Council Regulation (EC) No 728/2007 of 25 June 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
Date: 2007-06-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural product, chemical product, industrial product, tariff quota

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

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REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 728/2007

of 25 June 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu-
lation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency
provided for in point I.3 of the Protocol on the role of
national parliaments in the European Union annexed to
the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties estab-
lishing the European Communities.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(6)

Since this Regulation is to apply from 1 July 2007,
should enter into force immediately,

it

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 20 December 1996, the Council adopted Regulation
(EC) No 2505/96 (1). Community demand for
the
products to which that Regulation applies should be
met under the most
that
purpose, new Community tariff quotas
should be
opened at zero rates of duty for appropriate volumes
while avoiding any disturbance to the markets for these
products.

favourable conditions. For

The quota amounts for two autonomous Community
tariff quotas are insufficient to meet the needs of the
Community
quota
amounts should be increased.

Consequently,

industry.

those

It is no longer in the Community interest to continue to
grant a Community tariff quota from 1 July 2007 for
one product, on which duties have been suspended until
that date. The product in question should therefore be
removed from the table in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2505/96.

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. the tariff quotas for the products set out in Annex I to this

Regulation shall be inserted;

2. the rows for the tariff quotas with order numbers 09.2603,
09.2727 and 09.2977 shall be replaced by the rows set out
in Annex II to this Regulation;

3. the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.2970

shall be deleted.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(1) OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2014/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 20).

This Regulation shall apply from 1 July 2007.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2007.

For the Council
The President

A. SCHAVAN

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ANNEX I

Order
number

CN code

TARIC

Description

Quota period

Quota volume

Quota
duty

09.2907

ex 3824 90 98

86

Plant sterols obtained from wood
or soya oil, containing by weight:
— 75 % or more of sterols,
— not more
stanols,

than 25 % of

used as raw material for stanol
ester (1)

1.7.-31.12.2007

4 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2908

ex 3804 00 90

10

Sodium lignosulphonate

1.7.-31.12.2007

28 000 tonnes

09.2977

2926 10 00

Acrylonitrile

1.7.-31.12.2007

35 000 tonnes

0 %

0 %

(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, OJ L 253, 11.10.1993 p. 1 and subsequent amendments).

ANNEX II

Order
number

CN code

TARIC

Description

Quota period

Quota volume

Quota
duty

09.2603

ex 2930 90 85 (*)

79 (*)

09.2727

ex 3902 90 90

93

Bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)tetra-
sulfide

Synthetic poly-alpha-olefin
having a viscosity of at least
38 × 10–6 m2s–1
centi-
stokes) at 100 °C measured
using
the ASTM D 445
method

(38

1.1.-31.12.2007

4 500 tonnes

0 %

1.1.-31.12.2007

16 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2977

2926 10 00

Acrylonitrile

1.1.-30.6.2007

35 000 tonnes

0 %

(*) CN and TARIC code applicable as from 1 July 2007.