Council Regulation (EC) No 1210/2008 of 20 November 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova
Date: 2008-11-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Moldova, agricultural product, generalised preferences, 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 1210/2008

of 20 November 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic
of Moldova

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 (1) (hereinafter ‘the
Regulation’) entered into force on 31 January 2008 and
is being applied as of 1 March 2008. The Regulation
all products originating in the Republic of
gives
‘Moldova’)
Moldova (hereinafter:
to the
free access
certain agricultural
for
except
Community markets,
products listed in Annex I to the Regulation for which
limited concessions have been given either in the form of
exemption from customs duties within the limit of tariff
quotas or of reduction of customs duties.

(hereinafter

The wording of Article 14 of the Regulation created a
gap between the application of the generalised system of
preferences (hereinafter ‘GSP’)
to which Moldova was
entitled until
the entry into force of Regulation (EC)
No 55/2008, and the application of the autonomous
trade preferences
the
the GSP would
intention had been to ensure that
continue to apply for all eligible exports until the ATPs
were introduced. According to Article 14 goods covered
by
the GSP, which have been exported to the
Community between the entry into force of the ATPs
and the start of the application of the regime would
not be covered by either regime in cases where no
purchase contract was made before 31 January 2008

‘ATPs’), whereas

(1) OJ L 20, 24.1.2008, p. 1.

and it could be shown that the goods left Moldova no
later than 31 January 2008. To correct this situation the
wording in Article 14 should be amended so as to refer
to the date of application of the Regulation and not its
entry into force.

In preparing the application of the Regulation (EC) No
55/2008 and the management of the quotas listed in its
Annex I, a few inconsistencies between the quota
descriptions and the applicable CN codes were detected.
those errors the word ‘domestic’
In order to correct
should be deleted in the description for quota No
09.0504, the CN code 1001 90 99 should be added to
quota No 09.0509 and the description ‘of an actual
exceeding 15 %’
alcoholic
should be deleted in the description of quota No
09.0514. The proposed corrections do not contradict
or change the methodology used to determine the size
of the quotas for each product group, which was based
on best export performance of the years 2004-2006 with
yearly increases corresponding to the potential increases
in production and export capacity of Moldova until
2012.

strength by volume not

Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this
Regulation can be applied without undue delay, it should
enter into force on the day following its publication,

(3)

(4)

(5)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1

1. Article 14 shall be amended as follows:

(a) Article 14(1), the introductory phrase, the words ‘the
entry into force’ shall be replaced by the following: ‘the
date of application’;

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(b) Article 14(1)(a), (1)(b), (2)(a), (2)(b), (2)(c) and (2)(d), the words ‘the date of entry into force’ shall be

replaced by the following: ‘the date of application’.

2. Annex I shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2008.

For the Council
The President

B. LAPORTE

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2. Products for which the ad valorem component of the import duty is exempted

CN Code

Description

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0709 90 80

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Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

Garlic, fresh or chilled

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