Council Regulation (EU) No 7/2010 of 22 December 2009 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2505/96
Date: 2009-12-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: agricultural product, import (EU), industrial product, tariff exemption, tariff quota




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7.1.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 7/2010
of 22 December 2009
         
opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2505/96


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to theTreaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:







(1)


Production in the European Union of certain agricultural and industrial products is insufficient to meet the specific requirements of the user industries in the Union. Consequently, the Union's supplies of those products depend to a considerable extent on imports from third countries. The most urgent requirements of the Union for the products in question should be met immediately on the most favorable terms. Tariff quotas of the Union at preferential duty rates should therefore be opened within the limits of appropriate volumes taking account of the need not to disturb the markets for such products or impede the establishment or development of the Union's production.












(2)


It is necessary to ensure for all importers in the Union equal and uninterrupted access to those quotas, and to ensure the uninterrupted application of the rates laid down for the quotas to all imports of the products concerned into all Member States until the quotas have been exhausted.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (1) provides for a system of tariff quota management which ensures equal and uninterrupted access to the quotas and uninterrupted application of the rates and follows the chronological order of dates of acceptance of declarations of release for free circulation. The tariff quotas opened by the present Regulation should therefore be managed by the Commission and the Member States in accordance with that system.












(4)


The quota volumes are mostly expressed in tonnes. For certain products for which an autonomous tariff quota is opened the quota volume is set out in another measurement unit. Where for those products no supplementary measurement unit is specified in the Combined Nomenclature laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (2) there can be uncertainty in respect of the measurement unit used. For the sake of clarity and in the interest of better quota management it is therefore necessary to provide that, in order to benefit from those autonomous tariff quotas, the exact quantity of the products imported be entered in the declaration for release for free circulation using the measurement unit of the quota volume set out for those products in the Annex to this Regulation.












(5)


Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 of 20 December 1996 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (3) has been amended many times. In the interest of transparency it should therefore be repealed and replaced in its entirety.












(6)


The measures necessary for the the adoption of amendments to this Regulation arising from amendments to the Combined Nomenclature and TARIC codes should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise on implementing powers conferred on the Commission (4).












(7)


Since the tariff quotas have to take effect from 1 January 2010, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force immediately,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
For the products listed in the Annex autonomous tariff quotas of the Union shall be opened, within which the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties shall be suspended for the periods, at the duty rates, and up to the volumes indicated therein.


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
Where a declaration for release for free circulation is presented in respect of a product mentioned in this Regulation, for which the quota volume is expressed in a measurement unit other than the weight in tonnes or kilograms and other than the value, for products for which no supplementary unit is set out in the Combined Nomenclature laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the exact quantity of the products imported shall be entered in ‘Box 41: Supplementary units’ of that declaration using the measurement unit of the quota volume for those products as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 4
The amendments and technical adaptations arising from amendments to the Combined Nomenclature and TARIC codes shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5(2).


Article 5

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247a of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.


2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.



Article 6
Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 is hereby repealed.


Article 7
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 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, 22 December 2009.


For the Council


The President

A. CARLGREN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 345, 31.12.1996, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.




ANNEX











Order number


CN code


TARIC


Description


Quota period


Quota volume


Quota duty (%)




09.2849


ex 0710 80 69 


10 


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



1.1.-31.12.


700 tonnes


0  %




09.2913


ex 2401 10 35 


91 


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.


6 000  tonnes


0  %




ex 2401 10 70 


10 




ex 2401 10 95 


11 




ex 2401 10 95 


21 




ex 2401 10 95 


91 




ex 2401 20 35 


91 




ex 2401 20 70 


10 




ex 2401 20 95 


11 




ex 2401 20 95 


21 




ex 2401 20 95 


91 




09.2841


ex 2712 90 99 


10 


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


1.1.-31.12.


10 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2703


ex 2825 30 00 


10 


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



1.1.-31.12.


13 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2806


ex 2825 90 40 


30 


Tungsten trioxide, including blue tungsten oxide


1.1.-31.12.


12 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2611


ex 2826 19 90 


10 


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.


55 tonnes


0  %




09.2837


ex 2903 49 80 


10 


Bromochloromethane


1.1.-31.12.


600 tonnes


0  %




09.2933


ex 2903 69 90 


30 


1,3-Dichlorobenzene


1.1.-31.12.


2 600  tonnes


0  %




09.2950


ex 2905 59 98 


10 


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



1.1.-31.12.


15 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2851


ex 2907 12 00 


10 


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


1.1.-31.12.


20 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2767


ex 2910 90 00 


80 


Allyl glycidyl ether


1.1.-31.12.


2 500  tonnes


0  %




09.2624


2912 42 00 


 


Ethylvanillin (3-ethoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde)


1.1.-31.12.


600 tonnes


0  %




09.2972


2915 24 00 


 


Acetic anhydride


1.1.-31.12.


20 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2769


ex 2917 13 90 


10 


Dimethyl sebacate


1.1.-31.12.


1 300  tonnes


0  %




09.2634


ex 2917 19 90 


40 


Dodecanedioic acid, of a purity by weight of more than 98,5 %


1.1.-31.12.


4 600  tonnes


0  %




09.2808


ex 2918 22 00 


10 



o-Acetylsalicylic acid


1.1.-31.12.


120 tonnes


0  %




09.2975


ex 2918 30 00 


10 


Benzophenone-3,3′:4,4′-tetracarboxylic dianhydride


1.1.-31.12.


1 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2632


ex 2921 22 00 


10 


Hexamethylenediamine


1.1.-31.12.


35 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2602


ex 2921 51 19 


10 


o-Phenylenediamine


1.1.-31.12.


1 800  tonnes


0  %




09.2977


2926 10 00 


 


Acrylonitrile


1.1.-31.12.


30 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2002


ex 2928 00 90 


30 


Phenylhydrazine


1.1.-31.12.


1 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2917


ex 2930 90 13 


90 


Cystine


1.1.-31.12.


600 tonnes


0  %




09.2603


ex 2930 90 99 


79 


Bis(3-triethoxysilylpropyl)tetrasulphide


1.1.-31.12.


9 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2810


2932 11 00 


 


Tetrahydrofuran


1.1-31.12.


20 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2955


ex 2932 19 00 


60 


Flurtamone (ISO)


1.1.-31.12.


300 tonnes


0  %




09.2812


ex 2932 29 85 


77 


Hexan-6-olide


1.1.-31.12.


4 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2615


ex 2934 99 90 


70 


Ribonucleic acid


1.1.-31.12.


110 tonnes


0  %




09.2945


ex 2940 00 00 


20 


D-Xylose


1.1.-31.12.


400 tonnes


0  %




09.2908


ex 3804 00 00 


10 


Sodium lignosulphonate


1.1.-31.12.


40 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2889


3805 10 90 


 


Sulphate turpentine


1.1.-31.12.


20 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2935


ex 3806 10 00 


10 


Rosin and resin acids obtained from fresh oleoresins


1.1.-31.12.


280 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2814


ex 3815 90 90 


76 


Catalyst consisting of titanium dioxide and tungsten trioxide


1.1.-31.12.


1 600  tonnes


0  %




09.2829


ex 3824 90 97 


19 


Solid extract of the residual, 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






1.1.-31.12.


1 600  tonnes


0  %




09.2914


ex 3824 90 97 


26 


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


1.1.-31.12.


5 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2986


ex 3824 90 97 


76 


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.


14 315  tonnes


0  %




09.2907


ex 3824 90 97 


86 


Mixture of phytosterols, in the form of powder, containing by weight:






—


75 % or more of sterols,










—


not more than 25 % of stanols




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



1.1.-31.12.


2 500  tonnes


0  %




09.2140


ex 3824 90 97 


98 


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






1.1.-31.12.


4 500  tonnes


0  %




09.2992


ex 3902 30 00 


93 


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 butylene, of a melt viscosity of not more than 3 000  mPa at 190 °C, as determined by the ASTM D 3236 method, for use as an adhesive in the manufacture of products falling within subheading 4818 40  (1)



1.1.-31.12.


1 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2947


ex 3904 69 90 


95 


Poly(vinylidene fluoride), in powder form, for the preparation of paint or varnish for coating metal (1)



1.1.-31.12.


1 300  tonnes


0  %




09.2604


ex 3905 30 00 


10 


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


1.1.-31.12.


100 tonnes


0  %




09.2616


ex 3910 00 00 


30 


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


1.1.-31.12.


1 300  tonnes


0  %




09.2816


ex 3912 11 00 


20 


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



1.1.-31.12.


37 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2807


ex 3913 90 00 


86 


Non sterile sodium hyaluronate


1.1.-31.12.


110 000  g


0  %




09.2813


ex 3920 91 00 


94 


Co-extruded trilayer poly(vinyl butyral) film without a graduated colour band containing by weight 29 % or more but not more than 31 % of 2,2′-ethylenedioxydiethyl bis(2-ethylhexanoate) as a plasticiser


1.1.-31.12.


2 000 000  m2



0  %




09.2818


ex 6902 90 00 


10 


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






1.1.-31.12.


75 tonnes


0  %




09.2815


ex 6909 19 00 


70 


Supports for catalysts or filters, consisting of porous ceramics made primarily from oxides of aluminium and titanium; with a total volume of not more than 65 litres and at least one duct (open on one or both ends) per cm2 of cross section


1.1.-31.12.


380 000  units


0  %




09.2628


ex 7019 52 00 


10 


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


1.1.-31.12.


350 000  m2



0  %




09.2799


ex 7202 49 90 


10 


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


1.1.-31.12.


50 000  tonnes


0  %




09.2629


ex 7616 99 90 


85 


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



1.1.-31.12.


240 000  units


0  %




09.2763


ex 8501 40 80 


30 


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)



1.1.-31.12.


2 000 000  units


0  %




09.2633


ex 8504 40 81 


30 


Electric adapter, with a capacity of not more than 1 kVA, for use in the manufacture of hair removal apparatus (1)



1.1.-31.12.


4 500 000  units


0  %




09.2620


ex 8526 91 20 


20 


Assembly for GPS system having a position determination function


1.1.-31.12.


3 000 000  units


0  %




09.2003


ex 8543 70 90 


63 


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


1.1.-31.12.


1 400 000  units


0  %




09.2631


ex 9001 90 00 


80 


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.


5 000 000  units


0  %






(1)  The relief from or reduction of customs duties shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the Union with a view to customs control of the use of such goods (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.