CELEX: 32007R0530
Language: en
Date: 2007-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 530/2007 of 8 May 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process

15.5.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 125/1
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 530/2007
   of 8 May 2007
   amending Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process
   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)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 (1) provides for unlimited duty-free access to the Community market for nearly all products originating in the countries and territories benefiting from the Stabilisation and Association process.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               A Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, was signed in Luxembourg on 12 June 2006. Pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force, an Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (2), was signed and concluded and entered into force on 1 December 2006.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Stabilisation and Association Agreements and the Interim Agreements establish a contractual trade regime between the Community and each of the beneficiary countries. The bilateral trade concessions on the Community side are equivalent to the concessions applicable within the unilateral autonomous trade measures under Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               It is therefore appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 to take into account these developments. In particular, it is appropriate to remove the Republic of Albania from the list of beneficiaries of the tariff concessions granted for the same products under the contractual regime. In addition, it is necessary to adjust the global tariff quota volumes for specific products for which tariff quotas have been granted under the contractual regimes.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The Republic of Albania, the Republic of Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will remain beneficiaries of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 insofar as that Regulation provides for concessions which are more favourable than the concessions existing under the contractual regimes,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               Article 1 shall be replaced by the following:
               ‘Article 1
               Preferential arrangements
               1.   Subject to the special provisions laid down in Articles 3 and 4, products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Montenegro or in the customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo, other than those of heading Nos 0102, 0201, 0202, 1604, 1701, 1702 and 2204 of the Combined Nomenclature, shall be admitted for import into the Community without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect and with exemption from customs duties and charges having equivalent effect.
               2.   Products originating in Albania, in the Republic of Croatia or in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall continue to benefit from the provisions of this Regulation when so indicated or from any measures provided in this Regulation which are more favourable than the trade concessions provided for in the framework of bilateral agreements between the European Community and these countries.
               3.   Imports of sugar products under heading Nos 1701 and 1702 of the Combined Nomenclature originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Montenegro or in the customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo, shall benefit from concessions provided for in Article 4.’;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               in Article 4, paragraph 4 shall be replaced by the following:
               ‘4.   Imports of sugar products under heading Nos 1701 and 1702 of the Combined Nomenclature originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo, shall be subject to the following annual duty-free tariff quotas:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           12 000 tonnes (net weight) for sugar products originating in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
                        
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           180 000 tonnes (net weight) for sugar products originating in Montenegro and the customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo.’;
                        
                     
         
               3.
            
            
               Annex I shall be replaced by the text appearing in the Annex to this Regulation.
            
         Article 2
   Goods which, on 16 May 2007, are either in transit or in the Community in temporary storage, customs warehouses or free zones, and for which before that date a proof of origin of Albania or of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has been properly issued in accordance with Title IV, Chapter 2, Section 2 of 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 (3), shall continue to benefit from Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 until 16 September 2007.
   Article 3
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day following 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, 8 May 2007.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         P. STEINBRÜCK
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 240, 23.9.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1946/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 1).
   
      (2)  OJ L 239, 1.9.2006, p. 2.
   
      (3)  OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            CONCERNING THE TARIFF QUOTAS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(1)
            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. 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
                     
                     
                        Description
                     
                     
                        Quota volume per year (1)
                        
                     
                     
                        Beneficiaries
                     
                     
                        Rate of duty
                     
                  
                        09.1571
                     
                     
                        0301 91 10
                        0301 91 90
                        0302 11 10
                        0302 11 20
                        0302 11 80
                        0303 21 10
                        0303 21 20
                        0303 21 80
                        0304 19 15
                        0304 19 17
                        ex 0304 19 19
                        ex 0304 19 91
                        0304 29 15
                        0304 29 17
                        ex 0304 29 19
                        ex 0304 99 21
                        ex 0305 10 00
                        ex 0305 30 90
                        0305 49 45
                        ex 0305 59 80
                        ex 0305 69 80
                     
                     
                        Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption
                     
                     
                        70 tonnes
                     
                     
                        Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.1573
                     
                     
                        0301 93 00
                        0302 69 11
                        0303 79 11
                        ex 0304 19 19
                        ex 0304 19 91
                        ex 0304 29 19
                        ex 0304 99 21
                        ex 0305 10 00
                        ex 0305 30 90
                        ex 0305 49 80
                        ex 0305 59 80
                        ex 0305 69 80
                     
                     
                        Carp: live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption
                     
                     
                        120 tonnes
                     
                     
                        Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.1575
                     
                     
                        ex 0301 99 80
                        0302 69 61
                        0303 79 71
                        ex 0304 19 39
                        ex 0304 19 99
                        ex 0304 29 99
                        ex 0304 99 99
                        ex 0305 10 00
                        ex 0305 30 90
                        ex 0305 49 80
                        ex 0305 59 80
                        ex 0305 69 80
                     
                     
                        Sea bream (Dentex dentex and Pagellus spp.): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption
                     
                     
                        95 tonnes
                     
                     
                        Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.1577
                     
                     
                        ex 0301 99 80
                        0302 69 94
                        ex 0303 77 00
                        ex 0304 19 39
                        ex 0304 19 99
                        ex 0304 29 99
                        ex 0304 99 99
                        ex 0305 10 00
                        ex 0305 30 90
                        ex 0305 49 80
                        ex 0305 59 80
                        ex 0305 69 80
                     
                     
                        Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax): live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried; salted or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat; flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption
                     
                     
                        80 tonnes
                     
                     
                        Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
                        09.1579
                     
                     
                        1604 13 11
                        1604 13 19
                        ex 1604 20 50
                     
                     
                        Prepared or preserved sardines
                     
                     
                        70 tonnes
                     
                     
                        Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo
                     
                     
                        6 %
                     
                  
                        09.1561
                     
                     
                        1604 16 00
                        1604 20 40
                     
                     
                        Prepared or preserved anchovies
                     
                     
                        260 tonnes
                     
                     
                        Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo
                     
                     
                        12,5 %
                     
                  
                        09.1515
                     
                     
                        2204 21 79
                        ex 2204 21 80
                        2204 21 84
                        ex 2204 21 85
                        2204 29 65
                        ex 2204 29 75
                        2204 29 83
                        ex 2204 29 84
                     
                     
                        Wine of fresh grapes, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 15 % volume, other than sparkling wine
                     
                     
                        145 000 hl (2)
                        
                     
                     
                        Albania (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (4), former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (5), Montenegro, customs territories of Serbia or Kosovo
                     
                     
                        Exemption
                     
                  
      
      
         (1)  One global volume per tariff quota accessible to imports originating in the beneficiaries.
      
         (2)  The volume of this global tariff quota shall be reduced if the quota volumes of the individual tariff quotas applicable under order Nos 09.1588 and 09.1548 for certain wines originating in Croatia are increased.
      
         (3)  Access for wine originating in the Republic of Albania to this global tariff quota is subject to the prior exhaustion of the individual tariff quotas provided for in the Additional Protocol on wine concluded with Albania. These individual tariff quotas are opened under order Nos 09.1512 and 09.1513.
      
         (4)  Access for wine originating in the Republic of Croatia to this global tariff quota, is subject to the prior exhaustion of the individual tariff quotas provided for in the Additional Protocol on wine concluded with Croatia. These individual tariff quotas are opened under order Nos 09.1588 and 09.1589.
      
         (5)  Access for wine originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to this global tariff quota is subject to the prior exhaustion of the individual tariff quotas provided for in the Additional Protocol on wine concluded with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. These individual tariff quotas are opened under order Nos 09.1558 and 09.1559.’.