Commission Regulation (EC) No 241/2005 of 11 February 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in Israel
Date: 2005-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU customs procedure, Israel, common tariff policy, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 241/2005

of 11 February 2005

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain
products originating in Israel

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

should be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volumes
specified in the Protocol, taking into account the part of
the period elapsed before 1 May 2004.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 Mediter-
ranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94
and (EC) No 934/95 (1), and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,

(5)

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

imported within
should be

Whereas:

(6)

Since the Protocol to the EU-Israel Euro-Mediterranean
Agreement applies on a provisional basis from 1 May
2004, this Regulation should apply from the same date
and should enter into force as soon as possible.

(1)

(2)

(3)

By its Decision of 31 January 2005 (2), the Council has
given authorisation for the signing and has provided for
the provisional application from 1 May 2004 of a
Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between
the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to
take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic
the Republic of
of Hungary,
Lithuania,
the Republic of
Poland,
the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak
Republic to the European Union.

the Republic of Malta,

the Republic of Latvia,

This Protocol provides for new tariff quotas and for
changes to the existing tariff quotas laid down in Regu-
lation (EC) No 747/2001.

To implement the new tariff quotas and the changes to
the existing tariff quotas, it is necessary to amend Regu-
lation (EC) No 747/2001.

(4)

For the year 2004 the volumes of the new tariff quotas
and the increases of the volumes of existing tariff quotas

(1) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as

(EC) No 2279/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 396,

Commission Regulation
31.12.2004, p. 38).

(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(7)

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 amended as set
out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

The quantities which, pursuant to Annex VII to Regulation (EC)
into free circulation in the
No 747/2001, have been put
Community within the tariff quotas with order numbers
09.1303, 09.1306, 09.1310, 09.1318, 09.1329, 09.1352 and
09.1360, shall be charged against the respective tariff quotas
opened pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No
747/2001, as amended by this Regulation.

to Annex VII

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Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 May 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 February 2005.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

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In Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001, the table set out in Part A is amended as follows:

ANNEX

1. the following new rows are inserted:

Order No

CN code

‘09.1361

0105 12 00

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

Live turkeys, weighing not more than
185 g

from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

Quota volume
(in tonnes)

Quota duty

79 653 pieces

Exemption

09.1362

0407 00

Birds' eggs,
or cooked

in shell, fresh, preserved

09.1363

0604 99 90

bleached,

impregnated

Dyed,
or
otherwise prepared foliage, branches
and other parts of plants, without
flowers or flower buds, grasses, for
bouquets or for ornamental purposes

09.1364

0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

from 1.5. to
31.12.2004

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

from 1.5.
to 30.6.2004

from 1.1.
to 30.6.2005

from 1.1.
to 30.6.2006

from 1.1.
to 30.6.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 30.6.

122 960 pieces

126 440 pieces

129 920 pieces

357 067 pieces

Exemption

551 200 pieces

566 800 pieces

582 400 pieces

6,87

Exemption

10,6

10,9

11,2

103

318

327

336

Exemption

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

Quota volume
(in tonnes)

Quota duty

09.1365

ex 2004 90 98

12
19 (i)
30
80

Other vegetables and mixtures of
vegetables, prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, frozen, other than products of
heading 2006, other than celeriac or
carrots

09.1366

2009 80 89

a

67,

Other juice of any other single fruit
or vegetable, of a Brix value not
exceeding
not
of
exceeding EUR 30 per 100 kg net
weight, with an added sugar content
not exceeding 30 % by weight, other
than pear juice or juices of tropical
fruit

value

from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

103

Exemption

159

163,5

168

240,33

Exemption

371

381,5

392

(i) From 1 January 2005 the TARIC subdivisions 12 and 19 will be replaced by 10.’

2. the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.1306, 09.1303, 09.1310, 09.1318, 09.1329, 09.1360 and 09.1352 are replaced, respectively,

by the following rows:

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

‘09.1306

0603 10

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

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2004

Quota volume
(in tonnes)

20 085 + 206
tonnes net weight
increase from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

Quota duty

Exemption

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

20 988

21 582

22 176

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

Description of goods

Quota period

09.1303

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2004

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

L 42/15

Quota duty

Exemption

Quota volume
(in tonnes)

15 450 + 274,67
tonnes net weight
increase from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

16 324

16 786

17 248

09.1310

0709 90 60

Sweet corn, fresh or chilled

from 1.1. to 31.12.

1 500 (1)

Exemption

09.1318

0712 90 50

0712 90 90

Dried carrots, whole,
broken or
further prepared

sliced,
in powder, but not

cut,

vegetables, whole,

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

cut,

0910 40 19

Crushed or ground thyme

0910 40 90

Bay leaves

0910 91 90

Crushed or
different types of spices

ground mixtures of

0910 99 99

Other crushed or ground spices

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2004

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

Exemption

103 + 54,93
tonnes net weight
increase from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

190,8

196,2

201,6

09.1329

0807 19 00

Other melons, fresh

from 1.11.2003
to 31.5.2004

Exemption

11 400 + 14,29
tonnes net weight
increase from 1.5.
to 31.5.2004

from 15.9.2004
to 31.5.2005

from 15.9.2005
to 31.5.2006

from 15.9.2006
to 31.5.2007

from 15.9.2007
to 31.5.2008 and for
each period thereafter
from 15.9 to 31.5.

11 845

12 190

12 535

12 880

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Description of goods

Quota period

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

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2004

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

12.2.2005

Quota duty

Exemption

Quota volume
(in tonnes)

1 545 + 892,67
tonnes net weight
increase from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

2 968

3 052

3 136

of

fresh

including
Wine
fortified wines in containers holding
2 liters or less

grapes

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2004

3 718,3 hl + 103 hl
increase from 1.5.
to 31.12.2004

Exemption

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2005

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2006

from 1.1.
to 31.12.2007 and for
each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

3 985,6 hl

4 098,4 hl

4 211,2 hl

Order No

CN code

TARIC
subdivision

09.1360

ex 2009 90 59

30

09.1352

2204 21 10

ex 2204 21 79

79, 80

ex 2204 21 80

79, 80

ex 2204 21 83 (ii)

10, 79, 80

ex 2204 21 84 (iii)

10, 79, 80

ex 2204 21 94

10, 30 (iv)

ex 2204 21 98

10, 30 (iv)

ex 2204 21 99

10

(ii) From 1 January 2005 the CN code ex 2204 21 83 will change to ex 2204 21 84 and the TARIC subdivisions 10, 79 and 80 will change to 59 and 70.
(iii) From 1 January 2005 the CN code ex 2204 21 84 will change to ex 2204 21 85 and the TARIC subdivisions 10, 79 and 80 will change to 79 and 80.
(iv) From 1 January 2005 the TARIC subdivisions 10 and 30 will be replaced by 20.’