Commission Regulation (EC) No 93/2008 of 31 January 2008 on the withdrawal of a temporary suspension of the duty free regime for the year 2008 for the importation into the Community of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93
Date: 2008-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, agricultural product, exemption from customs duties, import (EU), tariff exemption

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 93/2008

of 31 January 2008

on the withdrawal of a temporary suspension of the duty free regime for the year 2008 for the
importation into the Community of certain goods originating in Norway resulting from the
processing of agricultural products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93

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,

Having regard to Council Decision 2004/859/EC of 25 October
2004 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form
of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community
and the Kingdom of Norway on Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free
Trade Agreement between the European Economic Community
and the Kingdom of Norway (2), and in particular Article 3
thereof,

Whereas:

Protocol 2 to the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between
the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of
Norway (3), and Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement (4),
determine the trade arrangements for certain agricultural
and
the
Contracting Parties.

agricultural

processed

products

between

referred to as ‘the Agreement’, approved by Decision
the Agreed
2004/859/EC. According to point
Minutes of the Agreement, duty free imports of goods
of the CN codes 2202 10 00 and ex 2202 90 10 origi-
nating in Norway are — in principle — to be permitted
only within the limits of a duty free quota, while a duty
is to be paid for imports outside the quota allocation.

IV of

by

Commission

According to statistics provided to the Commission, the
annual quota for 2007 for the products in question
opened
No
1798/2006 (7) has not been exhausted on 31 October
2007. Pursuant to Point IV of the Agreed Minutes of the
Agreement the products in question should be granted
unlimited duty free access to the Community from 1
January 2008 to 31 December 2008.

Regulation

(EC)

is therefore necessary to withdraw the temporary
the duty free regime applied under

It
suspension of
Protocol No 2.

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

(4)

(5)

(6)

Protocol 3 to the EEA Agreement, as amended by
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 138/2004 (5),
provides for a zero duty applying to certain waters
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or
flavoured, classified under CN code 2202 10 00 and
certain other non alcoholic beverages containing sugar,
classified under CN code ex 2202 90 10.

The zero duty for the waters and other beverages in
question has been temporarily suspended for Norway
by the Agreement
in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community and the
Kingdom of Norway on Protocol 2 to the bilateral free
trade Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Kingdom of Norway (6), hereinafter

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For 1 January to 31 December 2008,

1.
the temporary
suspension of the duty free regime applied under Protocol No
2 to the bilateral free trade agreement to goods classified under
CN codes 2202 10 00 (waters,
including mineral waters and
aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter or flavoured) and ex 2202 90 10 (other non-alcoholic
beverages containing sugar (sucrose or invert sugar)) shall be
withdrawn.

(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 370, 17.12.2004, p. 70.
(3) OJ L 171, 27.6.1973, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 22, 24.1.2002, p. 37.
(5) OJ L 342, 18.11.2004, p. 30.
(6) OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 72.

The rules of origin mutually applicable to the goods
2.
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as set out in Protocol 3
of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement between the European
Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway.

(7) OJ L 341, 7.12.2006, p. 24.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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

Article 2

It shall be applicable from 1 January 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 2008.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President