Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2005 of 31 March 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas and a reference quantity for certain products originating in Morocco
Date: 2005-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Morocco, citrus fruit, floriculture, fruit vegetable, leaf vegetable, originating product, root vegetable, soft fruit, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 503/2005

of 31 March 2005

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas and a reference
quantity for certain products originating in Morocco

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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,

Whereas:

(1)

By its Decision of 16 March 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 Community and its Member States, of the
one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other
the Czech
part,
the Republic of
Republic,
Cyprus,
the Republic of
Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta,
the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the
Slovak Republic to the European Union.

the Republic of Estonia,
the Republic of Hungary,

to take account of

the accession of

(2)

This Protocol provides for certain products originating in
Morocco, for new tariff quotas and for a new reference
quantity as well as for changes to the existing tariff
quotas laid down in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.

For the year 2004 the volumes of the new tariff quotas
and reference quantity and the increases of the volumes
of existing tariff quotas should be calculated as a portion
of
in
the basic volumes
proportion to the part of
the period elapsed before
1 May 2004.

specified in the Protocol,

In order to facilitate the management of certain existing
tariff quotas provided for in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001,
the quantities imported within the framework of those
quotas should be charged against the respective tariff
quotas opened in accordance with Regulation (EC)
No 747/2001, as amended by this Regulation.

Since the Protocol applies from 1 May 2004, this Regu-
lation should apply from the same date and should enter
into force as soon as possible.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Customs Code
accordance with the opinion of
Committee,

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is amended as set
out in the Annex to this Regulation.

(3)

To implement
the new tariff quotas and reference
quantity and the changes to the existing tariff quotas, it
is necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No 747/2001.

(1) OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 241/2005 (OJ L 42, 12.2.2005, p. 11).

(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

The quantities which, pursuant to Annex II to Regulation (EC)
into free circulation in the
No 747/2001, have been put
Community within the tariff quotas with order numbers
09.1104, 09.1112, 09.1122, 09.1130 and 09.1137, shall be
charged against the respective tariff quotas opened pursuant to
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001, as amended by this
Regulation.

Article 2

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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, 31 March 2005.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is amended as follows:

1. The title of the table is replaced by ‘PART A: Tariff quotas’;

2. The table set out in Part A is amended as follows:

(a)

the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.1110 is deleted;

(b) the following new rows are inserted:

‘09.1150

0603 10 10

0603 10 20

0603 10 40

0603 10 50

Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a
kind suitable for bouquets or for orna-
mental purposes:
— Roses
— Carnations
— Gladioli
— Chrysanthemums

From 1.6. to 30.6.2004

51,5

Exemption

From 1.6. to 30.6.2005

From 1.6. to 30.6.2006

From 1.6. to 30.6.2007 and
for each period thereafter
from 1.6. to 30.6.

53

54,5

56

09.1118

0810 10 00

Fresh strawberries

From 1.4. to 30.4.

100

Exemption’

(c)

the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.1104, 09.1112, 09.1137, 09.1122 and 09.1130 are replaced, respectively, by the following
rows:

‘09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.10. to 31.10.

09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.11. to 30.11.

09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.12. to 31.12.

09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.1. to 31.1.

10 600

27 700

31 300

31 300

09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.2. to 28/29.2.

31 300

09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.3. to 31.3.

From 1.4. to 30.4.

09.1104

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.5. to 31.5.2004

09.1112

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

From 1.5. to 31.5.2005 and
for each period thereafter
from 1.5. to 31.5.

From 1.11.2003 to
31.5.2004

From 1.11.2004 to
31.5.2005

From 1.11.2005 to
31.5.2006

From 1.11.2006 to
31.5.2007 and for each
period thereafter from
1.11. to 31.5.

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

Exemption (1) (2)

31 300

16 500

4 000

5 000

15 000

Exemption (1) (2)

28 000 (3)

Exemption (1) (2)

38 000 (4)

Exemption (1) (2)

48 000 (5)

Exemption (1) (2)

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09.1137

0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled

From 1.11.2003 to
31.5.2004

09.1122

0805 10 10 (i)

Fresh oranges

0805 10 30 (i)

0805 10 50 (i)

ex 0805 10 80

10

09.1130

ex 0805 20 10

05

Fresh clementines

From 1.11.2004 to
31.5.2005 and for each
period thereafter from
1.11. to 31.5.

From 1.12.2003 to
31.5.2004

From 1.12.2004 to
31.5.2005 and for each
period thereafter from
1.12. to 31.5.

From 1.11.2003 to
29.2.2004

From 1.11.2004 to
28.2.2005 and for each
period thereafter from
1.11. to 28/29.2.

Exemption (1) (6)

Exemption (1) (9)

5 429 +
85,71
tonnes net
weight
increase
from 1.5. to
31.5.2004

6 200

300 000 +
1 133,33
tonnes net
weight
increase
from 1.5. to
31.5.2004

306 800

120 000

Exemption (1) (10)

143 700

(3) This quota volume shall be reduced to 8 000 tonnes net weight if the total volume of tomatoes originating in Morocco put into free circulation in the

Community during the period of 1 October 2003 to 31 May 2004 exceeds the volume of 191 900 tonnes net weight.

(4) This quota volume shall be reduced to 18 000 tonnes net weight if the total volume of tomatoes originating in Morocco put into free circulation in the
Community during the period of 1 October 2004 to 31 May 2005 exceeds the sum of the volumes of the monthly tariff quotas with order number 09.1104
applicable during the period of 1 October 2004 to 31 May 2005 and the volume of the additional tariff quota with order number 09.1112 applicable during the
period of 1 November 2004 to 31 May 2005. For the determination of the total imported volume a maximum tolerance of 1 % shall be allowed.

(5) This quota volume shall be reduced to 28 000 tonnes net weight if the total volume of tomatoes originating in Morocco put into free circulation in the
Community during the period of 1 October 2005 to 31 May 2006 exceeds the sum of the volumes of the monthly tariff quotas with order number 09.1104
applicable during the period of 1 October 2005 to 31 May 2006 and the volume of the additional tariff quota with order number 09.1112 applicable during the
period of 1 November 2005 to 31 May 2006. For the determination of the total imported volume a maximum tolerance of 1 % shall be allowed. These
provisions will apply to the volume of each thereafter provided additional tariff quota that will apply from 1.11. to 31.5.

(i) From 1 January 2005 the CN codes 0805 10 10, 0805 10 30 and 0805 10 50 will be replaced by 0805 10 20.’;

3. the following PART B is added:

‘PART B: Reference quantity

Order No

CN code

Description of goods

Reference quantity period

Reference
quantity
volume (in
tonnes net
weight)

Reference quantity
duty

18.0105

0705 19 00 — Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), fresh or chilled, other

From 1.5. to 31.12.2004

2 060

Exemption’

than cabbage lettuce

0705 29 00 — Chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled, other

than witloof chicory

0706

— Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac,
fresh or

radishes and similar edible roots,
chilled

From 1.1. to 31.12.2005

From 1.1. to 31.12.2006

For each period thereafter
from 1.1. to 31.12.

3 180

3 270

3 360