Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2005 of 31 March 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 as regards the adjustment of the tariff quotas for global prepared fruit and for global mixed prepared fruit
Date: 2005-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: South Africa, fruit, originating product, pip fruit, prepared foodstuff, stone fruit, tariff quota

1.4.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 83/17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 504/2005

of 31 March 2005

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 as regards the adjustment of the tariff quotas for
global prepared fruit and for global mixed prepared fruit

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 of
17 December 1999 on certain procedures for applying the
Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement between the
European Community and the Republic of South Africa (1), and
in particular Article 5 thereof,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

tariff quotas shall be calculated as a pro rata of the
basic volumes,
the
taking into account
period elapsed before 1 May 2004.

the part of

Since the additional protocol provides that
the new
Community tariff concessions have to be applied from
1 May 2004, this Regulation should apply from the same
date and enter into force as soon as possible.

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

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999 concerns
certain
procedures for applying the Trade, Development and
European
Cooperation
Community and the Republic of South Africa on
certain procedures.

Agreement

between

the

to take account of

By Decision 2005/206/EC of 28 February 2005 (2) the
Council has approved an additional protocol
to the
Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation
between the European Community and its Member
the one part, and the Republic of South
States, of
Africa, of
the
the other part,
the Republic of
accession of
the Republic of
Estonia,
the Republic of
Hungary,
Lithuania,
the Republic of
Poland,
the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak
Republic to the European Union. The protocol makes
limiting tariff
adjustments
tariff quotas
concessions.
requires
(EC)
No 2793/1999.

the Czech Republic,
the Republic of Cyprus,
the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Malta,

to certain tariff quotas
these
Implementation of
of
amendment

Regulation

the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2793/1999,
the title ‘Annual
column, under
annual growth factor’, is amended as follows:

the fifth
tariff quota volume, and

1. the entry corresponding to order number 09.1813 is

replaced by the following:

‘40 000 tonnes gross weight (agf 3 %) with an additional
volume (from 1.5.2004) of 1 225 (*) tonnes gross weight
(agf 3 %)

___________
(*) For the year 2004, the additional volume for this tariff
the basic
the period

quota shall be calculated as a pro rata of
volume,
taking into account
elapsed before 1 May 2004.’

the part of

(3)

the tariff quotas for
According to the said Decision,
global prepared fruit
(order No 09.1813) and for
global mixed prepared fruit (order No 09.1815) shall
be increased by 1 225 tonnes and 340 tonnes, respect-
ively.

(4)

According to Council Decision 2005/206/EC,
year 2004,

for the
the increases in the volumes of existing

(1) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1638/2004 (OJ L 295, 18.9.2004,
p. 26).

(2) OJ L 68, 15.3.2005, p. 32.

2. the entry corresponding to order number 09.1815 is

replaced by the following:

‘18 000 tonnes gross weight (agf 3 %) with an additional
volume (from 1.5.2004) of 340 (*)
tonnes gross weight
(agf 3 %)

___________
(*) For the year 2004, the additional volume for this tariff
the basic
the period

quota shall be calculated as a pro rata of
volume,
taking into account
elapsed before 1 May 2004.’

the part of

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.4.2005

Article 2

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