Council Regulation (EC) No 2243/2004 of 22 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
Date: 2004-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural product, industrial product, tariff quota

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2243/2004

of 22 December 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(6)

Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

and

agricultural

On 20 December 1996 the Council adopted Regulation
(EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the admin-
istration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for
products (1).
certain
Community demand for
in question
should be met under the most favourable conditions.
New Community tariff quotas
should therefore be
opened at reduced or zero rates of duty for appropriate
volumes and certain existing tariff quotas should be
extended, while
to the
avoiding
markets for these products.

industrial
the products

any disturbance

Since the quota amount for certain Community tariff
quotas is insufficient to meet the needs of Community
industry for the current quota period, these tariff quotas
should be increased with effect from 1 January 2005.

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is replaced by the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

For the quota period from 1 January to 30 June 2005, in Annex
I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96:

— the validity of tariff quota 09.2021 shall expire on 30 June

2005; its volume shall remain unaltered,

— the quota amount of tariff quota 09.2613 is fixed at 400

tonnes at a 0 % rate of duty.

Article 3

For the quota period from 1 January to 31 December 2005, in
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96:

— the quota amount of

tariff quota 09.2023 is fixed at

700 000 units,

It is no longer in the Community interest to continue to
in 2005 for certain
grant Community tariff quotas
products on which duties were suspended in 2004.
These products should therefore be removed from the
table in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96.

— the quota amount of tariff quota 09.2603 is fixed at 3 400

tonnes,

— the quota amount of tariff quota 09.2612 is fixed at 500

tonnes at a 0 % rate of duties,

In view of the many changes to be made, the full text of
Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should be
replaced in the interests of clarity.

it

Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu-
is necessary to rely upon the grounds of
lation,
urgency provided for
the Protocol
in point
annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the
Treaties establishing the European Communities on the
role of national parliaments in the European Union.

I.3 of

(1) OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1329/2004 (OJ L 247, 21.7.2004, p. 1).

— the quota amount of tariff quota 09.2619 is fixed at 80

tonnes,

— the quota amount of

tariff quota 09.2620 is fixed at

500 000 units,

— the quota amount of tariff quota 09.2621 is fixed at 1 500
tonnes and its period of validity shall expire on 31
December 2005,

— the quota amount of

tariff quota 09.2985 is fixed at
300 000 units and its period of validity shall expire on
31 December 2005.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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Article 4

Article 5

The
tariff quotas 09.2605, 09.2606, 09.2607, 09.2609,
09.2614, 09.2918, 09.2957, 09.2966, 09.2993 and 09.2999
shall be closed from 31 December 2004.

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

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, 22 December 2004.

For the Council
The President

C. VEERMAN

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Serial
number

CN code

Taric
sub-
division

09.2021

ex 7011 20 00

45

ANNEX
‘ANNEX I

Description

Glass face-plate with a diagonal measurement of 72
cm (± 0,2 cm), from the outer edge to the outer edge
and having a light transmission of 56,8 % (± 3 %) by a
glass thickness of 10,16 mm.

Amount of
quota

Quota
duty
(%)

Quota period

70 000 units

0

1.1.-30.6.2005

09.2022

ex 8504 90 11

20

Ferrite cores for the production of deflection yokes (a) 2 400 000

09.2023

ex 8540 91 00

34

Flat masks, with a length of 597,1 mm (± 0,2 mm)
and a height of 356,2 mm (± 0,2 mm) fitted with
slots of a width of 179,1 μm (± 9 μm) at the end
of the central vertical axis

units (c)

700 000 units

09.2602

ex 2921 51 19

09.2603

ex 2931 00 95

09.2604

ex 3905 30 00

09.2610

ex 2925 20 00

09.2611

ex 2826 19 00

09.2612

ex 2921 59 90

09.2613

ex 2932 99 70

09.2615

ex 2934 99 90

09.2616

ex 3910 00 00

09.2618

ex 2918 19 80

09.2619

ex 2934 99 90

09.2620

ex 8526 91 90

10

15

10

20

10

30

40

70

30

40

71

10

o-phenylenediamine

1 800 tonnes

Bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide

3 400 tonnes

Poly(vinyl alcohol) partially acetalized with 5-(4-azido-
2-sulfobenzylidene)-3-(formylpropyl)-rhodanine,
sodium salt

100 tonnes

(Chloromethylene) dimethylammonium chloride

100 tonnes

Calcium fluoride having a total content of aluminium,
magnesium and sodium of 0,25 mg/kg or less, in the
form of powder

55 tonnes

3,3'-dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride

500 tonnes

1,3:2,4-Bis-O-(3,4-dimethylbenzylidene)-D-glucitol

400 tonnes

Ribonucleic acid

110 tonnes

Polydimethylsiloxane with a degree of polymerisation
of 2 800 monomer units (± 100)

1 300 tonnes

(R)-2-Chloromandelic acid

2-Thienylacetonitrile

100 tonnes

80 tonnes

Assembly for GPS system having a position determi-
nation function

500 000 units

09.2621

ex 3812 30 80

50

Aluminium magnesium zinc hydroxide carbonate
hydrate, coated with a surface-active agent

1 500 tonnes

09.2622

ex 1108 12 00

10

Maize starch containing at least 40 % but not more
than 60 % by weight of insoluble dietary fibre

600 tonnes

09.2623

ex 2710 19 61

ex 2710 19 63

10

10

Fuel oils with a sulphur content not exceeding 2 % by
weight, for use in fuel for sea-going vessels (a)

80 000 tonnes

09.2624

2912 42 00

Ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde)

352 tonnes

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.7.2004–
30.6.2005

1.1.-31.12.2005

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.2005

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.2005

1.1.-30.6.2005

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.2005

1.1.-31.12.2005

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Serial
number

CN code

Taric
sub-
division

Description

Amount of
quota

Quota
duty
(%)

Quota period

09.2625

ex 3920 20 21

20

09.2626

ex 4205 00 00

10

Film of polymers of polypropylene, biaxially oriented,
of a thickness of 3,5 μm or more but less than 15
μm, of a width of 490 mm or more but not
exceeding 620 mm,
film
capacitors (a)

the production of

for

170 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

embossed grain bovine

Pieces of
grey-blue or beige and cut
products of subheading 9401 20 00 (a)

to shape,

leather, dyed
for use in

400 000 units

09.2627

ex 7011 20 00

55

Glass
face-plate with a diagonal measurement of
814,8 mm (± 1,5 mm) from the outer edge to the
outer edge and having a light
51,1 % (± 2,2 %) by a glass thickness of 12,5 mm

transmission of

500 000 units

09.2628

ex 7019 52 00

10

Glass web woven from glass fibre coated in plastic, of
a weight of 120 g/m2 (± 10 g/m2) of a type used in
the manufacture of anti-insect rollers and framed nets

350 000 m2

09.2629

ex 7616 99 90

85

Aluminium telescopic
manufacture of luggage (a)

handle

for

use

in

the

240 000 units

09.2630

ex 3908 90 00

30

Thermoplastic polyamide resin having a fire point of
more than 750 °C,
for use in the manufacture of
deflection yokes of cathode ray tubes (a)

40 tonnes

09.2703

ex 2825 30 00

10

Vanadium oxides
production of alloys (a)

and hydroxides only for

the

13 000 tonnes

09.2713

ex 2008 60 19

10

ex 2008 60 39

10

Sweet cherries, marinated in alcohol, of a diameter
not exceeding 19,9 mm, stoned,
intended for the
manufacture of chocolate products (a):
— with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight
— with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight

2 000 tonnes

10 (1)

1.1.-31.12.

10

09.2719

ex 2008 60 19

20

ex 2008 60 39

20

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), marinated in alcohol,
of a diameter not exceeding 19,9 mm, intended for
the manufacture of chocolate products (a):
— with a sugar content exceeding 9 % by weight
— with a sugar content not exceeding 9 % by weight

2 000 tonnes

10 (1)

1.1.-31.12.

09.2727

ex 3902 90 90

93

Synthetic poly-alpha-olefin having a viscosity of not
less than 38 x 10 6m2 s-1 (38 centistokes) at 100 °C
measured using the ASTM D 445 method

10 000 tonnes

09.2799

ex 7202 49 90

10

Ferro-chromium containing 1,5 % or more but not
more than 4 % by weight of carbon and not more
than 70 % of chromium

50 000 tonnes

09.2809

ex 3802 90 00

10

Acid activated montmorillonite, for the manufacture
of self-copy paper (a)

10 000 tonnes

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-30.6.2005

1.1.-31.12.

10

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

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Amount of
quota

Quota
duty
(%)

Quota period

1 600 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

Serial
number

CN code

Taric
sub-
division

09.2829

ex 3824 90 99

19

09.2837

ex 2903 49 80

09.2841

ex 2712 90 99

10

10

09.2849

ex 0710 80 69

10

09.2851

ex 2907 12 00

09.2853

ex 2930 90 70

09.2881

ex 3901 90 90

09.2882

ex 2908 90 00

09.2889

3805 10 90

09.2904

ex 8540 11 19

09.2913

ex 2401 10 41

ex 2401 10 49

ex 2401 10 50

ex 2401 10 70

ex 2401 10 90

ex 2401 20 41

ex 2401 20 49

ex 2401 20 50

ex 2401 20 70

ex 2401 20 90

09.2914

ex 3824 90 99

09.2917

ex 2930 90 13

09.2919

ex 8708 29 90

10

35

92

20

—

95

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

26

90

10

Description

Solid extract of
the residual,
solvents, obtained during the extraction of
from wood, having the following characteristics:
— a resin acid content not exceeding 30 % by

insoluble in aliphatic
resin

weight,

— an acid number not exceeding 110, and
— a melting point of not less than 100 °C

Bromochloromethane

Blend of 1-alkenes containing 80 % by weight or
more of 1-alkenes of a chain-length of 20 and 22
carbon atoms

Mushrooms of
(uncooked or
frozen, for the manufacture of prepared meals (a) (b)

polytricha
cooked by steaming or boiling),

species Auricularia

the

450 tonnes

10 000 tonnes

700 tonnes

O-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 % by
weight

20 000 tonnes

Glutathione

Chlorosulphonated polyethylene

15 tonnes

6 000 tonnes

2,4-Dichloro-3-ethyl-6-nitrophenol, powdered

90 tonnes

Sulphate turpentine

Flat screen colour cathode-ray tube with a screen
width/height ratio 4/3, a diagonal measurement of
the screen of 79 cm or more but not exceeding
81 cm and a curvature radius of 50 m or more

Natural unmanufactured tobacco, whether or not cut
in regular size, having a customs value of not less
than EUR 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as
binder or wrapper for the manufacture of goods
falling within subheading 2402 10 00 (a)

20 000 tonnes

8 500 units

6 000 tonnes

Aqueous solution containing by weight not less than
40 % of dry betaine extract and 5 % or more but not
more than 30 % by weight of organic or inorganic
salts

38 000 tonnes

Cystine

Folding bellows for the manufacture of articulated
buses (a)

600 tonnes

2 600 units

09.2933

ex 2903 69 90

30

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

2 600 tonnes

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

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Serial
number

CN code

09.2935

3806 10 10

09.2935

3806 10 10

Taric
sub-
division

—

—

Rosin and resin acids, obtained from fresh oleoresins 120 000 tonnes

Rosin and resin acids, obtained from fresh oleoresins 80 000 tonnes

Description

Amount of
quota

Quota
duty
(%)

Quota period

09.2945

ex 2940 00 00

20

D-Xylose

400 tonnes

09.2947

ex 3904 69 90

95

for the
Poly(vinylidene fluoride),
preparation of paint or varnish for coating metal (a)

in powder form,

1 300 tonnes

09.2950

ex 2905 59 10

10

2-Chloroethanol,
for
thioplasts of subheading 4002 99 90 (a)

the manufacture of

liquid

8 400 tonnes

09.2955

ex 2932 19 00

60

Flurtamone (ISO)

300 tonnes

09.2964

ex 5502 00 80

20

Filament tow of cellulose produced by organic solvent
spinning (Lyocell), for use in the paper industry (a)

1 200 tonnes

09.2975

ex 2918 30 00

10

Benzophenone-3,3':4,4'-tetracarboxylic dianhydride

500 tonnes

09.2976

ex 8407 90 10

10

Four-stroke petrol engines of a cylinder capacity not
exceeding 250 cm3 for use in the manufacture of
lawnmowers of
sub-heading 8433 11 or mowers
with motor of subheading 8433 11 or mowers with
motor of subheading 8433 20 10 (a)

750 000
units (c)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.1.-30.6.

1.7.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.1.-31.12.

1.7.2004-
30.6.2005

09.2979

ex 7011 20 00

15

Glass face-plate with a diagonal measurement from
the outer edge to the outer edge of 81,5 cm (± 0,2
cm) and having a light transmission of (80 % (± 3 %)
by a reference thickness of the glass of 11,43 mm

600 000 units

0

1.1.-31.12.

09.2981

ex 8407 33 90

10

ex 8407 90 80

10

ex 8407 90 90

10

or
having

internal
reciprocating
Spark-ignition
combustion piston
cylinder
engines,
capacity of not less than 300 cc and a power of
not less than 6 but not exceeding 15,5 kW, for the
manufacture of:
— self-propelled lawn mowers, with a

rotary
a

seat of

sub-heading 8433 11 51

— tractors of subheading 8701 90 11, having the

main function of a lawn mower or

— four stroke mowers with a motor capacity of not
less than 300 cc of subheading 8433 20 10 (a)

210 000 units

0

1.1.-31.12.

09.2985

ex 8540 91 00

33

Flat masks of a length of 685,6 mm (± 0,2 mm) arba
687,2 mm (± 0,2 mm) or 687,2 mm (± 0,2 mm) and
a height of 406,9 mm (± 0,2 mm) or 408,9 mm
(± 0,2 mm), with a width of the slots at the end of
the central vertical axe of 174 micrometer
(± 8
micrometer)

300 000 units

0

1.1.-31.12.2005

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Serial
number

CN code

Taric
sub-
division

09.2986

ex 3824 90 99

76

09.2992

ex 3902 30 00

93

Description

Mixture of tertiary amines containing:
— 60 % by weight of dodecyldimethylamine, or

more

— 20 % by weight of dimethyl(tetradecyl)amine, or

more

— 0,5 % by weight of hexadecyldimethylamine, or

more,

for use in the production of amine oxides (a)

Propylene-butylene copolymer, containing by weight
less than 60 %, but not more than 68 % of
not
propylene and not
less than 32 %, but not more
than 40 % of butylene, of a melt viscosity not
exceeding 3 000 mPa at 190 °C, as determined by
the ASTM D 3236 method, for use as an adhesive
in the manufacture of products
falling within
subheading 4818 40 (a)

Amount of
quota

Quota
duty
(%)

Quota period

14 000 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

1 000 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

09.2995

ex 8536 90 85

ex 8538 90 99

95

93

Keypads,
— comprising a layer of silicone and polycarbonate

20 000 000
units

keytops or

— wholly of silicone or wholly of polycarbonate,

0

1.1.-31.12.

including printed keys,
the manufacture or

for
telephones of subheading 8525 20 91 (a)

repair of mobile radio-

09.2998

ex 2924 29 95

80

5'-Chloro-3-hydroxy-2',4'-dimethoxy-2-naphtanilide

26 tonnes

0

1.1.-31.12.

(a) Checks on this prescribed end use shall be carried out pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
(b) However, the tariff quota is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.
(c) The quantities of goods subject to this quota and released for free circulation as from 1 July 2004, as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1329/2004, shall be fully

counted against this quantity.

(1) The specific additional duty is applicable.’