Commission Regulation (EC) No 54/2004 of 12 January 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards the Community tariff quotas and reference quantities for certain agricultural products originating in Israel
Date: 2004-01-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Israel, agricultural product, originating product, quantitative restriction, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 54/2004

of 12 January 2004

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards the Community tariff quotas and refer-
ence quantities for certain agricultural products originating in Israel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9
April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff
quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for
preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean
countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC)
No 934/95 (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

An Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters has
been concluded on 22 December 2003 between the
European Community and the State of Israel concerning
reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of
the Protocols Nos 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association
Agreement. That new Agreement applies from 1 January
2004.

The new Protocol No 1 concerning the arrangements
applicable to imports into the Community of agricultural
products originating in Israel, hereinafter
‘the new
Protocol No 1’, provides for new tariff concessions and
changes to the existing concessions laid down in Regu-
lation (EC) No 747/2001, some of which fall within
Community tariff quotas and reference quantities.

To implement the tariff concessions provided for in the
new Protocol No 1, it is necessary to amend Regulation
(EC) No 747/2001.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

In order to facilitate the management of certain existing
tariff quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 747/
2001, the quantities imported within the framework of
those quotas should be taken into account for charging
on the tariff quotas opened in accordance with Regu-
lation (EC) No 747/2001, as amended by this Regu-
lation.

In accordance with the new Protocol No 1, the tariff
quota and references quantity volumes
should be
increased from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2007, on
the basis of four equal instalments, each corresponding
to 3 % of those volumes.

Since the provisions provided for in this Regulation
should apply from the date of application of the new
Agreement, it is appropriate for this Regulation to enter
into force as soon as possible.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is replaced by the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

For the quota periods still open on 1 January 2004, the quanti-
ties which pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 have been
put into free circulation in the Community within the tariff
quotas with order numbers 09.1311, 09.1313, 09.1329,
09.1339 and 09.1341, shall be taken into account for charging
on the tariff quotas laid down in Annex VII to Regulation (EC)
No 747/2001, as amended by this Regulation.

For the purpose of calculating tariff quotas for the first
year of application,
it should be provided that, where
the quota period starts before the date on which the
new Agreement enters
the tariff quota
volumes are to be reduced in proportion to that part of
the period which has already elapsed before that date.

into force,

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(1) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 53/2004 (see page 24 of this Official Journal).

It shall apply from 1 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 January 2004.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX VII

ISRAEL

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

PART A: Tariff quotas

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

Quota volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

Quota duty

800 (1)

Exemption

Whey and modified whey, whether or not
concentrated or containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter

from 1.1 to
31.12

Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a
kind suitable for bouquets or for orna-
mental purposes

from 1.1 to
31.12

19 500 (1)

Exemption

09.1302

0404 10

09.1306

0603 10

09.1341

0603 10 80

Other fresh cut flowers and flower buds
of a kind suitable for bouquets or for
ornamental purposes

from 1.11.2003
to 15.4.2004

6 273

Exemption

from 1.11.2004
to 15.4.2005

from 1.11.2005
to 15.4.2006

from 1.11.2006
to 15.4.2007

from 1.11.2007
to 15.4.2008
and for each
period there-
after from 1.11
to 15.4

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.3

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

7 210

7 420

7 630

7 840

100 (1)

Exemption

30 000 (1)

Exemption

9 000 (1)

Exemption (2)

1 000 (1)

Exemption (2)

09.1351

0603 90 00

Cut flowers and flower buds, dried, dyed,
bleached,
otherwise
prepared

impregnated

or

09.1309

ex 0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled:

09.1304

09.1342

07

99

— Cherry tomatoes

— Other

09.1305

0703 90 00

Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables,
fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to
31.12

1 500 (1)

Exemption

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

Onions,
species Muscari comosum, fresh or chilled

including wild onions of

the

from 15.2 to
15.5

Quota volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

Quota duty

1 500 (1)

Exemption

09.1335

0703 10 11
0703 10 19

ex 0709 90 90

09.1311

ex 0704 90 90

50

20

Chinese cabbage, fresh or chilled

from 1.11.2003
to 31.3.2004

1 198

Exemption

from 1.11.2004
to 31.3.2005

1 287,5

from 1.11.2005
to 31.3.2006

1 325

from 1.11.2006
to 31.3.2007

1 362,5

1 400

from 1.11.2007
to 31.3.2008
and for each
period there-
after from 1.11
to 31.3

09.1313

0705 11 00

Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce),
chilled

fresh or

from 1.11.2003
to 31.3.2004

336

Exemption (2)

from 1.11.2004
to 31.3.2005

346,08

from 1.11.2005
to 31.3.2006

356,16

from 1.11.2006
to 31.3.2007

366,24

from 1.11.2007
to 31.3.2008
and for each
period there-
after from 1.11
to 31.3

from 1.1 to
30.4

376,32

6 832 (1)

Exemption

09.1317

ex 0706 10 00

10

Carrots, fresh or chilled

09.1308

0706 90 90

Salad beetroot, salsify, radishes and similar
edible roots, fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to
31.12

2 000 (1)

Exemption

09.1321

ex 0709 40 00

10

Stick celery (Apium graveolens, var. dulce),
fresh or chilled

from 1.1 to
30.4

13 000 (1)

Exemption

09.1303

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

09.1310

ex 0709 90 60

10

Sweetcorn, fresh

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

09.1312

ex 0709 90 90

10, 20, 30,
40, 60, 90

Other fresh or chilled vegetables, other
than wild onions of the species Muscari
comosum

from 1.1 to
31.12

15 000 (1)

Exemption

1 500 (1)

Exemption

2 000 (1)

Exemption

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1353

09.1354

0710 40 00
2004 90 10

0711 90 30
2001 90 30
2005 80 00

09.1314

0711 90 50

Sweetcorn, frozen

Sweetcorn, not frozen

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

Quota volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

10 600

Quota duty

70 % of the
specific duty

5 400

70 % of the
specific duty

Onions, provisionally preserved but unsui-
table in that state for immediate consump-
tion

from 1.1 to
31.12

300 (1)

Exemption

09.1316

0712 90 30

Dried tomatoes, whole, cut, sliced, broken
or in powder, but not further prepared

from 1.1 to
31.12

700 (1)

Exemption

2002 90 91
2002 90 99

Tomato powder with a dry matter content
of more than 30 % by weight, prepared or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid

09.1318

0712 90 50

Dried carrots, whole, cut, sliced, broken or
in powder, but not further prepared

from 1.1 to
31.12

100 (1)

Exemption

0712 90 90

Other dried vegetables and mixtures of
vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in
powder, but not further prepared

0910 40 19

Crushed or ground thyme

0910 40 90

Bay leaves

0910 91 90

Crushed or ground mixtures of different
types of spices

0910 99 99

Other crushed or ground spices

Oranges, fresh

from 1.1 to
31.12

200 000 (1)

Exemp-
tion (2) (3)

Mandarins
satsumas),
similar citrus hybrids, fresh

(including
tangerines
clementines, wilkings

and
and

from 1.1 to
31.12

21 000 (1)

Exemption (2)

09.1323

0805 10 10
0805 10 30
0805 10 50

ex 0805 10 80

09.1325

ex 0805 20 10

ex 0805 20 30

10

05

05

ex 0805 20 50

07, 37

ex 0805 20 70

05

ex 0805 20 90

05, 09

09.1345

ex 0805 20 10

ex 0805 20 30

05

05

Mandarins
satsumas),
similar citrus hybrids, fresh

(including
tangerines
clementines, wilkings

and
and

from 15.3 to
30.9

14 000 (1)

Exemption (2)

ex 0805 20 50

07, 37

ex 0805 20 70

05

ex 0805 20 90

05, 09

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1315

ex 0805 50 10

10

Lemons, fresh

09.1346

ex 0805 50 90

11, 19

Limes, fresh

09.1327

0807 11 00

Watermelons, fresh

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.4 to
15.6

Quota volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

Quota duty

7 700 (1)

Exemption (2)

1 000 (1)

Exemption

9 400 (1)

Exemption

09.1329

0807 19 00

Other melons, fresh

from 1.11.2003
to 31.5.2004

11 400

Exemption

from 15.9.2004
to 31.5.2005

11 742

from 15.9.2005
to 31.5.2006

12 084

from 15.9.2006
to 31.5.2007

12 426

09.1339

0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh

09.1320

0810 90 95

Other fresh fruits

from 15.9.2007
to 31.5.2008
and for each
period there-
after from 15.9
to 31.5

from 1.11.2003
to 31.3.2004

from 1.11.2004
to 31.3.2005

from 1.11.2005
to 31.3.2006

from 1.11.2006
to 31.3.2007

from 1.11.2007
to 31.3.2008
and for each
period there-
after from 1.11
to 31.3

from 1.1 to
31.12

09.1337

ex 0812 90 20

10

comminuted,

Oranges,
provisionally
preserved but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption

from 1.1 to
31.12

12 768

2 600

Exemption

2 678

2 756

2 834

2 912

500 (1)

Exemption

10 000 (1)

Exemption

09.1322

0910 40 13

Thyme neither crushed nor ground, other
than wild thyme

from 1.1 to
31.12

200 (1)

Exemption

09.1324

1602 31

Prepared or preserved meat or meat offal
of turkeys

from 1.1 to
31.12

2 250 (1)

Exemption

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

Quota volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

Quota duty

09.1355

1704 90 30

White chocolate

from 1.1 to
31.12

100

70 % of the
specific duty

09.1356

1806

Chocolate and other
containing cocoa

food preparations

from 1.1 to
31.12

2 500

09.1357

ex 1901 10 00

22, 26, 30,
34, 38, 42,
46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66

ex 1901 90 99

14, 20, 52,
56, 80, 84

ex 2106 10 80

20

ex 2106 90 98

23, 27, 33,
37, 43, 47

09.1358

1904

09.1359

1905

Preparations
milk and milk products

for

infant use, containing

from 1.1 to
31.12

100

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
flakes or other worked grains
form of
and meal), pre-
flour, groats
(except
cooked, or otherwise prepared, not else-
where specified or included

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

200

from 1.1 to
31.12

3 200

85 % of the
specific duty
or of the agri-
cultural
component

70 % of the
agricultural
component

70 % of the
specific duty
or of the agri-
cultural
component

70 % of the
specific duty
or of the agri-
cultural
component

09.1326

2001 10 00

Cucumbers and gherkins, prepared or
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

from 1.1 to
31.12

200 (1)

Exemption

09.1307

2002 10 10

Peeled tomatoes, prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

from 1.1 to
31.12

3 500 (1)

Exemption

09.1328

ex 2004 90 98

20

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

from 1.1 to
31.12

2 000 (1)

Exemption

ex 0710 80 95

40

Carrots, uncooked or cooked by steaming
or boiling in water, frozen

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1330

2005 90 80

Other vegetables, prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
not frozen

from 1.1 to
31.12

Quota volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

Quota duty

1 300 (1)

Exemption

09.1332

ex 2008 30 59

30

Orange segments

from 1.1 to
31.12

1 000 (1)

Exemption

09.1334

ex 2008 30 59

41, 49

Oranges, other than segments and other
than comminuted

from 1.1 to
31.12

1 000 (1)

Exemption

Slices of apples, of pears, of apricots, of
peaches and mixtures of sliced fruits, fried
in oil

from 1.1 to
31.12

100 (1)

Exemption

Apricot pulp, not containing added spirit,
not containing added sugar, in immediate
packings of a net content of 4,5 kg or
more

from 1.1 to
31.12

180 (1)

Exemption

Mixtures of
spirit, containing added sugar

fruit, not containing added

from 1.1 to
31.12

250 (1)

Exemption

Orange juice

from 1.1 to
31.12

46 000 (1)

Exemption (2)

of which:

Orange juice imported in packings of a
capacity of 2 l or less

from 1.1 to
31.12

19 000 (1)

Exemption (2)

09.1349

ex 2008 40 71

ex 2008 50 71

ex 2008 70 71

ex 2008 92 74

ex 2008 92 78

ex 2008 99 67

09.1301

ex 2008 50 92

ex 2008 50 94

10

10

10

13

30

30

20

20

09.1350

09.1331

2008 92 51
2008 92 59
2008 92 72
2008 92 74
2008 92 76
2008 92 78

2009 11 11
2009 11 19
2009 11 91
2009 11 99
2009 12 00
2009 19 11
2009 19 19
2009 19 91
2009 19 98

09.1333

ex 2009 11 11

ex 2009 11 19

ex 2009 11 91

ex 2009 11 99

10

10

10

11, 19
92, 94

ex 2009 12 00

10

ex 2009 19 11

ex 2009 19 19

ex 2009 19 91

ex 2009 19 98

11, 19

11, 19

11, 19

11, 19

09.1319

2009 50

Tomato juice

from 1.1 to
31.12

10 200 (1)

Exemption

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1336

2009 61
2009 69

Grape juice, including grape must

from 1.1 to
31.12

Quota volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

Quota duty

2 000 (1)

Exemption (2)

09.1338

ex 2009 80 97

11, 91

Juice of guavas, of a Brix value not
exceeding 67, not containing added sugar

from 1.1 to
31.12

100 (1)

Exemption

09.1340

ex 2009 80 99

11, 91

Prickle pear juice, of a Brix value not
exceeding 67, not containing added sugar

from 1.1 to
31.12

100 (1)

Exemption

Mixtures of citrus fruit juices with tropical
juices and mixtures of citrus fruit juices,
of a Brix value not exceeding 67, of a
value exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net
weight, not containing added sugar

from 1.1 to
31.12

1 500 (1)

Exemption

Wine of fresh grapes including fortified
wines in containers holding 2 litres or less

from 1.1 to
31.12

3 610 hl (1)

Exemption

09.1360

ex 2009 90 59

30

09.1352

2204 21 10

ex 2204 21 79
ex 2204 21 80
ex 2204 21 83
ex 2204 21 84
ex 2204 21 94
ex 2204 21 98
ex 2204 21 99

79, 80
79, 80
10, 79, 80
10, 79, 80
10, 30
10, 30
10

(1) This quota volume shall be increased from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2007 by four equal annual instalments each corresponding to 3 % of this volume.
(2) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.
(3) Within this tariff quota, and for the period from 1 December to 31 May, the specific duty provided in the Community's list of concessions to the WTO is reduced to
zero, if the entry price is not less than EUR 264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between the European Community and Israel. If the entry price for a consignment
is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price, the specific customs quota duty shall be equal respectively to 2, 4, 6 or 8 % of this agreed entry price. If the entry
price of a consignment is less than 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound within the WTO shall apply.

PART B: Reference quantities

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdvision

Description of goods

Reference
quantity period

Reference
quantity volume

Reference
quantity duty

18.0060

0709 30 00

Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled

from 1.12.2003
to 30.4.2004

1 440

Exemption

from 1.12.2004
to 30.4.2005

1 483

from 1.12.2005
to 30.4.2006

1 526

from 1.12.2006
to 30.4.2007

1 570

1 613

from 1.12.2007
to 30.4.2008
and for each
period there-
after from 1.12
to 30.4

18.0120

0804 40 00

Avocados, fresh or dried

from 1.1 to
31.12

37 200 (1)

Exemption

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CN code

TARIC
subdvision

Description of goods

Reference
quantity period

Reference
quantity volume

Reference
quantity duty

18.0150

0810 50 00

Kiwi fruit, fresh

from 1.1 to
30.4

240 (1)

Exemption

18.0160

ex 0812 90 99

11, 20

Other citrus fruit than oranges, commin-
uted, provisionally preserved

from 1.1 to
31.12

1 320 (1)

Exemption

18.0190

2008 30 51
2008 30 71

Grapefruit segments

18.0215

ex 2008 30 79

11, 19

Grapefruit, other than segments

from 1.1 to
31.12

from 1.1 to
31.12

16 440 (1)

Exemption

2 400 (1)

Exemption

07, 09, 12,
13, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19,
20, 89, 91,
92, 93

18.0220

ex 2008 30 90

18.0240

2009 21 00
2009 29 11
2009 29 19
2009 29 99

Grapefruit, citrus fruit pulp and commin-
uted citrus fruits

from 1.1 to
31.12

8 480 (1)

Exemption

Grapefruit juice

from 1.1 to
31.12

34 440 (1)

Exemption (2)

(1) This reference quantity shall be increased from 1 January 2004 to 1 January 2007 by four equal annual instalments each corresponding to 3% of this volume.
(2) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.’