Council Regulation (EC) No 1329/2003 of 21 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Norway
Date: 2003-07-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Norway, agricultural product, customs duties, fishery product, import (EU), originating product, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1329/2003

of 21 July 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as regards tariff quotas for certain agricultural and fishery
products originating in Norway

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 992/95 of 10
April 1995 opening and providing for the administra-
tion of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural
and fishery products originating in Norway (1), Commu-
nity tariff quotas have been opened for certain agricul-
tural and fishery products originating in Norway. Those
quotas were granted under the Agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Norway concluded on 14 May 1973 (2).

By an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Norway and approved by Council Decision 2003/465/
EC (3), the two parties have agreed to additional bilateral
trade concessions concerning agricultural products. By
virtue of that agreement the Community has undertaken
to open, each year and subject to certain conditions,
annual tariff quotas at a zero duty for a number of
products originating in Norway.

The tariff quotas in question should accordingly be
opened from 1 January to 31 December each year. For
the first calendar year of application of this Regulation,
the full annual volume should be reduced in proportion
the quota period elapsed before the
to the part of
opening of the quotas.

(4)

(5)

The volume of the tariff quotas under order numbers
09.0785 and 09.0786 should be converted into euro.
The amounts of euro should be fixed in accordance with
Article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community
Customs Code (4), using the rate for the Norwegian
krone published on 1 October 2002 in the Official
Journal of the European Communities (5).

As of 1 January 2004, it is intended to manage the tariff
quotas for products of CN code 0204 on the basis of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December
2001 on the common organisation of the market in
sheepmeat and goatmeat (6). Therefore the tariff quota
for those products originating in Norway should be
managed under the arrangements established by Regula-
tion (EC) No 992/95 only until the end of the year
the year 2003,
2003. For the remaining months of
provision should already be made, with regard to the
importation of those products, that a document of origin
be presented in accordance with the provisions estab-
lished on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001.

(6)

It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No
992/95 accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is hereby amended as follows:

1. The following paragraph is added to Article 1:

‘4.
However, by way of derogation from paragraph 3,
with regard to products of CN code 0204, importers shall
present a document of origin in accordance with the provi-
sions established on the basis of Article 16(1) and (4) of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2529/2001 of 19 December
2001 on the common organisation of the market in sheep-
meat and goatmeat (*).

(*) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.’

(1) OJ L 101, 4.5.1995, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 3061/95 (OJ L 327, 30.12.1995, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 2700/2000 (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).

(2) OJ L 171, 27.6.1973, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 48.

(5) OJ C 235, 1.10.2002, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 3.

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2. Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this

Regulation.

For 2003, the volume opened for the tariff quota under

2.
order number 09.0761 shall be 770 tonnes.

Article 2

Article 3

For 2003 the annual volume of the tariff quotas provided
1.
for in Regulation (EC) No 992/95 as amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Regulation shall be reduced in propor-
tion to the part of the quota period in whole months which
has elapsed before the date provided for in the second para-
graph of Article 3. The figure resulting from this calculation
shall be rounded up to the next complete unit.

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 July 2003.

However, with regard to products of CN code 0204, this Regu-
lation shall apply only until 31 December 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 July 2003.

For the Council

The President

F. FRATTINI

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ANNEX

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 992/95 is amended as follows:

1. After ‘Products originating in Norway’ the following note is inserted:

‘Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording of the description of
the products is to be considered as having no more than indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined,
within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex-CN codes are indicated, the preferential
scheme is to be determined by application to the CN code and corresponding description taken together.’

2. The table is amended as follows:

(a) the title of the fourth column is replaced by ‘Amount of quotas (tonnes unless otherwise specified)’;

(b) the rows with respect to order numbers 09.0757, 09.0761 and 09.0762 are replaced by the following:

‘09.0757

ex 0809 20

Cherries,
31 August

fresh,

from 16 July

to

900

Free (3)

09.0761

ex 0810 10 00

Strawberries,
31 July

fresh,

from 9 June to

900

Free

09.0762

ex 0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh, from 1 August to
15 September

900

Free

(3) The additional specific duty is applicable.’

(c) the following items are inserted:

Meat of
chilled or frozen

sheep or goats,

fresh,

300 (11)

Free

‘09.0781

0204 10 00
0204 21 00
0204 22
0204 23 00 (7)
0204 30 00
0204 41 00
0204 42
0204 43 10 (8)
0204 43 90 (9)
0204 50 11
0204 50 13
0204 50 15
0204 50 19
0204 50 31
0204 50 39 (10)
0204 50 51
0204 50 53
0204 50 55
0204 50 59
0204 50 71
0204 50 79 (10)

09.0782

0210

Meat and edible meat offal, salted,
in brine, dried or smoked; edible
flours and meals of meat or meat
offal

200

Free

09.0783

0704 11 00

Cabbage lettuce

09.0784

0705 19 00

Other lettuce

09.0785

0602 90 51

Perennial plants

09.0786

0602 90 70

Indoor plants:
rooted cuttings and young plants,
excluding cacti

300

300

EUR 136 212

EUR 544 848

Free

Free

Free

Free

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09.0787

1601

Sausages and similar products, of
food
meat, meat offal or blood;
preparations
these
products

based

on

300

Free

(7)

The amount of a drawing request is determined by multiplying the net weight of the products by a coefficient of 1,67 (meat
of lamb) or 1,81 (meat of sheep other than lamb).
(8)
The amount of a drawing request is determined by multiplying the net weight of the products by a coefficient of 1,67.
(9)
The amount of a drawing request is determined by multiplying the net weight of the products by a coefficient of 1,81.
(10) The amount of a drawing request is determined by multiplying the net weight of the products by a coefficient of 1,67 (meat

of kid) or 1,81 (meat of goat other than kid).

(11) Carcase weight.’