Commission Regulation (EC) No 2149/2004 of 16 December 2004 opening tariff quotas for 2005 for imports into the European Community of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
Date: 2004-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, animal fats, ethanol, originating product, tariff quota, tobacco

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Official Journal of the European Union

17.12.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2149/2004

of 16 December 2004

opening tariff quotas for 2005 for imports into the European Community of certain goods
originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council
Regulation (EC) No 3448/93

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2004/859/EC of 25 October
2004 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form
of an exchange of letters between the European Community
and the Kingdom of Norway concerning Protocol 2 to the
bilateral
European
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (2), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,

Free Trade Agreement

between the

Whereas:

(1)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Norway concerning Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade
Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Kingdom of Norway provides in point III for
imports of
annual
certain goods
originating in Norway.
is necessary to open these
quotas for 2005.

tariff quotas

for
It

of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Common Customs Code (3)
the
management of
to
provide that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation
are to be managed in accordance with those rules.

lays down rules for
is appropriate

tariff quotas.

It

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Community tariff quotas for the goods originating in
Norway which are listed in Annex shall be opened for 1
January to 31 December 2005.

Article 2

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be
managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a,
308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation

It shall be applicable from 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2004.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).

(2) See page 70 of this Official Journal.

(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2286/2003 (OJ L 343, 31.12.2003, p. 1).

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Annual tariff quotas applicable upon import into the Community of goods originating in Norway

ANNEX

Order number

CN code

Description

09.0765

1517 10 90

excluding

Margarine,
liquid margarine,
containing, by weight, not more than
10 % of milk fats

Annual quota
volume from
1.1.2005

Rate of duty
applicable within
the limits of the
quota

2 470 tonnes

Free

09.0771

09.0772

ex 2207 10 00
(TARIC Code
90)

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcohol
strength by volume of 80 % vol. or
than that obtained from
higher, other
agricultural products listed in Annex I to
the EEC Treaty

164 000
hectolitres

ex 2207 20 00
(TARIC Code
90)

Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured,
of any strength, other than that obtained
from agricultural products listed in Annex
I to the EEC Treaty

14 340
hectolitres

Free

Free

09.0774

2403 10

tobacco, whether

Smoking
containing tobacco substitutes
proportion

or
not
in any

370 tonnes

Free