preferential arrangements is determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description
taken jointly.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX IIA

Concessions referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2286/2002

CN code

Description (1)

Reduction in customs duties
(%)

0401

0403 10 11 to 0403 10 39

0403 90 11 to 0403 90 69

0404

0405 10

0405 20 90

0405 90

1702 11 00

1702 19 00

2106 90 51

2309 10 15

2309 10 19

2309 10 39

2309 10 59

2309 10 70

2309 90 35

2309 90 39

2309 90 49

2309 90 59

2309 90 70

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

(1) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to
be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential arrangements being determined, within the context of this
Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are referred to, the applicability of the preferential arrangements is
determined on the basis of the CN code and the corresponding description taken jointly.’

ANNEX IV

‘ANNEX VIIa

Tariff quota under Annex I of the Association Agreement with the Republic of Chile

Quota No

CN code

Description

Applicable rate
of duty
(% of the MFN
duty)

Annual quantities
(tonnes)
(base = calendar year)

from 1.2.2003 to
31.12.2003

2004

Annual increase
from 2005

09.1924

0406

Cheese and
curd

Exemption

1 375

1 500

75’