Commission Regulation (EC) No 53/2008 of 22 January 2008 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for wines originating in the Republic of Montenegro
Date: 2008-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Montenegro, originating product, sparkling wine, tariff quota, wine

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 53/2008

of 22 January 2008

opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for wines originating in
the Republic of Montenegro

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of
in
wine (1), and in particular Article 62 thereof,

the market

(6)

Whereas:

A Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other
part (2) (hereinafter referred to as the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement), was signed in Luxembourg on
15 October 2007. The Stabilisation and Association
Agreement is in the process of ratification.

On 15 October 2007 the Council concluded an Interim
Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between
the European Community, of
the one part, and the
Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (3) (hereinafter
referred to as the Interim Agreement), which provides for
the early entry into force of the trade and trade-related
and Association
provisions
Agreement.

Stabilisation

the

of

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), has codified the
management rules for tariff quotas designed to be used
following the chronological order of dates of acceptance
of customs declarations.

equal

importers have

Particular care should be taken to ensure that all
Community
and continuous
access to the tariff quotas and that the rates laid down
for the quotas are applied uninterruptedly to all imports
of the products in question into all Member States until
the quotas are exhausted.
In order to ensure the ef-
ficiency of a common administration of those quotas,
there should be no obstacle to authorising the Member
States to draw from the quota volumes the necessary
quantities corresponding to actual
imports. Communi-
cation between the Member States and the Commission
should, as far as possible, take place by electronic trans-
mission.

(7)

(8)

This Regulation should apply upon the entry into force
of the Interim Agreement and should continue to apply
after the date of entry into force of the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for wine,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

The Interim Agreement and the Stabilisation and As-
sociation Agreement stipulate that wines originating in
Montenegro may be imported into the Community,
within the limits of Community tariff quotas, at a zero-
rate customs duty.

Article 1

1.
A quota at zero-rate customs duty is opened for wines
imported into the Community and originating in the Republic
of Montenegro as set out in the Annex.

The tariff quotas provided for in the Interim Agreement
and in the Stabilisation and Association Agreement are
annual and are repeated for an indeterminate period. The
Commission should adopt the implementing measures
for
the
the
and
the opening
Community tariff quotas.

administration of

(1) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ

last amended by
L 363,

Commission Regulation
20.12.2006, p. 1).

The zero-rate duty is applied subject

2.
conditions:

to the following

(a)

the imported wines shall be accompanied by a proof of
in Protocol 3 to the Interim
origin as provided for
Agreement
and to the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement;

(2) OJ L 345, 28.12.2007, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 345, 28.12.2007, p. 2.

(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).

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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(b) the imported wines shall not benefit from export subsidies.

Article 2

The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be administered by the Commission in accordance with
Articles 308a to 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 3

The Member States and the Commission shall cooperate closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation.

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

Article 4

It shall apply from 1 January 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2008.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Tariff quotas for wines originating in the Republic of Montenegro imported into the Community

Order No

CN code (1)

TARIC
Subdivision

Description

Annual quota
volume
(in hl)

Tariff quota
duty

than

16 000

Exemption

Quality
Champagne or Asti spumante

sparkling wine,

other

Other wine of fresh grapes, in containers
holding 2 litres or less

09.1514

ex 2204 10 19

ex 2204 10 99

2204 21 10

98

98

ex 2204 21 79

79, 80

ex 2204 21 80

79, 80

ex 2204 21 84

59, 70

ex 2204 21 85

79, 80

ex 2204 21 94

ex 2204 21 98

ex 2204 21 99

20

20

10

(1) 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 preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex,
by the coverage of CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the
CN code and corresponding description taken together.