Council Regulation (EC) No 1894/2006 of 18 December 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil 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 accession to the European Community, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 2006-12-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Brazil, CCT duties, Combined Nomenclature, accession to the European Union, agricultural product, tariff quota, trade agreement (EU)

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1894/2006

of 18 December 2006

concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the
European Community and Brazil 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 accession to the European Community, 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Annex I
No 2658/87 shall be amended as follows:

(Combined Nomenclature) of Regulation (EEC)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) established a
goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Com-
bined Nomenclature’ or ‘CN’, and set out the conventional
duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.

By Decision 2006/1894/EC (2), the Council approved, on
behalf of the Community, the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters between the European Commu-
nity and Brazil 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 acces-
sion to the European Community with a view to closing
negotiations initiated pursuant
to Article XXIV:6 of
GATT 1994.

(3)

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

(a) Parts Two (schedule of customs duties) and Three (tariff
annexes) shall be amended with the duties and supple-
mented with the volumes shown in the Annex to this
Regulation;

(b) CN codes

0201 30 00,

0206 10 95,
0206 29 91 in Annex 7 (WTO tariff quotas to be opened
by the competent Community authorities) of Section III of
Part Three shall be amended as follows:

0202 30 90,

(i)

the EC tariff

rate quota of
the description of
5 000 tonnes ‘Boneless “high quality” meat, fresh chilled
or frozen, answering the following description: Beef cuts
obtained from steers (novilhos) or heifers (novilhas)
aged between 20 and 24 months, which have
been exclusively pasture grazed, have lost their central
temporary incisors but do not have more than four per-
manent incisor teeth, which are of a good maturity and
which meet the following beef carcase classification
requirements: meat from B or R class carcases with
rounded to straight conformation and a fat-cover class
of 2 or 3; the cuts bearing the letters “sc” (special cuts)
or an “sc” (special cuts) label as a sign of their high qual-
ity will be boxed in cartons bearing the words “high
quality beef”’ shall be replaced by ‘Boneless high quality
meat of bovine animals fresh, chilled or frozen’;

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1549/2006 (OJ L 301, 31.10.2006, p. 1).

(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

(ii) under ‘Other terms and conditions’ the text ‘Supplying

country Brazil’ shall be inserted.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2006.

For the Council
The President
J.-E.ENESTAM

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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.

CN code

Description

Duty rate

Part Two
Schedule of Customs duties

2106 10 80

Protein concentrates

2401 10 90

Tobacco

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

Reduce the EC bound duty of
EUR 11,2 MIN 22,0/100 kg/net
MAX EUR 56,0/100 kg/net to
EUR 10 MIN 22,0/100 kg/net MAX
EUR 56,0/kg/net

CN code

Description

Duty rate

Part Three
Tariff Annexes

1701 11 10

Raw cane sugar for refining

Frozen cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

Chicken carcass, fresh, chilled or frozen

Chicken cuts, fresh, chilled or frozen

A country allocated (Brazil) tariff rate
quota 10 124 tonnes at in-quota rate
of EUR 98/tonne

A country allocated (Brazil) tariff rate
quota 2 332 tonnes at in-quota rate
of 0 %

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

Cuts of fowls

Turkey meat, fresh, chilled or frozen

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

0207 14 10
0207 14 50
0207 14 70

0207 11 10
0207 11 30
0207 11 90
0207 12 10
0207 12 90

0207 13 10
0207 13 20
0207 13 30
0207 13 40
0207 13 50
0207 13 60
0207 13 70
0207 14 20
0207 14 30
0207 14 40
0207 14 60

0207 14 10

0207 24 10
0207 24 90
0207 25 10
0207 25 90
0207 26 10
0207 26 20
0207 26 30
0207 26 40
0207 26 50
0207 26 60
0207 26 70
0207 26 80
0207 27 30
0207 27 40
0207 27 50
0207 27 60
0207 27 70

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CN code

Description

Duty rate

Part Three
Tariff Annexes

Turkey cuts, frozen

Maize

Preserved pineapples, citrus fruit, pears, apricots, cherries,
peaches and strawberries

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

Fruit juices

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

0207 27 10
0207 27 20
0207 27 80

1005 90 00
1005 10 90

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

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 34
2009 80 35
2009 80 36
2009 80 38
2009 90 11
2009 90 19
2009 90 21
2009 90 29

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Tariff Annexes

CN code

Description

Duty rate

1806

Chocolate

Implemented through Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124,
11.5.2006, p. 1)

The exact tariff description of the EC-15 shall apply to all tariff lines and quotas above.