Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2003 of 5 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 as regards wheat and meslin flour and malt import quotas
Date: 2003-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cereal flour, import, import restriction, malt, meslin, tariff quota, wheat

6.6.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 969/2003

of 5 June 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 as regards wheat and meslin flour and malt import quotas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/298/EC of 14 April
2003 on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade
aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association
between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to
take account of
the outcome of negotiations between the
parties on new mutual agricultural concessions (1), and in parti-
cular Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In accordance with Decision 2003/298/EC, which is
applicable from 1 May 2003, the Community has under-
taken to establish for each marketing year import tariff
quotas at a reduced or zero rate of duty for 16 875
(order number
tonnes of wheat and meslin flour
09.4618) and 45 250 tonnes of malt (order number
09.4619) originating in the Czech Republic.

Those import quotas should be managed according to
the provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 925/
2003 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Decision 2003/298/EC as regards the conces-
sions in the form of Community tariff quotas on certain
cereal products originating in the Czech Republic and
amending Regulation (EC) No 2809/2000 (2), until 30
June 2003.

simplification the provisions of
In the interest 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 (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 444/2002 (4), should be applied to those
quotas as from 1 July 2003, which is the starting date of
the new marketing year.

The periods of application of the quotas listed in Annex
I to Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 are not in conformity
with the periods provided for in Decision 2003/298/EC.
That Annex should therefore be replaced.

Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(1) OJ L 107, 30.4.2003, p. 12.
(2) OJ L 131, 28.5.2003, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11.

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 925/2003 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a) the following paragraphs 2a and 2b are inserted:

Imports of wheat and meslin flour falling within
‘2a.
CN code 1101 00 as referred to in Annex I originating
in the Czech Republic and benefiting from a reduction
to 20 % of the most favoured nations duty, under the
tariff quota bearing the order number 09.4618,
in
accordance with Decision 2003/298/EC, shall be subject
to an import licence issued in accordance with this
Regulation.

2b.
Imports of malt falling within CN code 1107 as
referred to in Annex I originating in the Czech Republic
and benefiting from a zero rate of import duty, under
the tariff quota bearing the order number 09.4619, in
accordance with Decision 2003/298/EC, shall be subject
to an import licence issued in accordance with this
Regulation.’

(b) in paragraph 3, the introductory phrase is replaced by

the following:

‘the products referred to in paragraphs 1 to 2b shall be
released into free circulation upon presentation of one
of the following documents:’.

2. The following Article 1a is inserted:

‘Article 1a

From 1 July 2003, imports of wheat and meslin flour and
malt originating in the Czech Republic referred to in Annex
I shall be administered by the Commission in accordance
with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 (*). From that date, the order numbers of those
import quotas shall be, respectively, 09.5831 and 09.5832.

(*) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.’

3. In the second subparagraph of Article 3,

the following

sentence is added:

‘However, import licences issued in June 2003 for products
imported under the quotas referred to in Article 1(2a) and
(2b) shall only be valid until 30 June 2003.’

4. In Article 9, the second subparagraph is replaced by the

following:

‘It shall apply from 1 May 2003’.

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

tion.

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

It shall apply from 1 May 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 5 June 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

List of products originating in the Czech Republic referred to in Article 1(1) to (2b) and in Article 1a

CN code

Quota order
number from
1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003

Quota order
number from
1.7.2003

Description

Rate of duty
(% of MFN)

1001

09.4638

09.4638 Wheat and meslin

1005 10 90
1005 90 00

09.4639

09.4639

Maize

1101 00

09.4618

09.5831 Wheat and meslin flour

1107

09.4619

09.5832

Malt

Free

Free

20 %

Free

Quantity
from
1.7.2002 to
30.6.2003
(tonnes)

Annual quan-
tity from
1.7.2003
(tonnes)

100 000

200 000

10 000

20 000

16 875

16 875

45 250

45 250’