Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/2007 of 19 December 2007 opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for vermouth
Date: 2007-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: tariff quota, wine

L 335/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.12.2007

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1518/2007

of 19 December 2007

opening and providing for the administration of a tariff quota for vermouth

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 of 6
December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable
to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products (1), and in particular Article 7(2) thereof,

(3)

(4)

In accordance with the commitments taken by the
Community pursuant to the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters,
this Regulation should apply
from 1 January 2007.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in
processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters
between the European Community and the Argentine
Republic 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 (2), approved by
Council Decision 2006/930/EC (3), provides
the
opening of tariff rate quota (erga omnes) for vermouth.
This quota must be opened.

for

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 (4) sets the management
rules for tariff quotas designed to be used following the
chronological order of dates of acceptance of customs
declarations. It is appropriate to provide that the tariff
quota opened by this Regulation is to be managed in
accordance with those rules.

Article 1

An annual tariff rate quota (order number 09.0098) of 13 810
hl (erga omnes) is opened for the release for free circulation in
the Community of vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes
flavoured with plants or aromatic substances, of an actual
alcoholic strength by volume of 18 % vol or less, in containers
holding more than 2 litres, tariff item number 2205 90 10, in
quota rate 7 EUR/hl.

Article 2

The annual tariff quota referred to in Article 1 shall be admi-
nistered by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a,
308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2007.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).

(2) OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 92.
(3) OJ L 355, 15.12.2006, p. 91.
(4) 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).