Commission Regulation (EC) No 2272/2003 of 22 December 2003 opening a tariff quota for the year 2004 for imports into the European Community of certain goods from Turkey
Date: 2003-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Türkiye, import, originating product, pasta, tariff quota

23.12.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2272/2003

of 22 December 2003

opening a tariff quota for the year 2004 for imports into the European Community of certain
goods from Turkey

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/
2000 (2) and, in particular, Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Decision No 1/97 of the EC-Turkey Associa-
tion Council of 29 April 1997 on the arrangements applicable
to certain processed agricultural products (3) and, in particular,
Article 1 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Decision No 1/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council
establishes,
in order to encourage the development of
trade in accordance with the objectives of the Customs
Union, an annual quota in terms of value in respect of
certain pasta products imported into the Community
from Turkey. This quota should be opened for 2004 and
the admission to its benefit should be subject to the
A.TR movement certificate provided for in Decision No
1/2001 of
EC-Turkey Customs Cooperation
Committee of 28 March 2001 amending Decision No 1/
96 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Decision No 1/95 of
the EC-Turkey Association
Council (4).

the

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
Common Customs Code (5), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1335/2003 (6), lays down rules for the

management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide
that the tariff quota opened by this Regulation is to be
managed in accordance with those rules.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Community tariff quota specified in the Annex shall be
open from 1 January to 31 December 2004 for the goods
imported from Turkey mentioned in that Annex.

Admission to the benefit of this tariff quota shall be subject to
the presentation of an A.TR movement certificate in accord-
ance with Decision No 1/2001 of the EC-Turkey Customs
Cooperation Committee.

Article 2

The Community tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be
managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a,
308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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

It shall be applicable from 1 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2003.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18.
(2) OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 126, 17.5.1997, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 98, 7.4.2001, p. 31.
(5) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 187, 26.7.2003, p. 16.

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ANNEX

Order No

CN code

Description

Quota

Rate of duty applicable

09.0205

1902 11 00
1902 19

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared

EUR 2,5 million

EUR 10,67/100 kg net