Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2005 of 10 October 2005 opening tariff quotas and laying down the duties applicable within these tariff quotas for imports into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Algeria
Date: 2005-10-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Algeria, meal, milk product, originating product, pasta, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1653/2005

of 10 October 2005

opening tariff quotas and laying down the duties applicable within these tariff quotas for imports
into the European Community of certain processed agricultural products originating in Algeria

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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, hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Agreement’.

the application of mutual concessions

The trade provisions set out in the Agreement provide
regarding
for
import
agricultural
certain
products. The Community concessions can take the
form of duty-free imports within annual tariff quotas.

processed

duties

for

The tariff quotas provided for in the Agreement
for
imports of processed agricultural products originating
in Algeria are annual and are to be applied for an inde-
terminate period. They should be opened for 2005 and
for the following years.

For 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 that year
elapsed before the date of application of the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing

the Community Customs Code (3) lays down the rules for
managing tariff quotas designed to be used following the
chronological order of dates of customs declarations. The
tariff quotas opened by this Regulation should be
managed in accordance with those rules.

(6)

(7)

Since the Agreement applies from 1 September 2005,
this Regulation should apply from the same date and
should therefore enter into force as soon as possible.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to
the Treaty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The annual Community tariff quotas for imports of products
originating in Algeria set out in the Annex are opened from 1
September 2005 to 31 December 2005 and from 1 January to
31 December of the following years.

For 2005 the annual quota volumes set out in the Annex shall
be reduced in proportion to the part of that year elapsed before
the date of application of the Agreement.

Article 2

The Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be
managed in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of
Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 September 2005.

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).

(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 883/2005 (OJ L 148, 11.6.2005, p. 5).

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

Done at Brussels, 10 October 2005.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

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Annual tariff quotas for 2005 and the following years applicable on imports into the Community of certain
products originating in Algeria covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 and duties applicable within
those tariff quotas

ANNEX

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

Order number

CN Code

Description of goods

Annual quota
volume
(in tonnes net
weight)

Applicable duty
within the limit of
the annual quota
(%)

09.1021

0403

0403 10

0403 10 51

0403 10 53

0403 10 59

0403 10 91

0403 10 93

0403 10 99

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented
or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing
added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
– Yoghurt:
– – Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
– – – In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat content, by

weight:

– – – – Not exceeding 1,5 %
– – – – Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 %
– – – – Exceeding 27 %
– – – Other, of a milkfat content, by weight:
– – – – Not exceeding 3 %
– – – – Exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 %
– – – – Exceeding 6 %

1 500

0

09.1022

1902

1902 30

1902 30 10

1902 30 90

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances)
lasagne,
or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles,
gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared:
– Other pasta:
– – Dried
– – Other

09.1023

1902 40

1902 40 10

1902 40 90

– Couscous:
– – Unprepared
– – Other

2 000

2 000

0

0