Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Community in the Association Council established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, concerning the improvement of the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products provided for in Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement between the European Community and the Czech Republic.
Date: 2004-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, agricultural product, agricultural trade, association agreement (EU), processed foodstuff

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 12.1.2004
COM(2004) 1 final

Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the position to be taken by the Community in the Association Council established by
the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, concerning the improvement of
the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products provided for in Protocol 3 of
the Europe Agreement between the European Community and the Czech Republic

.

(presented by the Commission)

EN

  EN

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Under the terms of Article 20 of the Europe Agreement between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, approved
by the  Decision  of the Council and of the  Commission  (94/910/EC,  ECSC,  Euratom)  of  19
December 19941, Protocol 3 lays down the trade arrangements for the processed agricultural
products which are listed therein. Protocol 3 was amended by the Protocol for the adaptation
of  trade  aspects  of  the  Europe  Agreement  with  the  Czech  Republic2  approved  by  Council
Decision (98/707/EC)3.

Council  guidelines  authorised  the  Commission  to  enter  into  negotiations  with  the  Czech
Republic with a view to improving the trade arrangement for processed agricultural products
in preparation for accession.

The two parties have reached a draft agreement, which envisages completed liberalisation of
trade for certain processed agricultural products and duty free quotas or a reduction of import
duties for others.

For imports outside of these quotas the current trade provisions as laid down by Protocol 3 of
the Europe Agreement will continue to apply.

Processed Agricultural Products, not covered by Annex I to the Treaty will not be eligible for
export  refunds  under  Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1520/2000  of  13  July  2000  laying
down common detailed rules for the application of the system of granting export refunds on
certain  agricultural  products  exported  in  the  form  of  goods,  not  covered  by  Annex  I  to  the
Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amounts of such refunds4.

The Council has authorised the implementation of this agreement in the form of autonomous
and transitional measures, which have been in force since 1 July 2003. It is therefore proposed
to the Council to adopt this joint position for a Decision of the Association Council to amend
the Annexes to Protocol 3.

1

2

3

4

OJ L 360, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 3.
OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 1.
OJ  L  177,  15.7.2000,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  740/2003
(OJ L 106, 29.4.2003, p. 12).

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Proposal for a

COUNCIL DECISION

on the position to be taken by the Community in the Association Council established by
the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, concerning the improvement of
the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products provided for in Protocol 3 of
the Europe Agreement between the European Community and the Czech Republic

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article
133 in conjunction with the second subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

The  Europe  Agreement5  establishes  an  association  between 
the  European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the
other part. Its Protocol 3 on trade arrangements for processed agricultural products has
last  been  amended  by  the  Protocol  for  the  adaptation  of  trade  aspects  of  the  Europe
Agreement with the Czech Republic6, hereinafter referred to as “Adaptation Protocol”,
which was approved by Council Decision 98/707/EC7.

New  trade  improvements  have  recently  been  negotiated  which  aim  to  improve
economic  convergence in preparation  for accession  and  lay  down  concessions  in  the
form of completed liberalisation of trade for certain agricultural products and duty free
quotas for others. For imports outside of the quotas the current provisions continue to
apply.

Under  Protocol  3  the  Association  Council  has  to  decide  in  particular  on  any
amendment of the duties mentioned in the annexes to Protocol 3 and on the increase or
abolition of tariff quotas.

Under the second indent of Article 2(1) of that Protocol, the Association Council also
decides that the duties applied may be reduced in response to reductions resulting from
mutual concessions relating to processed agricultural products.

5

6

7

OJ L 360, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 3.
OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 1.

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(5) 

(6) 

The concessions granted by the European Union entered into force on 1 July 2003 in
accordance  with  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1090/20038  of  18  June  2003  adopting
autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed
agricultural products originating in the Czech Republic and the exportation of certain
processed agricultural products to the Czech Republic. Regulation No 1090/2003 will
be  redundant  and  should  therefore  be  repealed  as  soon  as  the  decision  of  the
Association Council enters into force.

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
Community Customs Code9 provide the procedures for managing the tariff quotas to
be  used  in  chronological  order  of  the  dates  of  the  customs  declarations.  These
procedures  should  be  applicable  for  imports  under  the  tariff  Association  Council
Decision.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The  position  to  be  taken  by  the  Community  in  the  Association  Council  established  by  the
Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, concerning the improvement of Protocol 3 on
the bilateral trade of processed agricultural products, shall be based on a draft Decision of the
Association Council attached to this Decision.

Regulation  (EC)  No  1090/2003  shall  be  repealed  on  the  date  when  the  Decision  of  the
Association Council attached to this Decision enters into force.

Article 2

Article 3

The  tariff  quotas  set  out  in  Annex  II  of  the  Decision  of  the  Association  Council  shall  be
managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93.

Done at Brussels, […]

For the Council
The President

8

9

OJ L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 73.
OJ  L  253,  11.10.1993,  p.  1,  as 
(OJ L 187, 26.7.2003, p. 16).

last  amended  by  Regulation 

(EC)  No  1335/2003

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ANNEX

Proposal for an

EC-Czech ASSOCIATION COUNCIL DECISION No... /2003
concerning the improvement of the trade arrangements for processed agricultural
products provided for in Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having  regard  to  the  Europe  Agreement  establishing  an  association  between  the  European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other
part, and in particular Article 1(2) of Protocol 3 thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Protocol  310  lays  down  the  trade  arrangements  for  processed  agricultural  products
between the Community and the Czech Republic. Protocol 3 on trade arrangements
for  processed  agricultural  products  has  last  been  amended  by  the  Protocol  for  the
adaptation  of  trade  aspects  of  the  Europe  Agreement  with  the  Czech  Republic11,
hereinafter  referred  to  as  “Adaptation  Protocol”,  which  was  approved  by  Council
Decision 98/707/EC12.

New  trade  improvements  have  recently  been  negotiated  which  aim  to  improve
economic convergence in preparation for accession and lay down concessions in the
form  of  completed  liberalisation  of  trade  for  certain  agricultural  products  and  duty
free quotas for  others. They should  enter into force  not  later  than  1  July  2003.  For
imports outside of the quotas the current provisions continue to apply.

Under the second indent of Article 2 (1) of Protocol 3 the Association Council also
decides  that  the  duties  applied  may  be  reduced  in  response  to  reductions  resulting
from mutual concessions relating to processed agricultural products.

For the importation of certain goods no customs duties should be applied. For certain
other  goods  tariff  quotas  should  be  opened;  those  quotas  should  be  reduced  by  the
quantities  of  goods  subject  to  the  tariff  quotas  from  1  January  2003  used  in
accordance  with  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2359/2002  of  27  December  2002
opening tariff quotas for the year 2003 for imports into the European Community of
certain products originating in the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia13 and with
Council Regulation (EC) No 1090/2003 adopting autonomous measures concerning
the  importation  of  certain  processed  agricultural  products  originating  in  the  Czech
Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Czech
Republic14.

(5)

Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  2359/2002  should  continue  to  apply  for  certain
goods covered by Protocol 3 but not listed in this Decision.

10

11

12

13

14

OJ L 360, 31.12.1994, p. 1.
OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 3.
OJ L 341, 16.12.1998, p. 1.
OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 51.
OJ L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 1.

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(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

On  processed  agricultural  products  covered  by  Protocol  3  but  not  listed  in  this
Decision or for which the opened quotas are exhausted the trade provision laid down
by Protocol 3 should continue to apply.

For processed agricultural products not covered by Annex I to the Treaty no export
refunds should be granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13
July  2000  laying  down  common  detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  the  system  of
granting  export  refunds  on  certain  agricultural  products  exported  in  the  form  of
goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds15.
This will be subject to a decision by the Commission under the procedure laid down
in Council Decision No 1999/468/EC of 28 June 199916.

For goods originating in the Czech Republic and exported to the European Union no
export refunds should be granted.

The annual quotas provided for in Annex II and Annex III to this Decision should be
opened for the period 1 July to 31 December 2003 and 2004.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

From 1 July 2003 on imports of processed agricultural products into the European Union and
originating in the Czech Republic listed in Annex I no customs duties shall be applied.

From 1 July 2003 on imports of processed agricultural products into the Czech Republic and
originating in the European Union listed in Annex I no customs duties shall be applied.

Article 2

Processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty originating in the European
Union  and  exported  to  the  Czech  Republic  shall  not  be  eligible  for  export  refunds  granted
under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000.

Processed agricultural  products  not  listed  in  Annex  I  to  the  Treaty  originating  in  the  Czech
Republic and exported to the European Union shall not be eligible for export refunds in the
Czech Republic.

1.

2.

15

16

Article 3

The  tariff  quotas  referred  to  in  Annex  II  and  Annex  III  shall  be  open  from  1  July
2003 to 31 December 2003 and for 2004 under the conditions laid down therein.

For  certain  products  the  preferential  duties  listed  in  Annex  III  shall  be  applicable
under the conditions laid down therein.

OJ  L  177,  15.7.2000,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  740/2003
(OJ L 106, 29.4.2003, p. 12).
OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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Article 4

The quantities of goods subject to tariff quotas opened under Regulation (EC) No 2359/2002
and Regulation (EC) No 1090/2003, and put in free circulation from 1 January 2003, shall be
fully  counted  against  the  quantities  provided  in  the  corresponding  tariff  quotas  set  out  in
Annex II.

Article 5

For processed agricultural products, which are not covered by Annex I, II and III or for which
the quotas set out in Annex II  and  III  are exhausted, the provisions laid down in Protocol 3
shall continue to apply.

Regulation (EC) No 2359/2002 shall continue to apply for the tariff quota opened under Order
No 09.5417 for products not covered by Annex I or Annex II.

Article 6

This decision shall enter into force on the first day of the month following that of its adoption.

Article 7

It will be applicable from 1 July 2003.

Done at Brussels, […]

For the Association Council
The President

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ANNEX I

MUTUALLY LIBERALISED GOODS – EXEMPTED FROM DUTIES AND EXPORT
REFUNDS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

0403

Buttermilk,  curdled  milk  and  cream,  yogurt,  kephir  and  other  fermented  or  acidified  milk  and
cream,  whether  or  not  concentrated  or  containing  added  sugar  or  other  sweetening  matter  or
flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

0403 10

-Yoghurt:

--Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

---In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight:

0403 10 53

----Exceeding 1,5% but not exceeding 27%

0403 10 59

----Exceeding 27%

---Other, of a milk fat content, by weight:

0403 90

-Other:

--Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

---In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat content, by weight:

0403 90 71

----Not exceeding 1,5%

0403 90 73

----Exceeding 1,5% but not exceeding 27%

0403 90 79

----Exceeding 27%

---Other, of a milkfat content, by weight:

0403 90 91

----Not exceeding 3%

0403 90 93

----Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6%

0403 90 99

----Exceeding 6%

0405

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:

0405 20

-Dairy spreads:

0405 20 10

--Of a fat content, by weight, of 39% or more but less than 60%

0501 00 00 Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair

0502

Pigs',  hogs'  or  boars'  bristles  and  hair; badger  hair  and  other brush  making  hair;  waste  of  such
bristles or hair:

0502 10 00

-Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof

0502 90 00

-Other

8

 
0503 00 00 Horsehair  and  horsehair  waste,  whether  or  not  put  up  as  a  layer  with  or  without  supporting

material

0505

Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether
or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for
preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers:

0505 10

-Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down:

0505 10 10

--Raw

0505 10 90

--Other

0505 90 00

-Other

0506

Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with
acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products:

0506 10 00

-Ossein and bones treates with acid

0506 90 00

-Other

0507

Ivory,  tortoise-shell,  whalebone  and  whalebone  hair,  horns,  antlers,  hooves,  nails,  claws  and
beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products:

0507 10 00

-Ivory; ivory powder and waste

0507 90 00

-Other

0508 00 00 Coral  and  similar  materials,  unworked  or  simply  prepared  but  not  otherwise  worked;  shells  of
molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut
to shape, powder and waste thereof

0509 00

Natural sponges of animal origin:

0509 00 10

-Raw

0509 00 90

-Other

0510 00 00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other
animal  products  used  in  the  preparation  of  pharmaceutical  products,  fresh  chilled,  frozen  or
otherwise provisionally preserved

0710

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:

0710 40 00

-Sweet corn

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CN Code

Description

(1)

0711

(2)

Vegetables  provisionally  preserved  (for  example,  by  sulphur  dioxide  gas,  in  brine,  in  sulphur
water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption:

0711 90

-Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:

--Vegetables:

0711 90 30

---Sweet corn

0903 00 00 Maté

1302

Vegetable  saps  and  extracts;  pectic  substances,  pectinates  and  pectates;  agar-agar  and  other
mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:

-Vegetable saps and extracts:

1302 12 00

--Of liquorice

1302 13 00

--Of hops

1302 14 00

--Of pyrethrum or of the roots of plants containing rotenone

1302 19

--Other:

1302 19 30

---Intermixtures of vegetable extracts, for the manufacture of beverages or of food preparations

---Other:

1302 19 91

----Medicinal

1302 20

--Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates:

1302 20 10

--Dry

1302 20 90

--Other

-Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:

1302 31 00

--Agar-agar

1302 32

--Mucilages  and  thickeners,  whether  or  not  modified,  derived  from  locust  beans,  locust  bean
seeds or sugar seeds:

1302 32 10

---Of locust beans or locust bean seeds

1401

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds,
rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned,bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark):

1401 10 00

-Bamboos

1401 20 00

-Rattans

1401 90 00

-Other

1402 00 00 Vegetable  materials  of  a  kind  used  primarily  as  stuffing  or  as  padding  (for  example,  kapok,
vegetable  hair  and  eel-grass),  whether  or  not  put  up  as  a  layer  with  or  without  supporting
material

10

 
1403 00 00 Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example, broomcorn

piassava, couch-grass and istle), whether or not in hanks or bundles

1404

Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included:

1404 10 00

-Raw vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in dyeing or tanning

1404 20 00

-Cotton linters

1404 90 00

-Other

1505

Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):

1505 00 10

-Wool grease, crude

1505 00 90

-Other

1506 00 00 Other  animal  fats  and  oils  and  their  fractions,  whether  or  not  refined,  but  not  chemically

modified

1515

Other  fixed  vegetable  fats  and  oils  (including  jojoba  oil)  and  their  fractions,  whether  or  not
refined, but not chemically modified:

1515 90 15

-- Jojoba and oiticica oils; myrtle wax and Japan wax; their fractions

1516

Animal  or  vegetable  fats  and  oils  and  their  fractions,  partly  or  wholly  hydrogenated,  inter-
esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:

1516 20

-Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:

1516 20 10

--Hydrogenated castor oil, so called "opal-wax"

1517

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of
different  fats  or  oils  of  this  chapter,  other  than  edible  fats  or  oils  or  their  fractions  of  heading
1516:

1517 10

-Margarine, excluding liquid margarine:

1517 10 10

--Containing, by weight, more than 10% but not more than 15% of milk fats

1517 90

-Other:

1517 90 10

--Containing, by weight, more than 10% but not more than 15% of milk fats

--Other:

1517 90 93

---Edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould-release preparations

11

 
CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

1518 00

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated, sulphurised,
blown,  polymerized  by  heat  in  vacuum  or  in  inert  gas  or  otherwise  chemically  modified,
excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or
oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included:

1518 00 10

-Linoxyn

-Other:

1518 00 91

--Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidized, dehydrated, sulphurized,
blown,  polymerized  by  heat  in  vacuum  or  in  inert  gas  or  otherwise  chemically  modified,
excluding those of heading 1516

--Other:

1518 00 95

---Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and oils and their
fractions

1518 00 99

---Other

1520 00 00 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

1521

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether
or not refined or coloured:

1521 10 00

- Vegetable waxes

1521 90

-Other:

1521 90 10

--Spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured

--Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured:

1521 90 91

---Raw

1521 90 99

---Other

1522 00

Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes:

1522 00 10

-Degras

1702

Other  sugars,  including  chemically  pure  lactose,  maltose,  glucose  and  fructose,  in  solid  form;
sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not
mixed with natural honey; caramel:

1702 50 00

-Chemically pure fructose

1702 90

-Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry state
50 % by weight of fructose:

1702 90 10

--Chemically pure maltose

1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:

1704 10

-Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated:

--Containing less than 60% by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):

1704 10 11

---Gum in strips

12

 
1704 10 19

---Other

--Containing 60% or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):

1704 10 91

---Gum in strips

1704 10 99

---Other

1704 90

-Other:

1704 90 10

--Liquorice  extract  containing  more  than  10%  by  weight  of  sucrose  but  not  containing  other
added substances

1704 90 30

--White chocolate

--Other:

1704 90 51

---Pastes, including marzipan, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or more

1704 90 55

---Throat pastilles and cough drops

1704 90 61

---Sugar coated (panned) goods

---Other:

1704 90 65

----Gum  confectionery  and  jelly  confectionery  including  fruit  pastes  in  the  form  of  sugar
confectionery

1704 90 71

----Boiled sweets whether or not filled

1704 90 75

----Toffees, caramels and similar sweets

----Other:

1704 90 81

-----Compressed tablets

-----Other (excluding products containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert
sugar expressed as sucrose))

Ex  1704  90
(Code
99 
Taric  1704
90 99 10)

1803

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted:

1803 10 00

-Not defatted

1803 20 00

-Wholly or partly defatted

1804 00 00 Cocoa butter, fat and oil

13

 
CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

1805 00 00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

1806 10

-Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

1806 10 15

--Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar
expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 10 20

--Containing  5%  or  more  but  less  than  65%  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar
expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 10 30

--Containing  65%  or  more  but  less  than  80%  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar
expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 20

-Other preparations in blocks, slabs 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:

1806 20 10

--Containing 31% or more by weight of cocoa butter or containing a combined weight of 31% or
more of cocoa butter and milk fat

1806 20 30

--Containing a combined weight of 25% or more, but less than 31% of cocoa butter and milk fat

--Other:

1806 20 50

---Containing 18% or more by weight of cocoa butter

1806 20 70

---Chocolate milk crumb

---Chocolate flavour coating (excluding products containing 70 % or more by weight of sucrose
(including invert sugar expressed as sucrose))

---Other  (excluding  products  containing  70  %  or  more  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert
sugar expressed as sucrose))

Ex  1806  20
80 
(Code
Taric  1806
20 80 10)

Ex  1806  20
95 
(Code
Taric  1806
20 95 10)

-Other, in blocks, slabs or bars:

1806 31 00

--Filled

1806 32

--Not filled

1806 32 10

---With added cereal, fruit or nuts

1806 32 90

---Other

1806 90

-Other:

--Chocolate and chocolate products:

---Chocolates, whether or not filled:

1806 90 11

----Containing alcohol

1806 90 19

----Other

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---Other:

1806 90 31

----Filled

1806 90 39

----Not filled

1806 90 50

--Sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution products, containing
cocoa

1806 90 60

--Spreads containing cocoa

1806 90 70

--Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages

Ex  1806  90
(Code
90 
Taric  1806
90  90  11
and  1806  90
90 91)

1901

--Other  (excluding  products  containing  70  %  or  more  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert
sugar expressed as sucrose))

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa
or  containing  less  than  40%  by  weight  of  cocoa  calculated  on  a  totally  defatted  basis,  not
elsewhere  specified  or  included;  food  preparations  of  goods  of  headings  0401  to  0404,  not
containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted
basis, not elsewhere specified or included:

1901 10 00

-Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale

1901 20 00

-Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905

1901 90

-Other:

--Malt extract:

1901 90 11

---With a dry extract content of 90% or more by weight

1901 90 19

---Other

--Other:

1901 90 91

---Containing  no  milk  fats,  sucrose,  isoglucose,  glucose  or  starch  or  containing  less  than  1,5%
milk fat, 5% sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5% glucose or starch, excluding food
preparations in powder form of goods of headings 0401 to 0404

15

 
CN Code

Description

(1)

1902

(2)

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 20

-Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:

--Other:

1902 20 99

---Other

1902 30

-Other pasta:

1902 30 10

--Dried

1902 30 90

--Other

1902 40

-Couscous:

1902 40 10

--Unprepared

1902 40 90

--Other

1903 00 00 Tapioca  and  substitutes  therefor  prepared  from  starch,  in  the  form  of  flakes,  grains,  pearls,

siftings or similar forms

1904

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example,
corn  flakes);  cereals  (other  than  maize  (corn))  in  grain  form  or  in  the  form  of  flakes  or  other
worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere
specified or included:

1904 10

-Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products:

1904 10 10

--Obtained from maize

1904 10 30

--Obtained from rice

1904 10 90

--Other

1904 20

-Prepared  foods  obtained  from  unroasted  cereal  flakes  or  from  mixtures  of  unroasted  cereal
flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals:

1904 20 10

--Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

--Other:

1904 20 91

---Obtained from maize

1904 20 95

---Obtained from rice

1904 20 99

---Other

1904 30 00

- Bulgur wheat

1904 90

-Other:

1904 90 10

--Rice

16

 
1904 90 80

--Other

1905

Bread,  pastry,  cakes,  biscuits  and  other  bakers'  wares,  whether  or  not  containing  cocoa;
communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice
paper and similar products:

1905 10 00

-Crispbread

1905 20

-Gingerbread and the like:

1905 20 10

--Containing by weight less than 30% of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

1905 20 30

--Containing  by  weight  30%  or  more  but  less  than  50%  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar
expressed as sucrose)

1905 20 90

--Containing by weight 50% or more of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

-Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers:

1905 31

--Sweet biscuits:

---Completely  or  partially  coated  or  covered  with  chocolate  or  other  preparations  containing
cocoa:

1905 31 11

----In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 85g

1905 31 19

----Other

---Other:

1905 31 30

----Containing 8% or more by weight of milk fats

----Other:

1905 31 91

-----Sandwich biscuits

1905 31 99

-----Other

17

 
CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

1905 32

--Waffles and wafers:

---Completely  or  partially  coated  or  covered  with  chocolate  or  other  preparations  containing
cocoa:

1905 32 11

----In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 85g

1905 32 19

----Other

---Other:

1905 32 91

----Salted, whether or not filled

1905 32 99

----Other

1905 40

-Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products:

1905 40 10

--Rusks

1905 40 90

--Other

1905 90

-Other:

1905 90 10

--Matzos

1905 90 20

--Communion wafers, empty  cachets  of  a  kind  suitable  for  pharmaceutical  use,  sealing  wafers,
rice paper and similar products

--Other:

1905 90 30

---Bread, not containing added honey, eggs, cheese or fruit, and containing by weight in the dry
matter state not more than 5% of sugars and not more than 5% of fat

1905 90 40

---Waffels and wafers with a water content exceeding 10% by weight

1905 90 45

---Biscuits

1905 90 55

---Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted

---Other:

1905 90 60

----With added sweetening matter

2001

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic
acid:

2001 90

-Other:

2001 90 30

--Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

2001 90 40

--Yams,  sweet  potatoes  and  similar  edible parts  of  plants  containing 5%  or  more  by  weight  of
starch

2001 90 60

--Palm hearts

2004

Other  vegetables  prepared  or  preserved  otherwise  than  by  vinegar  or  acetic  acid,  frozen,  other
than products of heading 2006:

2004 10

-Potatoes:

18

 
--Other:

2004 10 91

---In the form of flour, meal or flakes

2004 90

-Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables:

2004 90 10

--Sweet corn(Zea mays var. saccharata)

2005

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other
than products of heading 2006:

2005 20

-Potatoes:

2005 20 10

--In the form of flour, meal or flakes

2005 80 00

-Sweet corn(Zea mays var. saccharata)

2008

Fruit,  nuts  and  other  edible  parts  of  plants,  otherwise  prepared  or  preserved,  whether  or  not
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included:

-Nuts, groundnuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together:

2008 11

--Groundnuts:

2008 11 10

---Peanut butter

-Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19:

2008 91 00

--Palm hearts

2008 99

--Other:

---Not containing added spirit:

----Not containing added sugar:

2008 99 85

-----Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

2008 99 91

-----Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants, containing 5% or more by weight of
starch

19

 
CN Code

Description

(1)

2101

(2)

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté‚ and preparations with a basis of these
products  or  with  a  basis  of  coffee,  tea  or  maté;  roasted  chicory  and  other  roasted  coffee
substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:

-Extracts, essences  and  concentrates,  of  coffee,  and  preparations  with  a  basis  of  these  extracts,
essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee:

2101 11

--Extracts; essences and concentrates:

2101 11 11

---With a coffee-based dry matter content of 95% or more by weight

2101 11 19

---Other

2101 12

--Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee:

2101 12 92

---Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee

2101 12 98

---Other

2101 20

-Extracts,  essences  and  concentrates,  of  tea  or  maté,  and  preparations  with  a  basis  of  these
extracts, essences and concentrates or with a basis of tea or maté:

2101 20 20

--Extracts, essences or concentrates

--Preparations:

2101 20 92

---With a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or maté

2101 20 98

---Other

2101 30

-Roasted  chicory  and  other  roasted  coffee  substitutes  and  extracts,  essences  and  concentrates
thereof:

--Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:

2101 30 11

---Roasted chicory

2101 30 19

---Other

--Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:

2101 30 91

---Of roasted chicory

2101 30 99

---Other

2102

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not  including  vaccines
of heading 3002); prepared baking powders:

2102 10

-Active yeasts:

2102 10 10

--Culture yeast

--Baker's yeast:

2102 10 31

---Dried

2102 10 39

---Other

2102 10 90

--Other

20

 
2102 20

-Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead:

--Inactive yeasts:

2102 20 11

---In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg.

2102 20 19

---Other

2102 20 90

--Other

2102 30 00

-Prepared baking powders

2103

Sauces  and  preparations  therefor;  mixed  condiments  and  mixed  seasonings;  mustard  flour  and
meal and prepared mustard:

2103 10 00

-Soya sauce

2103 20 00

-Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces

2103 30

-Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:

2103 30 10

--Mustard flour

2103 30 90

--Prepared mustard

2103 90

-Other:

2103 90 10

--Mango chutney, liquid

2103 90 30

--Aromatic bitters of an alcoholic strength by volume of 44,2 to 49,2% vol containing from 1,5 to
6%  by  weight  of  gentian,  spices  and  various  ingredients  and  from  4  to  10%  of  sugar,  in
containers holding 0,5 litre or less

2103 90 90

--Other

2104

Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations:

2104 10

-Soups and broths and preparation therefor:

2104 10 10

--Dried

2104 10 90

--Other

2104 20 00

-Homogenised composite food preparetions

2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa:

2105 00 10

-Containing no milk fats or containing less than 3% by weight of such fats

-Containing by weight of milk fats:

2105 00 91

--3% or more but less than 7%

2105 00 99

--7% or more

21

 
CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:

2106 10

-Protein concentrates and textured protein substances:

2106 10 20

--Containing  no  milk  fats,  sucrose,  isoglucose,  glucose  or  starch  or  containing, by  weight,  less
than 1,5% milk fat, 5% sucrose or isoglucose, 5% glucose or starch

2106 10 80

--Other

2106 90

-Other:

2106 90 20

--Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a kind
used for the manufacture of beverages

--Other:

2106 90 92

---Containing  no  milk  fats,  sucrose,  isoglucose,  glucose  or  starch  or  containing,by  weight,  less
than 1,5% milk fat, 5% sucrose or isoglucose, 5% glucose or starch:

2201

Waters,  including  natural  or  artificial  mineral  waters  and  aerated  waters,  not  containing  added
sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow:

2201 10

-Mineral waters and aerated waters:

--Natural mineral waters:

2201 10 11

---Not carbonated

2201 10 19

---Other

2201 10 90

--Other

2201 90 00

-Other

2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of
heading 2009:

2202 10 00

-Waters including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured

2202 90

-Other:

2202 90 10

--Not containing products of headings 0401  to  0404 or  fat  obtained  from  products of  headings
0401 to 0404

--Other, containing by weight of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401 to 0404:

2202 90 91

---Less than 0,2%

2202 90 95

---0,2% or more but less than 2%

2202 90 99

---2% or more

2203 00

Beer made from malt:

-In containers holding 10 litres or less:

2203 00 01

--In bottles

22

 
2203 00 09

--Other

2203 00 10

-In containers holding more than 10 litres

2205

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances:

2205 10

-In containers holding 2 litres or less:

2205 10 10

--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18% vol or less

2205 10 90

--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18% vol

2205 90

-Other:

2205 90 10

--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18% vol or less

2205 90 90

--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18% vol

2208

Undenatured  ethyl  alcohol  of  an  alcoholic  strength  by  volume  of  less  than  80%  vol;  spirits,
liqueurs and other spirituous beverages:

2208 20

-Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc:

--In containers holding 2 litres or less:

2208 20 12

---Cognac

2208 20 14

---Armagnac

2208 20 26

---Grappa

2208 20 27

---Brandy de Jerez

2208 20 29

---Other

--In containers holding more than 2 litres:

2208 20 40

---Raw distillate

---Other:

2208 20 62

----Cognac

2208 20 64

----Armagnac

2208 20 86

----Grappa

2208 20 87

----Brandy de Jerez

2208 20 89

----Other

23

 
CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

2208 30

-Whiskies:

--Bourbon whiskey, in containers holding:

2208 30 11

---2 litres or less

2208 30 19

---More than 2 litres

--Scotch whisky:

---Malt whisky, in containers holding:

2208 30 32

----2 litres or less

2208 30 38

----More than 2 litres

---Blended whisky, in containers holding:

2208 30 52

----2 litres or less

2208 30 58

----More than 2 litres

---Other, in containers holding:

2208 30 72

----2 litres or less

2208 30 78

----More than 2 litres

--Other in containers holding:

2208 30 82

---2 litres or less

2208 30 88

---More than 2 litres

2208 40

-Rum and taffia:

--In containers holding 2 litres or less

2208 40 11

---Rum  with  a  content  of  volatile  substances  other  than  ethyl  and  methyl  alcohol  equal  to  or
exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)

---Other:

2208 40 31

----Of a value exceeding € 7.9 per litre of pure alcohol

2208 40 39

----Other

--In containers holding more than 2 litres:

2208 40 51

---Rum  with  a  content  of  volatile  substances  other  than  ethyl  and  methyl  alcohol  equal  to  or
exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)

--Other:

2208 40 91

----Of a value exceeding € 2 per litre of pure alcohol

2208 40 99

----Other

24

 
2208 50

-Gin and Geneva:

--Gin, in containers holding:

2208 50 11

---2 litres or less

2208 50 19

---More than 2 litres

--Geneva, in containers holding:

2208 50 91

---2 litres or less

2208 50 99

---More than 2 litres

3302

Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of
one or more of these substances, of a kind used as a raw materials in industry; other preparations
based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:

3302 10

-Of a kind used in the food or drink industries

--Of a kind used in the drink industries:

---Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterizing a beverage:

3302 10 10

----Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0,5%

----Other:

3302 10 21

-----Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose, or starch or containing, by weight, less
than 1,5% milkfat, 5%sucrose or isoglucose, 5% glucose or starch

3302 10 29

-----Other

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DUTY FREE QUOTAS APPLICABLE UPON IMPORT INTO THE EUROPEAN
UNION OF GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 

ANNEX II

Order
number

CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

(3)

Duty  free
quota

(4)

1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

1806 20

-Other preparations in block, slabs 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:

09.5665 Ex  1806  20
95

---Other,  containing  70  %  or  more  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar
expressed as sucrose)

100 t

09.5666 Ex  1806  90
90

--Other,  containing  70  %  or  more  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar
expressed as sucrose)

400 t

1901

Malt  extract;  food  preparations  of  flour,  meal,  starch  or  malt  extract,  not  containing
cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted
basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos
0401  to  0404,  not  containing  cocoa  or  containing  less  than  5%  by  weight  of  cocoa
calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included:

1901 90

-Other:

--Malt extract:

09.5667 1901 90 99

---Other

1000 t

1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa;
communion  wafers,  empty  cachets  of  a  kind  suitable  for  pharmaceutical  use,  sealing
wafers, rice paper and similar products:

1905 90

-Other:

09.5668 1905 90 90

----Other

2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:

2106 90

-Other:

09.5669 2106 90 98

---Other

3505

Dextrins  and  other  modified  starches  (for  example,  pregelatinized  or  esterified
starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches:

3505 10

-Dextrins and other modified starches

3505 10 10

--Dextrins

-- Other modified starches:

09.5670 3505 10 90

--- Other

400 t

600 t

300 t

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ANNEX III a)
QUOTAS APPLICABLE UPON IMPORT INTO THE CZECH REPUBLIC OF
GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE UNION

CN Code

Description

(1)

(2)

0403

Buttermilk,  curdled  milk  and  cream,  yogurt,  kephir  and  other  fermented  or  acidified  milk  and
cream,  whether  or  not  concentrated  or  containing  added  sugar  or  other  sweetening  matter  or
flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

0403 10

-Yoghurt:

--Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

---In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight:

0403 10 51 ----Not exceeding 1,5%

0403 10 91 ----Not exceeding 3%

0403 10 93 ----Exceeding 3% but not exceeding 6%

0403 10 99 ----Exceeding 6%

1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:

1704 10

-Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated:

--Containing less than 60% by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):

1704 90

-Other:

----Other:

1704 90 99 -----Other

free

Duty 
quota

(3)

400 t

1200 t

1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

1806 20

-Other  preparations  in  block,  slabs  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:

1500 t

1806 20 80 ---Chocolate flavour coating

1806 20 95 ---Other

1806 90

-Other:

--Chocolate and chocolate products:

---Chocolates, whether or not filled:

1806 90 90 --Other

200 t

1901

Malt  extract;  food  preparations  of  flour,  meal,  starch  or  malt  extract,  not  containing  cocoa  or
containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere
specified  or  included;  food  preparations  of  goods  of  heading  Nos  0401  to  0404,  not  containing
cocoa  or  containing  less  than  5%  by  weight  of  cocoa  calculated  on  a  totally  defatted  basis,  not
elsewhere specified or included:

27

 
1901 90

-Other:

--Malt extract:

1901 90 99 ---Other

1902

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:

1902 11 00 --Containing eggs

1902 19

--Other:

1902 19 10 ---Containing no common wheat flour or meal

1902 19 90 ---Other

1902 20

-Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:

--Other:

1902 20 91 ---Cooked

1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion
wafers,  empty  cachets  of  a  kind  suitable  for  pharmaceutical  use,  sealing  wafers,  rice  paper  and
similar products:

1905 90

-Other:

1905 90 90 ----Other

2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:

2106 90

-Other:

2106 90 98 ---Other

15000t

 4000t

2000 t

20000 t

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DUTIES APPLICABLE UPON IMPORT INTO THE CZECH REPUBLIC OF GOODS
ORIGINATING IN THE UNION

ANNEX III b)

CN Code

Description

2208 70

-Liqueurs and cordials:

2208 70 10

--In containers holding 2 litres or less

2208 70 90

--In containers holding more than 2 litres

Rate of duty

10 %

15 %

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT

F4

DATE: 7.11.2003
APPROPRIATIONS:

BUDGET HEADING:
Chapter 10 – Article 100, Chapter 12 – Article 120
TITLE:
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken by the Community in the Association Council established by the Europe
Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech
Republic, of the other part, concerning the improvements of the trade arrangements for processed
agricultural products provided for in Protocol 3 of the Europe Agreement between the European
Community and the Czech Republic
LEGAL BASIS:
Article 133, (2) and (4)
AIMS:

1.

2.

3.

4.

To apply newly negotiated autonomous measures based on the double profit agreement pending formal
adoption of the agreement.

5.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

5.0

5.1

CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
OTHER

EXPENDITURE
-
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)
-
-
REVENUE
-
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
NATIONAL
-

OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC

5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:

12 MONTH
PERIOD

(EUR million)
+ 9,2 M €

CURRENT
FINANCIAL
YEAR
2003
(EUR million)
+ 3,5 M €

FOLLOWING
FINANCIAL
YEAR
2004
(EUR million)

+ 5,0 M €

- 11,1 M €

- 4,2 M €

- 6,0 M €

n+2

n+3

n+4

n+5

These financial implications have already been considered when the autonomous measures (Reg.
(EC) No. 1090 / 2003 (OJ L 163, 1.7.2003, p.73) were adopted.
Calculation of loss of revenue arising from the abolition of duties following the increase in zero duty
quotas and the abolition or selective reduction of duties on certain other processed agricultural products
(based on that country's imports to the EU in 1999 – 2001 and the exports to that country in average in
1999 - 2001)
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE
RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF
THE CURRENT BUDGET?

NO

6.0

6.1

NO
NO
 NO

6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY?
6.3 WILL APPROPRIATIONS NEED TO BE ENTERED IN FUTURE BUDGETS?
OBSERVATIONS:

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