Commission Regulation (EC) No 973/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable products from 1996
Date: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, fruit, fruit juice, tariff quota, vegetable, vegetable product

30.6.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 973/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 opening and providing for the administration of Community
tariff quotas bound under GATT for certain fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetable
products from 1996

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2200/96 of 28
October 1996 on the common organisation of the market in
fruit and vegetables (1), and in particular Article 34(1) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

(1)

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 (2), approved by Council Decision
2006/398/EC (3) and the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters between the European Community
and the United States of America pursuant to Article
XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 (4), approved by
Council Decision 2006/333/EC (5), provide
the
increasing of existing GATT tariff quotas and for the
opening of new ones for certain fruit and vegetables
and processed fruit and vegetable products.

for

(2)

Since the adoption of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1831/96 (6), several CN codes listed in Annexes I to III of
that Regulation have changed.

To provide for the modified and new tariff quotas and
for the sake of clarity, the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No
1831/96 should be replaced.

Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 should be
accordingly.

amended

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Management
accordance with the opinion of
Committees
and
Fresh
Products Processed from Fruit and Vegetables,

and Vegetables

Fruit

for

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1831/96 is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation;

2. Annex II is replaced by the text in Annex II to this Regu-

lation;

3. Annex III is replaced by the text in Annex III to this Regu-

lation.

Article 2

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

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 47/2003 (OJ L 7, 11.1.2003,
p. 64).

(2) OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 154, 8.6.2006, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006 p. 15.
(5) OJ L 124, 11.5.2006 p. 13.
(6) OJ L 243, 24.9.1996 p. 5.

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX I

Order No

CN code
TARIC
subheading

Description (1)

Quota period

Quota volume
(tonnes)

Duty rate
(%)

4 295

1 244

500

12 000

90 000

10 000

500

2 838

3

7

1,5

10

2

6

10

20

09.0055

0701 90 50

Potatoes, fresh or chilled

1 January to
15 May

09.0056

0706 10 00 Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled 1 January to
31 December

09.0057

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers

09.0035

0712 20 00 Dried onions, whole, cut,
broken or
further prepared

sliced,
in powder, but not

1 January to
31 December

1 January to
31 December

09.0041

0802 11 90
0802 12 90

Almonds, fresh or dried, whether or
not shelled, other than bitter

1 January to
31 December

15 January to
14 June

1 August to
31 May

1 January to
31 December

09.0039

0805 50 10

Lemons
limonum)

(Citrus

limon,

Citrus

09.0058

0809 10 00 Apricots, fresh

Preserved pineapples, citrus
pears, apricots,
and strawberries

fruit,
cherries, peaches

09.0092

2008 20 11
2008 20 19
2008 20 31
2008 20 39
2008 20 71
2008 30 11
2008 30 19
2008 30 31
2008 30 39
2008 30 79
2008 40 11
2008 40 19
2008 40 21
2008 40 29
2008 40 31
2008 40 39
2008 50 11
2008 50 19
2008 50 31
2008 50 39
2008 50 51
2008 50 59
2008 50 71
2008 60 11
2008 60 19
2008 60 31
2008 60 39
2008 60 60
2008 70 11
2008 70 19
2008 70 31
2008 70 39
2008 70 51
2008 70 59
2008 80 11
2008 80 19
2008 80 31
2008 80 39
2008 80 70

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Description (1)

Quota period

Quota volume
(tonnes)

Duty rate
(%)

Fruit juices

1 January to
31 December

7 044

20

Order No

09.0093

CN code
TARIC
subheading

2009 11 11
2009 11 19
2009 19 11
2009 19 19
2009 29 11
2009 29 19
2009 39 11
2009 39 19
2009 49 11
2009 49 19
2009 79 11
2009 79 19
2009 80 11
2009 80 19
2009 80 35
2009 80 36
2009 80 38
2009 90 11
2009 90 19
2009 90 21
2009 90 29

(1) The goods descriptions in this Annex are those appearing in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 286, 28.10.2005, p. 1), supplemented

where necessary by a TARIC code.’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX II

Order No.

CN code TARIC
subheading

Description (1)

Quota period

Quota volume
(tonnes)

Duty rate
(%)

09.0025

09.0027

09.0033

0805 10 20 11
0805 10 20 92
0805 10 20 96

High quality sweet oranges, fresh

1 February to 30
April

20 000

10

0805 20 90 05
0805 20 90 91

Citrus
“minneolas”

hybrids

known

as

1 February to 30
April

2009 11 99 11
2009 11 99 19

Frozen concentrated orange juice,
without added sugar, of a Brix
in
value
containers of
less,
containing no blood orange juice

exceeding
50,
two litres or

not

1 January to 31
December

15 000

1 500

2

13

(1) The goods descriptions in this Annex are those appearing in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 286, 28.10.2005), supplemented

where necessary by a TARIC code.
For the purposes of this Annex:
(a) “high quality sweet oranges” shall mean oranges similar in variety characteristics, ripe, firm and of good shape, of at least good
colour, of flexible unrotted structure, and without unhealed cracks in the skin, hard or dry skin, exanthemata, growth tears,
contusions (except as caused by normal handling and packaging), damage caused by dryness or humidity, broad or emergent
hispids, folds, scars, oil stains, scales, sun marks, dirt or other foreign matter, disease, insects or damage caused by machinery,
movement or otherwise; a maximum of 15 % of the fruit in each consignment may not meet this specification, this percentage
including at most 5 % of defects amounting to serious damage, and the latter percentage including at most 0,5 % rot;

(b) “citrus hybrids known as “minneolas” ” shall mean citrus hybrids of the Minneola variety (Citrus paradisi Macf. CV Duncan and

(c) “Frozen concentrated orange juice, of a Brix value not exceeding 50” shall mean orange juice with a density of no more than

Citrus reticulate blanca CV Dancy);

1,229 grams per cubic centimetre at 20°C.’

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX III

Order No

CN code TARIC
subheading

Description (1)

Quota period

09.0094

0702 00 00

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

09.0059

0707 00 05

Cucumbers, fresh or chilled

09.0060

0806 10 10 91
0806 10 10 99

Table grapes, fresh

09.0061

0808 10 80 10
0808 10 80 90

Apples,
apples

fresh, other

than cider

15 May to
31 October

1 November to
15 May

21 July to
31 October

1 April to
31 July

09.0062

0808 20 50

Pears, fresh, other than perry pears 1 August to
31 December

09.0063

0809 10 00

Apricots, fresh

09.0040

0809 20 95

Fresh (sweet) cherries

1 June to
31 July

21 May to
15 July

Quota volume
(tonnes)

Duty rate
(%)

472

12

1 134

2,5

1 500

600

1 000

2 500

800

9

0

5

10

4

(1) The goods descriptions in this Annex are those appearing in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 286, 28.10.2005, p. 1), supplemented

where necessary by a TARIC code.’