Council Regulation (EC) No 1362/2008 of 18 December 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural production, chemical product, industrial product, tariff quota

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1362/2008

of 18 December 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous
Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

On 20 December 1996 the Council adopted Regulation
(EC) No 2505/96 (1). Community demand for
the
products to which that Regulation applies should be
met under the most
that
from 1 January 2009, one new
purpose with effect
Community tariff quota should be opened at zero rate
of duty for the appropriate amount while avoiding any
disturbance to the market regarding this product.

favourable conditions. For

The quota amounts for two autonomous Community
tariff quotas are insufficient to meet the needs of the
current quota period
Community industry for
those
ending on 31 December 2008. Consequently,
quota amounts should be increased with effect
from
1 January 2008.

the

The quota amount
tariff quota disturbs
the
Community. Consequently,
be reduced.

for one autonomous Community
the
this quota amount should

internal market of

It is no longer in the Community interest to continue to
grant Community tariff quotas
in 2009 for certain
products for which such quotas were established for
2008. Those quotas should therefore be closed with
effect
from 1 January 2009 and the corresponding
products should be removed from the list in Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96.

(6)

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu­
lation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency
provided for in point I(3) of the Protocol on the role of
national parliaments in the European Union annexed to
the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties estab­
lishing the European Community.

(8)

Since the tariff quotas have to take effect from 1 January
2009, this Regulation should apply from the same date
and enter into force immediately,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 shall be replaced by
the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

With effect from 1 January 2008, in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2505/96:

(a)

the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number
09.2812 shall be fixed at 4 000 tonnes;

(b) the quota volume of the tariff quota for order number

09.2950 shall be fixed at 15 000 tonnes.

Article 3

With effect from 1 January 2009, in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2505/96:

— the quota volume for the tariff quota for order number

09.2908 shall be fixed at 40 000 tonnes.

(5)

In view of the many changes to be made, clarity requires
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 to be replaced
in its entirety.

(1) OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1.

Article 4

With effect from 1 January 2009, in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 2505/96, a row for order number 09.2631 shall be
inserted.

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Article 5

With effect from 1 January 2009, in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2505/96, the rows for the order
numbers 09.2618, 09.2713, 09.2719, 09.2771 and 09.2775 shall be deleted.

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

Article 6

This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2009.

However, Article 2 shall apply from 1 January 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2008.

For the Council
The President

M. BARNIER

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

Order
number

CN code

TARIC

Description

Quota period

Quota amount

Quota duty

09.2849

ex 0710 80 69

10

09.2913

ex 2401 10 35

ex 2401 10 70

ex 2401 10 95

ex 2401 10 95

ex 2401 10 95

ex 2401 20 35

ex 2401 20 70

ex 2401 20 95

ex 2401 20 95

ex 2401 20 95

09.2841

ex 2712 90 99

09.2703

ex 2825 30 00

09.2806

ex 2825 90 40

09.2611

ex 2826 19 90

09.2837

ex 2903 49 80

09.2933

ex 2903 69 90

09.2950

ex 2905 59 98

09.2851

ex 2907 12 00

91

10

11

21

91

91

10

11

21

91

10

10

30

10

10

30

10

10

Mushrooms of the species Auricularia polytricha (uncooked
or cooked by steaming or boiling), frozen, for the manu­
facture of prepared meals (1) (2)

Natural unmanufactured tobacco, whether or not cut in
regular size, having a custom value of not
less than
EUR 450 per 100 kg net weight, for use as binder or
wrapper for the manufacture of goods falling within
subheading 2402 10 00 (1)

1.1.-31.12.

700 tonnes

0 %

1.1-31.12.

6 000 tonnes

0 %

Blend of 1-alkenes containing 80 % by weight or more of
1-alkenes of a chain-length of 20 and 22 carbon atoms

Vanadium oxides and hydroxides exclusively for use in
alloys (1)

1.1.-31.12.

10 000 tonnes

0 %

1.1-31.12.

13 000 tonnes

0 %

Tungsten trioxide

Calcium fluoride having a total content of aluminium,
magnesium and sodium of 0,25 mg/kg or less,
in the
form of powder

1.1.-31.12.

12 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

55 tonnes

Bromochloromethane

1,3-Dichlorobenzene

2-Chloroethanol, for the manufacture of liquid thioplasts
of subheading 4002 99 90 (1)

O-Cresol having a purity of not less than 98,5 % by
weight

1.1.-31.12.

600 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

2 600 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

15 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

20 000 tonnes

0 %

09.2624

2912 42 00

Ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde)

1.1.-31.12.

600 tonnes

09.2767

ex 2910 90 00

80

Allyl glycidyl ether

09.2972

2915 24 00

Acetic anhydride

09.2769

ex 2917 13 90

09.2808

ex 2918 22 00

09.2975

ex 2918 30 00

09.2602

ex 2921 51 19

09.2977

2926 10 00

09.2030

ex 2926 90 95

09.2002

ex 2928 00 90

09.2917

ex 2930 90 13

09.2603

ex 2930 90 85

09.2810

2932 11 00

09.2955

ex 2932 19 00

09.2812

ex 2932 29 85

10

10

10

10

74

30

90

79

60

77

Dimethyl sebacate
o-Acetylsalicylic acid
Benzophenone-3,3′:4,4′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride

o-Phenylenediamine

Acrylonitrile

Chlorothalonil

Phenylhydrazine

Cystine

1.1.-31.12.

1 500 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

20 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

1 300 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

120 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

1 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

1 800 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

30 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

1 500 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

1 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

600 tonnes

Bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulphide

1.1.-31.12.

9 000 tonnes

Tetrahydrofuran

Flurtamone (ISO)

Hexan-6-olide

1.1-31.12.

20 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

300 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

4 000 tonnes

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

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Order
number

CN code

TARIC

Description

Quota period

Quota amount

Quota duty

09.2615

ex 2934 99 90

09.2619

ex 2934 99 90

09.2945

ex 2940 00 00

09.2908

ex 3804 00 90

70

71

20

10

Ribonucleic acid

2-Thienylacetonitrile

D-Xylose

Sodium lignosulphonate

09.2889

3805 10 90

Sulphate turpentine

1.1.-31.12.

110 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

80 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

400 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

40 000 tonnes

1.1.-31.12.

20 000 tonnes

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

09.2935

3806 10 10

Rosin and resin acids obtained from fresh oleoresins

1.1.-31.12.

280 000 tonnes 0 %

09.2814

ex 3815 90 90

09.2829

ex 3824 90 97

76

19

09.2914

ex 3824 90 97

26

09.2986

ex 3824 90 97

76

Catalyst consisting of
trioxide

titanium dioxide and tungsten

1.1.-31.12.

1 600 tonnes

0 %

the residual,

Solid extract of
insoluble in aliphatic
solvents, obtained during the extraction of rosin from
wood, having the following characteristics:
— a resin acid content not exceeding 30 % by weight
— an acid number not exceeding 110

and

— a melting point of 100 °C or more

Aqueous solution containing not
less than 40 % by
weight of dry betaine-extract and between 5 % and
30 % by weight of organic or inorganic salts

Mixture of tertiary amines containing:
— 60 % by weight of dodecyldimethylamine, or more
— 20 % by weight of dimethyl(tetradecyl)amine, or more
— 0,5 % by weight of hexadecyldimethylamine, or more

for use in the production of amine oxides (1)

1.1.-31.12.

1 600 tonnes

0 %

1.1.-31.12.

5 000 tonnes

0 %

1.1-31.12.

14 315 tonnes

0 %

09.2907

ex 3824 90 97

86

in the

Mixture of phytosterols,
containing by weight:
— 75 % or more of sterols
— not more than 25 % of stanols

form of powder,

1.1.-31.12.

2 500 tonnes

0 %

09.2140

ex 3824 90 97

98

09.2992

ex 3902 30 00

93

09.2947

ex 3904 69 90

09.2604

ex 3905 30 00

09.2616

ex 3910 00 00

09.2816

ex 3912 11 00

95

10

30

20

for use in the manufacture of stanol/sterol esters (1)

Mixture of tertiary amines containing by weight:
— 2,0-4,0 % of N,N-dimethyl-1-octanamine
— 94 % minimum of N,N-dimethyl-1-decanamine
— 2 % maximum of N,N-dimethyl-1-dodecanamine

Propylene-butylene copolymer, containing by weight
60 % or more but not more than 68 % of propylene
and 32 % or more but not more than 40 % of
than
butylene, of
3 000 mPa at 190 °C, as determined by the ASTM
D 3236 method, for use as an adhesive in the manu­
facture of products falling within subheading 4818 40 (1)

a melt viscosity of not more

1.1.-31.12.

4 500 tonnes

0 %

1.1.-31.12.

1 000 tonnes

0 %

for
Poly(vinylidene
preparation of paint or varnish for coating metal (1)

in powder

fluoride),

form,

the

1.1.-31.12.

1 300 tonnes

0 %

Poly(vinyl alcohol) partially acetalized with 5-(4-azido-2-
sulphobenzylidene)-3-(formylpropyl)-rhodanine,
sodium
salt

1.1.-31.12.

100 tonnes

0 %

Polydimethylsiloxane with a degree of polymerisation of
2 800 monomer units (± 100)

1.1.-31.12.

1 300 tonnes

0 %

Cellulose acetate flakes for use in the manufacture of
cellulose acetate filament tow (1)

1.1.-31.12.

45 500 tonnes

0 %

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Order
number

CN code

TARIC

Description

Quota period

Quota amount

Quota duty

09.2818

ex 6902 90 00

10

09.2628

ex 7019 52 00

10

09.2799

ex 7202 49 90

10

09.2629

ex 7616 99 90

09.2763

ex 8501 40 80

09.2620

ex 8526 91 20

09.2003

ex 8543 70 90

85

30

20

63

09.2631

ex 9001 90 00

80

Refractory bricks with:
— an edge length of more than 300 mm and
— a TiO2 content of not more than 1 % by weight and
— a Al2O3 content of not more than 0,4 % by weight

and

— a change in volume of less than 9 % at 1 700 °C

Glass web woven from glass fibre coated in plastic, of a
weight of 120 g/m2 (± 10 g/m2, of a type used in rolling
insect screens with fixed frames

Ferro-chromium containing 1,5 % or more but not more
than 4 % by weight of carbon and not more than 70 %
of chromium

Aluminium telescopic handle for use in the manufacture
of luggage (1)

Electric AC commutator motor, single-phase, with an
output of more than 750 W, an input power of more
than 1 600 W but not more than 2 700 W, an external
diameter of more than 120 mm (± 0,2 mm) but not
more than 135 mm (± 0,2 mm), a rated speed of
more than 30 000 rpm but not more than 50 000
rpm, equipped with air-inducting ventilator, for use in
the manufacture of vacuum cleaners (1)

Assembly for GPS system having a position determi­
nation function

Voltage controlled frequency generator, consisting of
active and passive elements mounted on a printed
circuit, contained in a housing with dimensions of not
more than 30 × 30 mm

Unmounted glass lenses, prisms and cemented elements
for use in the manufacture of goods of CN codes 9005,
9013 and 9015 (1)

1.1.-31.12.

75 tonnes

0 %

1.1.-31.12.

350 000 m2

0 %

1.1.-31.12.

50 000 tonnes

0 %

1.1.-31.12.

240 000 units

0 %

1.1.-31.12.

2 000 000 units 0 %

1.1.-31.12.

2 000 000 units 0 %

1.1.-31.12.

1 400 000 units 0 %

1.1.-31.12.

5 000 000 units 0 %

(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC)

No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1)).

(2) However, the measure is not allowed where processing is carried out by retail or catering undertakings.’