CELEX: 32006R1894
Language: en
Date: 2006-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 1894/2006 of 18 December 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

30.12.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 397/1
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1894/2006
   of 18 December 2006
   concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’ or ‘CN’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               By Decision 2006/1894/EC (2), the Council approved, on behalf of the Community, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended and supplemented accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex I (Combined Nomenclature) of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 shall be amended as follows:
   
               (a)
            
            
               Parts Two (schedule of customs duties) and Three (tariff annexes) shall be amended with the duties and supplemented with the volumes shown in the Annex to this Regulation;
            
         
               (b)
            
            
               CN codes 0201 30 00, 0202 30 90, 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91 in Annex 7 (WTO tariff quotas to be opened by the competent Community authorities) of Section III of Part Three shall be amended as follows:
               
                           (i)
                        
                        
                           the description of the EC tariff rate quota of 5 000 tonnes ‘Boneless “high quality” meat, fresh chilled or frozen, answering the following description: Beef cuts obtained from steers (novilhos) or heifers (novilhas) aged between 20 and 24 months, which have been exclusively pasture grazed, have lost their central temporary incisors but do not have more than four permanent incisor teeth, which are of a good maturity and which meet the following beef carcase classification requirements: meat from B or R class carcases with rounded to straight conformation and a fat-cover class of 2 or 3; the cuts bearing the letters “sc” (special cuts) or an “sc” (special cuts) label as a sign of their high quality will be boxed in cartons bearing the words “high quality beef”’ shall be replaced by ‘Boneless high quality meat of bovine animals fresh, chilled or frozen’;
                        
                     
                           (ii)
                        
                        
                           under ‘Other terms and conditions’ the text ‘Supplying country Brazil’ shall be inserted.
                        
                     
         Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 18 December 2006.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         J.-E.ENESTAM
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1549/2006 (OJ L 301, 31.10.2006, p. 1).
   
      (2)  See page 1 of this Official Journal.
   
      ANNEX
      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 concessions being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of the current regulation. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the concessions are to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.
      
                  Part Two
                  Schedule of Customs duties
               
            
                  CN code
               
               
                  Description
               
               
                  Duty rate
               
            
                  2106 10 80
               
               
                  Protein concentrates
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  2401 10 90
               
               
                  Tobacco
               
               
                  Reduce the EC bound duty of EUR 11,2 MIN 22,0/100 kg/net MAX EUR 56,0/100 kg/net to EUR 10 MIN 22,0/100 kg/net MAX EUR 56,0/kg/net
               
            
         
      
                  Part Three
                  Tariff Annexes
               
            
                  CN code
               
               
                  Description
               
               
                  Duty rate
               
            
                  1701 11 10
               
               
                  Raw cane sugar for refining
               
               
                  A country allocated (Brazil) tariff rate quota 10 124 tonnes at in-quota rate of EUR 98/tonne
               
            
                  0207 14 10
                  0207 14 50
                  0207 14 70
               
               
                  Frozen cuts of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus
               
               
                  A country allocated (Brazil) tariff rate quota 2 332 tonnes at in-quota rate of 0 %
               
            
                  0207 11 10
                  0207 11 30
                  0207 11 90
                  0207 12 10
                  0207 12 90
               
               
                  Chicken carcass, fresh, chilled or frozen
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  0207 13 10
                  0207 13 20
                  0207 13 30
                  0207 13 40
                  0207 13 50
                  0207 13 60
                  0207 13 70
                  0207 14 20
                  0207 14 30
                  0207 14 40
                  0207 14 60
               
               
                  Chicken cuts, fresh, chilled or frozen
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  0207 14 10
               
               
                  Cuts of fowls
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  0207 24 10
                  0207 24 90
                  0207 25 10
                  0207 25 90
                  0207 26 10
                  0207 26 20
                  0207 26 30
                  0207 26 40
                  0207 26 50
                  0207 26 60
                  0207 26 70
                  0207 26 80
                  0207 27 30
                  0207 27 40
                  0207 27 50
                  0207 27 60
                  0207 27 70
               
               
                  Turkey meat, fresh, chilled or frozen
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  0207 27 10
                  0207 27 20
                  0207 27 80
               
               
                  Turkey cuts, frozen
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  1005 90 00
                  1005 10 90
               
               
                  Maize
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  2008 20 11
                  2008 20 19
                  2008 20 31
                  2008 20 39
                  2008 20 71
                  2008 30 11
                  2008 30 19
                  2008 30 31
                  2008 30 39
                  2008 30 79
                  2008 40 11
                  2008 40 19
                  2008 40 21
                  2008 40 29
                  2008 40 31
                  2008 40 39
                  2008 50 11
                  2008 50 19
                  2008 50 31
                  2008 50 39
                  2008 50 51
                  2008 50 59
                  2008 50 71
                  2008 60 11
                  2008 60 19
                  2008 60 31
                  2008 60 39
                  2008 60 60
                  2008 70 11
                  2008 70 19
                  2008 70 31
                  2008 70 39
                  2008 70 51
                  2008 70 59
                  2008 80 11
                  2008 80 19
                  2008 80 31
                  2008 80 39
                  2008 80 70
               
               
                  Preserved pineapples, citrus fruit, pears, apricots, cherries, peaches and strawberries
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  2009 11 11
                  2009 11 19
                  2009 19 11
                  2009 19 19
                  2009 29 11
                  2009 29 19
                  2009 39 11
                  2009 39 19
                  2009 49 11
                  2009 49 19
                  2009 79 11
                  2009 79 19
                  2009 80 11
                  2009 80 19
                  2009 80 34
                  2009 80 35
                  2009 80 36
                  2009 80 38
                  2009 90 11
                  2009 90 19
                  2009 90 21
                  2009 90 29
               
               
                  Fruit juices
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            
                  1806
               
               
                  Chocolate
               
               
                  Implemented through Council Regulation (EC) No 711/2006 (OJ L 124, 11.5.2006, p. 1)
               
            The exact tariff description of the EC-15 shall apply to all tariff lines and quotas above.