Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2005 of 14 November 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1864/2004 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries
Date: 2005-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, CCT duties, China, Romania, mushroom-growing, preserved product, tariff quota

15.11.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1857/2005

of 14 November 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1864/2004 opening and providing for the administration of tariff
quotas for preserved mushrooms imported from third countries

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Products Processed from Fruit and Vege-
tables,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the markets in
processed fruit and vegetable products (1), and in particular
Article 15(1) thereof,

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1864/2004 is amended as follows:

Whereas:

1. In Article 1(2), the second subparagraph is replaced by the

following:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1864/2004 (2) opens
tariff quotas of
into the Community of
imports
preserved mushrooms of the genus Agaricus.

‘However, no duty shall apply in respect of products origi-
nating in Romania (Order No 09.4726) and Bulgaria (Order
No 09.4725).’

Bulgaria

by Council

Due to the conclusion of Additional Protocols to the
and Romania,
Europe Agreements with
and Commission Decisions
approved
2005/431/EC,
2005/430/EC,
Euratom (4), the duty rates for products originating in
Romania and the tariff quotas for products originating
in Bulgaria laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1864/2004
should be modified.

Euratom (3)

and

and Romania,

The Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements with
Bulgaria
and
Commission Decisions 2005/430/EC, Euratom and
2005/431/EC, Euratom started to apply as of 1 August
2005. The present Regulation should therefore be made
applicable as of that date.

approved by Council

2. Annex I is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX I

Volume and period of application of tariff quotas referred to in
Article 1(1) in tonnes (drained net weight)

Country of origin

1 January to 31 December of each
year

Bulgaria

Romania

China

Other countries

2 887,5 (1)

500

23 750

3 290

(1) As from 1 January 2006, the allocation for Bulgaria shall be

increased by 275 tonnes each year.’

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1864/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 386/2004 (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004,
p. 25).

(2) OJ L 325, 28.10.2004, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 155, 17.6.2005, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 155, 17.6.2005, p. 26.

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 August 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission