Commission Regulation (EC) No 2029/2005 of  13 December 2005  opening tariff quotas for 2006 for imports into the European Community of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
Date: 2005-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, ethanol, import, margarine, originating product, tariff exemption, tariff quota, tobacco

14.12.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2029/2005

of 13 December 2005

opening tariff quotas for 2006 for imports into the European Community of certain goods
originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council
Regulation (EC) No 3448/93

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
arrangements
applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of
agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

trade

Having regard to Council Decision 2004/859/EC of 25 October
2004 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community
and the Kingdom of Norway concerning Protocol 2 to the
bilateral
European
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway (2), and in
particular Article 2 thereof,

Free Trade Agreement

between the

Whereas:

(1)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Kingdom of
Norway concerning Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade
Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Kingdom of Norway provides in point III for
annual tariff quotas for imports of certain goods origi-
nating in Norway. It is necessary to open these quotas
for 2006.

of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the
Common Customs Code (3),
lays down rules for the
management of
to
provide that the tariff quotas opened by this Regulation
are to be managed in accordance with those rules.

is appropriate

tariff quotas.

It

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Community tariff quotas
the goods originating
in Norway which are listed in Annex shall be opened for
1 January to 31 December 2006.

for

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

(2)

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

It shall be applicable from 1 January 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2005.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(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) OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 70.

(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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Annual tariff quotas applicable upon import into the Community of goods originating in Norway

ANNEX

Order No

CN Code

Description

Annual
Quota
Volume from
1.1.2006

Rate of duty
applicable
within the
limits of the
quota

09.0765

1517 10 90

Margarine, excluding liquid margarine, containing, by
weight, not more than 10 % of milk fats

2 470
tonnes

09.0771

ex 2207 10 00
(TARIC Code 90)

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcohol strength by
volume of 80 % vol. or higher, other
than that
obtained from agricultural products listed in Annex
I to the EEC Treaty

164 000
hectolitres

09.0772

ex 2207 20 00
(TARIC Code 90)

Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any
strength, other than that obtained from agricultural
products listed in Annex I to the EEC Treaty

14 340
hectolitres

Free

Free

Free

09.0774

2403 10

Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco
substitutes in any proportion

370 tonnes

Free