Commission Regulation (EC) No 1492/2007 of 17 December 2007 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 as regards tariff quotas for certain products originating in Chile
Date: 2007-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Chile, association agreement (EU), originating product, tariff preference, tariff quota

18.12.2007

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1492/2007

of 17 December 2007

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 as regards tariff quotas for certain products
originating in Chile

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 of 18
February 2003 implementing for the Community the tariff
provisions laid down in the Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Community and its Member
States, of
the
other part (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 implements
Community the tariff provisions
Agreement
Community and its Member States, of
and the Republic of Chile, of the other part (2).

the
laid down in the
establishing an association between the
the one part,

for

By its Decision 2005/106/EC (3), the Council approved a
Protocol
to the Association Agreement between the
the
European Community and its Member States, of
one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part,
to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic,
the
the Republic of Estonia,
the
Republic of Hungary,
Republic of Lithuania,
the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the
Slovak Republic to the European Union (4) (hereinafter
referred to as the Protocol). The Protocol includes new
Community tariff concessions, some of which are limited
by tariff quotas.

the Republic of Cyprus,
the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Malta,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 305/2005 of 19
October 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC)
No 312/2003 as
certain
products originating in Chile implemented these new
concessions.

tariff quotas

regards

for

(4)

In accordance with the Protocol, the volumes of the new
from 1
tariff quotas

should be increased annually,

(1) OJ L 46, 20.2.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 305/2005 (OJ L 52, 25.2.2005, p. 6).

(2) OJ L 352, 30.12.2002, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 38, 10.2.2005, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 38, 10.2.2005, p. 3.

January 2005, by five percent of the original quantity.
In the interest of clarity it is necessary to lay down the
total volumes of the tariff quotas available in 2005 for
the products in question, in which the increase for that
year is already included.

(5)

(6)

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

As the tariff quota volumes set out in this Regulation
have to take effect from 1 January 2005, this Regulation
should apply from the same date and should enter into
force immediately.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
the Customs Code
accordance with the opinion of
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 312/2003 is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 3 the following paragraph 3 is added:

The annual volume of

‘3.
the tariff quota at order
No 09.1941 in the Annex shall be increased successively
by five per cent each year of the original quantity from
1 January 2005.’

2. the Annex is amended as set out in the Annex to this

Regulation.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2007.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 312/2003, the Table is amended as follows:

1. In the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.1925, the annual tariff quota volume in the fourth column is

replaced by the following:
‘581,50 tonnes (*)
___________
(*) This annual quota volume shall apply from 1 January 2005. It shall be increased successively each year, and for the
first time in 2006 for that year, with 26,50 tonnes (five per cent of the original volume of 530 tonnes).’;

2. In the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.1929, the annual tariff quota volume in the fourth column is

replaced by the following:
‘42 275 tonnes (**)
___________
(**) This annual quota volume shall apply from 1 January 2005. It shall be increased successively each year, and for
the first time in 2006 for that year, with 1 925 tonnes (five per cent of the original volume of 38 500 tonnes).’;

3. In the row for the tariff quota with order number 09.1941, the annual tariff quota volume in the fourth column is

replaced by the following:
‘1 050 tonnes (***)
___________
(***) This annual quota volume shall apply from 1 January 2005. It shall be increased successively each year, and for
the first time in 2006 for that year, with 50 tonnes (five per cent of the original volume of 1 000 tonnes).’