Council Regulation (EC) No 1151/2007 of 26 September 2007 opening autonomous and transitional Community tariff quotas for the import of certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland
Date: 2007-09-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Switzerland, agricultural product, import, originating 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 1151/2007

of 26 September 2007

opening autonomous and transitional Community tariff quotas for the import of certain agricultural
products originating in Switzerland

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

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

establishing the European

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July
1993 laying down provisions for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing
the Community Customs Code (2) provides for a system
for managing tariff quotas. The tariff quotas opened by
this Regulation should be managed by the Commission
and the Member States in accordance with that system.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(4)

The rules of origin provided for in Article 4 of
Agreement should apply,

the

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the
European Union, agricultural trade flows should be main-
tained in accordance with the preferences granted
previously under the bilateral arrangements between the
two Member States and Switzerland. The Community
and Switzerland have agreed to proceed with the adap-
tation of tariff concessions within the framework of the
Agreement between the European Community and the
Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (1)
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’), which entered
into force on 1 June 2002. The adaptation of
these
concessions
the opening of new
include
Community tariff quotas for the import of strawberries
(CN code 0810 10 00), chard (or white beet) and
cardoons (CN code 0709 90 20) originating in Swit-
zerland.

should

(2)

The bilateral procedures for adapting the concessions in
Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement will take time. To
ensure that quota benefit is available until the entry into
force of that adaptation, it is appropriate to open these
tariff quotas on an autonomous and transitional basis.

Article 1

1.
A duty-free Community tariff quota for products falling
within CN code 0810 10 00 originating in Switzerland is
hereby opened annually, on an autonomous and transitional
basis, for the period from 1 January to 31 December.

The order number of the quota shall be 09.0948. The annual
volume shall be 200 tonnes net weight.

2.
A duty-free Community tariff quota for products falling
within CN code 0709 90 20 originating in Switzerland is
hereby opened annually, on an autonomous and transitional
basis, for the period from 1 January to 31 December.

The order number of the quota shall be 09.0950. The annual
volume shall be 300 tonnes net weight.

(1) OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132. Agreement as last amended by
the Joint Committee on Agriculture

Decision No 1/2007 of
(OJ L 173, 3.7.2007, p. 31).

(2) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).

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In 2007, the tariff quotas provided for in paragraphs 1
3.
and 2 shall be opened for the period from 1 September to 31
December, for the full annual volumes provided for in para-
graphs 1 and 2.

Article 2

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

The tariff quotas provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall

4.
expire on 31 December 2009.

Article 3

the
The rules of origin provided for in Article 4 of
5.
Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss
Confederation on trade in agricultural products shall apply to
the products referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

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

its publication in the Official

Journal of

It shall apply from 1 September 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2007.

For the Council
The President

J. SILVA