Council Regulation (EC) No 1078/2003 of 16 June 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
Date: 2003-06-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, electronic component, engine, glass, industrial product, organic acid, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1078/2003

of 16 June 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autono-
mous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Article 2

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

For the quota period from 1 January to 30 June 2003, Annex I
of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as follows:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

— the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2902 shall be fixed

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

By virtue of Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 of 20
December 1996, opening and providing for the adminis-
tration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for
certain agricultural and industrial products (2), Commu-
nity tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial
products were opened. Community demand for the
products in question should be met under the most
favourable conditions. Community tariff quotas should
therefore be opened at reduced or zero rates of duty for
appropriate volumes and increased, extended or termi-
nated in the case of certain existing tariff quotas, while
these
avoiding any disturbance to the markets
products.

for

Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu-
lation, it is necessary to invoke the grounds of urgency
provided for in point I(3) of the Protocol on the role of
national parliaments in the European Union annexed to
the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties estab-
lishing the European Communities,

at 20 000 units,

— the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2935 shall be fixed

at 120 000 tonnes.

Article 3

For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2003,
Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be amended as
follows:

— the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2904 shall be fixed

at 8 500 units,

— the quota amount of the tariff quota 09.2985 shall be fixed

at 400 000 units.

Article 4

The quota period of the tariff quota 09.2867, which is given in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be extended until
31 December 2003.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 5

Article 1

The quota period of the tariff quota 09.2991, which is given in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be terminated by
30 June 2003.

With effect from 1 July 2003, the tariff quotas listed in the
Annex to this Regulation shall be added to Annex I to Regula-
tion (EC) No 2505/96.

Article 6

(1) Proposal of 12 May 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2003 (OJ L 86, 3.4.2003, p.
20).

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

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

Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. PAPANDREOU

ANNEX

Order No

CN code

TARIC code

Description

Amount of quota

09.2612

ex 2921 59 90

09.2613

ex 2932 99 70

09.2614

ex 7011 20 00

09.2615

ex 2934 99 90

09.2916

ex 3910 00 00

09.2902

ex 8540 11 15

30

40

85

70

30

91

09.2976

ex 8407 90 10

10

3,3'-dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride

150 tonnes

1,3:2,4-to-O-(3,4-dimethylbenzyli-
dene)-D-glucitol

125 tonnes

Quota duty
(%)

Quota period

3,5

3,3

1.7. - 31.12.2003

1.7. - 31.12.2003

Glass face-plate with a major diagonal
measurement from the outer edge to
the outer edge of 91,8 (± 0,2) cm and
having a light transmission of 78 (± 3)
% by a reference glass thickness of
11,43 mm

Ribonucleic acid

Polydimethylsiloxane with a degree of
polymerisation of 2 800 monomer
units (± 100)

Flat screen colour cathode-ray tube
with a screen width/height ratio of 4/
3, a diagonal measurement of
the
screen of 59 cm or more but not
exceeding 61 cm and a curvature
radius of 50 m or more

of

petrol

engines

Four-stroke
a
cylinder capacity not exceeding 250
for use in the manufacture of
cc,
sub-heading
lawnmowers
8433 11 (a)

of

100 000 units

0

1.7. - 31.12.2003

55 tonnes

650 tonnes

13 000 units

650 000 units

0

0

7

0

1.7. - 31.12.2003

1.7. - 31.12.2003

1.7. - 31.12.2003

1.7.2003 -
30.6.2004

(a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.