Proposal for a Council Regulation abolishing tariff quota for imports of soluble coffee covered by CN code 2101 11 11
Date: 2005-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EC Regulation, coffee, import, instant product, repeal, tariff quota

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 1.7.2005 
COM(2005) 294 final 

2005/0122 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

abolishing tariff quota for imports of soluble coffee covered by CN code 2101 11 11 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The limited diversity of soluble coffee available on the Community market in the late 1990s 
and  early  2000s  led  the  Commission  to  propose  opening  a  zero-duty  quota  for  a  limited 
volume of soluble coffee. 

The resulting Regulation, which the Council adopted on 5 November 2001, provides for the 
tariff quota to be opened annually for an initial period of three years. Its volume was fixed as 
follows:  10 000  tonnes  from  1 January 2002  to  31 December 2002,  12 000  tonnes  from 
1 January 2003 
to 
31 December 2004. Unless the Regulation is revised in order to adapt the volume of the quota 
to the needs of the Community market three months before the date of closure of the current 
quota, the quota is automatically extended for a further year for a volume of 14 000 tonnes. 

to  31 December 2003  and  14 000 

from  1 January 2004 

tonnes 

Since the Regulation was not amended in 2004, the quota was extended in 2005 for a volume 
of 14 000 tonnes. 

Since the objective pursued by the Community Regulation, namely to increase the diversity of 
soluble coffee available on the Community market, has now been achieved, the conditions for 
maintaining a zero-duty quota for soluble coffee beyond 1 January 2006 no longer apply. 

The  Commission  therefore  proposes  that  the  Council  abolish  the  tariff  quota  for  imports  of 
soluble coffee covered by CN code 2101 11 11 from 1 January 2006. 

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2005/0122 (ACC) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION 

abolishing tariff quota for imports of soluble coffee covered by CN code 2101 11 11 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,  and  in  particular 
Article 133 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

The  diversity  of  soluble  coffee  available  on  the  Community  market  has  improved 
appreciably since 2002. 

the  objective  pursued  by  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 2165/2001  of 
Since 
5 November 2001  opening  and  providing  for  the  administration  of  a  tariff  quota  for 
imports of soluble coffee covered by CN code 2101 11 112 has now been achieved, the 
conditions for maintaining a zero-duty quota for soluble coffee beyond 1 January 2006 
no longer apply. 

In  view  of  the  Community  market’s  current  needs,  the  tariff  quota  for  imports  of 
soluble  coffee  of  CN  code  2101 11 11  should  be  closed  from  1 January 2006. 
Regulation (EC) No 2165/2001 should be repealed with effect from the same date, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The  zero-duty  tariff  quota  established  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  2165/2001  for  imports  of 
soluble coffee covered by CN code 2101 11 11 shall be closed from 1 January 2006. 

From 1 January 2006 imports of soluble coffee covered by CN code 2101 11 11 originating in 
any country shall no longer be eligible for a zero-duty tariff quota. 

Regulation (EC) No 2165/2001 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2006. 

Article 2 

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OJ C […], p. […] 
OJ L 292, 9.11.2001, p.1. 

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

Article 3 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

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