Commission Regulation (EC) No 2231/2003 of 23 December 2003 opening tariff quotas for the year 2004 for imports into the European Community of certain products originating in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic
Date: 2003-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Slovakia, foodstuff, import, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2231/2003

of 23 December 2003

opening tariff quotas for the year 2004 for imports into the European Community of certain
products originating in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

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), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 98/707/EC of 22 October
1998 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adaptation
of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, to take into
account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic
of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union
and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay
Round, including the improvements of the existing preferential
regime (2), and in particular Article 2(1) of that Decision and
Articles 2 and 6 of that Protocol,

Having regard to Council Decision 98/638/EC of 5 October
1998 relating to the conclusion of a Protocol for the adaptation
of the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, to take into
account the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic
of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union
and the results of the agricultural negotiations of the Uruguay
Round, including the improvements of the existing preferential
regime (3), and in particular Article 2(1) of that Decision and
Articles 2 and 6 of that Protocol,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

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 (4)
lays down rules for the
management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide
that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation are to be
managed in accordance with those rules.

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 annual quotas for the products originating in the Czech
Republic and in the Slovak Republic, set out in Annexes I and
II shall be open from 1 January 2004 to 30 April 2004 under
the conditions set out in the said Annexes.

Article 2

The Community tariff quotas 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.

(1)

Protocols 3 on trade in processed agricultural products
to the Europe Agreements with the Czech Republic and
Slovak Republic, as amended by the Protocols for the
adapting of those Agreements, provide for the granting
of annual tariff quotas for imports of products origin-
ating in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. Those
quotas should be opened for 2004.

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18; Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 1.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2004.

(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1; Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1335/2003 (OJ L 187, 26.7.2003, p. 16).

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

Done at Brussels, 23 December 2003.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Czech Republic

Serial No

CN code

Description

Quota from 1.1. to
30.4.2004

Rate of duty applic-
able

09.5417

0403 10 51
0403 10 91
0403 10 93
0403 10 99

0405 20 30

Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

1 812 000 EUR

0 + EAR (1)

Dairy spreads of a fat content, by weight, of 60 % or more, but
not exceeding 75 %

ex 1704 90 99
(TARIC code
1704 90 99 90)

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing
cocoa, containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including
invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

1806 10 90

ex 1806 20 80
(TARIC code
1806 20 80 90)

Cocoa powder containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose
(including invert
isoglucose
expressed as sucrose

sugar expressed as

sucrose) or

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, other
preparations in blocks, slaps or bars weighing more than 2 kg
or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in
containers or immediate packings of a content exceeding 2 kg,
chocolate flavour coating, containing less than 70 % by weight
of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other
substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni,
noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni, couscous whether
or not prepared.

– uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared

1902 11 00

– – containing eggs

– – other

1902 19 10

1902 19 90

1902 20 91

– – – containing no common wheat flour or meal

– – – other

– stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared

– – other

– – – cooked

2106 90 10

Cheese fondues (2)

(1) EAR = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 3 to the Agreement) applicable within the quantitative

limits of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid down in the common customs tariff, if any.

(2) Eligibility to benefit from this preference is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

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ANNEX II

Slovak Republic

Serial No

CN code

Description

Quota from 1.1. to
30.4.2004

Rate of duty applic-
able

Yogurt,
fruit, nuts or cocoa

flavoured or containing added

906 000 EUR

0 + EAR (1)

Other, flavoured or containing added fruit,
nuts or cocoa

09.5417

0403 10 51
0403 10 53
0403 10 59
0403 10 91
0403 10 93
0403 10 99

0403 90 71
0403 90 73
0403 90 79
0403 90 91
0403 90 93
0403 90 99

1806 10 90 Cocoa powder containing 80 % or more
by weight of sucrose (including invert
sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose
expressed as sucrose

2106 90 10 Cheese fondues (2)

(1) EAR = reduced agricultural components (calculated in accordance with the basic amounts set out in Protocol 3 to the Agreement)
applicable within the quantitative limits of the quotas. Such reduced agricultural components are subject to the maximum duty laid
down in the common customs tariff, if any.

(2) Eligibility to benefit from this preference is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.