Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2009 of 23 November 2009 opening and providing for the management of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002
Date: 2009-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Switzerland, agricultural product, import, originating product, tariff exemption, tariff quota




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24.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 308/14








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1126/2009
of 23 November 2009
         
opening and providing for the management of Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (1), and in particular Article 5(3) first indent and Article 5(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


By Decision No 2/2008 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products of 24 June 2008 concerning the adaptation of Annexes 1 and 2 (2), Annexes 1 and 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’) have been replaced.












(2)


Annex 2 to the Agreement, as amended, sets out the tariff concessions granted by the Community for imports of agricultural products originating in Switzerland. Certain of those tariff concessions apply within tariff quotas managed in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3).












(3)


For reasons of clarity, it is appropriate to lay down the provisions implementing those tariff quotas for agricultural products in one single legislative act which replaces Commission Regulation (EC) No 933/2002 (4). In accordance with the Agreement the tariff quotas should be opened for the period from 1 January to 31 December.












(4)


Since Decision No 2/2008 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture enters into force on 1 January 2010, this Regulation should apply from the same date.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The tariff quotas for the products originating in Switzerland listed in the Annex shall be opened annually, and at the rates of customs duty indicated in that Annex.


Article 2
The tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 308a, 308b and 308c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.


Article 3
Regulation (EC) No 933/2002 is repealed.


Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2010.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 November 2009.


For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 228, 27.8.2008, p. 3.

(3)  
            OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 11.

(4)  
            OJ L 144, 1.6.2002, p. 22.




ANNEX
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is only indicative. The preferential scheme in this Annex relates to the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of this Regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.











Order No


CN code


TARIC subdivision


Description of goods


Quota period


Quota volume
(in tonnes net weight)


Quota duty




09.0919


ex 0210 19 50 


10 


Hams of domestic swine, in brine, boneless, enclosed in a bladder or in an artificial gut


1.1 to 31.12


1 900 


free




ex 0210 19 81 


10 


Meat of domestic swine, boneless, from chop, smoked




ex 1601 00 10 


10 


Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products, of animals of headings 0101  to 0104 , excluding wild boars




ex 1601 00 91 


10 




ex 1601 00 99 


10 




ex 0210 19 81 


20 


Pork neck, dried in air, seasoned or not, whole, in pieces or thinly sliced




ex 1602 49 19 


10 




09.0921


0701 10 00 


 


Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


4 000 


free




09.0922


0702 00 00 


 


Tomatoes, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free (*1)





09.0923


0703 10 19 
0703 90 


 


Onions other than sets; leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


5 000 


free




09.0924


0704 10 00 
0704 90 


 


Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and other similar edible brassicas with the exception of Brussels spouts, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


5 500 


free




09.0925


0705 


 


Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


3 000 


free




09.0926


0706 10 00 


 


Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


5 000 


free




09.0927


0706 90 10 
0706 90 90 


 


Salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, with the exception of horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia), fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


3 000 


free




09.0928


0707 00 05 


 


Cucumbers, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free (*1)





09.0929


0708 20 00 


 


Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free




09.0930


0709 30 00 


 


Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


500 


free




09.0931


0709 40 00 


 


Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


500 


free




09.0932


0709 70 00 


 


Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free




09.0933


0709 90 10 


 


Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free




09.0950


0709 90 20 


 


Chard (or white beet) and cardoons, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


300 


free




09.0934


0709 90 50 


 


Fennel, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free




09.0935


0709 90 70 


 


Courgettes, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free (*1)





09.0936


0709 90 90 


 


Other vegetables, fresh or chilled


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free




09.0945


0710 10 00 


 


Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen


1.1 to 31.12


3 000 


free




2004 10 10 
2004 10 99 


Potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006 , with the exception of flour, meal or flakes




2005 20 80 


Potatoes, prepared or otherwise preserved than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006 , with the exception of flour, meal or flakes and preparations that are thinly sliced, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitable for immediate consumption




09.0937


ex 0808 10 80 


90 


Apples, other than cider apples, fresh


1.1 to 31.12


3 000 


free (*1)





09.0938


0808 20 


 


Pears and quinces, fresh


1.1 to 31.12


3 000 


free (*1)





09.0939


0809 10 00 


 


Apricots, fresh


1.1 to 31.12


500 


free (*1)





09.0940


0809 20 95 


 


Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh


1.1 to 31.12


1 500 


free (*1)





09.0941


0809 40 


 


Plums and sloes, fresh


1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


free (*1)





09.0948


0810 10 00 


 


Strawberries, fresh


1.1 to 31.12


200 


free




09.0942


0810 20 10 


 


Raspberries, fresh


1.1 to 31.12


100 


free




09.0943


0810 20 90 


 


Blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh


1.1 to 31.12


100 


free




09.0946


ex 0811 90 19 


12 


Cherries, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter


1.1 to 31.12


500 


free




ex 0811 90 39 


12 




0811 90 80 


 


Cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter




2008 60 


 


Cherries, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included




09.0944


1106 30 10 


 


Flour, meal and powder of bananas


1.1 to 31.12


5 


free






(*1)  The reduction of duty within this tariff quota is limited to the ad valorem element. Entry prices and their specific duties remain applicable.