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 Slovak 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 Slovak Republic
Date: 2004-01-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Slovakia, agricultural product, agro-industry, export refund, liberalisation of trade, tariff exemption, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU), trading operation

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 19.1.2004
COM(2004) 23 final

2004/0005 (ACC)

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 Slovak 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 Slovak 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 Slovak Republic, of the other part, approved
by the  Decision  of the Council and of  the  Commission  (94/909/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  Slovak  Republic2  approved  by  Council
Decision (98/638/EC)3.

Council  guidelines  authorised  the  Commission  to  enter  into  negotiations  with  the  Slovak
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.

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2

3

4

OJ L 359, 31.12.1994, p. 1
OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 3
OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, 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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2004/0005 (ACC)

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 Slovak 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 Slovak 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)

(5)

5

6

7

8

The  Europe  Agreement5  establishes  an  association  between 
the  European
Communities  and  their  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Slovak  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  Slovak  Republic6,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  “Adaptation
Protocol”, which was approved by Council Decision 98/638/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 1 (2) 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.

The concessions granted by the European Union entered into force on 1 July 2003 in
accordance  with  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1089/20038  of  18  June  2003  adopting

OJ L 359, 31.12.1994, p. 1
OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 3
OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 1
OJ L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 56

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autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed
agricultural products originating in the Slovak Republic and the exportation of certain
processed agricultural products to the Slovak Republic. Regulation No 1089/2003 will
be  redundant  and  should  therefore  be  repealed  as  soon  as  the  decision  of  the
Association Council enters into force.

(6)

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 Slovak 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  1089/2003  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

9

OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1335/2003 (OJ L 187, 26.7.2003,
p. 16)

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ANNEX

Proposal for an

EC-Slovak 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 Slovak Republic, of the other
part, and in particular Article 1(2) of Protocol 310 thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Protocol  3  lays  down  the  trade  arrangements  for  processed  agricultural  products
between the  Community and  the  Slovak  Republic.  It  has last been amended  by  the
Protocol for the adaptation of trade aspects of the Europe Agreement with the Slovak
Republic11, hereinafter referred to as “Adaptation Protocol”, which was approved by
Council Decision 98/638/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 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 1089/2003 adopting autonomous measures concerning
the  importation  of  certain  processed  agricultural  products  originating  in  the  Slovak
Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Slovak
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 359, 31.12.1994, p. 1
OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 3
OJ L 306, 16.11.1998, p. 1
OJ L 351, 28.12.2002, p. 51
OJ L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 56

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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 Slovak 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 for 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 Slovak Republic listed in Annex I no customs duties shall be applied.

From 1 July 2003 on imports of processed agricultural products into the Slovak 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  Slovak  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 Slovak
Republic and exported to the European Union shall not be eligible for export refunds in the
Slovak 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 1089/2003, 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 for the corresponding year.

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 SLOVAK REPUBLIC

CN Code
(1)
0501 00 00
0502

0502 10 00
0502 90 00
0503 00 00

0505

0505 10
0505 10 10
0505 10 90
0505 90 00
0506

0506 10 00
0506 90 00
0507

0507 10 00
0507 90 00
0508 00 00

0509 00
0509 00 10
0509 00 90
0510 00 00

0710
0710 40 00
0711

0711 90

0711 90 30
0903 00 00

Description
(2)

Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair
Pigs',  hogs'  or  boars'  bristles  and  hair;  badger  hair  and  other  brush  making  hair;  waste  of
such bristles or hair:
-Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof
-Other
Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting
material
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:
-Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down:
--Raw
--Other
-Other
Bones  and  horn-cores,  unworked,  defatted,  simply  prepared  (but  not  cut  to  shape),  treated
with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products:
-Ossein and bones treates with acid
-Other
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:
-Ivory; ivory powder and waste
-Other
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
Natural sponges of animal origin:
-Raw
-Other
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
Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:
-Sweet corn
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:
-Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:
--Vegetables:
---Sweet corn
Maté

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CN Code
(1)

1302

1302 12 00
1302 13 00
1302 14 00
1302 19
1302 19 30

1302 19 91
1302 20
1302 20 10
1302 20 90

1302 31 00
1302 32

1302 32 10
1401

1401 10 00
1401 20 00
1401 90 00
1402 00 00

1403 00 00

1404
1404 10 00
1404 20 00
1404 90 00
1505
1505 00 10
1505 00 90
1506 00 00

1515

1515 90 15
1516

1516 20
1516 20 10
1517

1517 10
1517 10 10
1517 90
1517 90 10

1517 90 93

Description
(2)
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:
--Of liquorice
--Of hops
--Of pyrethrum or of the roots of plants containing rotenone
--Other:
---Intermixtures  of  vegetable  extracts,  for  the  manufacture  of  beverages  or  of  food
preparations
---Other:
----Medicinal
-Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates:
--Dry
--Other
-Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:
--Agar-agar
--Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean
seeds or sugar seeds:
---Of locust beans or locust bean seeds
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):
-Bamboos
-Rattans
-Other
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

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

Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included:
-Raw vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in dyeing or tanning
-Cotton linters
-Other
Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):
-Wool grease, crude
-Other
Other  animal  fats  and  oils  and  their  fractions,  whether  or  not  refined,  but  not  chemically
modified
Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified:
-- Jojoba and oiticica oils; myrtle wax and Japan wax; their fractions
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:
-Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:
--Hydrogenated castor oil, so called "opal-wax"
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:
-Margarine, excluding liquid margarine:
--Containing, by weight more than 10% but not more than 15% of milk fats
-Other:
--Containing, by weight more than 10% but not more than 15% of milk fats
--Other:
---Edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould-release preparations

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CN Code
(1)

1518 00

1518 00 10

1518 00 91

1518 00 95

1518 00 99
1520 00 00
1521

1521 10 00
1521 90
1521 90 10

1521 90 91
1521 90 99
1522 00

1522 00 10
1702

1702 50 00
1702 90

1702 90 10
1704
1704 10

1704 10 11
1704 10 19

1704 10 91
1704 10 99

Description
(2)
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:
-Linoxyn
-Other:
--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:
---Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable  fats and oils and
their fractions
---Other
Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes
Vegetable  waxes  (other  than  triglycerides),  beeswax,  other  insect  waxes  and  spermaceti,
whether or not refined or coloured:
- Vegetable waxes
-Other:
--Spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured
--Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured:
---Raw
---Other
Degras;  residues  resulting  from  the  treatment  of  fatty  substances  or  animal  or  vegetable
waxes:
-Degras
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:
-Chemically pure fructose
-Other, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing in the dry
state 50% by weight of fructose:
--Chemically pure maltose
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:
-Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated:
--Containing  less  than  60%  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar  expressed  as
sucrose):
---Gum in strips
---Other
--Containing  60%  or  more  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar  expressed  as
sucrose):
---Gum in strips
---Other

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CN Code
(1)

1704 90
1704 90 10

1704 90 30

1704 90 51
1704 90 55
1704 90 61

1704 90 65

1704 90 71
1704 90 75

1704 90 81
Ex  1704  90  99 
(Code  Taric  1704
90 99 10)
1803
1804 00 00
1805 00 00
1806
1806 10
1806 10 15

1806 10 20

1806 10 30

1806 20

1806 20 10

1806 20 30

1806 20 50
1806 20 70
Ex  1806  20  80
(Code  Taric  1806
20 80 10)
Ex  1806  20  95
(Code  Taric1806
20 95 10)

1806 31 00
1806 32
1806 32 10
1806 32 90
1806 90

1806 90 11
1806 90 19

1806 90 31
1806 90 39

Description
(2)

-Other:
--Liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight of sucrose but not containing other
added substances
--White chocolate
--Other:
---Pastes, including marzipan, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or more
---Throat pastilles and cough drops
---Sugar coated (panned) goods
---Other:
----Gum  confectionery  and  jelly  confectionery  including  fruit  pastes  in  the  form  of  sugar
confectionery
----Boiled sweets whether or not filled
----Toffees, caramels and similar sweets
----Other:
-----Compressed tablets
-----Other  (excluding  products  containing  70%  or  more  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including
invert sugar expressed as sucrose))

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted:
Cocoa butter, fat and oil
Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
-Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
--Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert
sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
--Containing  5%  or  more  but  less  than  65%  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar
expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
--Containing 65% or more but less than  80%  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar
expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
-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:
--Containing  31%  or  more  by  weight  of  cocoa  butter  or  containing  a  combined  weight  of
31% or more of cocoa butter and milk fat
--Containing a combined weight of 25% or more, but less than 31% of cocoa butter and milk
fat
--Other:
---Containing 18% or more by weight of cocoa butter
---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))

-Other, in blocks, slabs or bars:
--Filled
--Not filled:
---With added cereal, fruit or nuts
---Other
-Other:
--Chocolate and chocolate products:
---Chocolates, whether or not filled:
----Containing alcohol
----Other
---Other:
----Filled
----Not filled

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CN Code
(1)
1806 90 50

1806 90 60
1806 90 70
Ex  1806  90  90 
(Code  Taric1806
90 90 11 and 1806
90 90 91)
1901

1901 10 00
1901 20 00
1901 90

1901 90 11
1901 90 19

1901 90 91

1903 00 00

1904

1904 10
1904 10 10
1904 10 30
1904 10 90
1904 20

1904 20 10

1904 20 91
1904 20 95
1904 20 99
1904 30 00
1904 90
1904 90 10
1904 90 80
2001

2001 90
2001 90 30
2001 90 40

2001 90 60

Description
(2)
--Sugar  confectionery  and  substitutes  therefor  made  from  sugar  substitution  products,
containing cocoa
--Spreads containing cocoa
--Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages
--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:
-Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale
-Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905
-Other:
--Malt extract:
---With a dry extract content of 90% or more by weight
---Other
--Other:
---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
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of  flakes, grains, pearls,
siftings or similar forms
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:
-Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products:
--Obtained from maize
--Obtained from rice
--Other
-Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal
flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals:
--Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes
--Other:
---Obtained from maize
---Obtained from rice
---Other
- Bulgur wheat
-Other:
--Rice
--Other
Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or
acetic acid:
-Other:
--Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
--Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5% or more by weight
of starch
--Palm hearts

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CN Code
(1)

2008

2008 11
2008 11 10

2008 91 00
2008 99

2008 99 85
2008 99 91

2101

2101 11
2101 11 11
2101 11 19
2101 12

2101 12 92
2101 12 98
2101 20

2101 20 20

2101 20 92
2101 20 98
2101 30

2101 30 11
2101 30 19

2101 30 91
2101 30 99
2102

2102 10
2102 10 10

2102 10 31
2102 10 39
2102 10 90
2102 20

2102 20 11

2102 20 19
2102 20 90
2102 30 00

Description
(2)
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:
--Groundnuts:
---Peanut butter
-Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19:
--Palm hearts
--Other:
---Not containing added spirit:
----Not containing added sugar:
-----Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)
-----Yams,  sweet  potatoes  and  similar  edible  parts  of  plants,  containing  5%  or  more  by
weight of starch
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:
--Extracts; essences and concentrates:
---With a coffee-based dry matter content of 95% or more by weight
---Other
--Preparations  with  a  basis  of  these  extracts,  essences  or  concentrates  or  with  a  basis  of
coffee:
---Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee
---Other
-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:
--Extracts, essences or concentrates
--Preparations:
---With a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or maté
---Other
-Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates
thereof:
--Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:
---Roasted chicory
---Other
--Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:
---Of roasted chicory
---Other
Yeasts  (active  or  inactive);  other  single-cell  micro-organisms,  dead  (but  not  including
vaccines of heading 3002); prepared baking powders:
-Active yeasts:
--Culture yeast
--Baker's yeast:
---Dried
---Other
--Other
-Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead:
--Inactive yeasts:
---In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net content  not exceeding
1 kg.
---Other
--Other
-Prepared baking powders

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CN Code
(1)

2103

2103 10 00
2103 20 00
2103 30
2103 30 10
2103 30 90
2103 90
2103 90 10
2103 90 30

2103 90 90
2104
2104 10
2104 10 10
2104 10 90
2104 20 00
2106
2106 10
2106 10 20

2106 10 80
2106 90
2106 90 20

2106 90 92

2201

2201 10

2201 10 11
2201 10 19
2201 10 90
2201 90 00

Description
(2)
Sauces  and  preparations  therefor;  mixed  condiments  and  mixed  seasonings;  mustard  flour
and meal and prepared mustard:
-Soya sauce
-Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces
-Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:
--Mustard flour
--Prepared mustard
-Other:
--Mango chutney, liquid
--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
--Other
Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations:
-Soups and broths and preparation therefor:
--Dried
--Other
-Homogenised composite food preparations
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
-Protein concentrates and textured protein substances:
--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
--Other
-Other:
--Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a
kind used for the manufacture of beverages
--Other:
---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:
Waters,  including  natural  or  artificial  mineral  waters  and  aerated  waters,  not  containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow:
-Mineral waters and aerated waters:
--Natural mineral waters:
---Not carbonated
---Other
--Other
-Other

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CN Code
(1)

2202

2202 10 00

2202 90
2202 90 10

2202 90 91
2202 90 95
2202 90 99
2203 00

2203 00 01
2203 00 09
2203 00 10
2205
2205 10
2205 10 10
2205 10 90
2205 90
2205 90 10
2205 90 90
2208

2208 20

2208 20 12
2208 20 14
2208 20 26
2208 20 27
2208 20 29

2208 20 40

2208 20 62
2208 20 64
2208 20 86
2208 20 87
2208 20 89

Description
(2)
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:
-Waters,  including  mineral  waters  and  aerated  waters,  containing  added  sugar  or  other
sweetening matter or flavoured
-Other:
--Not containing products of heading 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:
---Less than 0,2%
---0,2% or more but less than 2%
---2% or more
Beer made from malt:
-In containers holding 10 litres or less:
--In bottles
--Other
-In containers holding more than 10 litres
Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances:
-In containers holding 2 litres or less:
--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18% vol or less
--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18% vol
-Other:
--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18% vol or less
--Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18% vol
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits,
liqueurs and other spirituous beverages:
-Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc:
--In containers holding 2 litres or less:
---Cognac
---Armagnac
---Grappa
---Brandy de Jerez
---Other
--In containers holding more than 2 litres:
---Raw distillate
---Other:
----Cognac
----Armagnac
----Grappa
----Brandy de Jerez
----Other

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CN Code
(1)

2208 30

2208 30 11
2208 30 19

2208 30 32
2208 30 38

2208 30 52
2208 30 58

2208 30 72
2208 30 78

2208 30 82
2208 30 88
2208 40

2208 40 11

2208 40 31
2208 40 39

2208 40 51

2208 40 91
2208 40 99
2208 70
2208 70 10
2208 70 90
2208 90

2208 90 11
2208 90 19

2208 90 38

2208 90 41

2208 90 45
2208 90 48

2208 90 52
2208 90 54
2208 90 56

2208 90 71
2208 90 75
2208 90 77
2208 90 78

Description
(2)

-Whiskies:
--Bourbon whiskey, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
--Scotch whisky:
---Malt whisky, in containers holding:
----2 litres or less
----More than 2 litres
---Blended whisky, in containers holding:
----2 litres or less
----More than 2 litres
---Other, in containers holding:
----2 litres or less
----More than 2 litres
--Other in containers holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
-Rum and taffia:
--In containers holding 2 litres or less:
---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:
----Of a value exceeding € 7.9 per litre of pure alcohol
----Other
--In containers holding more than 2 litres:
---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:
----Of a value exceeding €2 per litre of pure alcohol
----Other
-Liqueurs and cordials:
--In containers holding 2 litres or less
--In containers holding more than 2 litres
-Other:
--Arrack, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
--Plum, pear or cherry spirit (excluding liqueurs), in containers holding:
---More than 2 litres
--Other spirits and other spirituous beverages, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less:
----Ouzo
----Other:
-----Spirits (excluding liqueurs):
------Distilled from fruit:
-------Calvados
-------Other
------Other:
-------Korn
------- Tequila
-------Other
---More than 2 litres:
----Spirits (excluding liqueurs):
-----Distilled from fruit
 ----- Tequila
 -----Other
---- Other spirituous beverages

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CN Code
(1)

2208 90 91
2208 90 99
3302

3302 10

3302 10 10

3302 10 21

3302 10 29

Description
(2)
--Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% volume, in
containers holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
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:
-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:
----Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0,5%
----Other:
-----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
-----Other

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

ANNEX II

Order-
numbers
(1)

CN Code

(2)

09.5671 Ex 0405
0405 20
0405 20 10
0405 20 30

09.5672 Ex 1704

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

09.5673 Ex 1806
1806 20

Ex 1806 20 80
(Code Taric 1806 20 80 90)

Ex 1806 20 95
(Code Taric 1806 20 95 90)
1806 90
Ex 1806 90 90 
(Code Taric1806 90 90 19 and
1806 90 90 99)

09.5674 Ex 1901

1901 90 99

09.5675 1902

09.5676 1905

09.5677 2105 00

09.5678 Ex 2106
2106 90
2106 90 98

Description

(3)
Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
-Dairy spreads:
--Of a fat content, by weight, of 39% or more but less than 60%
--  Of  a  fat  content,  by  weight,  of  60%  or  more  but  not
exceeding 75%
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing
cocoa:
-Other:
-----Other  (products  containing  70%  or  more  by  weight  of
sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose))
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
-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:
---Chocolate flavour coating (products containing 70% or more
by  weight  of  sucrose  (including  invert  sugar  expressed  as
sucrose))
---Other,  (products  containing  70%  or  more  by  weight  of
sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose))
-Other:
--Other,  (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:
--- Other
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:
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:
Ice  cream  and  other  edible  ice,  whether  or  not  containing
cocoa:
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
-Other:
---Other

Duty free
quota
(4)
170 t

200 t

500 t

3 000 t

300 t

2500 t

200 t

300 t

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ANNEX III a)

QUOTAS APPLICABLE UPON IMPORT INTO THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC OF
GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE UNION

CN Code

(1)

Ex 0405
0405 20
0405 20 10
0405 20 30
Ex 1704
1704 90
Ex 1704 90 99 
(Code Taric 1704 90 99 10)
Ex 1806
1806 20

Ex 1806 20 80
(Code Taric 1806 20 80 10)
Ex 1806 20 95
(Code Taric 1806 20 95 10)
1806 90
Ex 1806 90 90 
(Code  Taric1806  90  90  11  and
1806 90 90 91)
Ex 1901

1901 90

1901 90 99
Ex 1902

1902 11 00
1902 19
1902 19 10
1902 19 90
1902 20

1902 20 91
1902 20 99
1902 30
1902 30 10
1902 30 90
1905

2105 00
Ex 2106
2106 90
2106 90 98

Description

(2)

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
-Dairy spreads:
--Of a fat content, by weight, of 39% or more but less than 60%
-- Of a fat content, by weight, of 60% or more but not exceeding 75%
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:
-Other:
-----Other (products containing 70% or more by weight of sucrose (including
invert sugar expressed as sucrose))
Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:
-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:
---Chocolate flavour coating (products containing 70% or more by weight of
sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose))
---Other, (products containing 70% or more by weight of sucrose (including
invert sugar expressed as sucrose))
-Other:
--Other,  (products  containing  70% or  more  by  weight  of  sucrose  (including
invert sugar expressed as sucrose))

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:
-Other:
--Malt extract:
---Other
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:
--Containing eggs
--Other:
---Containing no common wheat flour or meal
---Other
-Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:
--Other:
---Cooked
---Other
-Other pasta:
--Dried
--Other
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:
Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa:
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
-Other:
---Other

Duty free
quota
(3)
170 t

200 t

500 t

3000 t
200 t

2500 t

200 t

2500 t

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CN Code

(1)

2402

2403

Description

(2)
Cigars,  cheroots,  cigarillos  and  cigarettes,  of  tobacco  or  of  tobacco
substitutes
 Other  manufactured  tobacco  and  manufactured  tobacco  substitutes,
“homogenized”  or  “reconstituted”  tobacco;  tobacco  extracts  and
essences

Duty free
quota
(3)
300 t

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ANNEX III b)

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

CN Code

(1)

1902

1902 11 00
1902 19
1902 19 10
1902 19 90
1902 20

1902 20 91
1902 20 99
1902 30
1902 30 10
1902 30 90
2208 50

2208 50 11
2208 50 19

2208 50 91
2208 50 99
2208 60

2208 60 11
2208 60 19

2208 60 91
2208 60 99
2208 90
2208 90 33
2208 90 69

Description

(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:
--Containing eggs
--Other:
---Containing no common wheat flour or meal
---Other
-Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:
--Other:
---Cooked
---Other
-Other pasta:
--Dried
--Other
-Gin and Geneva:
--Gin, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
--Geneva, in containers holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
-Vodka:
--Of  an  alcoholic  strength  by  volume  of  45.4%  vol  or  less  in  containers
holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
--Of an alcoholic  strength  by  volume  of  more  than  45.4%  vol  in  containers
holding:
---2 litres or less
---More than 2 litres
-Other:
---2 litres or less
-----Other spirituous beverages

Duty above /
without quota
(3)

15,4 %

15,4 %
15,4 %

8 %
8 %

15,2 %
13,9 %

3,8 %
3,8 %

3,8 %
3,8 %

7,5 %
7,5 %

7,5 %
7,5 %

12,5 %
7,5 %

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1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

5.0

5.1

6.0

6.1

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

ENTR F4

DATE: 14.11.2003
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 Slovak
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 Slovak Republic
LEGAL BASIS:
Article 133, (2) and (4)
AIMS:
To apply newly negotiated autonomous measures based on the double profit agreement pending formal
adoption of the agreement.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

12 MONTH
PERIOD

(EUR million)
+ 2,2 M €

CURRENT
FINANCIAL
YEAR
2003
(EUR million)
+ 0,8 M €

FOLLOWING
FINANCIAL
YEAR
2004
(EUR million)
+ 1,2 M €

net

net

net

- 0,55 M €

- 0,2 M €

- 0,3 M €

net

n+2

net

net

n+3

n+4

n+5

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:

These financial implications have already been considered when the autonomous measures.
Reg. (EC) No. 1089 / 2003 (OJ L 163, 1.7.2003, p.56) 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

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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