Council Regulation (EC) No 838/2006 of  20 March 2006  concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession to the European Union, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 2006-03-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, China, Combined Nomenclature, GATT, accession to the European Union, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 838/2006

of 20 March 2006

concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between
the European Community and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and
Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the
modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the
course of their accession to the European Union, amending and supplementing Annex I to
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common
Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be
amended and supplemented accordingly,

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

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall be amended as
follows:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) established a
goods nomenclature, hereinafter
the
‘Combined Nomenclature’, and set out the conventional
duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.

referred to as

(a)

in Part two, Schedule of customs duties, the duty rates shall
be amended as shown in point (a) of the Annex to this
Regulation;

in the

form of

an Agreement

By Decision 2006/398/EC of 20 March 2006 on the
conclusion of
an
Exchange of Letters between the European Community
and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article
XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modifi-
the Czech
cation of concessions in the schedules of
the Republic of
Republic,
the Republic of
Cyprus,
the Republic of
Lithuania,
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia
and the Slovak Republic in the course of their accession
to the European Union (2), the Council approved the said
Agreement on behalf of the Community, with a view to
closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6
of GATT 1994.

the Republic of Estonia,
the Republic of Latvia,

the Republic of Hungary,

(b) Annex 7 of Section III of Part three, WTO Tariff Quotas to
be opened by the competent Community authorities, shall
be amended with the duties and supplemented with the
volumes following the terms and conditions shown in
point (b) of the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 486/2006 (OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 1).

(2) See page 22 of this Official Journal.

Article 1, point (b) shall apply six weeks from the date of the
publication of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 March 2006.

For the Council
The President

U. PLASSNIK

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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 concessions being determined, within the
context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of the current regulation.
Where ex CN codes are indicated, the concessions are to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding
description taken together.

(a) In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Part two, Schedule of customs duties, the duty rates are the following:

CN code

Description

Duty rate

Tariff item number 0304 20 85

Frozen fillets of Alaska pollack
(Theragra chalcogramma)

bound duty of 13,7 %

Tariff item number 6402 19 00

Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of
rubber or plastics

bound duty of 16,9 %

Tariff item number 6402 91 00

Other footwear covering the ankle with outer
soles and uppers of rubber or plastics

bound duty of 16,9 %

Tariff item number 6402 99

Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of
rubber or plastics

bound duty of 16,8 %

Tariff item number 6404 11 00

Sports footwear; tennis shoes, basketball shoes,
gym shoes, training shoes and the like

bound duty of 16,9 %

Tariff item number 6404 19 10

Slippers and other indoor footwear

bound duty of 16,9 %

Tariff item number 8482 91 90

Other balls, needles and rollers

bound duty of 7,7 %

Tariff item number 8521 90 00

video

Other
apparatus, whether or not
video tuner

recording

reproducing
or
incorporating a

bound duty of 13,9 %

Tariff item number 8712 00 30

Bicycles not motorised

bound duty of 14 %

(b) Annex 7, WTO Tariff Quotas to be opened by the competent Community authorities, Part three, Section III of

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the other terms and conditions are the following:

CN code

Description

Other terms and conditions

Tariff item number 0703 20 00

Garlic, fresh or chilled

Tariff item number 1006 10

Paddy rice

Tariff item number 1006 20

Husked rice

Tariff item number 1006 30

Milled and semi-milled rice

Tariff item number 1006 40

Broken rice

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(1) OJ L 120, 5.5.2006, p. 1.

Add 20 500 tonnes to the
allocation for China under the
EC tariff rate quota

Implemented through Council
Regulation (EC) No 683/2006 (1)

Implemented through Council
Regulation (EC) No 683/2006

Implemented through Council
Regulation (EC) No 683/2006

Implemented through Council
Regulation (EC) No 683/2006

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CN code

Description

Other terms and conditions

Tariff item number 2003 10 30

Mushroom of species agaricus, prepared or
preserved otherwise than by vinegar

Add 5 200 tonnes (drained net
weight) in EC tariff rate quota,
allocated to China

Tariff item number 2003 10 20

Mushroom of species agaricus, provisionally
preserved or preserved otherwise
than by
vinegar

Tariff item number 0711 51 00

Tariff item numbers (1)

Preserved
apricots, cherries, peaches and strawberries

pineapples,

citrus

fruit,

pears,

Open a tariff rate quota of
2 838 tonnes (erga omnes), in
quota rate 20 %. The existing
out of quota rates of the EC
shall apply

(1) 2008 20 11: EUR 25,6 + 2,5 100 kg/net

2008 20 39: 25,6
2008 30 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 30 79: 20,8
2008 40 21: 24
2008 40 39: 25,6
2008 50 31: 24
2008 50 59: 25,6
2008 60 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 60 60: 20,8
2008 70 31: 24
2008 70 59: 25,6
2008 80 31: 24

2008 20 19: 25,6
2008 20 71: 20,8
2008 30 31: 24
2008 40 11: 25,6
2008 40 29: 25,6
2008 50 11: 25,6
2008 50 39: 25,6
2008 50 71: 20,8
2008 60 31: 24
2008 70 11: 25,6
2008 70 39: 25,6
2008 80 11: 25,6
2008 80 39: 25,6

2008 20 31: EUR 25,6 + 2,5 100 kg/net
2008 30 11: 25,6
2008 30 39: 25,6
2008 40 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 40 31: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 50 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 50 51: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 60 11: 25,6
2008 60 39: 25,6
2008 79 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 70 51: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 80 19: EUR 25,6 + 4,2 100 kg/net
2008 80 70: 20,8