Commission Regulation (EC) No 1460/2005 of 8 September 2005 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas and reference quantities for certain products originating in Algeria
Date: 2005-09-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Algeria, Union for the Mediterranean, agricultural product, designation of origin, originating product, tariff agreement, tariff quota, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1460/2005

of 8 September 2005

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

For the year 2005 the volumes of the new tariff quotas
should be calculated as a pro rata of the basic volumes
specified in the Agreement, in proportion to the part of
the period elapsed before the date of entry into force of
the Agreement.

(6)

(7)

(8)

In order to facilitate the management for the year 2005
of the two tariff quotas already existing in Regulation
(EC) No 747/2001 for wines originating in Algeria, the
those
quantities
quotas should be charged against
the corresponding
tariff quotas opened in accordance with Regulation (EC)
No 747/2001, as amended by this Regulation.

imported within the framework of

Since the Agreement applies from 1 September 2005,
this Regulation should apply from the same date.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

Whereas:

By its Decision of 18 July 2005 (2), the Council approved
the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Asso-
ciation between the European Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and the People’s Demo-
cratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part.

for certain products origi-
That Agreement provides,
that apply
nating in Algeria,
within the limits of Community tariff quotas and in
the framework of reference quantities.

tariff concessions

for

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

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

Because Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3590/85 of
18 December 1985 on the certificate and analysis
report required for the importation of wine, grape juice
and grape must (3) was repealed by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 883/2001 of 24 April 2001 laying down
detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 as regards trade with third countries in
products in the wine sector (4), the reference in Regu-
lation (EC) No 747/2001 to Regulation (EEC) No
3590/85 should, for reasons of clarity, be replaced by
a new reference to Regulation (EC) No 883/2001.

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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 503/2005 (OJ L 83, 1.4.2005,
p. 13).

(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(3) OJ L 343, 20.12.1985, p. 20.
(4) OJ L 128, 10.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 908/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004,
p. 56).

1. Article 3(1) is replaced by the following text:

‘Article 3

Special conditions for entitlement to the tariff quotas
for certain wines

To benefit from the Community tariff quotas mentioned in
Annexes I to III under order numbers 09.1001, 09.1107 and
09.1205, the wines shall be accompanied either by a certi-
ficate of designation of origin issued by the relevant
Algerian, Moroccan or Tunisian authority,
in accordance
with the model set out
in Annex XII, or by a VI 1
document or a VI 2 extract annotated in compliance with
Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2001.’

2. Annex I is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this

Regulation.

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Article 2

For the year 2005, the volumes of the Community tariff quotas
for which the quota period starts before the date of entry into
force of
the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an
and its
Association between the
Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic
Republic of Algeria, of the other part, except for the volumes of
the tariff quotas for wines with order numbers 09.1001 and

European Community

09.1003, shall be reduced in proportion to the part of the
period which elapsed before that date.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

It shall apply with effect from 1 September 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 September 2005.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

ALGERIA

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within
the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation.
Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and
corresponding description taken together.

Order No

CN code

TARIC
sub-
division

Description of goods

Quota period

PART A:

Tariff quotas

09.1002

0409 00 00

Natural honey

09.1004

0603

09.1005

0604

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind
suitable for bouquets or
for orna-
fresh, dried, dyed,
mental purposes,
bleached,
impregnated or otherwise
prepared

and

flowers or
grasses, mosses
a
goods of

Foliage, branches and other parts of
flower
plants, without
and
buds,
kind
lichens, being
suitable for bouquets or
for orna-
mental purposes,
fresh, dried, dyed,
impregnated or otherwise
bleached,
prepared

09.1006

ex 0701 90 50

New potatoes, fresh or chilled

09.1007

0809 10 00

Apricots, fresh

09.1008

0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh

09.1009

1509

1510 00

Olive oil and its fractions, whether or
not
chemically
modified

refined,

not

but

oils

and

their

Other
fractions,
obtained solely from olives, whether
refined, but not chemically
or not
these
including blends of
modified,
oils
or
fractions with
or
fractions of heading 1509

oils

09.1010

ex 1512 19 90

10

Refined sunflower-seed oil

09.1011

2002 10 10

09.1012

2002 90 31
2002 90 39
2002 90 91
2002 90 99

tomatoes,

Peeled
or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid

prepared

or

prepared

Tomatoes
preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, other than whole or in pieces,
with a dry matter content of not less
than 12 % by weight

09.1013

2009 50

Tomato juice

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.3.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.11. to
31.3.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

Quota volume
(in tonnes
net weight)

100

100

Quota duty

Exemption

Exemption

100

Exemption

5 000

Exemption

1 000

Exemption (1)

500

Exemption

1 000

Exemption

25 000

Exemption

300

300

Exemption

Exemption

200

Exemption

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Description of goods

Quota period

Apricot juice

from 1.1. to
31.12.

Quota volume
(in tonnes
net weight)

Quota duty

200

Exemption (1)

Wines entitled to one of the following
designations of origin: Aïn Bessem-
Bouira, Médéa, Coteaux du Zaccar,
Dahra, Coteaux de Mascara, Monts
du Tessalah, Coteaux de Tlemcen, of
an actual alcoholic strength by volume
not exceeding 15 % vol, in containers
holding 2 l or less

Other sparkling wine

Other wine of fresh grapes

from 1.1. to
31.12.

224 000 hl

Exemption

from 1.1. to
31.12.

224 000 hl

Exemption

Order No

CN code

09.1014

09.1001

09.1003

ex 2009 80 35
ex 2009 80 38
ex 2009 80 79
ex 2009 80 86
ex 2009 80 89
ex 2009 80 99

ex 2204 21 79
ex 2204 21 80
ex 2204 21 84
ex 2204 21 85

2204 10 19
2204 10 99

2204 21 10
2204 21 79

ex 2204 21 80

2204 21 84

ex 2204 21 85

ex 2204 21 94

ex 2204 21 98

ex 2204 21 99
2204 29 10
2204 29 65

ex 2204 29 75
2204 29 83

ex 2204 29 84

ex 2204 29 94

ex 2204 29 98

ex 2204 29 99

TARIC
sub-
division

40, 91
93, 97
40, 80
50, 80
50, 80
15, 92

71
71
51
71

71
79
80

71
79
80

20

20

10

10

20

20

20

10

(1) The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

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PART B:

Reference quantities

Order No

CN code

TARIC
sub-
division

Description of goods

Reference quantity
period

18.0410

0704 10 00

Cauliflowers
fresh or chilled

and headed broccoli,

0704 20 00

Brussels sprouts, fresh or chilled

0704 90

Other cabbages, kohlrabi, kale and
similar
fresh or
chilled

edible brassicas,

18.0420

0709 52 00

Truffles, fresh or chilled

18.0430

ex 2005 10 00

18.0440

ex 2005 10 00

10
20
40

30
80

Homogenised asparagus, carrots and
mixtures of vegetables, prepared or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid, not frozen

homogenised

vegetables,
Other
prepared or preserved otherwise than
by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen,
other
and
mixtures of vegetables

than asparagus,

carrots

from 1.1. to
14.4. and from
1.12. to 31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

Reference
quantity volume
(in tonnes
net weight)

Reference quantity duty

1 000

Exemption

100

200

Exemption

Exemption

200

Exemption

18.0450

2005 51 00

Beans, shelled, prepared or preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, not frozen

from 1.1. to
31.12.

200

Exemption

18.0460

2005 60 00

Asparagus,
preserved
prepared or
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, not frozen

from 1.1. to
31.12.

200

Exemption

18.0470

2005 90 50

18.0480

2005 90 60

artichokes,

Globe
or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid, not frozen

prepared

prepared

Carrots,
preserved
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid, not frozen

or

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

200

Exemption

200

Exemption

18.0490

2005 90 70

Mixtures of vegetables, prepared or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid, not frozen

from 1.1. to
31.12.

200

Exemption

18.0500

2005 90 80

18.0510

2007 91 90

vegetables,

or
Other
preserved otherwise than by vinegar
or acetic acid, not frozen

prepared

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, purées
and pastes, obtained by cooking of
citrus fruit, with a sugar content not
exceeding 13 % by weight, other than
homogenised preparations

from 1.1. to
31.12.

from 1.1. to
31.12.

200

Exemption

200

Exemption

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Order No

CN code

TARIC
sub-
division

Description of goods

Reference quantity
period

18.0520

2007 99 91

18.0530

2007 99 98

including

compotes,
Apple purée,
with a sugar content not exceeding
13 % by weight

from 1.1. to
31.12.

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, purées
and pastes, obtained by cooking of
other fruit, with a sugar content not
exceeding 13 % by weight, other than
homogenised preparations

from 1.1. to
31.12.

Reference
quantity volume
(in tonnes
net weight)

Reference quantity duty

200

Exemption

200

Exemption’