Commission Regulation (EC) No 1154/2009 of 27 November 2009 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Israel
Date: 2009-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Israel, agricultural product, import, originating product, tariff exemption, tariff quota, tariff reduction








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28.11.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 313/52








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1154/2009
of 27 November 2009
         
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 as regards Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Israel


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 of 9 April 2001 providing for the management of Community tariff quotas and of reference quantities for products eligible for preferences by virtue of agreements with certain Mediterranean countries and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1981/94 and (EC) No 934/95 (1) and in particular Article 5(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In 2008 an Agreement was concluded in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products, the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 and their annexes and amendments to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, which was approved by Council Decision 2009/855/EC (2).












(2)


The Agreement provides for new tariff quotas for agricultural and processed agricultural products originating in Israel and changes to the existing tariff quotas laid down for such products in Regulation (EC) No 747/2001. In addition, it no longer provides for any tariff concessions granted within reference quantities.












(3)


To implement the provisions on the new tariff quotas, the changes to the existing tariff quotas and the ending of reference quantities, Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 should be amended accordingly.












(4)


For the purpose of calculating the tariff quotas for the first year of application, provision should be made, in accordance with the Agreement, for the volumes of the tariff quotas for which the quota period starts before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to be reduced by the proportion of that period which has elapsed before that date.












(5)


Since the Agreement enters into force on 1 January 2010, this Regulation should apply from that date.












(6)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 747/2001 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
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, 27 November 2009.


For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 109, 19.4.2001, p. 2.

(2)  See page 81 of this Official Journal.




ANNEX




                     ‘ANNEX VII

ISRAEL

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 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.

Tariff quotas












Order No


CN code


TARIC subdivision


Description of goods


Quota period


Quota volume (in tonnes net weight, unless otherwise indicated)


Quota duty




09.1361


0105 12 00 


 


Live turkeys, weighing not more than 185 g


From 1.1 to 31.12


129 920  items


Exemption




09.1302


0404 10 


 


Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter


From 1.1 to 31.12


1 300 


Exemption




09.1306


0603 11 00 
0603 12 00 
0603 13 00 
0603 14 00 
0603 19 10 
0603 19 90 


 


Fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes


From 1.1 to 31.12


22 196 


Exemption




09.1341


0603 19 90 


 


Other fresh cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes


From 1.11 to 15.4


7 840 


Exemption




09.1300


0701 90 50 


 


New potatoes, fresh or chilled


From 1.1 to 30.6


33 936 


Exemption




09.1304


ex 0702 00 00 


07 


Cherry tomatoes, fresh or chilled


From 1.1 to 31.12


28 000 


Exemption (1)





09.1342


ex 0702 00 00 


99 


Tomatoes, fresh or chilled, other than cherry tomatoes


From 1.1 to 31.12


5 000 


Exemption (1)





09.1368


0707 00 05 


 


Cucumbers, fresh or chilled


From 1.1 to 31.12


1 000 


Exemption (1)





09.1303


0709 60 10 


 


Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled


From 1.1 to 31.12


17 248 


Exemption




09.1353


0710 40 00 
2004 90 10 


 


Sweetcorn, frozen


From 1.1 to 31.12


10 600 


70 % of the specific duty




09.1354


0711 90 30 
2001 90 30 
2005 80 00 


 


Sweetcorn, not frozen


From 1.1 to 31.12


5 400 


70 % of the specific duty




09.1369


0712 90 30 


 


Dried tomatoes, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared


From 1.1 to 31.12


1 200 


Exemption




09.1323


0805 10 20 


 


Oranges, fresh


From 1.1 to 31.12


224 000 


Exemption (1)
 (2)





ex 0805 10 80 


10 




09.1370


ex 0805 20 10 


05 


Clementines, mandarins and wilkings, fresh


From 1.1 to 31.12


40 000 


Exemption (1)





ex 0805 20 50 


07 , 37 




09.1371


ex 0805 20 10 


05 


Clementines, mandarins and wilkings, fresh


From 15.3 to 30.9


15 680 


Exemption (1)





ex 0805 20 50 


07 , 37 




09.1397


0807 19 00 


 


Melons fresh, other than watermelons


From 1.1 to 31.5.2010


15 000 


Exemption




For each period thereafter from 1.8 to 31.5


30 000 




09.1398


0810 10 00 


 


Strawberries, fresh


From 1.1 to 30.4.2010


3 333 


Exemption




For each period thereafter from 1.11 to 30.4


5 000 




09.1372


1602 31 19 


 


Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of turkeys, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal, other than exclusively uncooked turkey meat


From 1.1 to 31.12


5 000 


Exemption




1602 31 30 


 


Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of turkeys, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal




09.1373


1602 32 19 


 


Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat or offal, other than uncooked


From 1.1 to 31.12


2 000 


Exemption




1602 32 30 


 


Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry meat or offal




09.1374


1704 10 90 


 


Chewing gum whether or not sugar-coated, not containing cocoa, containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)


From 1.1 to 31.12


100 


Exemption




09.1375


1806 10 20 
1806 10 30 
1806 10 90 
1806 20 


 


Cocoa powder containing 5 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose
Other food preparations containing cocoa in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg


From 1.1 to 31.12


2 500 


85 % of the specific duty or of the agricultural component




09.1376


1905 20 30 
1905 20 90 


 


Gingerbread and the like, containing by weight 30 % or more of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)


From 1.1 to 31.12


3 200 


70 % of the specific duty




09.1377


2002 90 91 
2002 90 99 


 


Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, with a dry matter content of more than 30 % by weight


From 1.1 to 31.12


784 


Exemption




09.1378


ex 2008 70 71 


10 


Slices of peaches, fried in oil, not containing added spirit, with a sugar content exceeding 15 % by weight, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg


From 1.1 to 31.12


112 


Exemption




09.1331


2009 11 
2009 12 00 
2009 19 


 


Orange juice


From 1.1 to 31.12


35 000 


Exemption




of which:




09.1333


ex 2009 11 11 


10 


Orange juice, in containers of 2 litres or less


From 1.1 to 31.12


21 280 


Exemption




ex 2009 11 19 


10 




ex 2009 11 91 


10 




ex 2009 11 99 


11 , 19 
92 , 94 




ex 2009 12 00 


10 




ex 2009 19 11 


11 , 19 




ex 2009 19 19 


11 , 19 




ex 2009 19 91 


11 , 19 




ex 2009 19 98 


11 , 19 




09.1379


ex 2009 90 21 


40 


Mixtures of citrus juices


From 1.1 to 31.12


19 656 


Exemption




ex 2009 90 29 


20 




ex 2009 90 51 


30 




ex 2009 90 59 


39 




ex 2009 90 94 


20 




ex 2009 90 96 


20 




ex 2009 90 98 


20 




09.1380


2204 


 


Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading 2009 


From 1.1 to 31.12


6 212  hl


Exemption (3)





09.1399


3505 20 


 


Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches


From 1.1 to 31.12


250 


Exemption









(1)  The exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.

(2)  Within this tariff quota, the specific duty provided in the Community’s list of concessions to the WTO is reduced to zero for the period from 1 December to 31 May, if the entry price is not less than EUR 264/tonne, being the entry price agreed between the European Community and Israel. If the entry price for a consignment is 2, 4, 6 or 8 % lower than the agreed entry price, the specific customs quota duty shall be equal respectively to 2, 4, 6 or 8 % of this agreed entry price. If the entry price of a consignment is less than 92 % of the agreed entry price, the specific customs duty bound within the WTO shall apply.

(3)  For grape must under CN codes 2204 30 92 , 2204 30 94 , 2204 30 96  and 2204 30 98 , the exemption applies only to the ad valorem duty.’