Commission Regulation (EC) No 2335/2003 of 30 December 2003 derogating for the year 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 as regards tariff quotas for manioc starch
Date: 2003-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Thailand, cassava, import (EU), tariff quota

31.12.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 346/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2335/2003

of 30 December 2003

derogating for the year 2004 from Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 as regards tariff quotas for manioc
starch

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of 18
June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions set out in
Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the conclusion of the
GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (1), and in particular Article 1(1)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 96/317/EC of 13 May 1996
concerning the conclusion of the results of consultations with
Thailand under GATT Article XXIII (2), and in particular Article
3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The importers from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia should benefit from the provisions of Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2402/96 of 17 December 1996
opening and setting administrative rules for certain
annual tariff quotas for sweet potatoes and manioc (3).

For the year 2004, to avoid market irregularities,
it is
necessary, by way of derogation from Regulation (EC)
import quotas for
No 2402/96, to divide the annual
manioc starch into two subquotas.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
By derogation from Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2402/96, for the year 2004, the annual tariff quota for impor-
tation into the Community of 10 000 tonnes of manioc starch
referred to in that Article shall be divided into two subquotas,
as set out in part A of the Annex to this Regulation.

2.
By way of derogation from Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 2402/96, for the year 2004, the additional autonomous
annual tariff quota for importation into the Community of
10 500 tonnes of manioc starch referred to in that Article, of
which 10 000 tonnes is reserved for Thailand, shall be divided
into two subquotas, as set out in part B of the Annex to this
Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 22.5.1996, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 327, 18.12.1996, p. 14.

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ANNEX

Division of the yearly manioc import quotas into subquotas in 2004

A. The annual tariff quota for importation into the Community of 10 000 tonnes of manioc starch, provided for in

Article 1(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2402/96, shall be divided in 2004 as follows:

— 1 January to 30 April 2004: 3 333 tonnes

— 1 May to 31 December 2004: 6 667 tonnes.

B. The additional autonomous annual tariff quota for importation into the Community of 10 500 tonnes of manioc
starch, of which 10 000 tonnes is reserved for Thailand, provided for in Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2402/96,
shall be divided in 2004 as follows:

Period

1 January to 30 April 2004:

1 May to 31 December 2004:

Import quota

3 500 tonnes

7 000 tonnes

Of which reserved for the
Kingdom of Thailand

3 333 tonnes

6 667 tonnes