Commission Regulation (CE) No 2166/2004 of 17 December 2004 concerning the opening of tariff quotas for 2005 applicable for imports into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland
Date: 2004-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: coffee, mineral water, tariff exemption, tariff quota, tea

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COMMISSION REGULATION (CE) No 2166/2004

of 17 December 2004

concerning the opening of tariff quotas for 2005 applicable for imports into the European
Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland

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 2000/239/EC of 13 March
2000 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community, of
the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, on
Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Swiss Confederation (2), and in particular
Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

of

Exchange

The annual tariff quotas for certain processed agricultural
products provided for in the Agreement in the form of
European
Letters
an
Community,
Swiss
one
Confederation, of the other part, concerning Protocol 2
to the Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Swiss Confederation (3) (hereinafter
the Agreement), should be opened for 2005.

between
part,

and

the

the

the

of

The annual quota for goods classified under CN codes
laid down in the
2202 10 00 and ex 2202 90 10,
Agreement, has been exhausted. In accordance with the
Agreement
it should in consequence be increased by
10 % for 2005.

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 Code (4) lays down rules for the
management of tariff quotas. It is appropriate to provide
that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation are to be
managed in accordance with those rules.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the management
accordance with the opinion of
committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to
the Treaty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

the
The tariff quotas for imports into the Community of
processed agricultural products originating in Switzerland
listed in the Annex shall be open, exempt from duty, from 1
January to 31 December 2005.

For imports of goods listed in table 2 of the Annex which
exceed the duty exempt quota, a duty of 9,1 % shall be applied.

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
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

It shall apply from 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 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) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 11.
(3) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 12.

(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2286/2003 (OJ L 341, 31.12.2003, p. 1).

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ANNEX

Table 1

Serial number

CN code

Description

09.0911

1302 20 10

09.0912

2101 11 11

09.0913

2101 20 20

09.0914

2106 90 92

Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates:
dry

Extracts, essences and concentrates with a
coffee-based dry matter content of 95 % or
more by weight

Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea
or maté

containing no
Food preparations/other
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

Quantities for
2005
(net weight)

Applicable rate of
duty

733 tonnes

Exempt

2 263 tonnes

Exempt

159 tonnes

Exempt

1 309
tonnes (*)

Exempt

(*) See Council Regulation (EC) No …/2004 establishing certain concessions for the Swiss Confederation in the form of Community tariff
quotas for certain processed agricultural products. Following the accession of the 10 new member states, 280 tonnes are added to the
basic quota of year 2004.

Table 2

Serial
number

CN code

Description

09.0916

2202 10 00

including mineral waters

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

ex 2202 90 10
(TARIC Code 10)

Other non-alcoholic beverages, containing
sugar

Volume for
2005

Rate of
duty
applicable
within the
quota

Rate of
duty
applicable
outside the
quota

120 788 250
litres

Exempt

9,1 %